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J Pierpont Morgan Co acting actinS a aa as fiscal agents of oC this government Into the Bank Banle of ot France Franco in Paris About Distribution I wish to make as clear as possible he lie sa says and nd as emphatic as possible the statement that wo we did not have anythinG anything anything any any- thing to do with the distribution of or a L dollar of oC the wo we paid as Rs re regards regards re- re gards s-ards any stockholder or bondholder of the French capitalists save that we e followed followed fol fol- lowed out the award of the arbitrators appointed In accordance with the decree If f the French court Under these clr circumstances there wa was not the slightest need ne-d for Mr r.
I have havo no doubt that on the request t of ot our 11 S Cl- Cl dor In Paris the list of oC In Individuals l will m bo bl I shown himAs himAs him I As As a IL matter of or fact tact thoro is nothing whatever In which this government go I Is In Interested Interested Interested In- In to investigate about this trans trans- action netlon Sd far tar as this government Is concerned concerned concerned con con- every step of or the thc slightest lIghte t importance import Import- ance anco has been m made m public by ty its executive executive executive tive and every cery en step taken In Franco France has hasI there been made public by the tho proper of ot- ot I fields.
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