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

C.F.M. Files: Lot M–88: Box 2079: CFM Documents

Proposal by the United States Delegation to the Council of Foreign Ministers⁵⁴

secret
CFM(46)(NY)44

New York, December 3, 1946.

Peace Treaty With Italy: Free Territory of Trieste

Protocol of . . . . .

The representatives of France, U.S.S.R., U.K., and U.S.A., assembled on . . . . . at New York as the Council of Foreign Ministers, have agreed that their Governments will recommend to the General Assembly of the United Nations during its present session, the taking of the necessary steps to furnish to the Free Territory of Trieste such sums as may, in the opinion of the General Assembly, be needed during the first six months’ period a) to meet the salary and expenses of the Governor and any deficit in the administrative budget of the Territory and b) to make available the foreign exchange resources required to meet any deficit on the Territory’s external balance of payments, and will take all necessary measures to support such steps in the United Nations.

54. This paper was submitted by the Deputies to the Council of Foreign Ministers in connection with the Deputies’ paper CFM(46) (NY)43, December 3, 1946, p. 1396; for a further description of the origin of this paper, see the Report of the Deputies as recorded in the United States Delegation Minutes of the 14th Meeting of the Council, December 3, p. 1382. After considering this paper at its 14th Meeting, the Council referred it to the Trieste Sub-Committee for study and recommendations; see the Record of Decisions of that Council meeting, p. 1400.