France gba isakoso ti awọn agbegbe nigba ti Lithuania tesiwaju lati lobby fun awọn oniwe-iṣakoso, ni sisọ wipe o yẹ ki o jẹ ti Lithuania bi o ti ní kan pataki Lithuanian olugbe (wo Lithuania Kekere) ati awọn ti o je pe orilẹ-ede nikan wiwọle si Baltic Òkun. Poland tun fi ẹtọ si awọn agbegbe. Bi awọn Allies wà hesitant lati ṣe a ipinnu ati awọn ti o dabi wipe awọn agbegbe yoo si wa ni a free ipinle Elo bi awọn Free City of Danzig, Lithuania mu awọn initiative ati ki o ṣeto awọn Klaipėda Revolt ni January 1923. Soviet Russia ati Germany awọn igbese. awọn agbegbe, bi ohun alasepo agbegbe pẹlu awọn oniwe-ara parliament (Klaipėda), ti a so si Lithuanian parliament ni ibamu si Article 99. France assumed administration of the region while Lithuania continued to lobby for its control, claiming that it should belong to Lithuania as it had a significant Lithuanian population (see Lithuania Minor) and was that country's only access to the Baltic Sea.
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