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tive Organization. Signed at Geneva March 6, 1948. Entered into force March 17, 1958 TIAS 4044. Acoeptance deposited: Bulgaria, April 5, 1960. Telecommunications ; Telegraph regulations (Geneva revision, 1958) annexed to the international telecommunication convention of De- —™ cember 22, 1952 (TIAS 8266), with appendixes and final protocol. Done at Geneva November 29, 1958. Entered into force January 1, 1960. TIAS 4390. Notification of approval: Laos, March 21, 1960. Radio regulations, with appendixes, annexed to the inter- national telecommunication convention, 1959. Done at ._ Geneva December 21, 1959.* Notification of approval: Iran, March 14, 1960, BILATERAL . “Agricultural commodities agreement under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 455; 7 U.8.C. 1701-1709), with exchange of notes. Signed at Washington May 4, 1960. Entered into force May 4, 1960. Agreement providing that the United States will not in- voke article VI of reciprocal trade agreement of 1943 (58 Stat. 1822) with respect to temporary imposition by Iran of commercial profits taxes on certain products. Effected by exchange of notes at Tehran April 12, 1960. Entered into force April 12, 1960. . Japan Agreement relating to a program for the assembly and manofacture in Japan of F-104 type aircraft by Jap- anese industry. Effected by exchange of notes at Tokyo April 15, 1960. Entered into force April 15, 1960. Turkey Agreement amending the agreement of December 27, 1949, as amended (TIAS 2111 and 3737), for the establish- ment of the U.S. Educational Commission in Turkey. Effected by exchange of notes at Ankara February 1, 1960. Entered into force February 1, 1960. DEPARTMENT AND FOREIGN SERVICE Organization of Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Department cireular 855 dated April 26 1. Purpose The purposes of this circular are (1) to announce the reorganization of the Bureau of International Cultural . Relations and ita redesignation as the Bureau of Educa- tional and Cultural Affairs, and (2) to establish com- ponents of the new organization. *Department circular 829 dated June 15, 1959, is canceled. 844 The Bureau of International Coltural Relations was ’ established, effective June 1, 1959, in recognition of the need for greater emphasis on the international cultural relations of the United States. The Special Assistant to . the Secretary for the Coordination of International Bdu- cational and Oultural Relations heads the Bureau. He is responsible for the coordination of the wide variety of international cultural activities which are conducted by the several Government agencies and for the direction of the cultural programs of the Department. Experience since the establishment of the Burean has revealed the advisability of modifying the organizational stracture to: (1) give greater importance to the function of planning and developing the educational exchange and cultural programs of the Department; (2) make more manageable the heavy burden of operational responsibilities; and (8) provide the Special Assistant with a means to accomplish the two related but separate responsibilities of coordina- tion and direction of operations. 8. Organtzational Changes 81 Bffective with the pay period beginning April 17, 1960, the Bureau of International Cultural Relations (CU) is reorganized and renamed the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU). 8.2 Within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the following changes are made: a. The “Policy and Coordination Staff”, the “Plans and Development Staff”, “Office of Cultural Exchange” and the “Office of Educational Exchange” are established. b. The “Executive and Reports Staff” replaces the Executive Staff and the Program Reporting Staff. ec. The UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scfen- tific and Cultural Organization] Relations Staff is redes- ignated “Secretariat-United States National Commission for UNESCO”. dG. The Cultural Policy and Development Staff, the Cultural Presentations Staff and the International Edu- cational Exchange Service are abolished. 8.8 The East-West Contacts Program and Staff will be transferred to the Bureau of European Affairs. CU will retain responsibility for approval of the performances of American groups touring under the President's Special International Program and for programming and selec- tion of American and Soviet students exchanged with the Soviet Union under terms of the U.S.-USSR Ex- change Agreement as well as student exchanges with the other Eastern European nations. . 4. Designation | Mr. Robert H. Thayer continues as head of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Mr. Saxton Brad- ford will continue to serve as Deputy and will direct the operating programs of the Bureau under the super- vision of the Special Assistant. 5. Functions 5.1 Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary for the Coordination of International Educational and _ Cultural Relations a. Develops United States Government policy on, and Department of State Bulletin wes el tee