Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920, Volume II - Office of the Historian

Germany:

Contents

Continuation in force of the armistice between the United States and Germany (Document 209)
Relations of the American Commissioner with the German authorities; German desire for representation at Washington (Documents 210-217)
German protest against the nomination by the United States of an arbitrator for river shipping (Documents 218-228)
Protest of the Associated Governments against German import and export regulations (Documents 229-238)
Occupation of the Rhineland by the Allied and Associated Powers (Documents 239-301)
- Report of the American Observer on the Rhineland High Commission—Dispatch of additional troops by Germany into the Ruhr Basin—French occupation of Darmstadt and Frankfort; attitude of the American, British, Italian, and Belgian Governments—Appointment of General Allen as American observer—Use by France of African troops in the Rhineland—Discussions regarding payment of expenses of armies of occupation—Attitude of the Associated Governments toward provocative speeches by members of the German Cabinet in occupied territory—Proposed reduction of the American Army of Occupation (Documents 239-301)
Unofficial representation of the United States on the Reparation Commission (Documents 302-309)
Negotiations relating to German reparations (Documents 310-378)
- Problems arising under articles 235 and 260 of the Treaty of Versailles—The question of the sale to the Netherlands of ships built in Germany—Relation of the Reparation Commission to the Conference of Ambassadors—Discussions regarding determination of the amount of Germany’s liability—The Spa Conference—Attitude of the United States toward the percentage agreement and the coal protocol—Evaluation of German ships allocated to Great Britain—Proposed conference at Geneva—Meeting of technical experts at Brussels; decision of the United States not to be represented (Documents 310-378)
Deliveries of German dyestuffs and chemicals under the Treaty of Versailles (Documents 379-422)
- Policies of the Associated Governments—Appointment of a dye expert for the United States—Allied agreement of September 15, 1919—Distribution of dyes among the Associated Powers—Statement on February 10, 1920, of American views on the delivery and distribution of dyestuffs and chemical drugs—Arrangements between the Department of State and the Textile Alliance (Documents 379-422)
Status of German ships taken over during the war by the United States and Latin American countries (Documents 423-459)
- Disposition of the United States to support the claims of Brazil, Cuba, and Uruguay to German ships if made under the Wilson-Lloyd George Agreement, May 1919—Claim of the United States to title to German ships taken in its own harbors—Purchase from Peru of a former German ship by the United States Shipping Board (Documents 423-459)
Tank ships of the Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft (Documents 460-493)
- Claim by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to beneficial ownership—Provisional exemption of the tankers from allocation among the Associated Powers; cancelation of the exemption by the Supreme Council—Refusal by the United States Shipping Board to release the Imperator and seven other German ships pending a decision on the tankers; release of the eight German ships—Proposals for a provisional allocation of the tankers—Agreement of June 7, 1920, between the Reparation Commission and the United States (Documents 460-493)