| Description | Includes papers regarding the dollar premium and the Turnstile scheme, a plan to ration the purchases of investment currency and foreign currency securities by forming a queue of those wishing to buy, including minutes of a meeting between the Bank and the Treasury, 30th May 1968; the investment currency premium; Brutus, Androcles 1-5 (previously Bootstrap), Cranmer and Brandon schemes, specifically their contribution to the mobilisation of all or part of the private UK holdings of overseas securities; replacing the 25% surrender on portfolio transactions with a levy on the total value of the portfolio (the Catherwood scheme); and a tax rebate scheme to enable the investor to recoup some money (the Simon scheme). Also includes minutes of meetings of HM Treasury Group on Contingency Planning. Indexed. |