Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947 The Treaty of Peace with Italy (one of the Paris Peace Treaties) was signed on 10 February 1947 between Italy and the victorious powers of World War II, formally ending hostilities. It came into general effect on 15 September 1947. Italy Counterpart: Italian Somaliland was under British administration until 1949 when it became a United Nations Trust Territory under Italian administration. Italian Somaliland combined with British Somaliland on 1 July 1960 and together they became the Somali Republic. Italy was obliged to pay the following war reparations (article 74): The amounts were valued in
1972 in the Vietnam War Abrams cabled Washington that "the enemy [North Vietnam] is preparing and positioning his forces for a major offensive... There is no doubt this is to be a major campaign." Abrams requested additional authority to use U.S. American air power to mount an effective defense. President Richard Nixon revealed that National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger had been meeting secretly with North Vietnam representatives for more than 2 years. He also revealed the U.S. peace plan that had been proposed to Hanoi. Nixon proposed that, within six months of an agreement, all U.S. military be withdrawn from South Vietnam, Prisoners of War