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We must surrender our merchant fleet. We are to renounce all foreign securities. We are to hand over to our enemies our property in all German enterprises abroad, even in the countries of our allies. Even after the conclusion of peace the enemy States are to have the right of confiscating all German property.
277 May 15th, 1919. CONTENTS. Communication from Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, relative to the report of the Economic Commission. Source: Norman H. Davis, Box 44 ...
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