Office of the Historian

C.P.(Gen)Doc.1.B.8.

Articles 48 and 58

undated

Redraft Article 48 to read, and similarly amend Article 58:

“The question of the disposal of the excess units of the Italian Navy shall be referred to the Security Council of the United Nations for consideration by it in relation to its duty to make plans for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments, and the disposal of the excess units shall aide by the formulation by the Security Council of such plans. In the event of no such plans being formulated within three months from the coming into force of this Treaty, the excess units shall be destroyed or otherwise rendered incapable of use for warlike purposes.”

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Similar amendments for Treaties on:

  • —Roumania;
  • —Bulgaria;
  • —Hungary;
  • —Finland.