| Description | Series of files summarising the history of exchange controls, compiled (by 'Room B' staff) from the department's files following the abolition of controls in 1979. The first volume contains a contents list for the series and volume 4 in the series consists of the main catalogue of exchange control policy files.
Files relate to: chronology, structure and administration of controls; Exchange Control Act 1947; Treasury Solicitor's opinions; foreign currency retention by banks; insurance; outward portfolio investment; the "25% surrender requirement"; outward direct investment; inward direct investment; oil; "personal" payments; commercial payments; commodities; validation; Rhodesia, inflows and contingency planning. Also includes several files of technical annexes relating to these areas. |