WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Three foreign debtors, Estonia, Latvia and Poland, have notified the Treasury Department that they will take advantage of the option granted in the debt-funding agreements by postponing for two years the payment of principal on their debts to the United States due Dec. 15.

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1932Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (died 2008)^[†]

Neil Bartlett was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry at the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley.

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ASK 2 YEARS' GRACE IN DEBT PAYMENTS; Poland, Estonia and Latvia Take Advantage of Option in Funding Agreements. NO OTHER NATIONS APPLY State Department Announces Mellon and Reed Have Not Discussed Debts in London. ASK 2 YEARS' GRACE ON DEBT PAYMENTS

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