Evening star., 1945-08-03
Text Of Potsdam Declaration Summarizing Work Of Big Paey
1-Report on the Tripartite
Coufereuce 0f Berlin.

FollotDing is the tert OF the Pots
dam declaration:
1-Report on the Tripartite
Conference of Berlin.
On July II, ls45, the Presider
of the United States Of Americs
Harry s. Truman, the Chairma
of the Council of Peoples Commis
sars of the Union of Soviet Socialis
Republics, Generalissimo j. '
Stain, and the Prime Minister
Great Britain, Winston S. Churchill
together with Mr.. Clement r. Attlee
met in the Tripartite Conference o
Berlin. They were accompanied b,
the foreign secretaries of the thre
governments, Mr.. James IF. Byrnes
MI. v. M. Molotov and Mr.. Anthem,
Eden, the chiefs of staff and othe
advisers.
There were nine meetings between
July II and July Is. The conference
was then interrupted for two day!
while the results of the British gen.
eral election were being declared.
On July % Mr. Attlee returned tt
the conference as Prime Minister
accompanied by the new Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr.
Ernest Bevin. Four days of further
discussion then took place. During
the course of the conference there
were regular meetings of the heads
of the three governments accom-.
panied by the foreign secretaries
and also of the foreign secretaries
alone. Committees appointed by
the foreign secretaries for prelimi-
nary consideration of questions be-
fore the conference also met daily
The meetings of the conference
we're held at the Cecilienhof, near
Potsdam. The conference ended on
August 2, 1945.
Important decisions and agree
ments were reached. Views were
exchanged on a number of other
questions and consideration of these
matters will be continued by the
Council of Foreign Ministers estab-
lished by the conference.
President Truman, Generalissimo
Stain and Prime Minister Attlee
leave this conference. which has
strengthened the ties between the
three governments and extended the
scope of their collaboration and un-
derstanding, with renewed conf
dence that their governments and
peoples, together with the other
United Nations, will insure the
creation of a just and enduring
peace.
H-Establishment of Council of
Foreign Ministers.
The conference reached an agree
ment for the establishment of a
Council of Foreign Ministers repre-
senting the five principal powers to
continue the necessary preparatory
work for the peace settlements and
to take up other matters which from
time to time may be referred to the
council by agreement of the gov
ernments participating in the coun-
Gil.
The text of the agreement for the
establishment of the Council of For
eign Ministers is as follows:
/. There shall be established
council composed of the Foreign
Ministers of the United Kingdom,
the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics, China, France and the
United States.
q ID The council shall normally
meet in London, which shall be the
permanent seat of the joint secre-
tariat which the council will form.
Each of the Foreign Ministers will
be accompanied by high-ranking
deputy, duly authorized to carry on
the work of the council in the alb
sence of his Foreign Minister, and
by a small staff of technical ad-
visers. al
CID The first meeting of the couns,
Gil shall be held in Londorlh nos
later than September /, 1945. Meets
ings may be held by common agree
ment in other capitals as may be
agreed from time to time.
3.GD AS its immediate important
task the council shall be authorized
to draw up, with view to their sub
mission to the United Nations,
treaties of peace with Italy, Ro-
mania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Fin
land, and to propose settlements of
territorial questions outstanding on
the termination of the war in Eu-
rope. The council shall be utilized
for the preparation of peace settle
ment for Germany to be accepted by
the government of Germany when
government adequate for the pur-
pose is established.
did For the discharge of each of
these tasks the council will be COM
posed of the members representing
those states which were signatory
to the terms of surrender imposed
upon the enemy state concerned. For
the purpose of the peace settlement
for Italy, France shall be regarded
as a signatory to the terms Of sur
render for Italy. Other members
will be invited to participate when
matters directly concerning them
are under discussion.
(iin Other matters may from
time to time be referred to the coun-
Gil by agreement between the mem
ber governments.
4. ID Whenever the council is con-
sidering a question of direct interest
to a state not represented thereon,
such state should be invited to send
representatives to participate in the
discussion and study of that ques-
ton.
Gid The council may adapt It's
procedure to the particular problem
under consideration. In some cases
it may hold its own preliminary dis
cussions prior to the participation of
other interested states. In other
cases, the council may convoke a
formal conference of the state
chiefly interested in seeking a solu-
ton of the particular problem,
In accordance with the decision
of the conference, the three gov
ernments have each addressed an
identical invitation to the govern
ments of China and France to adopt
this text and to join in establishing
the council.
The esta hlishrnent of the Council