The Archive · 1939

Control of Big Estates

4. The administration of the big landed estates left behind in Estonian shall be taken over until their liquidation by thp Ministry of Agriculture, The expenses in connection with the administration, current income and losses shall be placed to the account of the estates under administration.

It has been agreed that the liquidation and realisation of the agricultural property by the German Trust Administration shall be effected in agreement with the Ministry oj Agriculture.

Article IV provides that the final arrangement of the transfer of the property situated in Estonia will be determined by a subsequent agreement, especially as regards securities, deposited in the name of the German Legation or the Trust Administration. "The transfer of property shall take place in such a manner that the Estonian balance of payments and economic life will not suffer.

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