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Gold Pool Reserve Coordination

United States of America · Economy / Gold Standard. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1961

C Douglas DillonNovember 1961

Washington · Economy / Gold Standard

Dillon coordinates United States participation in pooled official gold sales intended to defend the Bretton Woods dollar-gold price in the London market.

Names involved

C Douglas Dillon

Provenance

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