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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1944

Page

3

Red Attitude On Oilfields Giving Grief

American and British oil interests press Russia for permission to inspect Ploesti fields in Romania. Moscow has not refused nor indicated future policy, leaving Anglo American operators uncertain about access as the State Department pursues a watchful waiting stance after liberation from Axis control.

Washington Russia Ploesti Romania Soviet Union Standard Oil New Jersey British Shell Company Red Army Balkans State Department Moscow

Romania's Oil Future Tied to Three-Power Pact Talks

Oil circles see Romania's political fate influencing Ploesti field access and foreign interests. Some expect a future three power conference to resolve tensions with Russia wary of American inspection seen as wartime security.

Romania Russia Ploesti

Tension over Hungary Armistice Reparations Grows

Washington reports Russia and the United States sharply disagree on armistice terms for Hungary. The main dispute centers on the amount of reparations the former enemy should be compelled to pay.

Washington Russia United States Hungary

Hungary Faces $400 Million In Kind Reparations Claim

The article notes a Soviet demand for Hungary to pay 400 million dollars in kind as reparations over four years, averaging 100 million annually, twice the Finland and Romania figures. It mentions U S protest by Harriman in Moscow and ongoing Hungarian negotiations, with Hungary described as the poorest of Germanys former satellites and less able to pay.

Hungary United States Moscow Finland Romania Harriman Unt Roosevelt State Department Germany

Postwar reparations per capita in Romania Finland and Hungary

The text compares per capita reparations after the war, estimating Romania at about 15 dollars per person, Finland around 80 dollars per person, and Hungary about 43 dollars per person, with these figures based on prewar population data and spanning four annual payments.

Romania Finland Hungary

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