| Description | Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold's note on visit to Bank of France, August 1936. Devaluation of the French franc and Tripartite Monetary Agreements (United Kingdom [UK], United States [US], France), September 1936; comments on this and the French suspension of the Gold Standard, 1 October 1936. In general: HM Treasury (HMT) and British Embassy memoranda on mainly financial matters; Press cuttings from the Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise showing Government decrees, international agreements etc; Situation memoranda compiled by the Bank; Memoranda by Bank representatives (particularly Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold), following visits to France and conversations with their French counterparts; Private and public reports on all aspects of French political and financial affairs. |