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should not be overlooked. He had contemplated writing a letter to
M. Loucheur, Mr. Norman Davis and Mr. Keynes, so that the experts
of France, the United States of America, and Great Britain, might
be apprised of the decision.
MR. LLoYD GEORGE said that the matter was one of so great impor-
tance that he thought it should take the form of a letter or a formal
minute signed by M. Clemenceau, President Wilson and himself.
(This was agreed to and Sir Maurice Hankey was instructed to
draft the letter.)
Military Terms  (6) (It was decided provisionally and subject to
of Peace.     possible revision in the event of good reason being
Article 46    shown to the contrary that Article 46 of the Military
terms of Peace should be suppressed.)
NowE: Article 46 is as follows:-
"The Armistice of November 11th 1918 and the Convention subse-
quent thereto, remain in force so far as they are not inconsistent with
the above stipulations."
Sir Maurice Hankey was instructed to communicate this decision
to the Secretary General for the information of the Drafting
Committee.
Military Terms.  (7) STR MAuRIcE HANKY pointed out that Article
Article 45    45 was reserved.
PRESIDENT WILSON asked how the Allied and Associated Powers
could change the German laws.
MR. LLoYD GEORGE pointed out that if the German Military Service
Law was not abolished, military recruits would automatically be called
up for service.
(It was agreed that the form of the Article should be altered so as
to provide that the German Government should undertake within a
period not exceeding three months from the ratification of the Treaty
to modify their law.)
Sale of a Floating  (8) MR. LLoYD GEORGE read a telegram from the
Dock at Hamburg British Admiralty urging that an alteration should
be made in Article 32 of the Naval Clauses, specially providing for
the surrender of Floating Docks, and calling attention to the sale
of a large Floating Dock now at Hamburg to an Engineering and
Slipway Company at Rotterdam which was not prevented by the
Armistice terms.
(It was agreed that no alteration should be made in the Treaty in
this respect.)
VILLA MAJESTIC, PARIS, 30 April, 1919.


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