January 22, 1934
The President talked with the German Ambassador about payments due to Americans by German States, municipalities and corporations, which payments now pass by decree through the German Treasury.
The President asked definitely that American creditors be given the same treatment as the creditors of other Nations.
In addition, the President told the Ambassador of his desire that commercial relations be stimulated between the United States and Germany.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House Statement on Payments to Americans by German States. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208472