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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume III

Chapter I. Loans to the Provisional Government—Soviet Financial Decrees


Contents

    • Offer of a credit to the Russian Provisional Government, April 3, 1917—Credit of one hundred million dollars established for the purchase of supplies, May 16, 1917—Special credit of seventy-five million dollars established for the payment of forces in Finland, July 17, 1917—Additional credits of one hundred million, August 23, 1917, and fifty million, October 12, 19171—Negotiations for further credits (Documents 1-43)
      • Decree of the Soviet government repudiating all foreign state loans, February 3, 1918: Protest by the Diplomatic Corps at Petrograd; resolution of the Inter-Allied Council—Measures interfering with banking—Decree requiring registration of all securities, April 20, 1918—Assumption of the service of the Russian debt by the British Government; use of bank balances and receipts for this purpose by the Russian Embassy in the United States—Discontinuance of payments by the British Government; impounding of Russian assets—Postponement of interest due to the American Government; continuance of payment on bonds held by private investors (Documents 44-79)
      1. The dates of credits are those of the Treasury accounts.↩

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        (Documents 1-478)
        • Chapter I. Loans to the Provisional Government—Soviet Financial Decrees (Documents 1-79)
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