Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Council of Foreign Ministers, Volume II

C.F.M. Files: Lot M–88: Box 2080: Records of Decisions

Record of Decisions, Council of Foreign Ministers, Third Session, Third Meeting, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, November 6, 1946, 10:30 a.m.

New York, November 6, 1946, 10:30 a.m.

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C.F.M. (46) (NY) 3rd Meeting

Present

	U.K.
	Mr. Bevin (Chairman)
	Sir Oliver Harvey
	Mr. Jebb
	Mr. Sterndale-Bennett
France		U.S.S.R.
M. Couve de Murville		M. Molotov
M. Bonnet		M. Vyshinsky
M. Bérard		M. Gousev
	U.S.A.
	Mr. Byrnes
	Mr. Dunn
	Mr. Cohen
	Mr. Bohlen

I Hearing of the Yugoslav and Italian Representatives

It was agreed, on the proposal of the Chairman, that the representatives of Yugoslavia and Italy should be admitted to the Council to express their views on Article 16 and that the Yugoslav representative should be heard first.

M. Simić, Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia, read a statement in English and submitted a proposal concerning Article 16 of the Draft Peace Treaty (see doc. CFM (46) (NY) 5),⁶³ together with a map of a new line proposed for the frontier between Yugoslavia and Italy.

M. Tarchiani, Ambassador of Italy to Washington, read a statement in English (see doc. CFM (46) (NY) 6).⁶⁴

The Representatives of Yugoslavia and Italy then left the Council Room.

It was agreed that the statements made by the Yugoslav and Italian Representatives and the new Yugoslav proposals for Article 16 of the Italian Treaty would be examined by the Council when it considered for a second time the Paris Conference recommendation on that Article. It would then be open also to any member of the Council to move an amendment to the Council’s previous decision on the frontier line.

II Recommendations of the Paris Conference on the Peace Treaty With Italy (Continuation of First Reading)⁶⁵

The Council resumed its consideration of the unagreed Articles with the following results:

Annex III. Ceded Territories

Consideration deferred as no recommendation received from the Paris Conference.

Annex VI. Part B, Insurance

Referred to the Deputies for further study.

Annex VII. Part III, Negotiable Instruments

Adopted.

Annex VII. Part V, U.S. Proposal

Reserved for further study.

Annex VIII. Judgments

Adopted.

III Next Meeting of the Council

Friday, November 8, at 3:30 p.m.

Agenda: Review of points still outstanding in the Peace Treaty with Italy.

New York , November 16, 1946.

63. Infra.
64. Post, p. 1038.
65. Vol. iv, p. 889. The locations of specific articles cited in this section are indicated in the annotations to the United States Delegation Minutes of this meeting, supra.