C.F.M. Files: Lot M–88: Box 2080: Records of Decisions
Record of Decisions, Council of Foreign Ministers, Third Session, Sixth Meeting, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, November 11, 1946, 4:30 p.m.
CFM(46) (NY) 6th Meeting
Present
| France | ||
| M. Couve de Murville (Chairman) | ||
| M. Alphand | ||
| M. Bérard | ||
| U.S.A. | U.K. | |
| Mr. Byrnes | Mr. Bevin | |
| Mr. Vandenberg | Sir Oliver Harvey | |
| Mr. Dunn | Mr. Jebb | |
| Mr. Dixon | ||
| U.S.S.R. | ||
| M. Molotov | ||
| M. Vyshinsky | ||
| M. Gousev |
I Recommendations of the Paris Conference on the Peace Treaty With Hungary—First Reading84
The Council proceeded to discuss the Paris Conference recommendations on the Hungarian Peace Treaty with the following results:
Article 2 (A.) Non-discrimination Amongst Hungarian Nationals
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 13. Ban on Special Armaments
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 21. Reparation
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 23, para. 4. Compensation
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 23, para. 9. Danube-Sava-Adriatic Railway Company
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 23(A). Discrimination in Respect of Property in Hungary
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 25. Hungarian Property in Allied and Associated Territory
The decision on this Article was deferred.
[Page 1108]Article 26. Hungarian Claims on Germany
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 29, paras, 1c and 2. Exception for State Enterprises; Civil Aviation; Exception for Neighboring Countries
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 29(A). Reciprocal Railway Transit Agreements
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 30. Settlement of Disputes on Economic Matters
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 33. Clauses on the Danube
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 35. Interpretation of Treaty.
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Annex IV. Part B Insurance
Annex V. Contracts, Prescriptions etc. (less Part III Negotiable Instruments)
It was agreed to refer these two Annexes to the Economic Experts for consideration in the same way as the corresponding Annexes of the other Treaties.
Annex V. Part III Negotiable Instruments
Annex VI, Judgments
The Paris Conference recommendations for these two Annexes were adopted on the same basis as the corresponding recommendations for the other Treaties.
II Recommendations of the Paris Conference on the Peace Treaty With Finland—First Reading85
The Council next considered the recommendations of the Paris Conference on the Treaty with Finland with the following results:
Article 16. Ban on Special Armaments
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 22. Reparation to the Soviet Union
The U.K. and U.S.S.R. Delegations having notified their acceptance of its provisions, this Article was adopted.
Article 24, para. 4. Compensation
The decision on this paragraph was deferred.
Article 28, para, 1c and para. 2. Exception for State Enterprises: Civil Aviation
The decision on this paragraph was deferred.
Article 29. Settlement of Disputes on Economic Questions
The decision on this Article was deferred.
Article 33. Interpretation of the Treaty.
The decision on this Article was deferred.
[Page 1109]Annex IV, Part B. Insurance
Annex V. Contracts, Prescriptions, etc. (less Part III, Negotiable Instruments)
It was agreed to refer these two Annexes to the Economic Experts in the same way as the corresponding Annexes of the other Treaties.
Annex V, Part III. Negotiable Instruments
Annex VI B. Judgments
The Paris Conference recommendations regarding these two annexes were adopted on the same basis as the corresponding recommendations for the other Treaties.
III Questions on Which no Recommendation Was Made by the Paris Conference
a) Treaty with Hungary
Article 20. Withdrawal of Allied Troops86
With reference to Article 63 of the Italian Treaty,87 the United Kingdom representative enquired whether Soviet troops could not be withdrawn from the Balkan countries. The U.S.S.R. Delegation said that this question was not on the agenda and it could not be discussed without appropriate preparation and consultation with the Soviet military authorities.
b) Treaty with Finland
Article 26, para. 3. Restitution of Identifiable Property88
It was agreed to refer this paragraph to the Deputies to consider whether a general wording could be agreed applicable to Finland, the Balkan States, and Italy, taking account in each particular case of the date of the Armistice.
IV Next Meetings of the Council
Ministers: Tuesday, November 12, at 4:30 p.m.
Deputies: Tuesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m.
- For text of the Recommendations under consideration at this point, see vol. iv, p. 937. The locations of specific articles cited in this section are indicated in annotations to the United States Delegation Minutes of this meeting, supra.↩
- Vol. iv, p. 949.↩
- This article in the Draft Peace Treaty with Hungary is identical, mutatis mutandis, to article 21 of the Draft Rumanian Treaty; for text, see vol. iv, p. 68.↩
- ibid., p. 24.↩
- For text of this article in the Draft Peace Treaty with Finland, see ibid., p. 113.↩