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Record of Decisions, Council of Foreign Ministers, Third Session, Deputies, 120th Meeting, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, November 23, 1946, 11 a.m.

New York, November 23, 1946, 11 a.m.
secret
CFM(D) (46) (NY)120th Meeting

Present

U.S.S.R.
M. Gousev (Chairman)
M. Kozyrev
M. Stetsenko
U.K. U.S.A
Mr. Jebb Mr. Dunn
Mr. Sterndale Bennett Mr. Reber
Lord Hood Mr. Summers
Mr. Fitzmaurice
France
M. Alphand
M. Wolfrom
M. Burin des Roziers
Prof. Gros

I. Peace Treaty With Italy

The Deputies proceeded, on the instructions of the Ministers, to discuss the following agenda:

(a)
Text of Article 16 (Free Territory of Trieste)
(b)
List of questions still outstanding in the draft treaty.

(a)
Article 16.
An exchange of views took place on the text of this Article to be submitted for the consideration of the Ministers. Alternative texts submitted by the U.S.S.R. Delegation (Annex 1) and by the French United States, and United Kingdom Delegations (Annex 2) are annexed for information to the present Record.92
(b)
List of Outstanding Questions.
The annex list of Articles or questions still outstanding on the Italian Treaty was agreed (Annex 3).

II. Next Meeting

Monday, November 25, 1946, at 11 a.m.

New York , November 26, 1946.
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Annex 3

List of Articles of the Draft Peace Treaty With Italy Which Are Still Unagreed

Art. 3—Frontier between Italy and Yugoslavia.

Art. 4—Frontier between Italy and the Free Territory of Trieste.

Art. 10 bis—Austro-Italian Agreement of September 5, 1946.

Art. 16, para. 2—Frontier between Yugoslavia and the Free Territory of Trieste.

  • Paras. 1, 3, 4, 5 of the US Proposal in the text of the Conference Recommendation.
  • Para. 9—Powers of the Governor in cases not admitting of delay.
  • Para. 10b—Citizenship.
  • Para. 11—Free Port and Economic Questions:
    • Provisional Government.
    • Withdrawal of troops from the Free Territory.
    • Provisional Regime; Statute of the Free Territory of Trieste. (Section 1 of the French Proposal—Resolution of the Conference).
    • Clauses on the Free Port of Trieste.

Art. 25A—Recognition of Albania as an Allied and Associated Power.

Art. 64, Part B, para. 1—Reparation for Albania, Ethiopia, Greece and Yugoslavia.

  • Paras. 2(c), 6, 7 (a), (b), (c) (Doc. CFM(46) (NY)17).93
  • Part D—Reparation for other Powers (Doc. CFM(46) (NY)20).94
  • Part E—Compensation to Italian nationals for property removed for Reparation purposes (Doc. CFM(46) (NY)17).

Art. 67—Claims on Germany (Doc. CFM(46) (NY)20, para. 5).

Art. 67, para. 4 (a), (b), (c), (d)—Compensation for Damage to United Nations property in Italy.

  • Addition to para. 8(c)—Definition of Ships (Doc. CFM (NY)17, para. 3).

Art. 69—Italian Property in the territory of Allied and Associated Powers.

  • Para. 5 (e), (f) of the Draft Treaty—Property in Ceded Territories.

Art. 71—General Economic Relations

  • Para. 1—Time-limit for Art. 71.
  • 1(c) Private Enterprises; Civil Aviation.
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Art. 72—Settlement of Disputes—in connection with Articles 65, 68 and Annexes 6, 7, and 8.

Art. 74 bis—Non-participation of Italy in the International Financial Commission in Greece.

Art. 76—Settlement of Disputes concerning the interpretation and execution of the Treaty.

Art. 77 bis—Non-participation in the benefits of the Treaty by countries which have not ratified it.

Annex III—Economic and Financial Provisions relating to Ceded Territories (referred to the Economic Experts).

Annex VI—Part B. Insurance. (CFM(46) (NY)20, para. 6).

Annex VII—Part I—Contracts. (CFM(46) (NY)20, para. 2).

  • Part II—Periods of Prescription (CFM(46) (NY)20, para, 3).
  • Part IV—Miscellaneous (CFM(46) (NY)20, para. 4).
  • Part V—Special Provision relating to the USA.

Annex IX—Free Territory of Trieste (Water and Electricity Supplies).

Annex XIII—Property and Debts Provisions relating to the Free Territory of Trieste.

  1. Annexes 1 and 2 not printed.↩
  2. Report of the Committee of Economic Experts to the Deputies on the Peace Treaties with Italy and Rumania, November 16, 1946, circulated to the Council as document CFM(46) (NY)17, November 18, 1946, p. 1196.↩
  3. Second Report of the Committee of Economic Experts, CFM(46) (NY)20, November 21, 1946, p. 1227.↩