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On the recordFebruary 21, 1921
Each of the undersigned will recommend to the appropriate governmental agency of his Government that upon the delivery to the Reparation Commission of such bonds his Government accept an amount thereof corresponding to the sums which Belgium has borrowed from his Government since the war and up to November 11, 1918, together with interest at 5 per cent unless already included in such sums, in satisfaction of Belgium's obligation on account of such loans, which obligation of Belgium's shall thereupon be cancelled.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Special Message to Congress on Acceptance of German Bonds for Belgian War Debt

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