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On the recordDecember 22, 1931
No part of the debt owing to us has been cancelled or reduced; the postponed amounts are repayable over a period of about 10 years with interest at 4 percent.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Foreign Debt Moratorium Resolution.

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