Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
The tert of the con1n1unioue
issued last night at the close OF
the Big Three Foreign Ministers
Conference in MoscoW
The Foreign Ministers Of thu
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
the United Kingdom and the Unitet
States of America met in Moscow
from December Is to December 26
l945, in accordance with the decision
Of the Crimea Conference. confirmed
at the Berlin Conference, that there
should be periodic consultation
among them. At the meetings OF
the three Foreign Ministers, discus.
sions took place on an informal ane
exploratory basis and agreement wa!
reached on the following question.
report of the meeting of the Min.
sters of Foreign Affairs of the Unior
of Soviet Socialist Republics, the
United States of America, the United
Kingdom):
At the meeting which took place
In Moscow from December 16 to De.
cember rs, 1945, of the Ministers Of
Foreign Affairs of the Union Of
Soviet Socialist Republics, the United
States of American and the United
Kingdom, agreement was reached
on the following questions:
/. PREPARATION OF PEACE
TREATIES WITH ITALY,
ROMANIA. Bull CARA,
HUNGARY AND FINLAND:
AS announced on the Oath of De-
cember, 1945. the governments Of
the Soviet Union, the United King
dom and the United States have
agreed and have requested the ad-
herence of the governments Of
France and China to the following
procedure with respect to the prep
aration of peace treaties:
l. In the drawing up by the Coun-
I'll of Foreign Ministers of treaties
of peace with Italy, Romania, Bull
garia, Hungary, Finland, only mem
oers of the Council who are, or under
the terms of the agreement estab-
fishing the Council of Foreign Min
listers adopted at the Berlin Con-
ference are deemed to be, signatory
of the surrender terms, will partici-
pate, unless and until the Council
takes further action under the
agreement to invite other members
Of the Council to participate on
questions directly concerning them
That is to say:
(a) The terms of the peace treaty
with Italy will be drafted by the
Foreign Ministers of the United
Kingdom, the United States, the
Soviet Union and France.
(b) The terms of the peace
treaties with Romania, Bulgaria and
Hungary by tire Foreign Ministers
of the Soviet Union, the United
States and the United Kingdom.
(c) The terms of the peace treaty
with Finland by the Foreign Min
listers of the Soviet Union and the
United Kingdom. The deputies of
the Foreign Ministers will imme-
diately resume their work in London
on the basis of understandings
reached on the questions discussed
at the first plenary session of the
Council of Foreign Ministers in Lon
don.
2. When the preparation of all
these drafts has been completed, the
Council Of Foreign Ministers will
eonvoke a conference for the pur-
pose Of considering treaties of peace
with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland. The conference
will consist of the five members of
the Council of Foreign Ministers
together with all members of the
United Nations which actively
waged war with substantial military
force against European enemy
states, namely: Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics. United King
dom, United States of America,
China, France. Australia. Belgium,
White Russian Soviet Socialist Re-
public, Brazil, Canada, Czecho-
slovakia, Ethiopia, Greece, India,
the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor
way, Poland, Union of South Africa
Yugoslavia, Ukrainian Soviet So
cialst Republic. The conference
will be held not later than May /
1916.
3. After the conclusion of the de-
llberations of the conference and
upon consideration of it's recon-
mendations the states signatory of
the terms of armistice with italy
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
F1nland-France being regarded as
such for the purposes of the peace
treaty with Italy-will draw up
nnal texts of peace treaties.
4. The final texts of the respective
peace treaties as so drawn UP will
be signed by representatives of the
states represented at the confer
ence which are at war with the
enemy states in question. The texts
OF the respective peace treaties will
then be submitted to the other
United Nations which oro - -.