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Proposal for new currency for the Persian Gulf, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Bank of England's observations in support of the proposal for a new currency in the Gulf and the fact that it would not be ready until early 1955 (1) Papers on the subject of a new currency along with comments [enclosed]; a revised draft despatch for Bahrain and arguments in favour of the new currency (2-3, 8) Note of a meeting held at the Treasury on 19 February 1954 (4) Conversation between D A Logan and the Export Manager of Thomas de La Rue and Company Limited regarding the Kuwaiti attitude to having their own currency (5) C