WI US Pays Debts to Revolutionary France

I just discovered that the XYZ affair was caused partially by the US to no longer honor debts owed to France because of the new government.

WI the US pays debts to Revolutionary France?
 
I just discovered that the XYZ affair was caused partially by the US to no longer honor debts owed to France because of the new government.

WI the US pays debts to Revolutionary France?

No, French Foreign Minister Talleyrand and his agents who demanded that bribes be paid and a loan be made to France before France would begin formal negotiations to bring about an end to its practice of seizing American ships on the high seas in an effort to disrupt US trade w/Great Britain are responsible. The US never stopped repaying France's Revolutionary War loan, and, even though some did advocate otherwise as events unfolded, continued to repay it throughout the period.
 
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