OMD Meetings and Speeches

26739

1957-1963

series

textual records

1 linear feet of textual records

Speeches by Managing Director, Public relations, Conferences

Series consists of files related to the duties of Managing Director Per Jacobsson in fulfilling his public relations role for the IMF. Records include incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding requests for copies of speeches given by the Managing Director. Records also include invitations to speak at dinners or deliver addresses to relevant external groups, seminars and conferences (including extensive information related to the American Bankers Association Conferences, 1957-1962), and occasionally include the remarks or speeches made by other attendees of the event attended by the Managing Director., Series also includes correspondence regarding the possible publication of speeches or articles by the Managing Director. These files will occasionally contain handwritten and typed draft copies of articles and speeches, with memoranda attached asking for comment, and these will sometimes include commentary and annotations by the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Directors, Department heads or other staff. Topics covered by these speeches include monetary stability, the gold standard, the role of the IMF, taxation and economic growth, the common market, meetings with the Bank for International Settlements, Bilderberg Meetings, and convertibility. This series also includes correspondence regarding travel, accommodation and other related expenses incurred by the Managing Director when attending external meetings or delivering speeches., Files are arranged in alphabetical order under the name of the external location or group to which a speech was delivered.