| Description | History of 'The United Kingdom Foreign Exchange Control during and after the Second World War', written by E T Ruddle, a former member of Bank staff who worked in the Control department from 1940-1962. There are three main sections, covering the period from 1939-1965:
Part 1 - planning of the Control before the war, its machinery, liaison with Whitehall, the banks and Stock Exchange and other parts of the sterling area and special relations between the UK and Canada, Newfoundland and Hong Kong;
Parts 2/3 - development through various Defence (Finance) Regulations, consolidation in the Exchange Control Act 1947 and its gradual administrative relaxation after the war
Parts 4/6 - attempts an exposition of the Exchange Control practice, showing how it worked in various aspects of the commercial and personal life of people living in this country and foreign residents with funds or business here.
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