Convention Prolonging the Armistice With
Germany,
Signed December 13, 1918
The undersigned, in virtue of the powers
with which they were endowed for the signing of the armistice of the 11th
November, 1918, have concluded the following additional agreement:
1. The duration of the armistice signed
on the 11th November, 1918, has been prolonged for a month, i.e., till
5 a. m. on the 17th January, 1919.
The one month's extension will be further
extended until the conclusion of peace preliminaries, provided this arrangement
meets with the approbation of the allied Governments.
2. The clauses of the convention (11th
November) which have been incompletely fulfilled will be carried out during
the period of extension, according to the conditions laid down by the Permanent
International Armistice Commission following the orders given by the allied
generalissimo.
3. The following clause is added to the
convention of the 11th November, 1918:
From now onwards the generalissimo reserves
to himself the right of occupying (when he deems it advisable), as an additional
guarantee, the neutral zone on the right bank of the Rhine, north of the
bridgehead of Cologne and as far as the Dutch frontier.
Six days' notice will be given by the generalissimo
before the occupation comes into effect.
Treves, December 13, 1918.
F. Foch
Erzberger
Wemyss, Admiral
A. Oberndorff
Winterfeldt
Vanselow
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