Vincent Benedetti to (ad. A, 4,867.) H. M, August 5, 1866
(A, 4,867.—Private.)
My Dear President: In reply to the communications which I transmitted from Nikolsburg to Paris after our interview of the 26th ultimo, I receive from Vichy the plan of a secret convention, a copy of which you will find annexed. I hasten to inform you of this, in order that you may examine it at your leisure. I am, moreover, at your service, to confer with you whenever you may think that the proper time has arrived.
Truly yours,
(Ad. A, 4,867.)
H. M., &c., &c., and H. M., &c., &c.
Article I. The French empire reënters into possession of those portions of territory which, now belonging to Prussia, were comprised within the boundaries of France by the settlement thereof in 1814.
Article II. Prussia agrees to obtain from the King of Bavaria and from the Grand Duke of Hesse, by making an indemnity to these princes if necessary, the cession of those portions of territory which they possess on the left bank of the Rhine, and to transfer the possession thereof to France.
Article III. All arrangements are annulled which attach to the Germanic Confederation the territories placed under the sovereignty of the King of the Netherlands, as well as those relative to the right of garrison in the fortress of Luxemburg.