REPORTS OF THE COMMISSIONS



fered loss or damage as a result of special measures taken against
their property during the war which were not applied to Finnish
property."
  With regard to sub-paragraph (a), the Soviet Delegation sug-
gested an amendment to the effect that the last sentence of sub-para-
graph (a) should be altered to read as follows:
  "In no event shall United Nation's nationals, including those hav-
ing ownership interests held directly or indirectly in corporations or
associations, receive less favourable treatment with respect to com-
pensation than that accorded Finnish nationals."
  When this amendment was put to the vote, there were 5 in favour
and 9 against.
  Sub-paragraph (a) of this proposal secured 9 votes in favour
(U.S.A., Australia, Canada, France, U.K., Greece, India, New Zea-
land, South Africa) and 5 against (Byelorussia, Czechoslovakia,
Ukraine, U.S.S.R., Yugoslavia).
  Sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the proposal of the United
States Delegation secured 9 votes in favour (U.S.A., Australia, Can-
ada, France, U.K., Greece, India, New Zealand, South Africa) and
5 against (Byelorussia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, U.S.S.R., Yugo-
slavia).
  In regard to sub-paragraph (e), the French Delegation proposed
an amendment as follows:
  "The Finnish Government shall grant nationals of the United
Nations an indemnity in Finnish marks sufficient to compensate, at
the date of payment, the losses and damage due to the special measures
applied to their property during the war, and which were not appli-
cable to Finnish property."
  This amendment secured 8 votes in favour (Australia, Canada,
France, U.K., Greece, India, New Zealand, South Africa) and 6
against (U.S.A., Byelorussia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. and
Yugoslavia) and in consequence sub-paragraph (e) of the proposal of
the U.K. Delegation was not put to the vote.
  Article 25. The Commission unanimously adopted this article sub-
ject to deletion in the French text of the words "qui ont 6tA"
before
"transferes" so as to bring the French text into harmony with the
Russian and English texts.
  Article 26. The Commission unanimously adopted paragraphs 1 and
2 of this article in the wording proposed in the draft Peace Treaty.
  The U.K. proposal to delete paragraph 3 of this Article was put to
the vote. 7 votes were cast in favour of deletion, 5 against with 2
abstentions.
  Article 27. Article 27 of the draft Peace Treaty was adopted unani-
mously by the Commission in the wording proposed by the Council



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