A further burden comprised exports from occupied countries to Germany. They were obliged to send more goods to Germany than they received in return and the surplus was paid for in "blocked marks" from which no benefit was derived now nor was it likely to be derived in future, Even though the occupied territories already had been denuded of most of their readily exportable surpluses, Mr. Butler added, the total annual loss to western occupied territories may still be estimated at about £100,000,000.—
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