| Description | Assistance mooted, July 1940. Payment for graphite exports to United Kingdom (UK), July 1940. Economic pressure to bring about repudiation of Vichy, October 1940. Madagascar expedition financed with British Military Authority (BMA) notes. Permanent currency dependent on participation of Free French in administration, May 1942. Babington Smith advises GOC-in-C East Africa on finance and banking. BMA notes legal tender, June 1942. Babington Smith despatch on Madagascar, July 1942. Pipes and tobacco pouch de-embossed from Madagascar notes by St Lukes, October 1942. Handed over to Free French, November 1942. In Sterling Area, December 1942. Dollar holdings, March 1943. Economic reports, Antananarivo to Foreign Office (FO), 1952-55. |