İngiliz Hazinesi Lordlar Komisyonu'nun, Yunanistan'ın İngiltere'ye olan savaş borcuna ilişkin muhtırası.

The agreement of 1919 provided that Great Britain and France should furnish an additional credit up to a maximum of £4 millions, to be shared between them: but stipulated that any balance of the book credit under the 1918 agreement should go in reduction of this new credit, and further that the opening of the new credit should be dependent on certificates of expenditure by the Inter-Allied Commission. The Memorandum of Monsieur Veniselos overlooks the following facts :- (a) That the book credits were only to be drawn upon up to a maximum of £12 million; (b) That the supplementary credit of £2 millions was explicitly stated only to be drawn upon if there was no balance available on the original £10 millions; (c) That the drawings were subject to the approval of an Inter-Allied Commission which, in fact, never completed its work. The Agreements of 10th February, 1918, and 19th May, 1919, therefore, do not specify any definite figure for the book credits which the Bank of Greece could draw, and their payment was dependent on conditions which have not, in fact, been fulfilled. Monsieur Veniselos enters into an interesting discussion as to the precise legal effect of the Horne-Gounaris Agreement of 22nd December, 1921, and he contends that, as the loan provided for in that Agreement never eventuated, the waiver by the Greek Government of any further advances out of the book credit never became operative. The Treasury are perfectly aware that the Greek Government failed to obtain the loan provided for in this Agreement, but their failure was in no way due to causes for which His Majesty's Government are responsible.