| Description | Financial relations with European neutrals: Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Portugal. United Kingdom's (UK) shortage of foreign exchange. Correspondence, cables, notes of meetings in Whitehall and Madrid. Forecasts of UK balance of payments with Spain. Plans for joint UK/US purchases; consequences for Anglo-Spanish clearing. Reports by Ellis Rees, financial adviser to UK Ambassador in Madrid. Meetings of Anglo-American Economic Committee in Madrid. Particular problems of wolfram, wool, skins, cotton, rubber and petroleum. Also, a general assessment of financial negotiations, Sep 1941 - Jun 1942, 21 July 1942, folio 49a. |