Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I wish to take this occasion also to frankly state my views upon our relations to German reparations and the debts owed to us by the Allied Governments of Europe."

"We are not involved in the discussion of strictly European problems, of which the payment of German reparations is one."

"We trust that by this evidence of our desire to assist we shall have contributed to the good will which is so necessary in the solution of this major question."

"No, no payments due until the 15th of December."