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GENERAL Throughout the work of the Commission the compelling restraint exercised by the authority of the Four Powers was felt in various ways. The only new articles to be adopted for any of the treaties were all sponsored by a member of the Big Four, while no recommendation for the amendment of any article was agreed to without their support. One other feature in Commission was the cohesion of the Eastern States. On all questions, even those of minor nature when some independence from the satellite States might have been expected, they spoke and voted as a bloc.