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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.

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

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The most important condition was that Germany should accept the Dawes plan, as it might be amended by the Allies, and put into effect by September.

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His unbending attitude, strengthened by unanimous support at home and by Italy abroad, was considered to have been a strong point in favor of " unconditional acceptance of the Dawes plan by all the Allies."

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The Dawes plan and the new economics; with a foreword by Rufus C. Dawes. © 4Nov27; A1010939.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1954 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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