The Treaty of Paris between

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and the Allied Powers was signed on 10 February 1947, formally ending hostilities between both parties. It came into general effect on 15 September 1947.

Territorial changes

* Transfer of the

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islands of Cres, Lošinj, Lastovo and

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; of

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south of the river

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; of the

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territory of

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; of the city of

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and the region known as the Julian March to the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

; * Transfer of the

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to the

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; * Transfer to

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of Briga and Tenda, and minor revisions of the Franco-Italian border. * Recognition of the independence of the

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and transfer to Albania of the island of Sazan; * Renunciation of claims to Ethiopia and restoration of the

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; * Renunciation of claims to colonies (including

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and

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) and dissolution of the

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; * Cancellation of favourable commercial treaties with the

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(including cessation of the Concession in Tianjin held by

since 7 September 1901) *

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and the surrounding area were incorporated into a new independent state called the

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. In 1954, the administration of the Free Territory was handed over to the

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, while the mandate of the Yugoslav Army was ceded to the Yugoslav Government with the Memorandum of Understanding of London regarding the Free Territory of Trieste. This was formalised by the 1975 Treaty of Osimo. * As provided by Annex XI of the Treaty, upon the recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 390 (V) of 2 December 1950, Eritrea was federated with Ethiopia on 11 September 1952. Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia de facto on 24 May 1991 and

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on 24 May 1993. Italian Somaliland was under British administration until 1949 when it became a United Nations Trust Territory under Italian administration. Italian Somaliland combined with

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on 1 July 1960 and together they became the

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Reparations

Italy was obliged to pay the following

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(article 74): :$125,000,000 US to Yugoslavia :$105,000,000 US to Greece :$100,000,000 US to the Soviet Union :$25,000,000 US to Ethiopia :$5,000,000 US to Albania The amounts were valued in the US dollar at its gold parity on 1 July 1946 ($35 for one ounce of gold). The reparations were to be paid in goods and services over a seven-year period.

Military clauses

Articles 47 and 48 called for the demolition of all permanent fortifications along the Franco-Italian and Yugoslav-Italian frontier. Italy was banned from possessing, building or experimenting with atomic weapons,

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s, guns with a range of over 30 km, non-contact naval mines and torpedoes as well as manned torpedoes (article 51). The military of Italy was limited in size. Italy was allowed a maximum of 200 heavy and medium tanks (article 54). Former officers and

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s of the

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and the

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were barred from becoming officers or non-commissioned officers in the Italian military (except those exonerated by the Italian courts, article 55). The Italian navy was reduced. Some warships were awarded to the governments of the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom and France (articles 56 and 57). Italy was ordered to scuttle all its submarines (article 58) and was banned from acquiring new battleships, submarines and aircraft carriers (article 59). The navy was limited to a maximum force of 25,000 personnel (article 60). The Italian army was limited to a size of 185,000 personnel plus 65,000

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for a maximum total of 250,000 personnel (article 61). The Italian air force was limited to 200 fighters and reconnaissance aircraft plus 150 transport, air-rescue, training and

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and was banned from owning and operating

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aircraft (article 64). The number of air force personnel was limited to 25,000 (article 65). Most of the military restrictions were lifted upon Italy becoming a founding member of

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in 1949.

Political clauses

Article 17 of the treaty banned

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organisations ("whether political, military, or semi-military") in Italy.

Annexes

A subsequent annex to the treaty provided for the cultural autonomy of the German minority in

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Greece–Turkey relations

Article 14 of the treaty ceded the Italian islands in the Aegean to Greece and further stipulated that they "shall be and shall remain demilitarized". Turkey is the intended third-party beneficiary of the demilitarization treaty by law (Vienna Convention of Treaties, art. 36(2)). Turkey had no title in signing any treaty ceding Rhodes to Greece, as the whole Dodecanese had been ceded by Turkey to Italy with the First Treaty of Lausanne (Often referred as "Treaty of Ouchy" to prevent confusion with

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) of 1912 but demanded demilitarization of those islands at the peace talks held in Lausanne in 1923. This was eventually inserted in the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947, to which Turkey is not a signatory party.

References

External links

Full text of the treaty (French, English and Russian texts are authentic) - archive link
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