Letter from V. Willerby to D. Kaklamanos regarding the payment for provisions allotted to Greece in 1918 from England and France.

173/40 2718 No. 203102/19. FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1. June 17th 1920. Sir:- The grants of supplies and stores which have been accorded to Greece by Great Britain and France during the course of 1918, have hitherto not occasioned any acknow- ledgment on the part of the Greek Government in accordance with the undertaking by that Government to repay the value of the above-mentioned grants. This procedure is not in conformity with that which has been followed generally among the Allied Powers all of which without exception, have given similar undertakings in regard to the grants made to them. In particular, the Serbian Government, to mention only Balkan States, has agreed to pay to the British and French Governments, Treasury Bonds representing the entire value of the supplies that Government has received. A like method of payment has, moreover, been adopted for the deliveries which were made to Greece herself in 1919. Article II of Section VII of the agreement signed on February 10th. 1918, anticipates repayment by Greece to Great Britain and France of the expenses for which she is liable from the fact of the grants anticipated by that agreement. I do not indeed doubt, for a moment, that the Greek Government is in accord with His Majesty's Govern- ment and the French Government in recognising that this repayment is justified, as much by the general position of Monsieur Demetrius Caclemanos., etc. etc. etc.