 Otherwise the text of the declaration was that prepared for, but not eventually used in, the German Instrument of Surrender of 8 May 1945, in the form previously agreed by the European Advisory Commission; but not including the 'dismemberment clause' proposed as being added to the agreed surrender instrument at Yalta.The Allies asserted that their assumption of sovereign powers within Germany would not effect its annexation.The Declaration consisted of 15 articles, of which the first eight were concerned with the capitulation of German Armed forces and the surrender to the Allied Powers of military equipment and intelligence assets.