MULTILATERAL-PEACE WITH ITALY-FEB . 10 , 1947 3. The total standard displacement of the war vessels, other than battleships, of the Italian Navy, including vessels under construction after the date of launching, shall not exceed 67,500 tons. 4. Any replacement of war vessels by Italy shall be effected within the limit of tonnage given in paragraph 3. There shall be no restriction on the replacement of auxiliary vessels. 5. Italy undertakes not to acquire or lay down any war vessels before January 1, 1950, except as necessary to replace any vessel, other than a battleship, accidentally lost, in which case the displacement of the new vessel is not to exceed by more than ten per cent the displacement of the vessel lost. 6. The terms used in this Article are, for the purposes of the present Treaty, defined in Annex XIII A. Article 60 1. The total personnel of the Italian Navy, excluding any naval air personnel, shall not exceed 25,000 officers and men. 2. During the mine clearance period as determined by the International Central Board for Mine Clearance of European Waters, Italy shall be author- ized to employ for this purpose an additional number of officers and men not to exceed 2,500. 3. Permanent naval personnel in excess of that permitted under para- graph 1 shall be progressively reduced as follows, time limits being taken as commencing with the coming into force of the present Treaty: (a) To 30,000 within six months; (b) To 25,000 within nine months. Two months after the completion of minesweeping by the Italian Navy, the excess personnel authorized by paragraph 2 is to be disbanded or ab- sorbed within the above numbers. 4. Personnel, other than those authorized under paragraphs 1 and 2, and other than any naval air personnel authorized under Article 65, shall not receive any form of naval training as defined in Annex XIII B. SECTION IV-LIMITATION OF THE ITALIAN ARMY Article 61 The Italian Army, including the Frontier Guards, shall be limited to a force of 185,000 combat, service and overhead personnel and 65,000 95347--9 --PT . II -28 61 STAT.] 1393
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