Indiana Law Journal Volume 28 Issue 3 Article 2 Spring 1953 Revision of the Italian Peace Treaty Norman Kogan The University of Connecticut Follow this and additional works at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj Part of the International Law Commons, and the Military, War, and Peace Commons Recommended Citation Kogan, Norman (1953) "Revision of the Italian Peace Treaty," Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 28 : Iss. 3 , Article 2. Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ilj/vol28/iss3/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Indiana Law Journal by an authorized editor of Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. REVISION OF THE ITALIAN PEACE TREATY NORMAN KOGAN* Recent efforts of the Italian Government to obtain revision of the Italian Peace Treaty have encountered the refusal of certain of the signatories, particularly the Soviet Union, to countenance such revision save on terms unacceptable to the Italians. As a consequence the Italian Government announced, on December 21, 1951, that certain armaments and other clauses of the peace settlement were no longer binding. This stand was repeated on February 8, 1952, as a result of the fifth Soviet veto of Italy's application for United Nations' membership.' These moves had the support of Italy's allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, especially the United States. The purpose of this discus- sion is to examine the claims which may be advanced to support legal denunciation under such circumstances, and to advance some comments on the political aspects of American encouragement of these actions.