| Description | Paper by J W Beyen [ex-President of Bank for International Settlements (BIS), director of Unilever, later head of Dutch delegation at Bretton Woods] on monetary conditions after the war, 30 Dec 1942. United States (US) Treasury proposal for a stabilisation fund of United and Associated Nations, 1 Feb 1943. Later known as SF, Unitas, Berle plan or White plan, as opposed to John Maynard Keynes's scheme known as Bancor or CU. Washington statement of objectives of International Monetary Co-operation, 7 Mar 1943. Comments by Lucius Perronet Thompson-McCausland, 10 Mar 1943. Comparison of SF and CU plans. Question and answer tables. Meeting of Finance Ministers to discuss CU, 26 Feb 1943. Leakage of SF plan to United States (US) press, 5 Apr 1943, followed by official publication, 7 Apr 1943, prompts issue of White Paper on CU, 7 Apr 1943 (Cmd. 6437). Notes on White Paper by Keilhau [Norges Bank director] and Raestad [Governor in London, Norges Bank], filed as 1 Mar 1943. Joint HM Treasury (HMT)/Bank 'official' answers to possible questions on White Paper, 2 Apr 1943. Criticism of Keynes by Otto Ernst Niemeyer, 14 Apr 1943 on grounds that CU proposal is based on idea that international clearing is analogous to domestic clearing. George Lewis French Bolton, 14 Apr 1943, agrees Keynes 'oversimplifies'. Notes on SF plan by Keilhau and Raestad, 17 Apr 1943. Notes on CU and SF by Beyen, 22 Apr 1943. |