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Klaipėda Convention

1924 · 20th century · Also known as Memel Convention

The Klaipėda Convention was an international agreement signed in Paris in May 1924 between Lithuania and Britain, France, Italy and Japan. It recognised Lithuanian sovereignty over the Klaipėda Region, taken by Lithuania in the revolt of 1923, while granting the region wide autonomy with its own elected parliament and directorate. The port was to serve the trade of the Neman basin, and the arrangement lasted until Germany took the region in 1939.

Klaipėda Convention
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Klaipėda Convention. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/klaipeda-convention
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