Level | Item |
Creator Name | Cashier's Department |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | C40/275 |
Extent | 1 file |
Title | FOREIGN LOANS: CHINESE STABILISATION FUND, 1939 |
Date | 22 Sep 1937 - 30 Sep 1940 |
Description | The 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 Reference | CCP306v1-2 |
Keyword | China; Japan |