The above to be delivered in situ to the allied and United States troops
in accordance with the detailed conditions laid down in the note
(annexure No. 1) drawn up at the moment of the signing of the armistice.
Five--Evacuation by the German armies of the countries on the left bank
of the Rhine. The countries on the left bank of the Rhine shall be
administered by the local troops of occupation. The occupation of these
territories will be carried out by allied and United States garrisons
holding the principal crossings of the Rhine (Mayence, Coblenz,
Cologne), together with the bridgeheads at these points of a
thirty-kilometer radius on the right bank and by garrisons similarly
holding the strategic points of the regions. A neutral zone shall be
reserved on the right bank of the Rhine between the stream and a line
drawn parallel to the bridgeheads and to the stream and at a distance of
ten kilometers, from the frontier of Holland up to the frontier of
Switzerland. The evacuation by the enemy of the Rhinelands (left and
right bank) shall be so ordered as to be completed within a further
period of sixteen days, in all, thirty-one days after the signing of the
armistice. All the movements of evacuation or occupation are regulated
by the note (annexure No. 1) drawn up at the moment of the signing of
the armistice.
[Sidenote: Allies to occupy left bank of Rhine and principal crossings.]
[Sidenote: Inhabitants of evacuated territories to be protected.
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