THE PERSIAN AIR MAIL

agreement so that services on those routes may be organised without delay: Teheran-Bandar Pehlevi, Teheran-Bushire, Teheran-Quraitu. NOTE. The Junkers Company agrees that, if it fails to commence operation of these three lines within a month of the signing of the Contract, it will pay a fine of three thousand Tomans and the Persian Government will have the right of cancelling the contract. ARTICLE 2 he Junkers Aviation Company contracts to connect the air-post lines mentioned above with European air-post lines, and is obliged to connect at least one of the above-mentioned lines with a European line within three months. ARTICLE 3 he Persian Government will pay to the Junkers Company from the 1st of Bahman 1305 (21st January 1927) for a period of eighteen months a subsidy of three Krans per Kilometre flown on the abovementioned lines. At the end of eighteen months the Persian Government will discontinue the payment of this subsidy. ARTICLE 4 he Junkers Company contracts to carry each week on each of the three lines mentioned in Article 1 not less than seventy-five kilogrammes of Government post each way. ARTICLE 5 uring the whole period of the contract all postal surcharges derived from the transport of mails by air will, after deduction of (postal) departmental charges, be paid to the Junkers Company: but if in any month the above-mentioned profits exceed two thousand Tomans the excess will not be paid, and if they are less than two thousand Tomans the Junkers Company will not be entitled to demand more than that. ARTICLE 6 ates and conditions for the transport of passengers and goods and rates of postal surcharges will be settled in accordance with the views of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs and the decision of Government. Junkers postal aircraft will land at any towns en route which may be designated by the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs. ARTICLE 7 unkers aircraft and necessary spares required for the postal service will be exempt from Customs dues with the exception of petrol and oils. ARTICLE 8 he Junkers Aviation Company agree, in addition to the above conditions, to undertake the following: (a) To place their technical equipment and their personnel at the disposal of the Ministry for War in time of War or internal disturbance in exchange for reasonable cash compensation. (b) To place at the disposal of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs one free seat in their machines once a month on each of the lines. (c) To establish a technical aviation school and to import instructional machines to Persia for the training of Persian pilots and mechanics. (d) To accept at the expense of the Company at least two Persian pupils nominated by the Persian Government, for instruction in all branches of Aviation. (e) To establish a large aviation workshop in Teheran for the repair of machines and smaller workshops in other important aviation centres in Persia. (f) To establish a Persian Aviation Company in accordance with Persian laws. (g) If Government should deem it desirable, to organise services on the following routes on conditions similar to those in this agreement and to train sufficient Persian pilots and mechanics T T T D R J T

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