DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
March 29. 1941
I have the honor to refer to your Embassy's note
2-   no. 32 of January 20, 1941 regarding a "secret" note
dated December 20, 1940 addressed to the American
Embassy in London by the Foreign Office on the subject
of the opening of a further account with the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York in the name of His Britannic
Majesty's Government.
I am now in receipt of a communication dated
March 20, 1941 from the Secretary of the Treasury
stating that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has
now opened, in the name of the British Government, a
further account designated "His Britannic Majesty's
Government Special Account B."    I enclose herewith for
your
His Excellency
The Right Honorable
The Viscount Halifax, K.G
British Ambassador.
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your information and for the information of your
Government a copy of this communication from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.    A copy is also being sent to the
American Embassy in London.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my
highest consideration.
For the Secretary of State:
Enclosure:
From Treasury Department,
March 20, 1941.
841.51/1685