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his pleasure at the tacit admission that the C.F.M. draft was not sacro-
sanct and above modification. The tUnited Kingdom representative
suggested a slight drafting modification in the Chinese amendment.
In the absence of any opposition to the amendment the Chair declared
the Chinese amendment, with the drafting change proposed by Great
Britain, accepted unanimously. In its final form it reads as follows:
"Whereas in consequence of the victoris of the Allied forces, and with
the assistance of the democratic elements of the Italian people, the
fascist regime in Italy was overthrown on July 25, 1945, and Italy,
having surrendered unconditionally, signed the terms of Armistice on
September 3 and 29 of the same year; and . . . ."
  The Commission adjourned at 7: 55 p. m. with the consideration of
paragraph 4 of the Preamble as the first item on the agenda for the
next meeting.
                SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1946
      THIRD MEETING OF THE POLITICAL AND TERRITORIAL
      COMMISSION FOR RUMANIA, AUGUST 24, 1946, 10 A. M.
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                 United States Delegation Journal
IJSDel(PC) (Journal)24
  The Commission held a preliminary discussion on the Australian
amendment to the preamble (C.P.Gen.Doc. 1.B.1).50 Since this docu-
ment and a memorandum submitted by the Rumanian Delegation 51
were received by some delegations only at the start of the meeting, it
was decided that no final decision on them would be taken at the pres-
ent meeting. The Australian Delegation presented and explained its
proposal that the preamble should include the following words describ-
ing the treaty of peace: "conforming to the principles of justice and
equity and securing to all persons in territories affected. by it human
rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to race, sex,
language or religion". The Ukrainian and Czechoslovak Delegations
considered this language too vague and requested explanation from the
Australian Delegation. The latter indicated that its main concern
was to have stated clearly in the preamble the principles on which the
treaty was based and also to provide for protection of minorities.
The Ozechoslovak Delegation asked the precise meaning of the term
"human rights and fundamental freedoms" and of the expression "in
territories affected by it". The Australian Delegation wished to have
these questions in writing before making a reply.
50 Amendments contained in C.P. (Gen) Doe. 1 are printed in vol. Iv, pp.
654. if.
1 The memorandum, Rumanian Observations on the Draft Peace Treaty, C.P.
.( Gen) Doe. 3, is printed in ibid., p. 217.
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