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)
- The dates of credits are those of the Treasury accounts.↩