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Council of Foreign Ministers Files: Lot M–88: CFM London Decisions

Record of Decisions of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Lancaster House, London, September 21, 1945, 11 a.m.16

London, September 21, 1945, 11 a.m.
C.F.M.(P) (45) 15th Meeting

Present

U.K. U.S.A U.S.S.R
Mr. Bevin Mr. Byrnes M. Molotov
Sir R. I. Campbell Mr. J. Dunn M. F. T. Gousev
Sir A. Clark Kerr Mr. B. V. Cohen M. K. V. Novikov
Mr. A. Duff Cooper Mr. J. F. Dulles M. S. A. Golunski
Mr. C. E. Bohlen M. V. N. Pavlov
France China
M. Bidault (Chairman) Dr. Wang Shih Chieh
M. Couve de Murville Dr. Wellington Koo
General Catroux Dr. Hollington Tong
M. Fouques Duparc Mr. Yang Yun Chu
Mr. Hsieh Kwang-Tsien

1. Letter of Senior Secretary of the Joint Secretariat, Mr. Norman Brook

The Joint Secretariat are authorised to supply to representatives of the Italian Government, on request, copies of the statements made to the Council by the Yugoslav representatives (C.F.M.(45) 26 and 3117) on the question of the Yugoslav-Italian frontier and Trieste.

2. Record of Proceedings of the Council

The daily record prepared by the Joint Secretariat in accordance with C.F.M.(45) 1218 should be confined to a record of decisions reached by the Council and should not include any account of the discussions.

The preparation of a draft Protocol, to be approved by the Council at the conclusion of the present Conference, should be begun without [Page 288] further delay by a Committee consisting of the Secretaries of the Delegations.

3. Roumania: Peace Treaty

An exchange of views took place between M. Molotov and Mr. Byrnes about the note of reservation prefixed to the memorandum by the United States Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 36)19.

  1. Beginning with the 15th Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the agreed record prepared by the Joint Secretariat excluded any account of discussions. Regarding the decision of the Foreign Ministers to confine the record to decisions only, see item 2 of this record of decisions and the United States delegation minutes of this meeting, infra.↩
  2. Statements by Representatives of the Yugoslav Government to the Council of Foreign Ministers, C.F.M.(45) 26, September 18, p. 229, and statement by the Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister to the Council of Foreign Ministers, C.F.M.(45) 31, September 19, p. 258.↩
  3. Report by the Deputies to the Council of Foreign Ministers, September 13, p. 155.↩
  4. September 19, p. 266.↩