C.F.M. Files:
Lot M–88: Box 2061: CFM Documents
The Chinese Ambassador in France (Tsien Tai) to the Council of Foreign
Ministers88
Gentlemen: On the orders of my Government, I have
the honour to forward to you a Memorandum prepared by His Excellency
Monsieur Wang Shih Chieh, Minister for Foreign Affairs in China, concerning
the examination and procedure to be adopted in connection with problems
which may arise, both in the course of the meetings of your Council and
during the Conference which is due to be called, and which may not directly
concern the Peace Treaties with Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Finland.
Please accept [etc.]
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[Enclosure]
The Chinese Embassy in
France to the Council of Foreign
Ministers
Memorandum
In accordance with the Moscow Agreement of December, 1945, to which the
Government of China had signified its adherence, a Conference whose
object is to examine the Peace Treaties with Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria,
Hungary and Finland will be called by the Council of Foreign
Ministers.
Being a Member of the said Council, the Chinese Government reserves the
right to object to the placing on the agenda of the Conference which is
to be called of any subjects except those which were stipulated in the
Moscow Agreement without a preliminary consultation with the Chinese
Government.
The Chinese Government further wishes to recall the procedure adopted at
the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in London in September,
1945, in accordance with which questions concerning the conclusion of
peace treaties were to be discussed by all the five Members of the
Council, although the voting was to be limited to the signatories of the
corresponding armistice terms.
In the absence of any new agreement between the Members of the Council,
the Chinese Government maintains that the procedure referred to above
should be observed and applied during the discussions concerning the
conclusion of peace treaties with Germany or other countries.
