Level | Item |
Creator Name | Gold and Foreign Exchange Office (G&FE) |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | C43/28 |
Extent | 1 file |
Title | EXCHANGE EQUALISATION ACCOUNT (EEA) |
Date | 10 Oct 1942 - 26 Mar 1946 |
Description | Includes, summaries of shipments of HM Treasury gold since the outbreak of WWII at HMT's risk; gold movements summary (includes reference to completion of the second switch of approx. £29 million of the set aside gold from Ottawa, Canada, to London); summary of sources (countries) of direct gold purchases by the Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA); memo considering splitting the Issue Department and EEA; considerations over changing the administration of Exchange Control; correspondence reviewing the existing arrangements for the transportation of gold belonging to the EEA; memo on the implications over the adoption of the Bretton Woods' plan on the UK government and the EEA |
Original Reference | FE61v5 |
Keyword | EEA |