| Description | With index of correspondents. Siepmann moved from his Overseas Department work to the European Exchange Account (EEA) early in 1936, to become 'the unworthy successor of B[asil] G[age] Catterns on this exchange job', 31 March 1936. His letters are fewer, and largely confined to foreign exchange operations. His correspondents include Sproul (Federal Reserve Bank [FRB] of New York), Osborne (Canada), Weber (Switzerland), De Jong (Holland) and Soares Branco (Portugal). A letter of 7 April 1936 describes the European situation after the German reoccupation of the Rhineland; of 27 October, the international monetary system, and of 27 November the 'limited opportunities in the City for anyone who cannot contribute capital or rely on favouritism'. In July Siepmann attempted to find work for a Gunner who served in the same Battery with him from 1915 to the end of the War. |