Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, General: Political and Economic Matters, Volume II

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

Record of Decisions of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Lancaster House, London, September 27, 1945, 4 p.m.

London, September 27, 1945, 4 p.m.

C.F.M.(P)(45) 24th Meeting

Present

U.K.	U.S.A	U.S.S.R
Mr. Bevin	Mr. Byrnes (Chairman)	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	Dr. Wang Shih Chieh
M. Couve de Murville	Dr. Wellington Koo
General Catroux	Dr. Victor Hoo
M. Alphand	Dr. Hollington Tong
	Mr. Yang Yun Chu

1. Germany: Control and Administration

The Council agreed to resume on the following day their discussion of the Memorandum by the French Delegation on the Control and Administration of Germany. (C.F.M.(45) 17⁶⁰).

2. Restitution

The Council—

(1) Agreed that the Allied Control Council should be instructed to examine urgently the question of restitution of property belonging to the United Nations or their citizens, taking into account the principles of the Declaration of 5th January, 1943.

(2) Instructed the Deputies to consider and report to the Council before the end of the present Conference on the proposal for a time limit for the determination of property to be the subject of restitution, taking as a basis the second paragraph of the Draft Resolution proposed by the French Delegation at the Council’s meeting on 26th September (C.F.M.(P) (45) 22nd Meeting, Minute 2).

(3) Agreed that the daily communiqué on the work of the Council on 27th September should refer to the fact that a decision had been reached on the question of restitution, but should not include the text of that decision.⁶¹

3. Repatriation of French Nationals

The Council took note of the statements of M. Molotov and M. Bidault on this subject.

4. Austria: Food Supplies

The Council instructed the Deputies to consider and report to the Council before the end of the present Conference on the memorandum by the United Kingdom Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 55⁶²) on this subject.

60. September 13, p. 177.
61. For text of the communiqué released to the press by the Council of Foreign Ministers on September 27, 1945, see Department of State Bulletin, October 14, 1945, p. 567.
62. September 26, p. 412.