Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The first days of December, 1946, saw the completion of the first round of the peace treaties. Except for the verification of the texts and the final arrangements for signature, the treaties with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland were now ready, after fifteen months of back-breaking and often heart-breaking effort. The initial installment of peace-making had, in fact, taken more than fifteen months, for several of the thorniest questions—notably, the disposition of the Italian colonies, freedom of commercial navigation on the Danube, and Italian reparation—had received their preliminary going-over at Potsdam. And at least one question—the disposition of the Italian colonies—had been post-poned for later settlement.
1 e.g. V. Borisov, “O pozitsii avstraliiskoi delegatsii v Parizhe” (Concerning the Australian delegation's position at Paris), Novoye Vremya, No. 19, pp. 30–31, Moscow, October 1, 1946.