RESTITUTION OF PROPERTY

Gold Looted by Germany and Transferred to

the Bank for International Settlements

Agreement Between the UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, the

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

IRELAND, and FRANCE, and

the BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS

• Effected by Exchanges of Letters
Signed at Washington May 13, 1948

• Entered into Force May 13, 1948

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PUBLICATION 3309
[Literal print]

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1948

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The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank for International Settlements, to the Government Representatives of the United States of America, France, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS

THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

GENTLEMEN:

WASHINGTON, D. C.

May 13, 1948

Representatives of the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and France, on the one hand, and of the Bank for International Settlements on the other, have conferred in Washington on the subject of gold transferred by Germany to the Bank for International Settlements and have agreed that the Bank for International Settlements shall deliver in London to the three Governments upon demand 3740 kilograms of fine gold.

Respectfully yours,

To the REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS of the United States of America,

the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland, and France.

MAURICE FRÈRE

The Government Representatives of the United States of America, France, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bank for International Settlements

DEAR MR. FRÈRE:

WASHINGTON, D. C.
May 13, 1948

We are in receipt of your letter of this date as follows: "Representatives of the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and France, on the one hand, and of the Bank for International Settlements on the other, have conferred in Washington on the subject of gold transferred by Germany to the Bank for International Settlements and have agreed that the Bank for International Settlements shall deliver in London to the three Governments upon demand 3740 kilograms of fine gold."