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LevelItem
Creator NameCashier's Department
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)C40/275
Extent1 file
TitleFOREIGN LOANS: CHINESE STABILISATION FUND, 1939
Date22 Sep 1937 - 30 Sep 1940
DescriptionThe file covers: agreement establishing fund of £10m, of which £5m under HM Treasury (HMT) guarantee; Cyril Rogers of Bank serves on Hong Kong committee; mercantile bank of India in shanghai severely reprimanded for pro-Japanese foreign exchange dealings; fund forced to withdraw support for Shanghai dollar through Japanese impediments to Chinese trade and devious purchases of sterling through fund; support re-established and French government guarantee 200m francs to fund, June 1939; new agreement (fund 'B') signed July 1940.
Original ReferenceCCP306v1-2
KeywordChina; Japan
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