Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore): Monday 20th July 1931

Meeting of Financial Experts: Preparation for Ministers’ Conference: Rugby, July 17. Financial experts representing Great Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States met at the Treasury this morning to examine the outstanding questions regarding the methods of giving effect to President Hoover’s proposal for one year’s suspension of war debt and reparation payments. … (continues) … DELIVERIES IN KIND: “In view of the convocation of a meeting of ministers next Monday the committee confined itself at this stage to settling the preliminary questions of procedure. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross was appointed chairman and Mr. Pinsent and Mr. Perojne, secretaries. “It was agreed to set up a sub-committee to examine and report on the facts relating to the outstanding contracts for deliveries in kind. It was also agreed that any power not represented on the committee, should be free to submit in writing a statement of any special points affecting its interests and that the committee should then give them an opportunity of developing such statement by personal interview if it seemed necessary”. … (continues)


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Referenced

GRO0365 Devonport: Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent: 1888 – 1976