| Description | United Kingdom (UK) plans to reduce adverse balance of sterling area with guilder area. Draft payments agreement handed to Dutch, 21 Mar 1940; no agreement reached. Dutch Shipping and Trading Committee established May 1940, to make and receive payments on behalf of Dutch shipowners; agreement reached with United Kingdom, folio 39, 24 Jun 1940 (details not in file). Enemy property matters. Dutch East Indies allowed to sell to Greece and Turkey for sterling; latter allowed to buy for sterling also. Sterling finance of Dutch East Indies/China trade permitted. Japanese invasion of East Indies. Java Bank to be controlled by Netherlands Minister in London (no copy of instructions in file). Disbursements of Dutch ships on charter to British government. Remittances to Dutch legations in Madrid, Berne and Lisbon. |