| Description | Possibility of bringing Scandinavian countries into the sterling area. 'Closer links' an alternative. Implications for exchange control, capital issues control, international politics, etc. Correspondence and records of discussions Bank/Treasury (HMT). Meetings with Scandinavians in Stockholm, December 1949, and London, January 1950. White Paper Cmd 7884, 30 January 1950. Current payments (as defined) to be unrestricted; blocked sterling or currency balances to be released. Preparations for, and records of, meetings of Anglo- Scandinavian Economic Committee in file (first meeting in Paris 1 April 1950). Various balance of payments statistics. Transfers of sterling between Scandinavians and third countries. Correspondence between central banks. |