| Description | Difficulty of control. Hong Kong. Manchuria, December 1940. Anglo/United States (US) support of China's currency. Bank/ Treasury (HMT) meetings. Contingency planning for war with Japan, March 1941. Chinese blocked sterling, July 1941. Outpayments to sterling area. Anglo/US policy, 1944. Blocking relaxed, July 1944. Further changes, January 1946. A history, 22 March 1946. |