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    "ocrText": "C R E I\nI. First Session - London 1945\nAt its opening meeting on September 11, 1945, the\nFirst Session of the CFM approved a list of 1 tems\nwhich would definitely be on the agenda for the Session.\nThese items were:\n(1) Italy\n(a) Draft Peace Treaty\n(b) Future of the Italian Colonies\n(2) Rumanian Peace Treaty\n(3) Bulgarian Peace Treaty\n(4) Hungarian Peace Treaty\n(5)\nFinnish Peace Treaty\n(6)\nWithdrawal of Allied Troops from Iran\n(7) International Inland Waterways\n(8) Austria\n(a) Long-term supply arrangements (to be\ndiscussed after the CFM had received\na report from the Allied Council for\nAustria).\n(b) Possible recognition of a central\ngovernment.\nAlso at the opening meeting, the Council tentatively added\nthree other items to the agenda on the basis that the\nCouncil would decide whether or not to discuss them after\nit had received memoranda from the French and Soviet\nDelegations. These items were:\n(1) Review of the Potsdam decisions regarding\nGermany (French proposal).\n(2) Work of the German Reparations Commission\n(Soviet proposal).\n(3) Hastening the repatriation of Soviet\nnationals (Soviet proposal).\nWhen the French and Soviet memoranda were later received,\nthe Council discussed all three of these subjects.\nAt the first meeting, the CFM also agreed that\n\"further subjects might be added to the agenda as the\nwork of the Council proceeded.\" Only one such additional\nitem, \"Repatriation of French Nationals\", proposed by\nthe French\nSECRET"
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