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to let that paragraph stand as it was, but proposed that
the text of the American draft be amended to limit
Council membership to those countries which had signed
armistice agreements with the countries being considered.
Secretary Byrnes agreed and said that he thought that
"it would be possible to draft language in which all
could concur. The three Foreign Ministers agreed to
the following rewording of paragraph 3 of the United
States draft proposal:
(3) As its immediate important task, the Council
would be authorized to draw up, with a view to
their submission to the United Nations, treaties
of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary
and Finland, and to propose settlements of
territorial questions outstanding on the termina-
tion of the war in Europe. The Council shall be
utilized for the preparation of a peace settle-
ment for Germany to be accepted by the Govern-
ment of Germany when a government adequate for
the purpose is established.
For the discharge of each of these tasks
the Council will be composed of the Members
representing those States which were signatory
to the Terms of Surrender imposed upon the enemy
State concerned)
Other matters may from time to time be re-
ferred to the Council by agreement between the
States Members thereof (Doc. E, p. F-29).
When the Heads of Government met later on the same
day Generalissimo Stalin withdrew the Soviet reservation
to paragraph 1 of the United States draft and the report
of the Foreign Ministers concerning the proposed Council
of Foreign Ministers was approved unanimously (Doc.F, p. F-34).
The following day; July 19, in the meeting of the
Foreign Ministers, Secretary Byrnes moved for reconsidera-
tion of the paper on the Council of Foreign Ministers.
He explained that the language of paragraph 3, limiting
membership to governments signatory to the terms of sur-
render, was too restrictive. He pointed out that some
governments were at war but were not signatory to the
armistice terms, citing as an example that France was
at war with Italy but had not signed the Italian armistice.
The Secretary asked that the matter be referred to the
drafting committee. After some discussion Mr. Molotov
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