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United States Delegation Journal
USDel (PC) (Journal) 45
The Records of the 16th and 17th meetings were adopted. General Slavin proposed a change to a statement of a proposal he had made at the 18th meeting which would have changed the sense and this touched off quite a long debate. General Slavin’s original proposal had been to invite the Albanian representatives to take part in the [Page 476] discussion of the Yugoslavian amendments based on their suggestions and that the Albanians should submit requests to be heard if they wished to speak on other matters subsequently. The change he proposed would have made the statement of his proposal at the 18th meeting read that the Albanians were invited to a meeting of the Commission without specifying the subject of discussion. The UK Delegate first pointed out this change of meaning and noted also that the Albanian representatives were already in the Commission Room and said he believed this was out of order. He said he was not under the impression that the Albanians had been invited to be present throughout the meeting.
Admiral Conolly proposed immediate consideration of Articles 47, 52, and Annex 4 A which were affected by the Yugoslav amendment proposed on the Albanian suggestion.32 General Slavin objected to this proposal and shifted his attack to the Secretariat for their alleged inaccuracy in reporting his proposal. Admiral Conolly’s proposal to take up Article 47, then Article 52, then Annex 4A was adopted by a vote of 15–6.
Admiral Manola said that he had no objection to Article 47 and noted that he had asked that discussion of the Yugoslav amendment to Article 47 be deferred until Annex 4A was discussed. Article 47 was adopted in its new draft which had been proposed by the French Delegation.33 Admiral Manola repeated the same arguments for reducing the number of carabinieri as he had put forward in the original discussion of Article 52. Mr. Alexander said that it was as he had feared, the discussion was repeating that of the 9th meeting of September 3. He asked for a vote immediately. Admiral Manola withdrew his amendment to the article and General Theron stated the case for his amendment to the article.34 General Balmer said that the armed forces authorized by Article 46 automatically included reserves and that it would be very difficult to work out proper percentages for every type of armament. General Theron withdrew his amendment and said that he agreed with General Balmer’s suggestion that authorization from the Council of Ambassadors could be applied for regarding specific percentages for reserves. Mr. Alexander asked that General Balmer’s statement be put in the Record and General Slavin said that he agreed with the statement and hoped that it would apply to the other peace treaties the Commission would study. Article 52 was adopted.
[Page 477]The South African amendment to Annex 4A was rejected 20–1. Admiral Manola said that he had no wish to force a vote on his amendment to Annex 4A but requested that the following statement be put in the Record: “The Yugoslav Delegation which supported the amendments based on the Albanian memorandum considers that the fleet left to Italy in the peace treaty constitutes a menace to the safety of Yugoslavia and Albania.” Admiral Manola withdrew his amendment when it was agreed to insert this statement in the Record. Annex 4A was adopted. The next meeting was set for 10:00 a.m. September 19, 1946.