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Memorandum from E. Venizelos regarding Greece"s war debt to England.

173.047.27 · <1926 Δεκέμβριος> · Αγγλική · machine-generated, not reviewed

Archivist's abstract & metadata
Title (el)
Υπόμνημα του Ε.Βενιζέλου σχετικά με το πολεμικό χρέος της Ελλάδας προς την Αγγλία.
Archivist's abstract
Γίνεται ιστορική αναδρομή του πολεμικού χρέους της Ελλάδας προς την Αγγλία από το 1917. Αναφέρονται οι συμφωνίες του Φεβρουαρίου 1918 και Μαΐου 1919 και η συμφωνία μεταξύ R.S.Horne και Δ.Γούναρη. Ζητεί από την Αγγλική Κυβέρνηση να δείξει δικαιοσύνη στον τρόπο υπολογισμού του πολεμικού χρέους μειώνοντας τις απαιτήσεις της.
Document type
Υπόμνημα
Original/copy
Αντίγραφο
Senders
Βενιζέλος Ελευθέριος Κ. 1864-1936
Mentioned
Γούναρης, Δημήτριος, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας (1867-1922) · Horne, Robert Stevenson, Sir, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1871-1940) · Αγγλική Κυβέρνηση
Keywords
Σχέσεις της Ελλάδας με τη Βρετανία · Πολεμικό χρέος της Ελλάδας
Subjects
Οικονομικές σχέσεις Διεθνείς · Οικονομία Δημόσιο χρέος
Source
https://venizelosarchives.gr/show/13407 · Europeana
Licence
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Accessed 2026-11-09

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173.047.27 p. 1

Original text (diplomatic transcription)

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MEMORANDUM. It would perhaps be useful to relate briefly the history of the war-debt of Greece to her great Allies. In October 1917, shortly after the defeat of Caporetto I came to Paris to offer the general mobilisation of the Greek army in order to fight at the side of the allies. It should be noted that when making this offer I put forward no claim of territorial concessions on behalf of Greece. Indeed I was aware of the fact that the British and French Governments had already promised Italy concessions which exactly affected the national aspirations of Greece, and it was not my desire to make the position of the allied Governments difficult by formulating such claims. I did not even wish to put forward claims against Bulgaria or Turkey in order to avoid standing in the way of an event- ual separate peace with these two powers. On the other hand, in order to facilitate Greece financially towards her expenses for the war Great Britain, France and the United States accepted to grant advances to the former to the following extent. - Great Britain £10,000,000 sterling, and France and the United States a similar amount in francs and dollars, whilst at the same time Great Britain and France were to supply us with the necessary war material. According to the agreement which was concluded at that time "These advances in dollars, francs and sterling pounds destined to cover the issue for equal amounts of banknotes made by the National Bank of Greece were to be used during the war as need might be, by means of drafts on any one of the lending states in case the credit abroad available of the Greek Treasury and the National Bank would -1-

Stamps and notes

  • handwritten_note 12,8 top_left
  • handwritten_note 173/24 top_left
  • handwritten_note 4310 top_left
  • stamp ΜΠΗ/Benaki bottom_right
  • letterhead MEMORANDUM. top_center

Demotic Greek

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Turkish

MUHTIRA. Yunanistan'ın büyük Müttefiklerine olan savaş borcunun tarihçesini kısaca anlatmak belki yararlı olacaktır. Ekim 1917'de, Caporetto yenilgisinden kısa bir süre sonra, Müttefiklerin yanında savaşmak üzere Yunan ordusunun genel seferberliğini önermek için Paris'e geldim. Belirtmek gerekir ki bu öneriyi yaparken Yunanistan adına hiçbir toprak tavizi talebinde bulunmadım. Gerçekten de İngiliz ve Fransız Hükümetlerinin İtalya'ya, tam da Yunanistan'ın millî emellerini etkileyen tavizler vaat etmiş olduklarının farkındaydım ve bu tür talepler ileri sürerek müttefik Hükümetlerin durumunu güçleştirmek istemiyordum. Bu iki devletle muhtemel bir ayrı barışın önünde engel oluşturmamak için Bulgaristan'a veya Türkiye'ye karşı talepler ileri sürmek bile istemedim. Öte yandan, savaş masraflarını karşılamasında Yunanistan'a malî kolaylık sağlamak amacıyla Büyük Britanya, Fransa ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ona şu ölçüde avans vermeyi kabul ettiler: Büyük Britanya £10,000,000 sterlin, Fransa ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ise frank ve dolar cinsinden benzer bir miktar. Aynı zamanda Büyük Britanya ve Fransa bize gerekli savaş malzemesini sağlayacaklardı. O sırada akdedilen anlaşmaya göre "Yunanistan Millî Bankası tarafından eşit miktarlarda yapılan banknot ihracını karşılamaya yönelik olan dolar, frank ve sterlin cinsinden bu avanslar, savaş süresince ihtiyaç duyuldukça, ödünç veren devletlerden herhangi biri üzerine çekilecek poliçeler yoluyla, Yunan Hazinesinin ve Millî Bankanın yurt dışında kullanılabilir kredisinin -1-

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