أوراق بقلم كرزون بشأن الشرق الأدنى والأوسط [و‎‎٦‎١] (٣٤٨/١٢١)

Thera are, it appears two prliioipal forms in v/hioh
pressure mi 6 ht be applied. The International PinanoJLeJL
Commission might veto the issue of fiduciary currency
the IJ tional Ban. of (ireoce. The British Government had
recently imposed such a veto on a lar 0 e paper issue which
the Government of M. Venizelos desired to float but had
withdrawn it on the personal intervention of M. Venizelos.
On the other hand the Prenoh Government who had started
by giving their consent have since withdrawn it. The two '
Governments by maintaining a joint veto might seriously
embarrass the Greeh Government.
The second respect in which action m_ght be possible
would be in connection with the An^lo-Pranco-Greek: Financial
Agreement of 1918., under which a booic credit of £10,000,000
in London, and the franc equivalent of another £10,000,000
$
in Paris were given to the Greed Government. The latter
have drawn about £6,500,000 on the British half of this credit.
The F-ench half is believed to be still intact.
It might be possible to argue that this Agreement, which
was made with M. Vcnisclos’ Government is no longer valid
with a Iqter Government that is diametrically opposed to its
predecessor. It would however be unusual to adopt such a
courso. Its immediate effect would be a collapse of the
drachma exchange. The ultimate effect would be that the
Greeds would have no credit for purchase abroad