FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1946, VOLUME IV



  2 bis. "The Bulgarian Government undertakes to trace and return to
Greece all objects of archaeological, historical, artistic or retigious
value as well as all documents or archives removed from Greek terri-
tory during the war by the Bulgarian authorities or forces or even by
Bulgarian nationals.
  Should the restitution of such objects prove impossible, the Bul-
garian Government, at the request of the Greek Government, shall
replace them by objects of equal value; the same obligation will apply
when the return of such objects is impossible because of their damaged
condition.
  The provisions of paragraph 2 above also apply to objects referred
to above which were destroyed or damaged on Greek territory as a re-
sult of military operations or other acts of the Bulgarian occupation
authorities.
  All disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the
present Article will be referred to an arbitrator chosen by UNESCO;
the ruling of this arbitrator will be flnal."
  The invaders did not spare the archaeological treasurers of Greece;
they included them in their programme of plunder and destruction.
  One of the most important of these values is the respect for the
monuments and remains of European culture, which is why Bulgaria,
apart from and possibly above, any legal obligation, is morally
obliged to retrieve and return all objects removed and pilfered, as well
as to replace those which were destroyed.

C.P. (Gen) Doc.l.J.27.
                      ARTICLE 21, PARAGRAPH 6
  Delete the following sentence from paragraph 6 of Article 21:
  "It being understood that rolling stock shall be regarded as having
been removed from the territory to which it originally belonged."

C.P. (Gen) Doc.l.J.28.
                     ARTICLE 21, PARAGRAPH 8
  At the end of Article 21 add a new paragraph 8, worded as follows:
  8. "Any instrument drawn up or contract concluded during the war
on occupied territory between Greek and Bulgarian nationals, pur-
porting to transfer Greek property, subsequently removed to Bulgaria,
b all be null and void."



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