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 60 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-GERMANY-JUNE 5, 1945 1651 the French Republic, will hereafter determine the boundaries of Germany or any part thereof and the status of Germany or of any area at present being part of German territory. In virtue of the supreme authority and powers thus assumed by the four Governments, the Allied Representatives announce the following requirements arising from the complete defeat and unconditional surrender of Germany with which Germany must comply:- ARTICLE 1. Germany, and all German military, naval and air authorities and all forces under German control shall immediately cease hostilities in all theatres of var against the forces of the United Nations on land, at sea and in the air. ARTICLE 2. (a) All armed forces of Germany or under German control, wherever they may be situated, including land, air, anti-aircraft and naval forces, the S.S ., S.A. and Gestapo, and all other forces or auxiliary organisations equipped with weapons, shall be com- pletely disarmed, handing over their weapons and equipment to local Allied Commanders or to officers designated by the Allied Representatives. (b) The personnel of the formations and units of all the forces referred to in paragraph (a) above shall, at the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Allied State concerned, be declared to be prisoners of war, pending further decisions, and shall be subject to such conditions and directions as may be prescribed by the respective Allied Representatives. (c) All forces referred to in paragraph (a) above, wherever they may be, will remain in their present positions pending instructions from the Allied Representatives. (d) Evacuation by the said forces of all terri- tories outside the frontiers of Germany as they existed on the 31st December, 1957, will proceed according to instructions to be given by the Allied Representatives. (e) Detachments of civil police to be armed with small arms only, for the maintenance of order and for guard duties, will be designated by the Allied Repre- sentatives.

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