America at war! (1941–) – Part 5

740.00119 Potsdam/7-2245

Proposal by the Soviet Delegation

[Babelsberg,] July 22, 1945
[Translation?]
Top secret

International Zone of Tangier

Having considered the question of the zone of Tangier we have agreed that this zone which includes the city of Tangier and the area adjacent to it shall, owing to its specific strategic importance, remain international.

Representatives of the states chiefly concerned viz. Great Britain, the United States of America, the USSR and France which will be invited to join this declaration will work out an appropriate status of this international zone responding [corresponding?] to the new conditions that resulted from the victory over Hitler Germany.

Spain will be invited to adhere to the new status after the re-establishment of democratic regime in the country.


Proposal by the Soviet Delegation

[Babelsberg,] 7/22/45
[Translation?]

Soviet Proposal on Koenigsberg

On shaping the decision of the three Heads of Governments regarding the transfer to the Soviet Union of the Koenigsberg area. The Conference approved the proposal of the Soviet Union that pending the final settlement of territorial questions at the Peace Congress, the part of the western border of the USSR adjoining the Baltic Sea should follow the line from the point on the western shore of the Danzig Bay indicated on the map annexed hereto, eastward – north of Braunsberg-Goldap to the junction of the frontiers of the Lithuanian SSR, the Polish Republic and former East Prussia.