2 0 9. The over~ment.s of the nit d Kingdom and nited ~,at re.noun f ' nnan nt cpn hI h ar all claimR in, r p t f rep ra i 11S 0 shu r 10 t d in the . ~ a tern ' Zone of oc upatioI1 i el'man), a well a to erman foreign a ts in Bulgaria, Finland Hungal'y' R{)umania and lSatern Austria. 1
lO, '{he !'Ioviet ' ov rl1m nt makes no cla.im to gold captured by b Allid troops in Germany. IV.- Disposal of the German N,&vy and MerohantMarine. A. The following principles .for the distribution of the erman avy were agteed;- , (1) The ,rotal strength of th ~erm~n urf3; navy, ~ . lu~ing ~ips sunk and those taken over from Allied NatIOns, bu t IDcludrng ShIpS under c~nstru tiOIl or repair sh~ll be divided equally a.roong the U .. S.R'J United Kingdom and · ni~ed tate . (2) hips under con truction or repair mean those ships whose construction or repair may .be completed within .'.hree to ix months,. according .~ the type of slllp.Whether such " l PS under construction or repaIr 8h~1l be comple~d or repaired s~an be determined by the toohnical commission appointed by the Three , Powers and referred to below, SUbject to the ' principle that their completion or ~pair must be achIeved within the time limits above provided, without an~l increase , of skilled employment in ', the' German shipyard~ and without permitting the reopening of any Germa.n SQIP building or connected , industries. Completion date means the date when a shjp is able to go out on its first trip, or, under peace-time standards, would refer to the oustomary date O'f delivery- oy shipyarq to the Government. (8) The 'larger, pa~t of th~ German 8ub~,al'ine fteet sh~l1. ' ,be' sunk. Not ~ore . .1 ,tl1~ thirty ~~bma.r'lnes ~,~ll be pr.~~~ve~ ~;nd, ,dlVl~~ equally ~etw.een " t ~' .', the U.S.S.R., 'Unlted Klng~om ' a~~ :JJp'L~ ~tates for e.xperlmentll) and techIiicalpurposes. ; . (4) All stocks of arIIiament ammunitiO,D ~d supplies of the German Nayx
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such shIps. •The Thr~ GOl!ernments agree to constitute a ' triparti~ naval ooillmission comprising two representatives for each Government, aeoornpanied · ~y ,the, Jequisite staff, :to BpbmJt agreed' ~mme~dation8 ' to the' Three Gore~nme~tB for th·e al~~ation 'of speqific Germ~ warships and to J
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, Jiandle othel- "oetaiJed ma.tters ~pising out of the ~ment between the Three G6\'ernments 'regarding the German fleet. The Commi.ssion ,will :bold i,~ first meeting not later 'than the l5th August, 1945, in . , Berlin~i , ~hich '. Sh8.,ll ~ oj t~. headq~arters.. Eachpel.e~tjon ~D' the · , Co~ml881on, ~l.ll h,v~ the·'rlght" ~n the ~881S of rec~pr~lty~ to lnspe.ot , <,German 'wai8hlP, wll~reve;r~a;y.~l . "" , . :;. (6) The Th.~ ~ Governm'entk ~ee that transfers, U~Cl'Udl'ng those pf shlPS . UJ;lder construction and repai~~ 'shan be comp~eted as soon as ~ible, " but not later than the ,15t.l\ February, 1946. The CommissJop win submit fQrtnighth~ reports, including pro}108&ls for .the p~ogressi ve all0'c8~~ori of the v~18 'when, agreed ~y tile Commission. , I
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wheTever , locatM, $h~lr be, divide4 equally: $DlODg theO.S.S.RL' the United KmgdoDi, ~d ~he Uni~d 'S tates. The actual transfers of ,the ~i~to the ,re8~ti've coUntries shall take place a8800p ~ J>r~ticable I' after the end bf\tlie war &~ain8t Ja.pan. The United Kingdom and the United St.tes will ~rovlde , out of the~r .mares of the $l1rrendered · ,~e~ 11lerchant sh~ps appropriate amounts for othe! Allied Su.tes , whose merchant marInes have 8uffer~ .h.eavy' ,1088eB luthe common cause ~8ain$t Ge~ny, ~x.oept 'tha.t th~ SoVletl Union shall prQvide '"\"'''''v:~.,..''''.,' out of lts sha;r,e for Poland. .
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