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ARTICLE 19 1. Excess war material of Allied origin shall be placed at the disposal of the Allied Power concerned according to the instructions given by that Power. Excess Finnish war material shall be placed at the disposal of the Governments of the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. Finland shall renounce all rights to this material. 2. War material of German origin or design in excess of that required for the armed forces permitted under the present Treaty shall be placed at the disposal of the Two Governments. Finland Shall not acquire or manufacture any war material of German origin or design, or employ or train any technicians, including military and.civil aviation personnel, who are or have been nationals of Germany. . : < - 3. Excess war material mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be handed over or destroyed within one year from the coming into force of the present Treaty. 4. A definition and list of war material for the purposes of the present Treaty are contained in Annex 111. article 20 Finland shall co-operate fully with the Allied and Associated Powers with a view to ensuring that Germany may not be able to take steps outside German territory towards rearmament. ARTICLE 21 Finland shall not acquire or manufacture civil aircraft which are of German or Japanese design or which embody major' assemblies .of German or Japanese manufacture or design. ARTICLE 22 Each of the military, naval and air clauses of the present Treaty shall remain in force until modified in whole or in part by agreement between the Allied and Associated Pow 7 ers and Finland or, after Finland becomes a member of the United Nations, by agreement between the Security Council and Finland. PART IV. REPARATION AND RESTITUTION ARTICLE 23 *i. Losses caused to the Soviet Union by military operations and by the occupation by Finland of Soviet territory shall be made good by Finland to the Soviet Union, but, taking into consideration. that Finland has not only withdrawn from the war against the United Nations, but has also declared war on Germany and assisted with her forces in driving German troops out of Finland, the Parties agree that compensation for the above losses will be made by Finland not in full, but only in part, namely in the amount of $300,000,000 payable over eight years from September 19, 1944, in commodities (timber products, paper, cellulose, sea-going and river craft, sundry machinery, and other commodities). 2. The basis of calculation for the settlement ..provided in-this. Article shall be the United States dollar at its gold parity on the day of the sighing of the Armistice Agreement, i.e. $35 for one ounce of gold.