PROTOCOL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE

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FOR THE PRESS
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
MARCH 24, 1947
/No. 238
Berlin, August 1, 1945
? There is attached hereto the agreed protocol
of the Berlin Conference.
Joseph V. Stalin
Harry Truman ?
C. R. Attlee
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Protocol of the Proceedings of
the Berlin :Conference
The ,Berlin Conference of the. Three Heads of Govern-
ment of the U.S.S-R.., U.S.A., a.nd U.K., which took nlace
from July 17 to-August 21 1945,,came.to the following
conclusions:
I. .Establishment of a. Council of Foreign-Ministers.
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A. The Conference reached the followingTh.greement
for the establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers to
do the necessary preparatory work for the peace settlements:
- (1) There shall be established a Couhoil com-
posed of the Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom,
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, China, France,
and the United States.
"(2) (i) The Council shall normally- meet in
London which shall be the /permanent seat of the joint
Secretariat which the Councilmill.form.- Each of the
Foreign Ministers will be accompanied by a high- .
ranking Deputy, duly authorized:to carry on the wbrk
of the.CoUncil in the absence, of his Foreign Mini8ters,
and by a small staff of technical advisers.
? "'(ii) The first meeting bf the Cbuncil shall be
held in London net later than September 1st 1945,
Meetings may be held by common agreement in other
capitalsa8.may be agreed from:time to.time.
"(3) (i) As its immediate.important task, the
Council shaili.be.authorized td-draw up',' with a view to
their submission to_the United Nations, treaties of
peace with _Italy; RuM'ania', Bulgaria, Hungary and Fin-
land, and to propase settleMents of territorial ques-
tions outstanding on the. termination of the war in
EuroPe. The Council. shall be utilized for the prep-
aration of a peace settlement for Germany to be
accepted by the Government of Germany when a govern-
ment adequate for the purpose is established.
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"(ii) For the discharge of each of these tasks'
the Council will be composed of?the Members represent-
ing those States which were signatory to the terms of
surrender imposed upon the enemy State concerned. For
the purposes of the peace settlement for Italy, France
shall be'regarded-as.a signatory to the terms sur-,
,render for Italy. Other Members will be inited.to
participate when matters directly concerning them are
under dlscu8sion.
"(iii). Other matters may from time to time be
-referred to the ceuncil by agreement between the
Member .Governments..
"(4) (i) Whenever the Council is considering a
question of direct interest to.a State not represented
thereon, such State should be invited to send repre-
sentatives to participate in the discussion and study
of that question.
"(ii) The
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"(ii). The Council may adapt its procedure to
the particular problems under consideration. In some
cases it may hold its own preliminary discussions
prior to the participation of other interested States.
In other cases, the Council may convoke a formal con-
ference of the State chiefly interested in seeking a
solution of the particular problem."
B. It was agreed that the three Governments should
each address an identical invitation to the Governments of
China and France to adopt this text and to join-in estab-
lishing the Council. The_text.of the approved inVitation
was as follows:
Council of Foreign Ministers
Draft for identical invitation to be sent st
rate.Ly_bv_each_o,7.. the Three_Governpelcs to the
Gove-nmeof China an France.
"The Governments of the United Kingd6m, the United
States and the U.S.S.R. consider it necessary to begin
without delay the essential preparatory work upon the
peace settlements in Europe. To this end they are
agreed that there should be established a Council of
the Foreign Ministers of the Five Great Powers to pre-
pare treaties of peace with the European enemy States,
for submission to the United Nations. The Council would
also be empowered to propose settlements of outstanding
territorial questions in Europe and to consider such,
other matters as member Governments might agree. to refer
to it."
The text adopted by the Three Governments is as
follows:
(Here insert final agreed text of the Proposal).
"In agreement with the Governments of the United
States and U.S.S.R, His Maiestv's Government in the
United Kingdom and U.S.S.R. the United States Govern-
men, _the United Kingdom and the Soviet Government
extend a cordial invitation to the Goverment of China
(France) to adopt the text quoted above and to-join
in setting up the Council. His Maiestv's Government,
The United_States Government, The Soviet Government
attach much importance to the participation of the
Chinese Government (French Government) in the proposed
arrangements and they hope to receive an early and
favorable reply to this invitation."
C, It was understood that the establishment of the
Council of Foreign Ministers for the specific purposes named
in the text would be without prejudice to the agreement of
the Crimea Conference that there should be periodical con-
sultation between the Foreign Secretaries of the United
States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the
United Kingdom.
D. The
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D. The Conference also considered the position of the
European Advisory Commission in the light of the Agreement to
establish the Council of Foreign. Ministers. It was noted with
satisfaction that the Commission had ably discharged its prin-
cipal tasks by the recommendations that it had furnished for
the terms of surrenderfor Germany, for the zones of occupa-
tion in Germany and Austria and for the inter-Allied control
machinery in those countries. It was felt-that'further work
of a detailed character for the coordination of Allied policy
for the control of Germany.and Austria.would in future fall
within the competence of the Control Council at Berlin and the
Allied CommisSion at Vienna. -Accordingly it was agreed
recommend that the European Advisory Commissionbe dissolved.
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The Principles to Govern the Treatment of Germany in the
Initial Control. Period.
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A. Political Principles
1. In accordance with the Agreement on Control
Machinery in Germany, supreme authority in Germany is exer-
cised, on instructicns from their respective Governments, by
the Commanders-in-Chief of the armed forces of the United
States of America, the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, and-the French Republic; each in his own
zone of occupation, and also jointly,. in matters affecting
Germany as a whole, in their capacity as members of the Control
Council.
? ? 2. So far as is practicable, there shall be uniform-
dty- f:treatment of the ?GerMan -Population thrdughout Germany.
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3. The purposes of the oCcupation of Germany by
which the Control Council shall be guided are: .
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(i) The "completediaarmatent and demilitarization
of Germany and the elimination or control of all German
industry that could .be used for military production.
To these ends:L
? (a) All German land, naval and air forces,
the S.S., S.A, S.D? ahd GestaPo, With all their
organizations, staffs and institutions, including
thd General Staff, the:Officers: Corps, Reserve
Corps, military scho'das, war veterans' organizations
and all other military- and semi-military Organiza-
tions, together with all clubs and associations
wh-Tch serve to keep 'alive the military, tradition
in Germany, shall be completely and finally abolished
in such manner as permanently to prevent th.e.
revival .or reorganization of German -militarism and
Nazism;
(b) All arms, ammunition and Implements of
war anfl. all specialized facilities for their
production shall be held at the disposal of the
Allies or destroyed. The maintenance and production
of all aircraft and all arms, ammunition and
implements of war shall be prevented.
(ii) To convince
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(ii). To convince the German people that they
have suffered .a tOtR-,L militrr defeat end that they
cannot escepe-resPonsibility for whet they lave
brought upon thediselves, since their own ruthless
warfare end the 'fanatical Nazi resistance have de-
stroyed German economy end made chaos and suffering
inevitable.
(iii) To. destroy .the National Socielist Party
and its affiliated end supervised organizations,
to dissolve all Nazi institutions, to ensure that
they are not revived in any form, and to prevent
all Nazi and militarist activity or propaganda.
_(iv) To prepare for the eventual reconstruction
- of German political life on a democratic basis and
for eventual peaceful cooperation in international
life by Germany.
4. All Nazi laws which provided the basis or the
Hitler regime ?r established discriminations on grounds
of race, creed, or political opinion shell be abolished.
No such discriminations, whether legal, administrative or
otherwise, shall be tolerated.
5. War criminals and those who'heve.participeted
.in planning or carrying out Nazi enterprises involving
or resulting.in'etrecities or war crimes shall be arrested
and brought to judgment. Nazi leaders, influential Nazi
supporters and high officials of Nazi organizations and
?institutions end any other persons dangerou8 to the occupa-,
tion or its objectives shell be arrested and interned.
6. All members of the Nazi Party who have been more
than nominal, participants in its activities -nd all other
parsons hostile to Allied purposes shell be removed from
public and semipublic office, and from positions of re-
sponsibility in important private undertakings. Such per,
sons shall be replaced by persons whop by thoir political
and moral qualities, are deeted capable of assisting in
developing genuine democratic institutions in Gerueny.
7. German education shall be so controlled as com-
pletely to eliminate Nazi and militarist doctrines end to ,
make wssible the successful development of democratic ideas
8. The judicial system will be reorganized in accord
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price with the principles of democracy, of justice under
law, and of equal rights for all ci:tizens without distinc-
tion ef race, nationality or religion,
9. The
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0,, The..administration in Germany should be directed
towards the decentralization of the political structure
ad the development of local responsibility. To this end:-
.(i) local self-government shall be restored
throughout Germany on democratic principles and
in particular through, elective councils as rapidly
as is consistent with military security and the
purposes of military occupation;
? (ii) all democratic political parties with
rights of assembly and of public discussion shall
be allowed and encouraged throughout Germany;
(iii) representative and elective nrinciples
shall be introduced into regional, provincial and
state (Land) administration as rapidly as may be
justified by the successful application of these ?
principles in. local self-government;
(ivrfor the time being, no central German
. Government shall .be established. Notwithstanding
this, however, certain essential central German
? administrative departments, headed .by?State .Secre-
taries, shall be established, particularly in the
.fields of. finance, transport, communications,
foreign trade and industry, Such 'departments will
act under the'direction of the Centro]. Council.
10.? Subject to the necessity ? for 'maintaining military
security, freedom. of seech,..nrese and religion. shall be
-permitted, and. religious. institutions ?shall be respectecl-
Subject likewise to the maintenance of nilitary Security,
the formation of free trade unions shall be permitted,
?',B. Economic Principles.
? ? 11. Tn order. to eliminate Germany's war potential,
the production of arms, amMUnition and implements of war 8.6
well as all types of aircraft and sea-going ships shall be
prohibited and prevented., ?Production of metals, chemicals,
:?machinery and. other items that are directly necessary to a
Tarcnomy shall be rigidly controlled and restrictedto
4ermany's approved post-war peacetime needs to meet the
objectives stated in Paragraph 15. Productive ?capacity
not needed for permitted production shall be removed in
accordance with the reparations plan recommended by the
Allied Commission on Reparations and. approved by the
'-Governments concerned or if not removed-shall be destroyed,
? 12. At the earliest practicable date, the German
economy shall be decentralized for the purpose of eliminat-
ing the present excessive concentration of economic power
as exemplified -in parti.cular by cartels,- syndicates, trusts
and other monopolistic arrangements,
13, In organizing the German Economy, primary' empha-
sis shall be given to the -development of agriculture and
peaceful domebtic industries..
14. During the period of oCcupation Germany shall be
treated as a ,single economic unit. To this end common
policies shall?be established in regard to:
(a) miffing and industrial production and
. its allocation;
(b) agriculture', forestry and fishing;
(c) wages, prices and rationing;
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import arid export programs for-Germany as
;whole; - ?
currency and banking, .central,:tax'atien and,
customs; .
reparation and removal of industrial war
Potential;
transportation and :communications.-
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In applying these policies aCcbunt shall be taken, where
appropriate, of varying local conditions.
15. Allied controls shall ? imposed upon the German
economy but only to the extent ne-ce'ssary:
(a) to carry out programs of industrial disarma,-
ment, demilitarization, of reparations, and of approved
exports andimports.
(b) to-assure the -production and maintenance of goods
and services required to meet the needs- of the. occupyThg.
forces and displaced persons in Germany and pssentiaa
to maintain in Germany average living standardsnot
exceeding the ?average of the standards of living of:
countries. (European countries meahs.all
European countries excluding the United Kingdom and the-
U.S,S.R:).
(c) to ensure in the manner determined by the?, '
Control Council the eqUital5le distribution of essential
commodities between'the several zones so-as to produce.
a balanced economy throughout GermanTand-redUde the/peed
for imports.
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(d) . to control German industry. and .all economic and
financial international transactions including exports and
imports, with the aim of preventing Germamf from ,develop-
ing a war potential and of achieving the other' objectives
named hereln.
(e) to control all German public or private,scientific
bodieS, research and experimental institutions, laboi;a7'
tories, et cetera, cennect'ed with economic activities.
16. In the' imposition and maintenance of ecOnOmic con-
trols established by the Control Council, German administra-
tive machinery shall be created r.,:nd the German authorities
shall be required :to the fullest extent practicable to
proclaim and assume adminiStratiOn.of such controls. Thus it
should be brought home to the German peo:ple that the responsi-
bility for the administration of such control's and any-break-
down in these controls will rest with themselves, Any German
controls which may run counter to the objectives of occupation
will be prohibited.
17. Measures shall be promptly taken:
(a)
to effect essential repair of transport;
(b) to enlarge coal production;
(c)
to maximize agricultural output; and
(d) to effect emergency repair of housing and essential
utilities.
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18. Appropriate steps shall be taken by the ContrOl
Council to exercise control and the power of disposition
over German-owned external assets not already under the
control of United Nations which have taken part in the
war against Germany.
19. Payment of Reparations should leave enough re-
sources to enable the. German people to subsist without
eternal assistance. In working out the-economic balance
of Germany the necessary means must be provided to pay
for imports approved by the Control Council in Germany.
The proceeds of. exports from current production and
stocks shall.be available in the first place for payment'
for such imports.
The above clause will not apply to thecquipment and
products referred to in paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b) of the
Reparations Agreement.
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REPARATIONS FROM GERMANY 7
1. Reparation claims of the U.S.S.R. shall be met by
removals from the zone of Germany occupied by the U.S.S.R.,
and fromappropriate German external assets.
2. The U.S.S.R. undertakes to settle the reparation
claims of Poland from its own share of reparations.
3, The reparation claims of the United States, the
United Kingdom and other countries entitled to reparations
shall be met from the Western Zones and from appropriate
German external assets.
)4. In addition to the reparations to be taken by the
U.S.S.R. from its own zone of occupation, the U. S.S.R.
shall receive additionally from the Western Zones:
:(a) 15 per cent of such usable and complete
industrial capital equipment, in the 'first place from
.the metallurgical, chemical and machine manufacturing
industries as is unnecessary for the German peace
economy and should be removed from the Western Zones
of Germany, in exchange for an equivalent value of
_food, coal, potash, zinc, timber, clay products,
petroleum products, and such other commodities as
.may be agree,d upon.
(b) 10 per cent of such industrial capital
equipment as is unnecessary for the German peace
economy and should be removed from the Western Zones,
to be transferred to the Soviet Government on repara-
tions account without payment or exchange of any
kind in return.
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Removals of equipment as provided in (a) and (b)
above shall be made simultaneously.
5. The amount of equipment to be removed from the
Western Zones on account of reparations must be determined
within six months from now at the latest.
6. Removals of industrial capital equipment shall begin
as soon as possible and shall be completed within two years
from the determination specified in paragraph 5. The
delivery of products covered by 4(a) above shall begin as
soon at possible and shall be made by the U.S.S.R. in
agreed installments within five years of the date hereof.
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The determination of the amount and character of the indus-
trial capital enuipment unnecessary for the German peace
economy and therefore available for reparation shall be
made by the Control Council under policies fixed by the
Allied Commission on Reparations, with the participation
of France, subject to the final approval'of the Zone
Commander in the Zone from which the equipment is to be
removed.
7. Prior to the fixing of the total amount of equip-
ment subject to removal, advance deliveries shall be made
in respect to such equipment as will be determined to be
eligible for delivery in accordance with the procedure set
forth in the last sentence of paragraph 6.
8. The Soviet Government renounces all claims in respect
of reparations to shares of German enterprises which are
located in the Western Zones of Germany as well as to German
foreign assets in all countries except those specified in
paragraph 9 below.
9. The Governments of the U.K. and U.S.A. renounce all
claims in respect of reparations to shares of German enter-
prises which are located in the Eastern Zone of occupation
in Germany, as well as to German foreign assets in Bulgaria,
Finland, Hungary, Rumania and Eastern Austria,
10. The Soviet Government makes no claims to gold
captured by the Allied troops in.Germany.
IV. Disposal of the German Navy and Merchant Marine,
A. The'following principles for th.) distribution of the
German Navy were agreed:
(1) The total strength of the German surface navy,
excluding ships sunk and those taken over from
Allied. Nations, but including ships under con-
struction or repair, shall be divided equally
among the U.S.S.R., U.K., and U.S.A.
(2)
(3)
Ships under construction or repair mean those
ships whose construction or repair may be completed
within three to six months, according to the type
of ship. Whether such ships under construction or
repair shall be completed or repaired shall be
determined by the technical commission appointed
by the Three Powers and referred to below, subject
to the principle that their .completion-or repair
must be achieved within the time limits above
provided, without any increase of skilled employ-
ment in the German shipyards and without permitting
the reopening of any German ship builc:ing or -
connected industries. Completion date means the
date when a ship is able to go out on its first
trip, or, under peacetime Standards, would refer
to the customary date of delivery by shipyard
to the Government,
The larger part of the German submarine fleet
shall be sunk. Not more than thirty submarine
shall be preserved and divided equally between
the U.S.S.R., U.K, and U.S.A. for experimental
and technical purposes.
(4) All
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(4) All stocks of armament, ammunition and supplies of
of the-German Navy appertaining to the vessels trans-
ferred pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) hereof
? shall be handed over to the respective powers'
? -receiving .such
The Three Governments agree to constitute a tri-
partite naval 'commission comprising two representa-
tives for each government, accompanied by the
requisite staff, to submit agreed recommendations
to the Three Governments for the allocation
of specific Germah warships and to handle other
detailed matters arising out of the agreement between
the Three Governments regarding the German fleet.
.The Commission will hold its first meeting not
later than 15th August, 1945, in Berlin, which
shall be its headquarters. Each'Delegation on the
Commission will have the right on the basis of
reciprocity-to inspect German warships wherever
they may be located.
.(6) The Three Governments agreed that transfers,
including those of ships under construction and
repair, shall be completed as soon as possible, but
not later than 15th February, 1946. The Commission
will submit fortnightly reports, 'including proposals
for the progressive allocation of the vessels when
agreed by the Commission.
B. The following principles Tor. the distribution of the
German Merchant Marine were agreed:-
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.(1) The Gentian Merchant Marine, surrendered to the Three
Powers and wherever located, shall be divided
equally among the U.S.S.R., the U.K., and the U.S.A.
The actual transfers of the ships to the respective
bquntries shall take place as soon as practicable
after the end of the war against Japan. The United
Kingdom and the United States will provide out of
their shares of the surrendered German merchant
ships appropriate amounts for other Allied States
whose merchant marines have suffered heavy losses
in the common cause against Germany, except,that
the Soviet Union shall provide out of its share
for Poland. .
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(3)
The .allocation, manning, and operation of these
ships during the Japanese War period shall fall
under the cognizance and authority of the Combined
:Shipping Adjustment Board and the United Maritime
, Authority.
While actual transfer of the ships.shali be
delayed until after the end of the war with Japan,
a Tripartite Shipping Commfssion shall inventory
and value all 'available ships and recommend a
specific distribution in accordance with
paragraph (1).
(4) German inland and coastal ships determined to be
necessary to the maintenance of the basic German
peace economy by.the Allied Control Council of
Germany shall not be included in the .shipping pool'
thus divided among the Three Powers.
(5) The Three
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(5) The Three Governments agree to constitute a triL ?
' parttte merchant marine commission comprising two
representatives for each Government, accompanied
by the reouisite 'staff, to submit aFreed re-
commendations to the Three Governments for the
allocation of specific German merchant ships and
to hPndle other detailed natters arising out of
the agreement between the Three Governments re-
garding the German nerchant ships. The Commission
will hold its first meeting not later than
September 1st, 1945, in Berlin, which shell be
its headouarters. Each ?delegation on the Commis-
sion will have the right on the basis of recipro-
city to inspect the German merchant ships wherever
they may be located.
V
CITY'OT KOENIGhERG AND THE ADJACENT AREA.
The Conference ex.Nnined a proposal by the Soviet Govern-
ment to the effect that pending the final determination of
territorial ouestions at the peace settlement, the section
of the western frontier of the Union of Soviet Scci-list
Republics which is adjacent to the Baltic Sea should pass
from a point on the eastern shore of the Bay of Danzig to
the east, north of Braunsberg-Goldap, to the meeting point
of the frontiers of Lithuania, the Polish Republic and
East Prussia.
The ConferenCe has agreed in principle to the proposal
of the Soviet Government concerning the ultimate transfer to
the Soviet Union of the City of Kcenigsberg and the area
adjacent to it as described above subject to expert examine,:
tion 6f the actual frontier.
The President of the United States and the British
Prime Minister have declared that they will support the
proposal of the Conference at the forthcoming peace settle-
ment.
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VI
'JAR CRIMINALS.
The Three Governments h-ve taken note of the
discussions which have been proceeding in recent
weeks in London between British, United States, Soviet
and French representatives with a view to reaching
agreement on the methods of trial of those najor war
criminals whose crimes under the Moscow Declaration
of October, 1943 have no particular geographical
loealisation, TheThree Governments reaffirm their
intention to bring these criminals to swift and sure ;
justice. They hope that the negotiations in London
will result in speedy agreement being reached for
this purpose, ^rid they regard it as a matter of
great importance that the trial of these major
criminals should begin at the earliest possible
date. Thr, first list of defendPnts will be pub-
lished before 1st September.
VII
A U ST RI A
The Conference examined a proposal by the Soviet
Government on the extension of he authorityof the
Austrian Provisional Government to Pll of Austria.
The three
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The three governments agreed that they were prepared to
examine this questibn after the entry of the British and
American forces into the city of Vienna.
It was agreed that reparations,shoUld not b- exacted
from' Austria. .
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POLAND
A. Declaration.
"We have taken note with pleasure of the agreement
reached among representative Poles from Poland and abroad
which has made possible the formation, in accordance with
the decisions reached at the Crimea Conference, of a Polish
Provisional Government of:NatiOnal, Unity reCogniZed_by the
Three Powers. The establishment by the British and United ?
States Governments of' diplomatic relations with the Polish
Provisional Government of National Unity has resulted in
the. Withdrawal of their recognitiOn:freff the former Polish
Government in London, which .no longer. exists.
"The British and United States Governments have taken
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me'asures.to.protect the interest of the Polish.Provisional
Government of. National Unity as'the recognized 'government .
of the .polish State in the property belonging:tothe
Stategocated in their territories,and under their.-control,:.
whatever the'formof this property maybe. -They have. .
fUrther taken-measuresta.prevent alienation.tp. third
parties'of.such:prOperty. All proper facilities will be .
given to the Polish ProvisiOnal Government of: National Unity;
for the exercise of the ordinary legal remedies for the
recovery of any property belonging to the Polish State which:
may have been wrongfully alienated.
"The Three Powera are anXious to -aSsist the Polish
Provisional .Government of National Unity. rii..faCilitating
the return to Poland as soon as practicable of all Poles
abroad who wish to go, including members of the Polish ?
Armed Forces.and'the Merchant Marine_ They expect that
.those Poles who return home shall be accorded personal and
property rights on the same basis' as all Polish citizens.
The.Three. Powers note that the Polish Provisional
Government of National Unity, in, accordance?with the deci-
sion of' the Crimea Conference, has-agreed to the holding.
of 'free and unfettered -elections as soon as possible on ?
the basis of universal suffrage and secret ballot in which
all' democratic and anti-Nazi parties shall have the right--
to:take part and to put forward candidates, 'and that .
repreSentatives of the Allied-press-shall enjoy .full freedom
to report to the world upon developments In' Poland before.
and during the elections"
B. Western Frontier of Poland.
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In conformity with. the agreement on Poland reached at
the Crimea Conference the three Heads of Government have
sought the Opinion of the Polish Provisional Government of
National Unity in regard to the accession of, territory in
.the north -and. west which Poland should receive.. The
President of the National Council .of Poland andmembers of
the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity, have
been received at the Conference and have fully presented
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their views. The three Heads of Government reaffirm their
opinion that the final delimitation of the western frontier
of P.:Land should await:the.peace..settleMent, - ?
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Th 0 three Heads' of Government agree' that, 'pending the -
final determination of Poland's western frontier, the former
German _territories cast of-a line running from the Baltic Sea
immediately weSt of-Swinamunde, and thence along the Oder
River to the confluence of the western Neisse River and along the
Western NeiSse to the CzechoSlOvak frontier, including that
portion of East Prussia not placed under the administration of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in accordance with the
understanding reached at this conference and including the area
of the former free city of Danzig, shall be under the adminis-
tration of the P-)lish State and for such purposes should
not be considered as part of the Soviet zone of occupation in
Germany.
IX
CONCLUSION OF PEACE TREATIES AND
ADMISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
The three- Governments consider it desirable that the present
anomalous position of Italy, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary and
Rumania should be terminated by the conclusion. of Peace Treaties.
They trust that the other interested Allied Governments will share
these views..
For their part the three Governments have included the
Preparation of a Peace Treaty for Italy as the first among the
immediate important tasks to be undertakenby.the new Council
of Foreign Ministers. Italy was the first of the Axis Powers
to break with Germany, to whose defeat she has made a material
contribution, and has now joined with the Allies in the
struggle against Japan. , Italy has freed herself from the Fascist
regime and is making good progress towards towards reestablish-
ment of fa. demobratic government and institutions. The conclu-
sion of such a Peace Treaty with a recognized and demoeratic,
Italian Government will make it possible for the throe Govern-
mPnts to fulfill their desire to support an application from
Italy for membership of the United Nations.
The three Governmentshave also Charged the Council of
Foreign Ministers with the task of preparing Peace Treaties for
Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary and Rumania. The conclusion of
Peace Treaties with recognized democratic governments in these
States will also enable the three Governments to support
applications from them for membership of the United Nations.
The three Governments agree 'to examine each separately in the
near future, in the light of the conditions then prevailing, the
establishment of diplomatic relations with Finland,. Rumania,
Bulgaria, and Hungary to the extent possible prior to the con-
clusion of peace treaties with those countries.
The three Governments have no doubt that in view of the
changed conditions resulting from the termination of the war
in Europe, representatives of the Allied press will enjoy full
freedom to report to the world upon.developments in ,Rumania,
Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland.
As regards the admission of other States into the United
Nations Organization, Article 4 of the Charter of the United
Nations declares that:
1. Membership
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1. Membership in the ? United Nations ?open to all
other peace-loving States who accept the obliga-
tions contained in the present Charter and, _
in the judgment of the organization, are able:'
and willing to carry out these obligations;
2. The admission of any Such State to membership
in the United Nations will be effected by a
decision of the General Assembly upon the
recommendation of the Security CounCil.
The three Governments, so far as the/ are concerned;
will support applications tor membership from those ,
States which have remained neutral during the war and
which fulfill the qualifications set out above.
The three Governments fool bound however to make it
clear that they for their part would not favour any
application for membership put forward by the present -
Spanish Government, which, having been founded with the
support of the Axis Powers, does not, in view of its
origins, its nature, its record and its close association
with the aggressor States, possess the qualifications
necessary to justify such membership.
TERRITORIAL TRUSTEESHIP
The Conference examined a. proposal by the Soviet
Government on the question of trusteeship territories as
defined in the decision of the Crimea Conference' and in
the Charter of the United Nations Organization. ?
'- After an exchange of views on this auestion,it waS*
decided that the (:,isposition of any former Italian
colonial icrritOriez was one to be decided in connection
with the' preparation, of a peace treaty for Italy and
that the question of Italian colonial territory would be
considered by the September Council of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs.
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REVISED. ALLIED GONTROL. COMMISSION
PROCEDURE IN RUMANIA, BULGARIA, ?
? AND HUNGARY ?:
The three Governments took note that the Soviet _-
Representatives on the Allied Control Commissions in' Rumania,
Bulgaria and Hungary, have :communicated to their United
Kingdom and. Unit.ed.StateS-ColleagUes_propesals for improving
the work of the Control Commissions, now that hostilities.
in Europe have ceased.
The three Governments agreed that the revision of the
procedures of the Allied Control Commissions in these
countries ilould'now.bo undertaken, taking into account the
interests and responsibilities Of the three Governments
which 'together pres'2ntel tbe terms of' 'armistice to the
respective countries., and Alccepting as a .basis-,- in respect
of all thre:e countries, thk Soviet Governmezit's .proposals
for. HurIL:=7 as annexed hereto.. (Annex I)
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XII
ORDERLY TRANSFER OF GERMAN POPULATIONS
The Three Governments, having considered the question in
all its aspects, recerinize that the trensfel' to Germany of
German populations, or elements tLereo.2, remaining in Poland,
CZechoSlovakia and Huasaly, J_11 ne-\,e to be undertaken. They
agree that any transferi :tb.t take place should be effected
in an orderly and humane manner.
Since the influx of a larEe number of Germans into Germany
would increase the burden already resting on the occupying
authorities, they consider that the Control Council in Germany
should in the first instc-nce examine the problem, with special
regard to.the question of the equitable distribution of these
Germans among the several zones of Occupation They are
accordingly instructing their respective representatives on
the Control Council to report to their Governments as soon as
possible the extent to which such persons have already entered
Germany from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and to submit
an estimate of the time and rate at which further transfers
could be carried out having regard to the present situation in
Germany.
The Czechoslovak Government, the Polish Provisional Govern-
ment and the Control Council in Hungary are at the same time
being informed of the above and are being requested meanwhile
to suspend further expulsions pending an examination by the
Governments concerned of the report from their representatives
on the Control Council.
.XIII
OIL EQUIPMENT IN RUMANIA
The Conference agreed t? set up two bilateral commissions
of experts, one to be composed of United Kingdom and Soviet
? Members, and one to be composed of United States and Soviet
Members, to investigate the facts and examine the documents,
as a basis for the settlement of questions arising from the
removal of oil equipment in Rumania. It was further agreed
. that these experts shall begin their work within ten days,
on the spot.
XIV
IRAN
It was agreed that Allied troops should be withdrawn
from Tehran, and that further stages of the withdrawal of
troops from Iran should be considered at the meeting of the
Council of Foreign Ministers to be held in London in
September, 1945.
XV
THE INTERNATIONAL ZONE OF TANGIER
A proposal by the Soviet Government was examined and
the following decisions were reached:
Having examined the question of the .Zone of Tangier,
the three Governments have agreed that this Zone, which
includes the City of Tangier and the area adjacent to it, in
view of its special strategic importance, shall remain inter-
national.
The question of Tangier will be discussed in the near
future at a meeting in Paris of representatives of the Gov-
ernments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the
United States of America, the United Kingdom and France.
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THE BLACK SEA STRAITS
, The Three GoVernments recognized that the Convention on
the Straits concluded at Montreux should be revised as failing
to meet present-day conditions.
It was agreed that as the next step the matter should be
the subject?,of-direct conversations between each of the three
Governments and the Turkish Government.
XVII
INTERNATIONAL INLAND WATERWAYS
? The Conference considered a proposal,of the U.S. Delega-
tion on this subject and agreed to refer it for consideration
.to the forthcoming meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers
in London.
XVIII
EUROPEAN INLAND TRANSPORT CONFERENCE
The British and U.S. Delegations to-the Conference in-
formed the Soviet Delegation of the desire .of the British and
U.S. 'Governments to reconvene the European Inland. Transport
Conference and stated that they would welcome-assurance that
the Sovifrt Government would participate _in the -work of the
reconvened conference. The Soviet Government agreed that it
would participate in this conference.
XIX
DIRECTIVES TO .MILITART COMMANDERS ON
ALLIED CONTROL'.COUNCILFOR GERMANY.'
.The Three GovernMents agreed 'tl'ie,,t.each would send a
directive:to its repreSentative on the Control Council for
Germany-inforting him of all deeisions Of the Conference
affecting matters within the scope of his duties.
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USE OF ALLIED .PROPERTY FOR
SATELLITE REPARATIONS OR "WAR TROPHIES"
The propoSal (Annex II) presented by the United States
Delegation masa:CcePted-in principle by the conference, but
.the drafting of an agreement on 'Che, ma:ttpr.wa's left to be
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worked rout threugh diplomatic channels'.
.."MILITARY TALKS'
During-the'COnferenceithere were meetings between the
Chiefs of .Staff of theThree. Governments on 'military-matters
of common 'interest. ? ??
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ANNEX -I
TEXT 07 A LETTER TRNSMITTED- ON JULY 12
70 THE RET:REOENTAt'IVE OF .7HE U.S rND
U.K. GOVERNINTS CN THE ALLIED CONTROL -
COMMISSION INeHUNGARY,- 4
In view of the changed :-stuetien in connection with the
termination of the war ageinst Germery, the Soeiet G-overnment
finds it necessery to establish the following order of work
for the Allied Control Commission in HungPry.
1. Luring the period up to the conclusion of pence with
Hungary the President (or VicePresidentY of the ACC will
regularly cell cenferences with the British end American
representatives for the purpose of discussing the most
importent ouestions relPting to the work of the ACC. The
conferences will be celled once in 10 dnys, or more fre?
quently in case of need
Directives of the tCC on questions or principle will be
issued to the HunFerien Puthorities by the President of the
Allied Control Commission Pfter agreement on these directives
with the English and American representnteives.
2. The British end American representetives in the .ACC
will teke pert in general conferences of heeds of divisions
end delegetes of the AC(I, convoked by the President of the
ACC, which meetings will be regulPr in nature. The British
end tmericen representetives will also perticipnte peresonelly
or through thoir representatives in eppropriete inst-nces in
mixed commissions erected by the President of the ACC for
questions connected with the execution by the ACC of its
functions.
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3. Free movement by the Americen --nd British representa?
tives in the country will be permitted provided thet the ACC
is previously ,informed of the time and route of the journeys.
4. All questions connected with permission for the en?
trance and exit of members of the staff of the British and
American representatives in Hungn,ry. will be decided on the
spot by the President of the ACC within a' time limit of not
more than one week.
5. The bringing in end sending, cut by plane of mail,
cargoes and diplomatic couriers will be carried out by the
British 2nd American representatives on the ACC under ar?
rengements end within time limits established by the ACC;
or in special ceses by previous coordinetion with the
president of the ACC..
I consider it necessary to Pdd to the above that in ?
n11 other points the ,existing. Statutes regarding the ACC
in Hungery; which was confirmed- on January20; 1945, shall
remain in force in the future.
- ANNEX II
USE OF LLIED PROPERTY FOR
SATELLITE-P7ARTION7 OR TROPHIES.
1. The burden of reparetion end "war trophies" should not
fell on Allied nationals.
2. Capital Equipment ? We object to the removal of such
Allied property ns reparations, "war trophies", or under
eny other guise. Loss would accrue to 1\11ied netionels as
R result of destruction of plents end the consequent loss
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of markets and trading connections. Seizure of 1lied
property makes impossible the fulfillment by the satellite
of its obligation under the armistice t.a restore intact
the rights and interests of the Allied Nations and their
nationals,
' The Unite States looks to the other occupying powers
for the return of any equipment already removed and the
cessation of remova:s. Where such equipment will not or
cannot be returned, the U. S. will demand of the satellite
adequate,? effective -nd prompt compensation to American
nationals, and that such compensation have priority equal
to that of the reparations payments
These principles apply to 211 property wholly or sub?
stantially owned by Allied nationals. In the event of
removals of property in which the American as Well as the
entire Allied interest is *less than substantial, the U.S.
expects adequate, effective, and prompt compensation.
3. Current Production ? 'While the U. S. does not oppose
re-caration out of current production of Allied inves-6ents,
the satellite must provide ima?diate and adequate compensa?
tion to the Allied nationals including sufficient foreign
exchange or :products so that they can recover reasonable
foreign currency expenditures and transfer a reasonable
return on their investment. Such compensation must also
have equal priority with reparations.
We deem it essential that the satellites not conclude
treaties, agreements or arrangements which deny to Allied
nationals access, on equal terms, to their trade, raw
materials and industry; 'arid appropriately modify any
existing arrangements which Illay have that effect.
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