| Description | 5 year 5 1/2% Russian Promissory Notes issued under an Agreement between Soviet Trade Representative and Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD), dated July 28 1936, up 1 to a total of £10m. Offered as investment to certain central banks, November 1936, with meagre response, and even to Maharajah of Rewa as a private customer, after Bank's reappraisal of marketing technique, 1938. |