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Ammunition required for training purposes for a period of 10 years
and, in addition:

—a reserve of three items of ammunition for all categories of arma-
ments necessary for the maintenance of internal order and the defence
of the frontiers (obligations laid upon the Army under the provisions
of the present draft Treaty).

6b) In regard to excess war material the Roumanian Delegation
would like to point out that:

—the Roumanian Army as at present equipped has a certain amount
of war material of either Allied or German origin which was bought
and therefore paid for by Roumania;

If this war material were put at the disposal of the Allies it would
mean that the Roumanian contribution to the war effort would be
increased by an amount equal to the cost of that material, as 1t has
already been paid for.

The same would apply to war material of Roumanian origin, manu-
factured in Roumania and for her account.

The Roumanian Delegation, therefore, requests that:

War material captured during the war by the Roumanian Army
after August 23rd, 1944, and which the Allied Control Commission has
authorised Roumania to retain as war booty, should be left in her
possession 3

Excess war material of Allied or German origin, which has been
paid for by the Roumanian Government, should be placed at the dis-
posal of the Allies and the value thereof credited to the Roumanian
Government;

Excess war material of Allied or German origin, not paid for by the
Roumanian Government, and war material manufactured in Rou-
mania, should be dismantled and converted into raw material and put
at the disposal of the genera] economy of the country.

If this proposal were adopted, not only would an unjust clause be
eliminated, but Roumania would be given the possibility of improving,
in however small a measure, the difficult situation mn which she finds
herself to-day.

Article 20

The delay in returning Roumanian prisoners of war who have
remained abroad helps to create and maintain a state of depression
both among the population and the army.

Roumania is sure that these prisoners are being well treated. Never-
theless, for the moral rehabilitation of the country and to ensure a
return to normal conditions, a date should be fixed for the return of
prisoners of war at the earliest possible date.

These are the amendments which the Roumanian Government feels
should be asked for in the military clauses of the draft Peace Treaty.