800.51W89 Rumania/171½

Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Murray)

The Rumanian Minister came to see me on Saturday to say that he had already made the purchase of the necessary amount of silver to make the 3% interest payment on the $1,000,000 installment on the Rumanian debt to the United States falling due June 15, last. The Minister seemed to be very much pleased with the solution which he and Mr. Moley had worked out in this matter, and he said that the Czechoslovak Minister, when he heard of it, greatly regretted that he had not suggested the same solution of his country’s debt.

Wallace Murray