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Dawes plan

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noun

  1. a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.


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It holds that it is Germany's prime duty to increase her foreign markets in order that she can build up credits abroad for transfer on account of reparations under the Dawes plan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until the work of the drafting committee is complete, details of the so-called "Dawes plan" must remain unknown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Private negotiations relating to the Dawes plan were active, as were financial interests; these were said to be of "the greatest importance."

From Time Magazine Archive

Negotiations necessary to the inauguration of the Dawes plan will not take place until late next month, when the political clouds in France and Germany have rolled away.

From Time Magazine Archive

We look with great gratification at the hopeful prospect of recuperation in Europe through the Dawes plan.

From State of the Union Address by Coolidge, Calvin

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