On September 29th, General Eisenhower and Marshal Badoglio signed the Italian surrender on the British battleship Nelson. On the basis of the armistice agreement signed on September 3, the surrender book further stipulated "other political, economic and financial conditions that Italy should abide by". The surrender clause stipulates that the rights of the Allies in Italy should be expanded and all material wealth in Italy should be under the control of the Allies. At the request of the Allies, the Italian government of Badoglio declared war on Germany at 3pm on June 13. The governments of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union issued a joint statement, "acknowledging the position of the Italian government as stated by Marshal Badoglio, accepting the active cooperation of the Italian state and armed forces, and treating them as common belligerents in the war against Germany".