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United States Delegation Journal
USDel (PC) (Journal) 52
General Pika (Czechoslovakia) said that because of the motion of cloture made by the U.S. Delegation at the previous meeting France and the U.K. had not been able to answer his question as to whether there was agreement amongst the four drafting powers with regard to Article 9 and the Greek amendment [C.P.(Gen.)Doc. 1.J.21]. Generals Dove (U.K.) and Catroux (France) both said that they agreed with General Balmer. General Slavin said that the Greek amendment was a liquidation of Article 9 of the draft treaty with Bulgaria and General Balmer said that the U.S. Delegation supported Article 9 in toto as drafted and that the U.S. Delegation did not go back on its word; the Greek proposal was a new one and was not a change in the agreed text. Admiral Manola asked in the name of God and truth that the Commission be objective and said he could not believe that General Catroux could place the military problem presented by Italy in the same category as that of Bulgaria. General Dove moved that Article 9 be adopted and that the part of the Greek amendment (CP(Gen)Doc 1 J 21), which was adopted at the previous meeting, be inserted in the treaty as a new Article 9 A. Article 9 was adopted, provisionally, in its original form, but the debate on General Dove’s second proposal was not voted and the only statement on this question will be in the two reports to be forwarded to the Plenary Conference by the majority and minority groups who voted on the Greek amendment, The next meeting will be held at 10 a.m. September 26.