Reparation Commission
The Reparation Commission, also Inter-Allied Reparation Commission (sometimes "Reparations Commission"), was established by the
The Commission relied on a General Secretariat and on General Services, both headquartered in Paris. It was restructured and downsized in late 1924 as a consequence of the Dawes Plan,[2]: 13 and eventually disbanded in 1930 following the adoption of the Young Plan and the establishment of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The BIS took over the residual activity of the Agent General for Reparation Payments, until the reparations themselves effectively ended by the mid-1930s.
Membership
Seven nations were represented at the Reparation Commission, namely
Leadership
The Commission elected a chair among the delegates for a renewable one-year term.[2]: 10-11 The first chair elected in 1920 was France's Raymond Poincaré.
Arthur Salter was appointed the first Secretary General to the commission,[4] a position he held from 1920 to 1922.[5] He was succeeded by Andrew McFadyean from 1922 to 1924.
Agent General for Reparation Payments
See also
References
- ^ Adomanis, James F. "Reparation Commission". www.encyclopedia.com. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d R. Depoortere, "Commission des réparations (1918-1931)", State Archives in Belgium
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- ^ Money, Leon Chiozza (1920). The Triumph of Nationalization. London: Cassell & Co.
- ^ "Arthur Salter (1881–1975)". Dumbarton Oaks.
- ^ "Letters addressed to and by S. Parker Gilbert" (PDF), Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis