C.P.(Gen)Doc.1.J.30.
Article 26
Insert a paragraph 3 in Article 26 reading as follows:
“Within a Period of three months from the entry into force of the present Treaty, Bulgaria shall pay in Swiss francs, to the Banque Nationale Suisse, to the credit of the respective beneficiaries, the gold par value of the compensation amounts awarded to Greek nationals by the Mixed Greek-Bulgarian Arbitral Tribunal, set up by Article 188 of the Treaty of Neuilly. The Bulgarian Government also undertakes to pay within the same period any amount awarded to Greek nationals by a decision of the Bulgarian Courts.”
Under the provisions of the Treaty of Neuilly, the claims of Greek nationals against the Bulgarian State bearing on the period preceding the war of 1914/1918 were submitted to a Mixed Greek-Bulgarian Arbitral Tribunal, set up by Article 188 of the said Treaty. The Bulgarian Government refused to implement certain awards of the Arbitral Tribunal notwithstanding repeated demands of the Greek Government. The Greek Government considers, this being the case, that it would be useful to insert in the new Peace Treaty with Bulgaria a clause obliging the Bulgarian Government to carry out the arbitral awards which have not yet been put into effect. The same applies to certain decisions of the Bulgarian Courts the implementation of which has up to the present been delayed, under various pretexts.