Diary - Book 379 - March 5-7, 1941

Sep 10, 2026

Diary entry Book 379 dated March 5-7, 1941, compiling references and notes on wartime financial and administrative arrangements. Topics include war conditions related to gold, financing mechanisms, defense saving bonds, foreign funds control, and banking or reserve system responsibilities. Coverage spans multiple countries and institutions, referencing receipts and expenditures from 1937-1940 with estimates for 1941-1942 and projected figures for 1943-1947, alongside discussions on refugees, taxation, and purchasing or military planning.

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Bee War Conditiona: Gold Budget

War Conditions (Gold)

Receipts, Expenditures, and Estimates (1937-1947)

DIARY Book 379 March 5-7,1941 -L- Book Agr1ulture,Department of 3e11 aalkced to look at appropr1at1ons from pointo9 vi的of cutting Bome-3/5/41… … =B- Belgium # Bee War Conditiona:GoldBudget Receipts and esxpenditures,1937-1940;est1mates,1941-1942;projected est1nates,1943-1947;eto.339 Canada See War ConditionsChen,K.P. See War Conditions;ChinaChine See War ConditionCurrie,LauchlinSee Mar Conditions:China -D- Dakar Se War Conditions:GoldDefense Savinga Bonds,United States See Pinancing,Government Dviggin,W.▲. See Tinaneing,Government(Defense Savinga Bonds,United States) Tederal Bureau of Investigation Sne War Conditions:Toreign hunds ControlTederal Reserve Syatem Bzpenses $4.9 m1ll1on in 1939;over $5 m11l1on in1940,partly becane of foreign funds control;national bank shering of administrative detall tobe studied-3/5/41.…… 2 · ·· -1-(Coutinied) Book ag单生nnlg,Gavernaant Defama Bavinga Bonds;Qnted Sta Contorenc;prenont1 HSz,GzaTes,Mto,B⁰22,snd uhn -3/6/42 … … ………379157)May 1 pickad as dato for 1aUanb)Dviggin(Sev Yorke C¹ty)Bsked for doign,·1671)MacLeiah-HMJr conversation.………192 c)Proponed new ineomo-typs bond for larg1nvostors………… … …859Compariaon of preent United Statesavings bonds with proposed new bonda for mall investor.…… … …240Proposed new appreciation-type bond fozlarger_investora…………… …Reconstruct1on Yinance Corpozation:Jones,HMSz,and Bell discueu possible financing -3/7/41…·TranceSee War Conditions:Gold;Refugeen 241264 Germainy # See War ConditionsGoldSee War Conditions Iceland See Wer ConditionsInternal Revenue,Bureau of Decentralized procedure to be dicussed at Mashingtonme8tinge;Helvering aake that Gravea preside -3/6/41. ……… 223 -L- Latin America German and Italien Airplanes;Report of in Yoreirmfelr of January 1941.. …… … 124 -M- Morgan,J.P.,and CompanySes War Conditions;Purahasing ssion P Phil1ppine Islands See War Conditions:Export ControlPolandSee War Conditiona;Gold R- Book g Reconatzuotton Finance Coxgozaton Sse Tinaneing,Govrn Refuge 8ee Yaz Cond1t1on Revenue Hdviaion Overleppine Taxation!Conference;preaent:HLSr,M1hu Root,Jr.,Dul1ck,Bzuere,Burgess,Dell,Su211van,nnd Blovh-3/5141. ………… 379 B)Institute of Pub11c Administration toparticipate b)Carnegle Corporation point of viewpresented by Root… …………… 3495 Bxcess Profita Tax Amendment:Suggested comment by YDR-3/5/41 …… … … TaxationSee Revenu6 Revision U- U.s.S.R. See War ConditionsUnited KingdomSee War Conditions:Mi1tary Planning -W- War ConditionsAirplanen: Del1verles by purchasera and types toMarch 1,1941…… ……+121,122a)Copy Bent to YDE. ……117 Canada! Aid diecussed by EMJr,Cochraz,White,Ph11lips;Pinsent,and Playfair -3/5/41.…… … 60 B)Memorandum taken to Wite Honse asking (1)may United Kingdom pay Canada ingold so far as 1t 1s availeble for thatpurpose in future;(2)may equipment beobtnined dtrectly in htted States byUnited Kingdom under Lend-Lese and thendelivered free to Canada…………… 80196 b)Statement of gold as Pinsent presentedit to Cochran.…… … … … -W-(Continued) BokPngeWar Condit1ons(Contnuod)Chtna; Chen lettoz expzeaing azneat hope of aontinuedeD1lity to meet 1oan paymentn-3/5/41…379102Anglo-Chinene BgT6ement-draft of-3/5/41…103,297(See also Boolr 380,Dage 395) Burma Road;Etablishment of gasoline aupplystationa Teported in Amercan mbay,Chungrlng,me出orandum -3/5/41 …………112-ACurrie m1s1on:Report from American Embassy, Shanghai-3/7/41. … ……323Chungking¹e resumption of trading in foreignezchange:Reactione in Shangha1 finaneialcircles-3/7/41. … …… ……324马xchange market resume'-3/5/41,ete ….128,227,330Mxport Control: Phi1ippine Ialanda:Conference to conider controlof azports -3/5/41 … …… … …93Torelgn Funds Control: Federal Bureau of Investigation interested inBscerteining

FAQs

What is the date and identifying label of the diary entry?

It is dated March 5-7, 1941, and labeled as Book 379.

Which main theme is repeatedly referenced in the entry?

War conditions centered on gold budgeting and related financial arrangements.

What types of financial figures are included in the entry?

Receipts and expenditures for 1937-1940, plus estimates for 1941-1942 and projected estimates for 1943-1947.

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