FINLAND: Part Payment

Axel Astrom, Finnish Minister at Washington, walked into the office of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and handed him a check for $9,132. After that, Finland owed the United States just an even $9,000,000. During the next 62 years other Finnish ministers expect to walk in with other checks covering the balance.

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