Yunanistan'ın İngiltere ile askıdaki mali meselelerine ilişkin mektup.

-3- that there was no agreement between the Allied Governments and ourselves as to the expenses of the war or, more especially, of the Asia Minor campaign, nevertheless, a historical examination of the whole matter and of the part frequently carried out by the Greek Army at the request of the Allies up to October 1920 will, I am sure, lead you to agree that I am not without justi- fication in supporting this point of view. It would, perhaps, be a matter of detail ( of no special im- portance, if we should arrive at an agreement upon the above principle) to mention the fact that the Agreement of May 1919 speaks of payment within two years from the signature of peace with Bulgaria and Turkey. This term of two years is manifestly meant as dating from the final peace treaty in my opinion, the Treaty of Lausanne, which is not a mere treaty of peace between Greece and Turkey alone. I am happy to note the coincidence of our views upon two essential points: 1. That article 4 of the Horne-Gounaris Agreement is de- pendent upon a loan being raised and upon the assent of the Na- tional Bank of Greece. 2. That as regards the offsetting of the Greek claims re- sulting from war damages in Macedonia during the period of Greek neutrality against the British claims for war debts, you make it clearly understood that the liability of the British Government is to the Greek Government. This question of offsetting provides me with another ques- argument in favour of my opinion that the question of the set- tlement of our indebtedness should be taken in its entirety later on. Before our account is completed and recognized by you, a final agreement would hardly be possible upon these //.