§ 69. Sir FREDRIC WISEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Gobelin tapestries are still held as security for any Austrian loan?
The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Guinness)No, Sir The loans to which the Gobelin tapestries were assigned as security were converted into guaranteed Austrian loan on the issue of that loan in June, 1923, and these tapestries are not now held as security for any Austrian loan.
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