Reparation Commission

Seven nations were represented at the Reparation Commission, namely Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

[3]: 10 The Commission elected a chair among the delegates for a renewable one-year term.

Arthur Salter was appointed the first Secretary General to the commission,[5] a position he held from 1920 to 1922.

Owen D. Young was the first Agent General for Reparation Payments tasked with overseeing Germany's payments, and was succeeded in October 1924 by Seymour Parker Gilbert who held the role until 1930.

Gilbert's Paris office was initially hosted by the investment bank Morgan, Harjes & Co. From early 1925 onwards, he worked from two offices, respectively in Paris (18, rue de Tilsitt) and Berlin (Luisenstrasse 33).

Former Imperial Patent Office building at Luisenstrasse 33 in Berlin , the German office of the Agent General for Reparation Payments until 1930
Building at 18, rue de Tilsitt in Paris , the Agent General's French office 1925-1930