Note 83 — Chapter IV

In view of the political difficulties in which this Agreement involved M. Briandʼs Cabinet, the matter was apparently adjusted by Great Britain and Belgium receiving their quotas as above, “subject to adjustment of the final settlement” of the questions dealt with in the Agreement. The net result on September 30, 1921, was that, including the above sum, Great Britain had been repaid £5,445,000 in respect of the Spa coal advances, and had also received, or was in course of collecting, about £43,000,000 towards the expenses of the Army of Occupation (approximately £50,000,000). Thus, as the result of three yearsʼ Reparations, Great Britainʼs costs of collection had been about £7,000,000 more than her receipts.