800.51W89 Belgium/226a
The Acting Secretary of State to the Belgian Ambassador (May)
Excellency: I am requested by the Secretary of the Treasury to notify you that the following amounts are due and payable on June 15, 1933, on account of the indebtedness of your Government to the United States pursuant to the debt agreement of August 18, 1925:43
| Amount due June 15, 1933, under debt agreement: | |||
| Principal | $4,200,000 | ||
| Interest | $2,125,000 | ||
| Total | $6,325,000 | ||
| Amount due December 15, 1932, but not paid: | |||
| Interest | $2,125,000 | ||
| Total amount due June 15, 1933 | $8,450,000 | ||
The debt agreement of August 18, 1925, requires thirty days advance notice in case your Government desires to make payment in obligations of the United States issued since April 6, 1917, but I am requested by the Secretary of the Treasury to advise you that he will be glad to waive the requirement of thirty days advance notice if your Government wishes to pay in that manner.
Accept [etc.]
- For correspondence relating to negotiation of this agreement, see Foreign Relations, 1925, vol. i, pp. 107 ff.; for text of agreement, see Combined Annual Reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, 1922–1926, p. 171.↩