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main there the territorial, military
and maritime authorities who will
be designated by the Italian armis-
tice commission.
8. The italian armistice commits
sion will determine geographically
the exact limits of the zones, mill
tary and maritime fortresses and
naval bases to be demilitarized and
the details by which this demilitari-
cation will be carried out. The same
commission will have full and con-
tinuous rights to supervise TIE exc
cution IN these zones, fortresses and
bases, of everything which is men
toned in the foregoing articles,
whether applying to the methods
of inspection or to the conduct of
its commissions on the spot.
8. All armed land, sea and air
forces in metropolitan France shall
be demobilized and disarmed within
specified period to be fixed later,
except such formations as are neces-
sary to maintain internal order. The
strength and armament Of such for
nations will be determined by Italy
and Germany.
Importance of Order to Be
Taken Into Account. g4zsE ="
So far as the territories ofzFrench
North Africa, Syria and the coast
of French Somaliland are concerned,
the Italian armistice commission will
take into account, in fixing the pro-
cedure for demobilization and dis
armament, the particular impor-
tance of maintaining order in those
territories.
10. Italy reserves the right, as
guarantee of the execution of the
armistice convention, to demand the
surrender in whole or in part of the
collective arms of the infantry and
artillery, armored cars, tanks, mo-
tor vehicles and horse vehicles, to-
gehter with ammunition belonging
to units who have been engaged or
have been facing Italian forces.
The above arms and materials
must be surrendered in the state in
which they are at the time of the
armiStice.
II. Arms, munitions and war ma
terials of whatever sort which re-
manned in French non-occupied
territory, including arms and NUM-
tions evacuated from this zone and
from military and maritime fort
resses and naval bases to be de-
militarized and excluding that part
which may be left for use of units
permitted to remain in operation,
will be gathered together and de-
posted under Italian and German
control. The manufacture of war
material of any sort in non occupied
territory must cease Immediately.
Units of French Fleet
To Be Demobilized.
II. Units of the French fleet shall
be concentrated in ports to be indi-
Gated, and demobilized and disarmed
under the control of Italy and Ger
many, except for such units as the
Italian and German governments
shall agree upon for the safeguard
to French Colonial Territories. The
determining factor in the selection
of the ports referred to above shall
be the assignment of naval units In
peaeetime.
"All warships not in French
metropolitan waters, except those
which shall be recognized as neces-
sary to safeguard French Colonial
interests. shall be brought back to
metropolitan ports.
"The italian government declares
that 1t does not intend to use, in
the present war, units of the French
feet placed under its control, and
that on conclusion Of peace it does
not intend to lay claim to the
French fleet. ..-.....
For the duration of the armistfce.
the Italian government may ask
French ships to sweep mines.
Mined Areas Must Be
Reported and Cleared.
13. All mined areas will be re-
ported to the Italian high command.
French authorities will take meas
ures with in 10 days to remove by
their own means all railway and
highway obstacles, mined fields and
mined areas of every sort which
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