Council of Foreign Ministers Files: Lot M–88:
CFM London Documents
Memorandum by the Joint
Secretariat to the Council of Foreign
Ministers
C.F.M.(45) 66
London, 29 September, 1945.
Decisions of First Plenary Conference
- 1.
- A summary record is attached of the decisions reached at each of the
first twenty-six Meetings of the Council.91
- 2.
- On the following points the Secretaries of Delegations are unable to
reach agreement and a decision by the Council is required:—
(1) agenda for the conference: 1st meeting,
item 2
In paragraph (3) the Soviet Delegation consider that the words in
square brackets should be omitted.
(2) italian colonies: 5th meeting, item
4
There is disagreement about the decision reached by the Council
regarding the Governments to be invited to express their views
to the Deputies on the problem of the Italian Colonies.
Four of the Delegations consider that it was the intention of the
Council to give the Deputies a discretion to consider any views
presented to them on this question by any of the Governments
invited to express their views in writing on the terms of the
peace settlement as a whole; and that this included a discretion
to decide whether any of these Governments should be allowed to
express their views orally on this question.
The Soviet Delegation, on the other hand, consider that a firm
decision was reached by the Council to invite the Governments of
the
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British Dominions,
India, Byelo-Russia and Ukraine to send representatives, if they
so desired, to express their views orally to the Deputies on
this question.
(3) italy: procedure for preparing peace
treaty: 10th meeting, item 1
The Soviet Delegation consider that the record should not contain
any reference to the statements on procedure made by the
representatives of the Australian, New Zealand and South African
Governments.
(4) italian peace treaty: economic and
financial matters: 12th meeting, item 2
The Council agreed that the Deputies should select from the draft
clauses on economic and financial matters, put forward in
C.F.M.(45) 3, those which should be included in the Peace Treaty
and those which could properly be left to be dealt with in
separate bilateral agreements. All Delegations are agreed that
the Deputies were directed by the Council to select for
inclusion in the Treaty clauses “of general application”. Some
Delegations consider that the Council also directed the Deputies
to select, for inclusion in the Treaty, certain clauses which,
though not of general application, are “of special
importance”.
(5) roumania: peace treaty: 14th meeting,
item 2
The Soviet Delegation consider that, in the record of the
decision on Financial and Economic Clauses, the words in square
brackets, referring to the memoranda by the United States and
French Delegations, should be omitted.
(6) bulgaria: peace treaty: 16th meeting,
item 2
Some Delegations consider that the Council reached a definite
decision that Articles 1 (d) and 2 of the
Armistice Terms should be taken as a basis for a provision in
the Treaty. The Soviet Delegation believe that the Council
decided only that further consideration should be given to this
question.
(7) repatriation of soviet nationals: 20th
meeting, item 2
At their 20th Meeting the Council considered a draft resolution
on this subject put forward by the Soviet Delegation, and
certain amendments proposed by Mr. Bevin were accepted by M.
Molotov. The Secretaries of Delegations are, however, unable to
reach agreement on the question whether or not the Council
finally adopted this draft resolution as so amended.
Alternative versions of paragraph (3) are given in the attached
record of the 20th Meeting. The second of these is proposed by
the Soviet Delegation: the French Delegation are unable to
accept it.
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(8) communiqué of 20th and 21st meetings
22nd meeting, item 1
Alternative versions are given for Item 1. Alternative A is
proposed by the Soviet Delegation. It is not acceptable to the
other Delegations, who propose Alternative B.
- 3.
- The Secretary of the United States Delegation was unable to give more
than conditional agreement to the attached record of decisions in the
absence of corresponding agreement upon a draft of a final Protocol of
the proceedings of the Conference. The Secretary of the French
Delegation also reserved his final agreement on the same grounds.
[Annex 1]
Record of Decisions of the First Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 11, 194592
1. Procedure of the Council
(a) Chairmanship
The Chairmanship should rotate, and the order of Chairmanship should be
Mr. Bevin, M. Molotov, Dr. Wang Shih-Chieh, Mr. Byrnes, M. Bidault.
(b) Meetings
There should be regular meetings of the Deputies in the mornings and of
the Foreign Ministers in the afternoons. The Deputies should prepare the
Agenda for the Foreign Ministers and deal with any matters referred to
them. Expert Committees might be appointed as required.
(c) Secretariat
The following representatives should meet that evening:—
U.S.S.R. |
M. K. V. Novikov |
U.S.A. |
Mr. T. C. Achilles |
China |
Dr. Victor Hoo |
France |
M. A. Berard |
U.K. |
Mr. P. M. Crosthwaite |
with Mr. Norman Brook to consider the functions and
constitution of the Secretariat and to submit recommendations for
consideration on the following day.
(d) Languages
of the Conference
All the documents of the Council should be prepared in English, Russian
and French, and the more important documents should also be translated
into Chinese.
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(e) Competence
of Members of the Council
All five members of the Council should have the right to attend all
meetings and take part in all discussions, but in matters concerning
peace settlements members whose Governments had not been signatories to
the relevant Terms of Surrender should not be entitled to vote.
(f) Press
Arrangements
A Press Communiqué Committee was appointed consisting of the Press
Officers of the five Delegations, who would issue from time to time
agreed communiqués recording the progress of the Council’s work.
2. Agenda for the Conference
The following list of subjects proposed for discussion at the present
Conference was considered:—
- 1.
- Italy
- (a)
- Draft Peace Treaty;
- (b)
- Future of the Italian Colonies.
- 2.
- Draft Peace Treaties with Roumania, Bulgaria and
Hungary
- 3.
- Draft Peace Treaty with Finland
- 4.
- Withdrawal of Allied troops from Iran
- 5.
- International inland waterways
- 6.
- Austria (proposed by United Kingdom)
- (a)
- Long-term supply arrangements;
- (b)
- Possible recognition of central government.
- 7.
- Black Sea Straits (United States intention)
- 8.
- Review of decisions of the Berlin Conference regarding policy
in Germany (French proposal)
- 9.
- Review of Berlin Conference’s decisions on German fleet and
merchant ships (French proposal)
- 10.
- Political situation in Roumania (United States
intention)
- 11.
- Work of the German Reparations Commission (Russian
proposal)
- 12.
- Hastening of the repatriation of Soviet citizens (Russian
proposal).
The following decisions were reached:—
- (1)
- Items 1–5 above were accepted for inclusion in the Agenda,
Items 2 and 3 being amalgamated into a single item.
- (2)
- On Item 6 (a), a report from the
representatives of the four Governments responsible for the
Allied Council for Austria should be requested in time for
consideration by the Council before the end of the present
Conference. Item 6 (b) should be
discussed by the Council of Foreign Ministers.
- (3)
- Items 7, 9 and 10 should not be included [as separate
items]93 in the Agenda.94
- (4)
- On Items 8, 11 and 12, the French and Soviet Delegations
respectively would submit memoranda, in the light of which the
Council would give further consideration to the question whether
these subjects should be discussed at the present
Conference.
- (5)
- Further subjects might be added to the Agenda as the work of
the Council proceeded.
3. Italian Peace Treaty:
Procedure
The memorandum by the United States Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 2) should be
referred for consideration in the first instance by the Deputies.
4. International Inland Waterways
Mr. Byrnes submitted for circulation a
memorandum by the United States Delegation on International Inland
Waterways (C.F.M.(45) 1).
[Annex 2]
Record of Decisions of the Second Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 12, 194595
1. Austria
The views of the Allied Council in Vienna should be sought on the
question of long-term supply arrangements for Austria by telegrams in
identical terms from the Governments of the United States, Soviet Union,
United Kingdom and France to their respective Commanders-in-Chief in
Austria.
The text of the telegram as agreed by the Council is set out in
C.F.M.(45) 5.
2. Italian Peace Treaty:
Procedure
The members of the United Nations which were at war with Italy should be
invited to submit in writing their views on the Peace Treaty with Italy,
without prejudice to any claim they might have to make oral
representations to the Council at a later stage.
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The Deputies should consider at their meeting on the following day how
the above invitations could best be extended; and what would be the most
convenient procedure for arranging which Governments should be invited
to make oral representations to the Council at a later stage.
3. Peace Treaties With Bulgaria,
Finland, Hungary and Roumania
M. Molotov submitted memoranda by the Soviet
Delegation setting out the Soviet Government’s suggestions for Peace
Treaties with Bulgaria (C.F.M.(45) 6), Finland (C.F.M.(45) 7), Hungary,
(C.F.M.(45) 4), and Roumania, (C.F.M.(45) 8).
4. Repatriation of Soviet
Citizens
M. Molotov handed in copies of a memorandum on
the repatriation of Soviet citizens which was subsequently circulated as
C.F.M.(45) 10.
[Annex 3]
Record of Decisions of the Third Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 14, 194596
1. Reparations From Germany
The Council should consider at their next meeting whether the memorandum
by the Soviet Delegation on Reparations from Germany (C.F.M.(45) 15)
should be added to the Agenda for the present Conference.
2. Repatriation of Soviet
Nationals
The Council agreed that the memorandum by the Soviet Delegation on the
acceleration of the repatriation of Soviet nationals (C.F.M.(45) 10)
should be added to the Agenda for the present Conference.
3. Secretariat
The report of the Deputies (C.F.M.(45) 12) on the composition and
functions of the Joint Secretariat was approved.
4. Italian Peace Treaty:
Procedure
The Deputies should determine the procedure for enabling those of the
United Nations who were at war with Italy to express their views in
writing on the Italian Peace Treaty.
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5. Italy: Draft Heads of Peace
Treaty
Dr. Wang Shih-Chieh, as Chairman, was invited to arrange for the
Governments of Yugoslavia, of such British Dominions as claimed to be
heard, and of Italy, to be invited to send representatives to attend at
the meeting of the Council on Monday, 17th September to present their
views on the problem of the Yugoslav-Italian frontier and Trieste.
The following decisions were taken on the points of principle set out in
the United States memorandum (C.F.M.(45) 16).
section i: territorial provisions for italy in
europe
- (1)
- The frontier with France will not be changed, except for such
minor adjustments as may be approved by the Council on the basis of
recommendations to be submitted by the French Delegation and
considered in the first instance by the Deputies.
- (2)
- The frontier with Switzerland will not be changed.
- (3)
- The frontier with Austria will not be changed, subject to the
decisions to be reached by the Council on any case which Austria may
present for minor rectifications in her favour.
- (4)
- Discussion of the proposals in the United States memorandum
regarding the frontier between Yugoslavia and Italy should be
deferred until the Council had heard the representatives of other
Governments who were being invited to attend the meeting on Monday,
17th September.
- (5)
- The proposal in the United States memorandum that the Dodecanese
Islands should be ceded to Greece and demilitarised should stand
over for the time being.
- (6)
- Italy should be required to renounce all claims in relation to
pre-war Albania.
- (7)
- The proposal in the United States memorandum that Pantellaria and
Isole Pelagie should be demilitarised should be considered together
with the proposals on armaments in Section IV.
- (8)
- Zara and the Dalmatian Islands should go to Yugoslavia.
- (9)
- The island of Saseno should revert to Albania.
section ii: human rights
Italy shall undertake to maintain a Bill of Rights which will secure the
freedom of speech, religious worship, political belief and public
meeting envisaged for Italy in the Moscow Declaration of November,
1943;96a and which will
also confirm the human rights and fundamental freedoms set forth in the
Charter of the United Nations Organisation.
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[Annex 4]
Record of Decisions of the Fourth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 14, 194597
1. Control and Administration of
Germany
M. Bidault circulated a memorandum by the French Delegation on the
control and administration of Germany (C.F.M.(45) 17).
2. Reparations From Germany
Consideration was deferred of the question whether the Soviet memorandum
on this subject (C.F.M.(45) 15) should be added to the agenda for the
present Conference.
3. Italian Peace Treaty:
Procedure
Dr. Wang Shih Chieh was invited to despatch letters to the
representatives of the Governments of Yugoslavia, Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India and Italy, in the following
terms:
“At their meeting this morning the Council of Foreign Ministers now
in Session at Lancaster House in London agreed to enquire of the
Government of . . . . . . . . . . whether they wished to represent
their views to the Council on the question of the Yugoslav-Italian
frontier and the future of the city and port of Trieste.
Accordingly, as the Chairman of the Council of Foreign Ministers on
that occasion, I was asked to invite the Government of . . . . . . .
. . . to nominate a representative, if they so desired to attend the
meeting of Foreign Ministers to be held in Lancaster House on
Monday, 17th September, at 4.0 p.m. to express the views of the . .
. . . . . . . . Government on these problems.”
4. Italy: Disposal of Italian
Colonies
An exchange of views took place. The discussion of these questions should
be resumed on Saturday, 15th September, at 3 p.m.
[Annex 5]
Record of Decisions of the Fifth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 15, 194598
1. Poland
The Council agreed to consider at their next meeting whether certain
representations which had been made by the Polish Provisional Government
about the liquidation of the Arciszewski Government in
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London should be considered by the Council
during the present Conference.
2. Italian Peace Treaty:
Procedure
A letter in the following terms:—
“The Council of Foreign Ministers, now in Session at Lancaster
House, has decided to invite the Governments of the United
Nations who have been at war with Italy and who are not
represented on the Council, to present to it, in writing, their
views on the aspects of the peace settlement with Italy which
are of a nature to be of interest to them.
I have therefore been instructed, in my capacity as Chairman of
this meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers to invite your
Government to express their views on this question, if they
desire to do so. The Council requests that these communications
should reach it before the 1st October.”
should be sent to the Governments of the following countries through the
representative in London of the Government concerned wherever possible:—
Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussia, Canada, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia,
Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Luxembourg,
Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama,
Philippines, Poland, Salvador, South Africa, Ukraine,
Yugoslavia.
3. Reparations From Germany
The memorandum on this subject (C.F.M.(45) 15) which had been submitted
by the Soviet Delegation should be added at the end of the items
included in the Agenda for the present Conference of Foreign
Ministers.
4. Italy: Disposal of Italian
Colonies
- (1)
- The Council referred to the Deputies for preliminary consideration
the matter of trusteeship for the Italian Colonies, suggesting that
they should make the widest use possible of the proposals of the
United States Delegation and take into account the views expressed
by the other Delegations. The Council agreed that the Deputies may
recommend such concrete territorial, economic, or political changes
as they may agree upon. In the absence of such agreement as to
changes, they shall base their report upon the American proposals,
making such individual reports to the Council as they may
respectively deem helpful.
- (2)
- The Deputies were asked to present their report on this question
to the Governments members of the Council not less than 14 days
before the opening of the next Plenary Conference of the
Council.
- (3)
- The Deputies were given discretion to consider any views on this
question presented to them by any of the Governments which had been
invited to express their views to the Council in writing on the
terms of the peace settlement with Italy (see Minute 2 above) though
no fresh invitations need be issued asking for an expression of
views on this particular aspect of the settlement.
Alternative
(3) The Council also decided to invite the Governments of the British
Dominions, India, Byelo-Russia and Ukraine to send, if they so desired,
their representatives to express their views orally to the Deputies on
the particular question of the Italian Colonies.
[Annex 6]
Record of Decisions of the Sixth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 17, 194599
1. Italian Peace Treaty:
Yugoslav-Italian Frontier and Trieste
The Council agreed upon the following procedure for hearing that
afternoon the representatives of the Governments invited to put before
the Council orally their views on the problem of the Yugoslav-Italian
frontier and Trieste:—
The representatives of Yugoslavia and the three British Dominions should
be present throughout the meeting.1 The views of Yugoslavia should be
heard first. The Italian representatives should then be invited into the
Conference Room to express their views, and should then be asked to
leave. The views of the three British Dominions could be stated after
the Italian representatives had left.
2. Poland
The matters raised in the note from the Polish Provisional Government
about the Arciszewski Government should first be dealt with through the
diplomatic channel in the ordinary way, but if agreement was not reached
by this means could be raised at the next Conference of the Council.
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3. Control and Administration of
Germany
The memorandum on this subject circulated by the French Delegation
(C.F.M.(45) 17) should be added as Item 8 of the Agenda for the present
Conference.
4. Italian Peace Treaty: Dodecanese
Islands
An exchange of views took place about the Dodecanese Islands. It was
agreed that further consideration of this question should be adjourned
from day to day, and that, if no agreement were reached before the end
of the present Conference, the question should be brought up for
decision at the next Conference of the Council.
5. Italian Peace Treaty:
Armaments
Paragraph (1) of Section IV of the memorandum by the United States
Delegation (C.F.M. (45) 16) was accepted in the following amended form:—
“The maintenance of armaments for land, sea and air will be
closely restricted to (a) the necessities
of the maintenance of order in Italian territory and local
defence on Italian frontiers; (b) such
military contingents, if any, in addition to the foregoing, as
may be required by the Security Council.”
The restrictions under (a) above
would operate only until such time as they were relaxed by the Security
Council of the United Nations Organisation.
It was noted that the French Delegation, in putting forward to the
Deputies their proposals for minor rectifications of the Franco-Italian
frontier, would propose that the Italian side of this frontier should be
demilitarised; and that the acceptance by the French Delegation of the
paragraph set out above was subject to this reservation.
The Deputies in considering in detail the relevant clauses of the draft
heads of the Peace Treaty with Italy (C.F.M.(45) 3), should be guided by
the general principles set out above.
[Annex 7]
Record of Decisions of the Seventh Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 17, 19452
1. Italian Peace Treaty:
Yugoslav–Italian Frontier and Trieste
The meeting to hear the views of the Governments of Yugoslavia, Italy,
Australia, New Zealand and South Africa was postponed until 11.0 a.m. on
Tuesday, 18th September.
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2. Italian Peace Treaty:
Armaments
Pantellaria and Isole Pelagie should be demilitarised.
Italy should be prohibited from constructing any naval, military or air
force installations in Sicily and Sardinia, except for such facilities
as may be required by the World Organisation or for internal security
purposes.
Factory and tool equipment in Italy designed for the manufacture of war
implements which is not required for the permitted military
establishments and is not readily susceptible to conversion for civilian
purposes should be surrendered to the Four Powers for such disposal on
reparations account or otherwise as they may determine.
A liberal attitude should be taken towards the production of aircraft and
airplane engines for civilian use.
Provision should be made for the establishment of Allied machinery to
enforce the naval, military and air clauses of the Peace Treaty (as
proposed in paragraphs 56–58 of C.F.M.(45) 3) until such time as Italy
can be accepted as a reliable member of the United Nations
Organisation.
The Deputies should proceed to consider the detailed provisions of the
military clauses of the Peace Treaty in the light of the above general
principles on Armaments and those approved at the Sixth Meeting of the
Council (C.F.M.(P) (45) 6th Meeting, Minute 5).
3. Italian Peace Treaty: War Crimes,
etc.
The Deputies should be guided by Section V of the memorandum by the
United States Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 16) in their detailed examination
of the relevant Sections of the draft Treaty (paragraphs 61–68 of
C.F.M.(45) 3).
4. Italian Peace Treaty:
Reparations
An exchange of views took place about Section VI of the memorandum by the
United States Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 16) on Reparations from Italy.
[Annex 8]
Record of Decisions of the Eighth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 18, 19453
Italian Peace Treaty: Yugoslav–Italian Frontier and
Trieste
M. Kardelj and M. Leontic made statements of the views of the Yugoslav
Government, the text of which is reproduced in C.F.M.(45) 26.
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[Annex 9]
Record of Decisions of the Ninth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 18, 19454
Italian Peace Treaty—Yugoslav–Italian Frontier and
Trieste
(a) Views of
Yugoslav Government
M. Kosanovic made a statement, the text of which is reproduced in C.F.M.
(45) 26.
(b) Views of
Italian Government
At this point in the meeting, representatives of the Italian Government
were admitted to the Conference Room.
Signor de Gasperi made a statement, the text of which is reproduced in
C.F.M.(45) 27.
At the end of his statement, Signor de Gasperi obtained the leave of the
Council to submit through the Secretariat further statistical and other
material in support of his case.
[Annex 10]
Record of Decisions of the Tenth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 18, 19455
[1. Italy: Procedure for Preparing
Peace Treaty
Statements were made by the representatives of the Australian, New
Zealand and South African Governments on the procedure for consultation
with Governments not represented on the Council which were directly
interested in the peace settlement with Italy].6
2. Italian Peace Treaty:
Yugoslav–Italian Frontier and Trieste
Views of Governments of British Dominions
The views of the Australian Government on this
question were stated to the Council by Dr. H. V. Evatt. A summary of Dr.
Evatt’s statement has been circulated separately as C.F.M. (45) 28.
The views of the New Zealand Government were
stated to the Council by Mr. R. M. Campbell. The text of Mr. Campbell’s
statement is reproduced in C.F.M. (45) 29.
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The views of the South African Government were
stated to the Council by Mr. Heaton Nicholls. A summary of Mr. Nicholls’
statement has been circulated separately as C.F.M.(45) 30.
Further views of the Yugoslav Government
M. Kardelj made a further statement in reply
to the views expressed by the representative of the Italian Government
at the Council’s meeting that afternoon (C.F.M.(P) (45) 9th
Meeting).
A summary of M. Kardelj’s statement has been circulated separately as
C.F.M.(45) 31.
[Annex 11]
Record of Decisions of the Eleventh Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 19, 19457
Italian Peace Treaty: Yugoslav–Italian Frontier and
Trieste
An exchange of views took place.
[Annex 12]
Record of Decisions of the Twelfth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 19, 19458
1. Italian Peace Treaty:
Yugoslav–Italian Frontier and Trieste
The Council instructed the Deputies—
- (1)
- To report on the line, which will in the main be the ethnic
line leaving a minimum under alien rule, on the understanding
that appropriate investigations will be carried out on the spot
before the final delimitation of the frontier.
- (2)
- To report on an international regime which will assure that
the port and transit facilities of Trieste will be available for
use on equal terms by all international trade and by Yugoslavia,
Italy and the states of central Europe as is customary in other
free ports of the world.
2. Italian Peace Treaty: Economic and
Financial Matters
The Deputies should select from the draft clauses in C.F.M.(45) 3 dealing
with economic and financial matters those which ought to be retained in
the Peace Treaty as being of [special importance or of]9
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general application and should
leave the remainder to be dealt with in separate bilateral agreements
between Italy and the countries concerned.10
3. Italian Peace Treaty: Sovereignty
of Italy
The Council agreed that there should be included in the Treaty provision
for the restoration of Italian sovereignty and the termination of
foreign rights or controls within Italy, except as provided in the
Treaty.
4. Italian Peace Treaty: Questions of
Special Concern to China
The Deputies should consider the issues raised in C.F.M.(45) 13 and
14.
5. Italian Peace Treaty: Dodecanese
Islands
An exchange of views took place. Further consideration of this question
was again adjourned.
6. Italy: Disposal of Italian
Colonies
The Deputies should have discretion to consider any views which the
Egyptian Government might submit in waiting on the question of the
disposal of the Italian Colonies.
7. Italian Peace Treaty:
Reparations
Mr. Byrnes’ proposals on procedure should be considered at a later
meeting. If these proposals were accepted, it could be agreed that the
question of reparations from Italy should stand referred to the
Deputies.
[Annex 13]
Record of Decisions of the Thirteenth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 29, 194511
1. Procedure: Publication of Decisions
of Council
Future communiqués should not include decisions reached by the Council
unless the Council had agreed that those decisions might be
published.
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2. Finland: Peace Treaty
An exchange of views took place between M. Molotov and Mr. Bevin
regarding
- (a)
- The British proposal that the Peace Treaty with Finland should
contain provisions limiting Finland’s military establishments,
and
- (b)
- M. Molotov’s suggestions on the procedure for giving further
consideration to the draft Treaty.
No agreement was reached on these points, and the provisional decisions
set out below are subject to such an agreement being reached.
Continuance of Military Facilities (paragraph 4
of C.F.M.(45) 25)
On the conclusion of the Peace Treaty facilities of a military nature
would no longer be required of the Finnish Government.
Return of Allied Vessels etc. (paragraph 5 of
C.F.M.(45) 25)
Further consideration should be given to the need for a provision in the
Treaty on the lines of Article 18 of the Armistice terms dealing with
the return of Allied vessels.
Resumption of Diplomatic and Consular Relations
(paragraph 6 (i) of C.F.M.(45) 25)
A provision should be included in the Treaty covering the resumption of
diplomatic and consular relations with Finland. The proposal made in the
second sentence of paragraph 6 (i) of C.F.M. (45) 25 was withdrawn.
Position of International Organisations
(paragraph 6 (ii) and (iii) of C.F.M.(45) 25)
The proposals in these paragraphs should be considered in connection with
the proposal in paragraph 3 of C.F.M.(45) 7.
Position of existing Treaties (paragraph 6 (iv)
of C.F.M.(45) 25)
Further consideration should be given to this proposal in order to
specify which treaties Finland should be required to keep in force and
which treaties she should abrogate.
Bill of Rights (paragraph 6 (v) of C.F.M.(45)
25)
Finland should be required to maintain a Bill of Eights on the lines
already accepted for inclusion in the Italian Peace Treaty. The details
of such a provision would require examination.
War Graves (paragraph 6 (vi) of C.F.M.(45)
25)
Further detailed consideration should be given to this proposal.
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Economic and Financial Questions (paragraph 7 of
C.F.M.(45) 25)
Further consideration should be given to the inclusion in the Treaty of
clauses dealing with economic and financial questions on the lines of
paragraph 7 of C.F.M.(45) 25.
Admission to United Nations Organisation
An exchange of views took place about the admission of Finland to the
United Nations Organisation. Consideration of this question was
adjourned.
[Annex 14]
Record of Decisions of the Fourteenth Meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers, London, September 20, 194512
1. Finland: Peace Treaty
An exchange of views took place. Further consideration of the procedure
for dealing with the Finnish Peace Treaty was postponed.
2. Roumania: Peace Treaty
Further study should be given (by a procedure to be determined by the
Council) to the detailed provisions of the Peace Treaty with Roumania,
on the basis of the proposals of the Soviet Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 8) in
the light of the memoranda by the British (C.F.M.(45) 22) and United
States (C.F.M.(45) 35 [36?]) Delegations, and of
the following decisions of principle:—
Armaments (Paragraph 3 of C.F.M.(45) 21)
Section IV of C.F.M.(45) 36 should be accepted as a basis for detailed
study of this question, and this study should include the question
whether any machinery was required (whether in the form of an Allied
Inspectorate or otherwise) for enforcing any restrictions which it might
be decided to impose on Roumania’s military establishments.
Soviet-Roumanian Frontier (Paragraph 4 of
C.F.M.(45) 21)
Article 4 of the Armistice Terms should be accepted as a basis for
discussion.
Return of Allied Vessels (Paragraph 5 of
C.F.M.(45) 21)
This question was referred for detailed study and report to the
Council.
War Crimes (Paragraph 6 of C.F.M.(45) 21)
Article 14 of the Armistice Terms should be accepted as the basis for
dealing with the question of apprehending and trying persons accused of
war crimes.
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Fascist organisations (Paragraph 7 of C.F.M.(45)
21)
Article 15 of the Armistice Terms should be accepted as a basis of
discussion for dealing with pro-Hitler, pro-Fascist and other
organisations in Roumania conducting propaganda hostile to the United
Nations, on the understanding that further consideration would be given
to this question in view of the action already taken by the Roumanian
Government under Article 15 of the Armistice Terms.
Withdrawal of Allied Forces (Paragraph 8 of
C.F.M.(45) 21)
On the conclusion of the Peace Treaty all Allied forces would be
withdrawn from Roumania (except as might be provided for the maintenance
of the lines of communication of the Red Army with the Soviet zone of
occupation in Austria) and that all unused currency and goods would be
returned to the Roumanian Government.
Transylvania (Paragraph 9 of C.F.M.(45) 21)
An exchange of views took place.
Resumption of Diplomatic and Consular Relations
(Paragraph 10 (i) of C.F.M.(45) 21)
A provision should be included in the Treaty covering the resumption of
diplomatic and consular relations with Roumania. The proposal made in
the second sentence of paragraph 10 (i) of C.F.M.(45) 21 was
withdrawn.
Position of International Organisations
(Paragraph 10 (ii) and (iii) of C.F.M.(45) 21)
The proposals in these paragraphs should be considered in connection with
the proposal in paragraph 4 of C.F.M.(45) 8.
International Control of Danube (Paragraph 19
(iv) of C.F.M.(45) 21)
An exchange of views took place. Consideration of the proposal was
adjourned.
Position of Existing Treaties (Paragraph 19 (v)
of C.F.M.(45) 21)
Further consideration should be given to this proposal, in order to
specify which Treaties Roumania should be required to keep in force and
which Treaties she should abrogate.
Bill of Rights (Paragraph 10 (vi) of C.F.M.(45)
21)
Roumania should be required to maintain a Bill of Eights on the lines
already accepted for inclusion in the Italian Peace Treaty. The details
of such a provision would require examination.
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Reception of Roumanian Nationals (Paragraph 10
(vii) of C.F.M.(45) 21)
The proposal that Roumania should be required to receive Roumanian
nationals returning from abroad and to accept full responsibility for
them was withdrawn.
War Graves (Paragraph 10 (viii) of C.F.M.(45)
21)
Detailed consideration should be given to this proposal.
Financial and Economic Clauses (Paragraph 11 of
C.F.M.(45) 21)
The proposals in paragraph 11 of the memorandum by the British
Delegation, [in Section VII of the U.S. Memorandum, (C.F.M.(45) 36) and
in the French memorandum C.F.M.(45) 37]13 should be referred for
detailed consideration in connection with paragraph 2 of the memorandum
by the Soviet Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 8).14
Admission to United Nations Organisation
(Paragraph 12 of C.F.M. (45) 21)
Further consideration of the proposal in paragraph 4 of the memorandum by
the Soviet Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 8) regarding the candidature of
Roumania for membership of the United Nations Organisation, was
postponed.