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COMMUNIQUE ON GERMAN DEBTS

The Governments of France, the United Kingdom and the United

States have been considering the problem of bringing about a settlement

of German debts as envisaged by the agreement of 6th March with the

They have now transmitted to the

German Federal Government.

Government of the German Federal Republic and to the Governments

of a number of interested countries a communication which describes a

proposed procedure for arriving at a settlement of Germany's pre-war

debts and which outlines their present views on the points of principle

relating to it. A copy of this communication, together with its several

enclosures, is being released simultaneously.

this year.

It is proposed that a meeting of interested parties, both

governmental and private, should be held in London in the autumn of

To prepare for this meeting and to represent their interests

in the discussions of the German debt problem, the three Governments

have established a Tripartite Commission on German Debts. The

Commission will also represent their interests in regard to the question

of Germany's debts arising from the post-war economic assistance

which the three Governments have extended to Germany.

The Tripartite Commission on German Debts will carry on the

work on German debts hitherto performed by the Inter-Governmental

Study Group on Germany, which has now completed the various other

tasks assigned to it by the three Governments.

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