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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. 26

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26 His Majesty's Treasury argue that the Italian debt being a very heavy one, a proportionate amount could not be claimed from that country to that which can be claimed of us, our indebtedness being far smaller. According to the Treasury it must be found how much Italy and how much we can afford to pay, regardless to the amount of their debt or ours. A similar basis which would completely ignore the amount of the debt would not be just, especially as it leads to the following inconsequent conclusion that, were the Great Powers to have carried out fully their obligations to Greece under the agreement of 1916, in this case the debt of the latter being bigger we would have to pay less in proportion than what we shall now have to pay, when owing to the reluctance of the Powers to carry out their full obligations to Greece the external war debt of the latter is smaller. However, even if such a basis were to be laid down, the proposal of the Treasury that we should pay more, in proportion, than Italy would be quite unjust. The extent of the injustice would be better demonstrated if it were borne in mind that, for her war debt to England, at present amounting to £570,000,000, Italy will pay over 62 years in all £372,000,000 or 49.72% on her aforesaid debt. Whereas for Greece's war debt - which according to the figures given by the Treasury amounts to £220,000,000, in round figures, and as we claim only to £10,520,000 after the deduction of the war material of 1916, - we are asked to pay in 62 annual instalments altogether £35,550,000, i.e. on the present amount of our Debt, 177% according to the figures of the Treasury and 338% according to our own, in other words nearly four times or six times as much as Italy, in proportion. -11-

Stamps and notes

  • stamp ΜΠΗ/Benaki bottom right
  • handwritten_note 26 top left
  • handwritten_note 46 top center
  • archival 26 of 41 top center

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Turkish

26 Majestelerinin Hazinesi, İtalyan borcu çok ağır, bizim borcumuz ise çok daha küçük olduğundan, bizden talep edilebilecek miktarla orantılı bir miktarın o ülkeden talep edilemeyeceğini ileri sürmektedir. Hazine'ye göre, onların ya da bizim borç miktarımız dikkate alınmaksızın, İtalya'nın ne kadar ve bizim ne kadar ödeyebileceğimiz bulunmalıdır. Borç miktarını tamamen göz ardı eden böyle bir esas adil olmaz. Üstelik şu tutarsız sonuca götürmektedir: Büyük Devletler 1916 anlaşması uyarınca Yunanistan'a karşı yükümlülüklerini tam olarak yerine getirmiş olsalardı, Yunanistan'ın borcu daha büyük olacağından, orantılı olarak daha az ödememiz gerekecekti. Oysa Devletlerin Yunanistan'a karşı yükümlülüklerini tam olarak yerine getirmekteki isteksizlikleri yüzünden Yunanistan'ın dış savaş borcunun daha küçük kaldığı şimdiki durumda daha fazlasını ödememiz gerekecektir. Bununla birlikte, böyle bir esas benimsense bile, Hazine'nin bizim İtalya'dan orantılı olarak daha fazla ödememiz yönündeki önerisi tamamen haksız olur. Haksızlığın boyutu, şu husus göz önünde tutulursa daha iyi anlaşılır: İtalya, İngiltere'ye olan ve halen £570,000,000 tutarındaki savaş borcu için 62 yıl boyunca toplam £372,000,000, yani söz konusu borcunun %49.72'sini ödeyecektir. Yunanistan'ın savaş borcu ise Hazine'nin verdiği rakamlara göre yuvarlak rakamlarla £220,000,000, bizim ileri sürdüğümüze göre ise 1916 savaş malzemesi düşüldükten sonra yalnızca £10,520,000 tutmaktadır. Buna karşın bizden 62 yıllık taksitle toplam £35,550,000 ödememiz istenmektedir. Bu da borcumuzun bugünkü miktarı üzerinden Hazine'nin rakamlarına göre %177, bizim rakamlarımıza göre %338 demektir; başka bir deyişle, orantılı olarak İtalya'nın neredeyse dört ya da altı katıdır. -11-

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