190 normalization and diplomatic recognition, China had to adjudicate $196,861,83L in American claims; while, the United States had to unfreeze $80,500,000 Chinese assets in America. After filing with the Commission in 1969, nothing developed for a dec- ade . In the meantime, Biola's claim was disallowed early in 1970, for lack of sufficient documentation of the Hunan property. Contacted by Biola's administration in search of the vital Hunan documentation, Dr. Roberts was able to produce the necessary proof with photostated deeds, photographs of the property, a Hunan Bible Institute yearbook, and a sworn affidavit of Biola's property rights in China. These essential deeds had been copied by Dr. Roberts before he was forced to turn over the originals in China in 1949. Subsequently, Biola refiled and received approval of their application based on the deeds. However, it was not until 1979, that a breakthrough occurred allowing Biola to be reimbursed. Under the settlement, China agreed to pay $80 . 5 million to the United States Treasury to settle close to four hundred claims totaling $196.8 million. China agreed to pay $30 million to the United States Treasury on October 1, 1979, and pay the rest of the $80.5 million in five equal ~nstallments each year until 1984. The total actually recovered by all the claimants equalled forty-one cents on the dollar; and for Biola which had claimed $1 million based on a 1943 property evaluation, and its refund was projected at approximately $400,000. A first installment of $135,991 was received by Biola on February 20, 1980, to be followed by subsequent smaller payments of $47,000 each year until the balance was paid .
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