XVI. Dollarschatzanweisungen

(Treasury bills in Dollars.)

a) The German Government shall abandon ail its rigbts to the pro- *,eeds from the liquidation of the Reichsbank (unless tbe présent plan is put into exécution by means of the transformation of the Reichsbank), in return for which the latter will give the Government an uodertaking to assume responsibility for the repayaient of the said bills not in excess of 210 million gold marks, under conditions to be settled by the Reichsbank with the holders of thèse bills.

b) At the same time, in order to guarantee the good faith of this opération, that is to say, in order to guarantee the Reichsbank against any loss resulting from this opération, the German Government shall hand over to the Reichsbank gold bills for an amount equai to and falling due at the same date as the dollar bills in circulation. As soon as the liquidation of thèse dollar bills has been completed, .the Reichsbank will return to the German Government the portion (if any) of the bills which it has received, and which has not been employed in ensuring the liquidation.