all be
designated by the Allies and the United States of America shall
forthwith be disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports to
be designated by the Allies and the United States of America and
placed under the surveillance of the Allies and the United States
of America, only caretakers being left on board, namely:

Six battle cruisers, ten battleships, eight light cruisers,
including two mine layers, fifty destroyers of the most modern
type. All other surface warships (including river craft) are to be
concentrated in naval bases to be designated by the Allies and the
United States of America, and are to be paid off and completely
disarmed and placed under the supervision of the Allies and the
United States of America. All vessels of auxiliary fleet (trawlers,
motor vessels, etc.), are to be disarmed.

Twenty-four--The Allies and the United States of America shall have
the right to sweep all mine fields and obstructions laid by Germany
outside German territorial waters, and the positions of these are
to be indicated.

Twenty-five--Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given
to the naval and mercantile marine of the Allied and associated
powers. To secure this the Allies and the United States of America
shall be empowered to occupy all German forts, fortifications,
batteries and defense works of all kinds in all the entrances from
the Cattegat into the Baltic, and to sweep up all mines and
obstructions within and without German territorial waters without
any question of neutrality being raised, and the positions of all
such mines and obstructions are to be indicated.

Twenty-six--The existing blockade conditions set up by the Allies
and associated powers are to remain unchanged, and all German
merchant ships found at sea are to remain liable to capture.

Twenty-seven--All naval aircraft are to be concentrated and
immobilized in German bases to be specified by the Allies and the
United States of America.

Twenty-eight--In evacuating the Belgian coasts and ports, Germany
shall abandon all merchant ships, tugs, lighters, cranes and all
other harbor materials, all materials for inland navigation, all
aircraft and all materials and stores, all arms and armaments, and
all stores and apparatus of all kinds.

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