283 Chifley to Bruce
Cablegram 275 CANBERRA, 2 October 1945
SECRET
Your letter 31st August 1945 [1], reparation claims by Australia against Germany.
Owing to delay in receipt of complete copy of invitation and two annexes [2] the figures required for Annex B are not yet available. These will be forwarded immediately they come to hand.
Information requested in Annex 'A' is as follows:
Damage to and loss of property other than military equipment and installations in the course of the war against Germany-
Amount Amount Year Damage A U.S.$ occurred 1. (1) Industry and Commerce 200,000 777,600 1940 (2) Shipping (a) 946,000 3,678,0481 940 165,0006 41,520 1941 Cargo (b) 33,070 128,576.16 1940 (3) to (II) [3] Nil Note The above Australian figures are based as far as possible on 1938 replacement values and have been converted to 1938 U.S.$ at 3.888 dollars per A selling.
II. Budgetary expenditure A Millions Year 55.1 1939-40 170.3 1940-41 152.6 1941-42 84.3 1942-43 81.6 1943-44 69.0 1944-45 Total 612.9
III. (1) Man years Figures in Year ALLOCATABLE TO WAR 1,000's against Germany 174 1939-1940 449 1940-1941 403 1941-1942 174 1942-1943 138 1943-44 122 1944-1945 Total 1,460 (2) [4] Nil (3) Loss of life Killed 11,043 Missing 1,018 Wounded 16,330
IV. [5] Nil.
V. Loss of wages paid to seamen A109,500 captured as result of ships being sunk by German action and repatriation expenses of survivors.