800.51 W 89Yugoslavia/90

The Legation of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to the Department of State

Aide-Mémoire

The Government of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes has appointed a Commission to come to Washington and arrange for the settlement of the Kingdom’s war debt to the United States. The Commission consists of Dr. Milan Stoyadinovitch, Minister of Finance and chairman of the Commission; Mr. George Djuritch, Minister in London; Mr. Milan Radosavljevitch, Director of the Ministry of Commerce; Mr. Ranislav Avramovitch, former Assistant Minister of Communications; Mr. Ivan Svegel and Mr. Rudolph Stajmec. Dr. Pavle Karovitch is General Secretary of the Commission; Mr. Jovan Novakovitch, Secretary and Mr. D. Stoshovitch, Secretary. Prof. M. I. Pupin will be the adviser of the Commission, and Dr. A. Tresich Pavichich, the Minister in Washington, will assist the Commission in all questions related to the debt.

The Commission will depart for the United States from Cherbourg on January 6th aboard SS Majestic.93

  1. For negotiations and relevant documents, see Combined Annual Reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, pp. 79 and 278–288.