U.S. DEMANDS REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF MAINTAINING ARMY ON THE RHINE
Paris, France (JFK+50) On March 10, 1922, Roland W. Boyden* demanded the United States be reimbursed "for the cost of maintaining the American army on the Rhine**."
The figure given is a massive one billion gold marks or $241,000,000 in U.S. currency. In addition, Mr. Boyden asks for an initial payment of $62,500,000 be made in the year 1922.
According to the New York Tribune, this demand "came as a complete surprise to Allied finance ministers." The Tribune further reports that it is "almost sure to create adverse feeling..."
*Roland W. Boyden was an observer for the United States at the meeting of Allied finance ministers in Paris.
**The Rhine is the longest river in Germany (760 miles) & 2nd longest in central & western Europe.
SOURCE
"U.S. Demands Payment for Rhine Troops," The New York Tribune, March 11, 1922, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
