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 effect the return of property covered by this Article held in any third country by persons subject to Bulgarian jurisdiction. 7. Claims for the restitution of property shall be presented to the Bulgarian Government by the Government of the country from whose ter- ritory the property was removed, it being understood that rolling stock shall be regarded as having been removed from the territory to which it originally belonged. The period during which such claims may be presented shall be six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty. 8. The burden of identifying the property and of proving ownership shall rest on the claimant Government, and the burden of proving that the property was not removed by force or duress shall rest on the Bulgarian Government. PART VI ECONOMIC CLAUSES Article 23 1. In so far as Bulgaria has not already done so, Bulgaria shall restore all legal rights and interests in Bulgaria of the United Nations and their nationals as they existed on April 24, 1941, and shall return all property in Bulgaria of the United Nations and their nationals as it now exists. 2. The Bulgarian Government undertakes that all property, rights and interests passing under this Article shall be restored free of all encum- brances and charges of any kind to which they may have become subject as a result of the war and without the imposition of any charges by the Bulgarian Government in connection with their return. The Bulgarian Gov- ernment shall nullify all measures, including seizures, sequestration or con- trol, taken by it against United Nations property between April 24, 1941, and the coming into force of the present Treaty. In cases where the property has not been returned within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, application shall be made to the Bulgarian authorities not later than twelve months from the coming into force of the Treaty, except in cases in which the claimant is able to show that he could not file his application within this period. 1962 [61 STAT. TREATIES

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