Monday, Jan. 27, 1947
THE FIRST FIVE
Published in Washington last week were the official texts, in three languages, of World War II's first five peace treaties -- with Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania and Finland. They will be formally signed at Paris on Feb. 10 and go into force when ratified by the major powers. Even after 16 months' debate, the treaties were not complete; some clauses, like the proviso that "navigation on the Danube shall be free and open," need further negotiation before they can be implemented. The treaty highlights:
ITALY
Reparations $360,000,000
Arms Limitations
Territorial Losses
Army, 185,000'; carabinieri, 65,000; navy and air force, 25,000 each.
FINLAND $300,000,000
Army, 34,400; navy, 4)500; air force, 3,000.
Trieste internationalized; Venezia Giulia and small Adriatic islands to Yugoslavia; Briga-Tenda and other border areas to France; Dodecanese Islands to Greece; all African colonies, which Big Four will dispose of within one year. Petsamo province and southern Karelia to Russia, which also gets a lease on the naval base at Porkkala-Udd, commanding the Gulf of Finland.
Returns most of Transylvania to Rumania; small, strategic Danubian bridgehead to Czechoslovakia.
HUNGARY $300,000,000
Army, 65,000; air force, 5,000.
None. Gains Southern Dobruja from Rumania.
BULGARIA $70,000,000
Army, 55,000; navy, 3,500; air force, 5,200. Army, 120,000; navy, 5,000; air force, 8,000.
RUMANIA $300,000,000
Regains Transylvania from Hungary but loses Bessarabia to Russia, Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
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