Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 61 Part 2.djvu/850

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1808 by any of the Axis Powers from the territory of any of the United Nations, irrespective of any subsequent transactions by which the present holder of any such property has secured possession. 3. The Government entitled to restitution and the Roumanian Govern- ment may conclude agreements which will replace the provisions of the present Article. 4. The Roumanian Government shall return the property referred to in this Article in good order and, in this connection, shall bear all costs in Roumania relating to labour, materials and transport. 5. The Roumanian Government shall co-operate with the United Nations in, and shall provide at its own expense all necessary facilities for, the search for and restitution of property liable to restitution under this Article. 6. The Roumanian Government shall take the necessary measures to effect the return of property covered by this Article held in any third country by persons subject to Roumanian jurisdiction. 7. Claims for the restitution of property shall be presented to the Roumanian Government by the Government of the country from whose territory the property was removed, it being understood that rolling stock shall be regarded as having been removed from the territory to which it originally belonged. The period during which such claims may be presented shall be six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty. 8. The burden of identifying the property and of proving ownership shall rest on the claimant Government, and the burden of proving that the property was not removed by force or duress shall rest on the Roumanian Government. PART VI ECONOMIC CLAUSES Article 24 1. In so far as Roumania has not already done so, Roumania shall restore all legal rights and interests in Roumania of the United Nations [61 STAT. TREATIES