840.70/12–844: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:30 p.m.]
10869. From EITO Delegation. See Embassy’s 10778, December 6.
The informal subcommittee on waterways has proposed a new text for section 12, Article VII, and has drafted a new paragraph to be inserted in Article VIII after section 5. The texts of these provisions are contained in Embassy’s immediately following telegram. The committee has also revised the draft agreement on principles proposed by the Netherlands Delegation, putting it in form of an optional annex to the EITO agreement. We shall send the text of the annex to the Department as soon as it is available. As indicated previously, the inland waterway provisions are the only questions of substance still [Page 901] outstanding in our discussions with the British and Continental Delegations. We wish to call to the Department’s attention the fact that the United States as an occupying power would be concerned with the waterway provisions. The drafting committee has completed its work with reference to the remainder of the EITO agreement and the text proposed by the drafting committee will be presented to the next meeting with the Continental Delegations and will be given to the Soviets at the same time. [EITO Delegation.]