| Description | Papers, press cuttings and reports prepared by the Bank in anticipation of a possible default, including discussions on problems in Brazil and the Eastern Bloc (specifically Bulgaria, Czechoslavakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia / USSR). The last file is marked 'Apocalypse How' and concerns the vulnerability and possible collapse of American (US) banks due to a loss of confidence because of international and domestic loan losses, and the implications for crisis management in the wholesale dollar markets. |