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Report on Greece"s war debt to England.

173.047.31 · · Αγγλική · machine-generated, not reviewed

Archivist's abstract & metadata
Title (el)
Έκθεση σχετικά με το πολεμικό χρέος της Ελλάδας προς την Αγγλία.
Archivist's abstract
Γίνεται αναφορά στις οκονομικές συμφωνίες του Φεβρουαρίου 1918 και Μαΐου 1919, στο διακανονισμό του πολεμικού χρέους της Ελλάδας προς την Αγγλία και θέτει τρία ερωτήματα σχετικά με την αξία του πολεμικού υλικού, τον τρόπο αποπληρωμής του πολεμικού χρέους και τις πιστώσεις.
Document type
Έκθεση
Original/copy
Σχέδιο
Mentioned
Μεγάλη Βρετανία
Keywords
Σχέσεις της Ελλάδας με τη Βρετανία · Πολεμικό χρέος της Ελλάδας
Subjects
Οικονομικές σχέσεις Διεθνείς · Άμυνα Εξοπλισμός · Οικονομία Δημόσιο χρέος
Source
https://venizelosarchives.gr/show/13443 · Europeana
Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Accessed 2026-11-09

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173.047.31 p. 19

Original text (diplomatic transcription)

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They were entitled to no more than to leave the Greek people thenceforward unaided to carry out the war with Turkey, which after the armistice of Mudros the former remained involved in, as a result of having carried out the task entrusted to it by the Allies. But they had no right to stand up as its enemies and to help the common foe, Turkey, to defeat it. Such a help was granted to the enemy by the sequestration of the millions that the Great Allies owed to Greece by virtue of the agreements of February 10th 1918, and of 1919. Such further help is also to be found in the fact that French and Italian ships violated the blockade of the Turkish coasts, established by the Greek fleet. When the latter captured the vessels violating the blockade, these Allies of yesterday demanded of us to release the captured ships, to allow the contraband of war seized by us to reach its point of destination, and to pay heavy indemnities for the seizure of the contraband of war. Moreover one of the Allied Powers proceeded, before general peace was concluded with Turkey, to a separate Agreement with her, whereby this Power undertook to support Turkey in the overthrow of the Treat of Sevres. When all this is borne in mind it cannot possibly be demanded of Greece that she should pay any amount whatsoever in respect of war material, at least that part of which is covered by the Agreements of February 1918. Indeed it would be strange that the Allies should insist upon payment of the value of war material supplied to Greece which was used against the Common foe, since they dispensed Turkey, and to all intents and purp see Bulgaria not only from payment of the value of war material granted to these powers by Germany, and which was used by them

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  • handwritten_note 19 top_left
  • handwritten_note They were entitled to no more than to leave the Greek people top_center
  • stamp ΜΠΗ/Βενάκη bottom_right
  • page_number -5- bottom_center

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Demotic Greek

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Turkish

Onların, Yunan halkını Türkiye ile savaşı bundan böyle yardımsız sürdürmeye terk etmekten fazlasını yapmaya hakları yoktu. Yunan halkı bu savaşın içinde, Müttefiklerin kendisine verdiği görevi yerine getirmiş olmasının bir sonucu olarak, Mondros Mütarekesi'nden sonra da bulunmaya devam ediyordu. Fakat onun düşmanları olarak karşısına dikilmeye ve ortak düşman Türkiye'ye onu yenmesi için yardım etmeye hakları yoktu. Düşmana böyle bir yardım, Büyük Müttefiklerin 10 Şubat 1918 ve 1919 anlaşmaları uyarınca Yunanistan'a borçlu oldukları milyonlara el konulmasıyla sağlandı. Bu türden bir başka yardım da Fransız ve İtalyan gemilerinin, Yunan donanmasınca Türk kıyılarına uygulanan ablukayı ihlal etmesinde görülmektedir. Yunan donanması ablukayı ihlal eden gemileri ele geçirdiğinde, bu dünkü Müttefikler bizden ele geçirilen gemileri serbest bırakmamızı, el koyduğumuz harp kaçağı malların varış noktalarına ulaşmasına izin vermemizi ve harp kaçağı mallara el konulması nedeniyle ağır tazminatlar ödememizi talep ettiler. Üstelik Müttefik Devletlerden biri, Türkiye ile genel barış yapılmadan önce onunla ayrı bir Anlaşma yaptı ve bu Anlaşmayla söz konusu Devlet, Sevr Antlaşması'nın ortadan kaldırılmasında Türkiye'yi desteklemeyi taahhüt etti. Bütün bunlar göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, Yunanistan'dan savaş malzemesi için herhangi bir miktar ödemesi kesinlikle talep edilemez; en azından bu malzemenin Şubat 1918 Anlaşmalarının kapsadığı kısmı için. Gerçekten de Müttefiklerin, Yunanistan'a sağlanan ve ortak düşmana karşı kullanılan savaş malzemesinin bedelinin ödenmesinde ısrar etmeleri tuhaf olurdu. Zira onlar Türkiye'yi ve fiilen Bulgaristan'ı, Almanya tarafından bu devletlere verilen ve onlar tarafından kullanılan savaş malzemesinin bedelini ödemekten muaf tutmakla kalmamış

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