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 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 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.

(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.

Norman Brook

[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.

(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.

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.

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.

[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 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.

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.

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.

[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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

91. Only the Records of Decisions of the first 14 meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers are printed below. The Records of Decisions for the 15th through the 26th meetings of the Council may be found on pp. 287–439 passim. According to a note of September 22, 1945, by Norman Brook, the Secretary General of the Council (not printed), preparation of the records of decisions taken by the Council during its first 14 meetings was undertaken by the Joint Secretariat at the request of the Soviet delegation. The 26 Records of Decisions were amended and approved by the Council in the course of its 27th and 28th meetings, September 29, 1945. The United States delegation minutes of these discussions have not been printed, but the amendments agreed upon by the Council are indicated in footnotes at appropriate places in the records themselves.
92. For the record of the Council’s first meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 1st Meeting, p. 112.
93. Brackets appear in the original.
94. At its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945, the Council of Foreign Ministers agreed to revise this decision to read as follows: “(3) Items 7 and 10 should not be included in the Agenda. The United States representative said that he had not proposed them. The representative of France said that Item 9 was covered by Item 8, and that on this understanding he accepted the deletion of Item 9.” (740.00119 Council/9–1145)
95. This record was approved by the Council without amendment at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s second meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 2nd Meeting, p. 125.
96. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendment at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s third meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 3rd Meeting, p. 158.
97. For text of Declaration Regarding Italy, see Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. i, p. 759.
97. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendment at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s fourth meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 4th Meeting, p. 166.
98. After discussion of this Record of Decisions in the course of the 27th and 28th meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers, September 20, 1945, it was decided to have item 4(3) read as follows: “The Council also decided to instruct the Deputies to invite the Governments of the British Dominions, India, Byelo Russia, and the Ukraine to send, if they so desired, their representatives to express their views orally on the particular question of the Italian Colonies. The Deputies were given discretion to hear 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.” The text of this amended Record of Decisions is from the British record of the 28th meeting of the Council, not printed (Council of Foreign Ministers: Lot M–88: CFM London Minutes). For the record of the Council’s fifth meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 5th Meeting, p. 186.
99. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council of Foreign Ministers, with the amendment shown in footnote 1, below, at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s sixth meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 6th Meeting, p. 202.
1. At its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945, the Council of Foreign Ministers agreed to revise this sentence to read as follows: “The representatives of Yugoslavia, Australia, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa should be present throughout the meeting.” (740.00119 Council/9–1145)
2. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendment at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s seventh meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 7th Meeting, p. 209.
3. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendment during its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s eighth meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 8th Meeting, p. 225.
4. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendments at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s ninth meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 9th Meeting, p. 226.
5. At their 27th meeting on September 29, 1945, the Council of Foreign Ministers approved this Record of Decisions after eliminating section 1 (printed here in brackets). For the record of the Council’s tenth meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 10th Meeting, p. 239.
6. Brackets appear in the original.
7. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendment at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s 11th meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 11th Meeting, p. 248.
8. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council, with the amendment shown in footnote 10, p. 470, at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the 12th meeting of the Council, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 12th Meeting, p. 254.
9. Brackets appear in the original.
10. At its 27th meeting, the Council revised this item to read as follows: “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 general importance, and should leave the remainder to be dealt with in separate bilateral agreements between Italy and the countries concerned.” (740.00119 Council/9–1145)
11. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council without amendment at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s 13th meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 13th Meeting, p. 269.
12. This Record of Decisions was approved by the Council, with the amendment shown in footnote 14, p. 474, at its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945. For the record of the Council’s 14th meeting, see C.F.M.(P) (45) 14th Meeting, p. 275.
13. Brackets appear in the original.
14. At its 27th meeting, September 29, 1945, the Council of Foreign Ministers agreed to revise this decision to read as follows: “The proposals in paragraph 11 of the memorandum of British Delegation and in Section VII of the United States Memorandum (C.F.M.(45) 36), should be referred for detailed consideration in connection with paragraph 2 of the memorandum by the Soviet Delegation (C.F.M.(45) 8).” (740.00119 Council/9–1145)