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 IRELAND, and FRANCE, and the BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS • Effected by Exchanges of Letters • Entered into Force May 13, 1948 DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 3309 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1948 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. : Price 5 cents 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 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. 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." |