| Level | Group |
| Creator Name | Financial Supervision General Division (FSGD) |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | 2A105 |
| Extent | 24 files |
| Title | EXCHANGE CONTROL: CONTINGENCY PLANNING |
| Date | 3 Oct 1961 - 6 Apr 1994 |
| Description | The group is made up of different series.
2A105/1-2 and 12-20 contain papers relating to the development of contingency exchange control schemes by the Bank and HM Treasury. Schemes include Hecuba and Priam - floating pound measures to protect sterling as a result of realignment of exchange rate parities; Bootstrap renamed Androcles - mobilisation of UK owned foreign currency assets; Brutus and Cranmer - blocking of sterling balances because the official reserves are running out; Telemachus - a scheme to combat withdrawal of sterling balances by individual countries; Polonius - control of inflows; and Brandon and Mini-Brandon - introduction of exchange control against countries in the sterling area.
2A105/3-4 contain papers relating to the selective control of sterling area overseas investment.
2A105/5 contains drafts of exchange control notice EC14.
2A105/6-8 contain papers relating to wartime emergency regulation requirements.
2A105/9-11 and 21-24 contain papers relating to controls against named countries. |
| Related Material | 11A45; 4A74/1; for file on Telemachus see 11A115/1 |