Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Paris Peace Conference: Documents, Volume IV

C.P.(Gen)Doc.1.J.1.

Article 12

undated

Replace the first sentence of Article 12 by the following text:

“Italy hereby cedes to Greece in full sovereignty the Dodecanese Islands, enumerated as follows:

“Astypalaia, Rhodes, Karchi [Khalki?], Scarpanto (Karpathos), Casos, Piscopi (Tilos), Nisyros, Kalymnos, Leros, Patmos, Lipsos, Symi, Cos and Castelrosso (Megisti) and the smaller islets which depend upon these islands (see map).”

The above text is proposed to avoid any ambiguity as to the expression “Isles of the Dodecanese” by naming them expressly, which is in accord with diplomatic precedents concerning the said islands (see Art. 15 of the Treaty of Lausanne).