C.F.M. Files: Lot M–88: Box 2080: Records of Decisions
Record of Decisions, Council of Foreign Ministers, Third Session, Fourteenth Meeting, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, December 3, 1946, 4 p.m.
CFM(46) (NY) 14th Meeting
Present
| U.K. | ||
| Mr. Bevin (Chairman) | ||
| Mr. Jebb | ||
| Mr. Sterndale Bennett | ||
| Lord Hood | ||
| France | U.S.S.R. | |
| M. Couve de Murville | M. Molotov | |
| M. Bonnet | M. Vyshinsky | |
| M. Alphand | M. Gousev | |
| M. Burin des Roziers | ||
| U.S.A. | ||
| Mr. Byrnes | ||
| Mr. Vandenberg | ||
| Mr. Dunn | ||
| Mr. Cohen |
I. Report by the Deputies
The Council heard the report48 submitted by the Acting Chairman of the Deputies and considered the draft Instrument for the Provisional Regime of the Free Territory of Trieste (Doc. CFM (46) (NY) 43)49 and the accompanying Protocol submitted in connection therewith (Doc. CFM(46) (NY)44).50
After an exchange of views on the unagreed passages in the draft Instrument the following decisions were agreed:
Article 2. Penultimate sentence to read:
“The Governor and the Provisional Council of Government shall exercise their functions in the manner laid down in the provisions of the Permanent Statute as and when these provisions prove applicable and in so far as these provisions are not superseded by the present document.”
Article 4. Second sentence to read:
“He shall appoint on a provisional basis a Director of Public Security who will reorganize and administer the police force and security services.”
Article 6. Referred to the Military Experts, the U.K. Delegation offering to delete the phrase: “or will be employed for purposes inconsistent with the responsibilities of the Security Council.”
Articles 8 to 11. Deleted and replaced by the agreed text for “Elections to the Constituent Assembly”.
Article 12. Deleted.
Article 13. Referred, together with the draft Protocol to the Trieste Sub-Committee together with any Economic or Financial Experts whose assistance might be required and a representative of the United Nations Budgetary Section.
Article 14. Following provisional text referred to the Deputies for drafting:
“Existing laws and regulations shall remain valid unless revoked or amended by the Governor after consultation with the Provisional Council of Government. The Governor shall have the right to repeal or suspend any existing law or regulation. In the introduction of new laws and regulations he shall act in agreement with the majority of the Provisional Council. These decrees will have force of law unless and until they are modified, abrogated or superseded by acts of the Popular Assembly.”
Provisions on Currency and Customs
It was noted that the texts of three draft Articles on these subjects submitted by the U.K. Delegation (CFM) (46) (NY)4551 were referred to the Economic Experts by the Deputies.
II. Questions Outstanding on the Peace Treaties
The Council continued its reconsideration of the various questions left unsettled in the different Peace Treaties with the following results:52
(1) Compensation
After an exchange of views the decision was deferred.
(2) Bulgarian Assets in the Territory of the Allied and Associated Powers
It was agreed to bring the text of Article 24 of the Bulgarian Treaty into line with that of the corresponding articles in the Roumanian and Hungarian Treaties.
(3) Fair Prices for Reparation Deliveries
The U.S. Delegation tabled a proposal in this connection. The decision was deferred.
[Page 1402](4) Interpretation
It was agreed to follow the same principle for this question as for the settlement of economic disputes (see CFM(46) (NY) 12th Meeting, Minute II(1),53 the exact wording to be drafted by the Deputies.
(5) Motor Torpedo-Boats
The decision on this question was deferred.
(6) Regime of the Danube
The decision on this question was deferred.
(7) Italo-Austrian Agreement on South Tyrol
Article 10 bis of the Italian Treaty was adopted in the following wording:
“The Allied and Associated Powers have taken note of the provisions agreed upon by the Austrian and Italian Governments on September 5, 1946. The text of these provisions is annexed to the present Treaty (Annex . .)”.
(8) Frontiers of Bulgaria
Demilitarization of the Greco-Bulgarian Frontier
The texts of Article 1 and 11 bis of the Bulgarian Treaty were adopted.
III. Next Meeting
Wednesday, December 4th, at 4 p.m.
- The substance of the Deputies’ Report is included in the United States Delegation Minutes of the 14th Meeting of the Council, p. 1382.↩
- Ante, p. 1396.↩
- Infra.↩
- Not printed.↩
- A more detailed identification of the articles under reference in this section is included in the United States Delegation Minutes of this meeting, p. 1382.↩
- Ante, p. 1356.↩