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Papers on the 1976 Sterling crisis and IMF loan

04 August 2006

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Request for information relating to the 1976 Sterling crisis 

Disclosure:

The information released in the PDF files relates to the 1976 sterling crisis and loan from the IMF and to the fiscal packages prepared after the 1976 crisis.  The information consists of policy advice, discussions amongst officials, advice to the Chancellor and minutes of meetings between ministers, senior officials and senior officials at the Bank of England.  The papers also include views expressed by some senior IMF, US Treasury and US Federal Reserve officials.  Some of the papers were sensitive at the time but we now assess that, with the passage of time, the public interest lies in making them public. 

File A – Covering the period from 25 May 1976 to 30 September 1976:

File B – Covering the period from 30 June 1976 to 2 August 1976:

File C – Covering the period from 12 November 1976 to 26 October 1977:

File D – Covering the period from 13 December to 14 December 1976:

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