The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles:
Convention to the German Armistice

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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