Chelaru said the letter addressed to the Senate leaders is signed by economist Radu Golban.
The letter underscores that “during Romania’s subordination to Nazi Germany, an agreement was signed in 1935 concerning payments between the German Empire and the Kingdom of Romania, which said that the payments, originating in the exchange of goods and other state and private obligations, would be carried out bilaterally between the National Bank of Romania [BNR] and the German Compensation House.”
“Through a clause introduced in 1940, BNR was obliged to pay Romanian exporters even if the necessary amounts exceeded the importers’ deposits in Romanian lei. (…) In 1944, Romania’s active balance, resulting from the bilateral clearing operations, exceeded one billion Reichsmarks,” says the letter.
Radu Golban states the balance he mentions has been confirmed by several “foreign sources,” including the German Compensation House, the Bergier Commission report, the German archives, the Bank for International Settlements in Basel.
The economist believes “a diplomatic solution on state level is preferable.”