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Last week (one year behind schedule), Gavam reported on the oil negotiations to the Majlis (Parliament), whose consent is necessary for any foreign exploitation of Persian oil. He clearly implied that the Russian had held a pistol at his head in 1946. Now the pistol was gone, and Persia was sure of U.S. friendship. An emboldened Majlis voted 102-to-2 to declare the Premier's oil negotiations with Russia null & void. The Majlis went on to resolve that Persia would explore and develop her own oil resources, without any foreign assistance. This is not likely to happen...
...sharter said, in part, "Whereas the President and Fellows of ye Colledge in Cambridge have Proposed. . . that ye Bricks to ye Indian Colledge wch is gone to decay May be Removed & Used for an Additional Building to Harvard Colledge. We do Hereby signifye to ye Corporation our Consent to their Proposal; Provided that in Case any Indians should. . . be sent to ye Colledge, they should enjoy their studies rent free in said building; This Dated in Boston, Sept. 19, 1695. Win. Stoughton Ch. Morton Wait Winthrop Gab Bernam Inc Mather...
...creation of a 30-year period, during which the Anglicans will recognize the existing ministries, of the other denominations (and agree to such un-Anglican nomenclature as moderator, presbyter and elder), with the understanding that no minister ordained before the union can be shifted to any church without the consent of the congregation. When the 30 years are up, it is expected that the clergy of the united church will have become uniform...
...make sure that this is done, he suggested the creation of a "United States Corporation for European Reconstruction." It would be run by a board of directors composed of five "completely nonpartisan" experts, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate...
Said Tran Nocg Danh, Viet Nam's unrecognized envoy to Paris: "If he negotiates with the French without the consent of his Government, he will be tried for treason...