ETRAI Director Irving S. Friedman Country Files

33652

1954-1965

series

textual records

2 linear feet of textual records.

Afghanistan, Islamic State of, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Myanmar, Burundi, Canada, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sri Lanka, China, Colombia, Congo, Republic of, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Egypt, Arab Republic of, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Cook Islands, Pakistan, South Africa, United Arab Republic, United States

Series is open according to the Archives Access Policy. Files will be screened by reference staff for any time restrictions.

Series consists of country correspondence maintained by Irving Friedman, Director of the Exchange Restrictions Department (1952-1964). Records consists of draft annotated Board Documents; correspondence; country reports prepared by Area Departments in consultation with ERD, the Legal Department (LEG) and the Treasurer's Department (TRE); technical assistance mission reports which were submitted to ERD for review and recommendation for Board approval; briefing papers on Article XIV consultations; correspondence with the Paris Club regarding the relationship between member countries and Europe; reports on exchange restrictions; press releases and newspaper articles. Subject matter covered in this series include the Use of Fund Resources, par value, stabilization, restrictive systems, the exchange market and exchange regulations, bilateralism and discriminatory advance deposits on imports., Files are organized alphabetically by country and are arranged chronologically within.