?20 FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1946, VOLUME IV

2. The names of the vessels to be retained by Italy under paragraph
1 are given in Annex 4A.
ARTICLE 48

Italy shall effect the following disposal of excess units of the Italian
Navy:

a. The units of the Italian Navy specified in Annex 4B shall be
placed at the disposal of the Governments of the U.S.S.R., U.K.,
U.S.A. and France.

6. Ships required to be transferred in compliance with sub-para-
graph a above shall be fully equipped, in operational condition includ-
ing a full outfit of armament stores, and complete with on-board spare
parts and all necessary technical data.

c. The transfer of ships specified above shall be effected within
three months of the coming into force of the present Treaty, except
that, in the case of ships that cannot be refitted within three months,
the time limit for the transfer may be extended by the Four Govern-
ments.

d. Reserve allowances of spare parts and armament stores for ships
specified in Annex 4B shall, as far as possible, be supplied with the
ships.

The balance of reserve spare parts and armament stores shall be
supplied to an extent and at dates to be decided by the Four Govern-
ments, in any case within a maximum of one year after the coming
into force of the present Treaty. |

é. Details relating to the above transfers will be arranged by a Four
Power Commission to be established under a separate protocol.

ARTICLE 49

1. Italy shall effect the following disposal of submarines and non-
operational ships. Time-limits specified below should be taken as
commencing with the coming into force of the present Treaty.

a. Surface ships afloat not listed in Annex 4 including ships under
construction afloat, shall be sunk in a depth of over fifty fathoms with-
In six months.

6. Ships under construction on slips shall be destroyed or scrapped
for metal within six months.

c. Submarines afloat and not. listed in Annex 4B shall be sunk in
the open sea in a depth of over a hundred fathoms within three months.

d. Ships sunk in Italian harbors and approach channels, in obstruc-
tion of normal shipping, shall be destroyed by demolition or may be
salvaged and subsequently sunk ina depth of over fifty fathoms within
two years.