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allied powers and the United States shall be able to dispose of them as
they wish. This condition annuls the previous conventions on the subject
of the exchange of prisoners of war, including the one of July, 1918, in
course of ratification. However, the repatriation of German prisoners of
war interned in Holland and in Switzerland shall continue as before. The
repatriation of German prisoners of war shall be regulated at the
conclusion of the preliminaries of peace.
[Sidenote: Sick and wounded to be cared for.]
Eleven--Sick and wounded who cannot be removed from evacuated territory
will be cared for by German personnel, who will be left on the spot with
the medical material required.
[Sidenote: Germans to withdraw from Austria-Hungary, Rumania, Turkey and
Russia.]
Twelve--All German troops at present in the territories which before
belonged to Austria-Hungary, Rumania, Turkey, shall withdraw immediately
within the frontiers of Germany as they existed on August First,
Nineteen Fourteen. All German troops at present in the territories which
before the war belonged to Russia shall likewise withdraw within the
frontiers of Germany, defined as above, as soon as the Allies, taking
into account the internal situation of these territories, shall decide
that the time for this has come.
[Sidenote: Evacuation to begin immediately.]
[Sidenote: German requisitions to cease.]
Thirteen--Evacuation by German troops to begin at once, and all German
instructors, prisoners, and civilians as well as military agents now on
the territory of Russia (as defined before 1914) to be recalled.
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