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301.	10297	Arnold Talbot Wilson explores the importance of qanat systems, or underground tunnels. He believed the subterranean tunnels were more beneficial than fields irrigated by streams due to decreased loss through evaporation. Similar to Egypt, who is positioned at the delta of the Nile, Wilson asserts that Iran can use qanats to harness the resources of the Helmand.

302.	5012

303.	10298	Asia describes Laurence Dudley Stamp's observations while traveling through Seistan, including the desertification of previously irrigated fields and the gradual disappearance of Lake Hamun.

304.	10312	The file contains technical information regarding the Helmand river dispute, January 18, 1950.

305.	4345

306.	5013

307.	10300	Iran introduces William S. Haas's recommendations for Persian agriculture. Through utilizing small streams and rivers, or the present qanat systems, Iran can expand the area of irrigated lands. This would allow farms to produce enough crops and animal products to feed citizens and make revenue through exporting commodities.

308.	4346

309.	5221

310.	10310	Marchant gives a general overview of Afghan and Persian Seistan (presently Afghan Chakhansur and Iranian Seistan), including historical background of the Helmand river and major weirs, Band-i-Kamal Khan and Band-i-Seistan. The overview also translates Persian phrases such as dasht, or desert, and rud, or river. The technical information page integrates and compares data collected by Tate, Iranian, and Afghan studies regarding land cultivated, population, lake area, and water quantity.

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312.	4559

313.	4347	Sanitized

314.	10353	The Iranian and Afghan calendar page assists readers with converting dates from ancient and modern solar calendars to a "Christian" Gregorian calendar. The equivalents page shows the equivalents for measurement units used in reports (ex. 1 cu in = 16.39 cm³).

315.	4560

316.	4348

317.	10295	The file contains: a. Treaty of Frontier Delimitation, signed August 14, 1925 b. Memorandum, Saar boundary protocols of 1926 c. Protocol regarding the German - Saar frontier, signed November 13, 1926 d. Protocol regarding the Franco - Saar frontier, signed November 13, 1926

318.	4349

319.	10321	The file contains: a. Memorandum for Mr. Leigh; Text of treaty between Great Britain and Egypt (Owen Falls Scheme), February 27, 1950 b. Memorandum, Text of Owen Falls Agreement, March 1, 1950 c. Memorandum, Owen Falls Agreement, March 21, 1950 d. Memorandum for Pakistan and Iranian files, Owen Falls Agreement, April 13, 1950 e. Cover letter and attachment from John G. Laylin, resolution of Suez talks, September 18, 1956.

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