International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Inaugural Meeting of Boards of Governors

Provisional List of

Members of the Delegations Officers of the Secretariat

Wilmington island, Georgia March 1946

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Doc. No. 1 March 5, 1946

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Members of the Delegations * AUSTRALIA Observers Leslie G. Melville, Economic Adviser to the Com­ monwealth Bank of Australia J. B. Brigden, Economic Counselor, Australian Legation, Washington Leonard John Dooling BELGIUM ' Governor of the Fund ^*, former Minister of Finance; Am- bassador-at-Large Governor of the Bank Maurice Frere, Governor of the Alternate Governor of the Fund Baron Herve de Gruben, Director General of Political Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs *The following countries not yet members of the Fund and Bank were invited to send observers to the inaugural meeting: Australia, Denmark, El Salva­ dor, Liberia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Venezuela. The United Nations Economic and Social Council was also invited to send an observer.

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 2 Alternate Governor of the Bank Hubert Ansiaux, Director of the Foreign Ex­ change Department, National Bank of Belgium Technical Adviser Baron Rene Boel Private Secretary to Mr. Gutt Robert Rolin-Jacquemyns BOLIVIA Governor of the Fund and the Bank Franklin Antezana Paz, General Manager of the Central Bank BRAZIL Governor of the Fund and the Bank Francisco Alves dos Santos-Filho, Director of Foreign Exchange of the Bank of Brazil Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Edgard de Mello, Commercial Counselor, Bra­ zilian Embassy, Washington Secretaries of the Delegation Carlos Augusto Alves dos Santos James J. Thackara CANADA Governor of the Fund p,nd the Bank ^•^ James L. Ilsley, Minister of Finance

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 3 Alternate Governor of the Fund \Graham F. Towers, Governor of the Bank of Canada Alternate Governor of tlie Bank ^•W. Clifford Clark, Deputy Minister of Finance Other Officials Luis Rasminsky, Alternate Chairman, Canadian Foreign Exchange Control Board A. E. Ritchie, Second Secretary, Canadian Embassy, Washington

CHILE tGovernof of the Fund and the Bank Arturo Maschke, General Manager of the Cen­ tral Bank of Chile Advisers Angel Faivovich, Member of the Chamber of Deputies; Chairman of the Financial Com­ mittee of the Chamber of Deputies Mario Illanes, Commercial Counselor, Chilean Embassy, Washington

CHINA Governor of the Fund and the Bank 0. K. Yui, Minister of Finance

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COSTA RICA Governor of the Fund and the Bank Julio Peiia Morua, President of the National Bank Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Angel Coronas Guardia Secretary of the Delegation Arturo Morales Flores

CUBA Observer Joaquin E. Meyer, Minister Counselor, Cuban Embassy, Washington

CZECHOSLOVAKIA Governor of the Fund Jan Viktor Mladek, Chief of the Monetary Divi­ sion, Ministry of Finance

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 5 Governor of the Bank Alois Krai, Director in Chief, Czechoslovak Na­ tional Bank Alternate Governor of the Fund Julius Pazman, Professor of National Economy, Commercial College, Bratislava Alternate Governor of the Bank Joseph Hanc, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Secretary of the Delegation Ernest Sturc

DENMARK Observers ^^Carl Valdemar Bramsnaes, Governor of the National Bank of Denmark; Chairman of the Delegation Einar Dige, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Erling Sveinbjornsson, Chief of Division, Minis­ try of Commerce "^ Count B. Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, Financial Coun­ selor, Danish Legation, Washington

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Governor of the Fund and the Bank Jesus Maria Troncoso, Governor of the Bank of Reserves

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 6 Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Jose Calzada, Under Secretary of Labor and National Economy

ECUADOR Governor of the Fund and the Bank Esteban F. Carbo, former Financial Counselor, Ecuadoran Embassy, Washington

EGYPT Governor of the Fund and the Bank Ahmed Zaki Bey Saad, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Finance Alternate Governor of the Bank s~ Mahmoud Saleh El-Falaki, Controller General of Central Administration and Treasury, Min­ istry of Finance Alternate Governor of the Fund Ahmed Selim, Controller General of Economic and Financial Affairs, Ministry of Finance

EL SALVADOR Observer Hector David Castro, Ambassador to the

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FRANCE Governor of the Bank Andre Philip, Minister of Finance

Governor of the Fund and Alternate Governor of the Bank , ^J?ierre Mendes-France, former Minister of Na­ tional Economy

Alternate Governor of the Fund Emanuel Monick, Governor, Bank of France

Advisers Christian Valensi, Financial Attache^ French Embassy, Washington Mr. Bach Mr. Le Norcy Gerges Boris, Director at the Ministry of Na­ tional Economy Jacques de Bresson, Official of the Treasury; Inspector of Finance Jean de Largentaye, Official of the Ministry of Finance; Inspector of Finance

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GUATEMALA .Governor of the Fwnd and the Bank ^V Manuel Morales-Noriega, Minister of National Economy N Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Leonidas Acevedo, Secretary of the Treasury Adviser Francisco Linares Aranda, Secretary, Guate­ malan Embassy, Washington

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LIBERIA (Information concerning observers not available.)

LUXEMBOURG Delegation Official Hugues Le Gallais, Minister to the United States

MEXICO ^Governor of the Fund and the Bank ^SAntonio Espinosa de los Monteros, Ambassador to the United States Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank >> Luciano Wiechers, Financial Counselor, Mexican . Embassy, Washington

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PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Joseph H. Foley, Manager, New York Agency of the Philippine National Bank

POLAND oyernor of the Fund Edward Drozniak Governor of the Bank Waclaw Konderski ^AltenIternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank anusz Zoltowski, Financial Counselor, Polish Embassy, Washington

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UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA ^IteIternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank M. H. de Kock, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank ^Adviser >*W. C. Naude, First Secretary, South African Legation, Washington

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (Information concerning observers not available.)

UNITED KINGDOM Governor of the Fund and the Bank ^'^vLord Keynes, Economic Adviser to the Chancel­ lor of the Exchequer Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bunk S<>s, NsThe Hon. R. H. Brand, Head of the United Kingdom Treasury Delegation in Washington

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Governor of the Fund and the Bank Fred M. Vinson, Secretary of the Treasury Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank William L. Clayton, Assistant Secretary of State Executive Director of the Fund Harry D. White, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Executive Director of the Bank Emilio G. Collado, Deputy on Financial Affairs to the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State Special Congressional Advisers Robert F. Wagner, United States Senate; Chair­ man, Committee on Banking and Currency Charles W. Tobey, United States Senate; Mem­ ber, Committee on Banking and Currency Brent Spence, House of Representatives; Chair­ man, Committee on Banking and Currency Jesse P. Wolcott, House of Representatives; Member, Committee on Banking and Currency

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 16 Members of the National Advisory Council Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman, Board of Gover­ nors of the Federal Reserve System William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank r

Secretary of the Delegation Frank Coe, Director, Division of Monetary Re­ search, Treasury Department

Technical Advisers Edward M. Bernstein, Assistant Director, Divi­ sion of Monetary Research, Treasury Depart­ ment Walter Gardner, Chief, International Section, Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System J. Burke Knapp, Special Assistant to the Chair­ man on International Finance, Board of Gov­ ernors of the Federal Reserve System Walter C. Louchheim, Jr., Adviser on Foreign Investments, Securities and Exchange Com­ mission George F. Luthringer, Chief, Division of Finan­ cial Affairs, Department of State Ansel F. Luxford, Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury August Maffry, Economic Adviser, Export- Import Bank

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URUGUAY Governor of the Fund and the Bank Hugo Garcia, Financial Attache, Uruguayan Embassy, Washington

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YUGOSLAVIA (Information concerning composition of delegation not available.)

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Observer Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, India

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Officers of the Secretariat SECRETARY GENERAL Warren Kelchner, Chief, Division of Interna­ tional Conferences, Department of State TEMPORARY SECRETARY OF THE FUND Roman L. Home, Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury TEMPORARY SECRETARY OF THE BANK John S. Hooker, Deputy Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy, Depart­ ment of State SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF COM­ MITTEES Alice Bourneuf, Board of Governors of the Fed­ eral Reserve System ' R. B. Brenner, Treasury Department David Delman, United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency J. E. DuBois, Jr., Treasury Department John Ferguson, Department of State Wilbur R. Lester, Treasury Department Raymond F. Mikesell, Treasury Department Norman T. Ness, Export-Import Bank Phillip T. Thorson, Treasury Department Max J. Wasserman, Department of Commerce Gordon Williams, Department of State Walter H. Windsor, Treasury Department

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 20 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL Special Assistants W. Clyde Dunn, Division of Middle Eastern Affairs, Department of State Richard S. Wheeler, Division of Interna­ tional Conferences, Department of State Protocol Officer H. Charles Spruks, Division of Protocol, Department of State Administrative Assistant Frances E. Pringle, Division of Interna­ tional Conferences, Department of State

CHIEF PRESS RELATIONS OFFICER Lincoln White, Executive Assistant, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Press Relations Officer Harold R. Beckley, Superintendent, United States Senate Press Gallery

LIAISON WITH TECHNICAL OFFICERS Ivan White, Foreign Service Officer, Department of State Presentation Officer Jack Becker, Presentation Division, Depart­ ment of State Interpreting and Translating Officer Tomas B. Medina, Central Translating Di­ vision, Department of State

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 21 Assistants Jean B. Richardot, Foreign Liquidation Commission, Department of State Francine Payne, Central Translating Division, Department of State Order of the Day Officer Ralph J. Ribble, Division of International Conferences, Department of State ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Millard L. Kenestrick, Division of International Conferences, Department of State Assistant Administrative Officer Harold G. Kissick, Division of International Conferences, Department of State Finance Officer Walter B. Fairman, Division of Finance, Department of State Personnel Officer Dorothy G. Selvig, Division of Departmental Personnel, Department of State LIAISON FOR COAST GUARD RELATIONS Commander Carl A. Bowman, United States Coast Guard DOCUMENT OFFICE Document Officer Jerome J. Stenger, Division of Investment and Economic Development, Department of State Archivist Ruth K. Wailes, Division of International Conferences, Department of State

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OPERATIONS OFFICE Operations Officer Richard M. F. Williams III, Division of Central Services, Department of State Information and Registration Officer G. Victor Lindholm, Interdepartmental Com* mittee on Cultural and Scientific Coopera­ tion Transportation (Air and Rml) Officer Ruth Harvey, Transportation Section, Divi­ sion of Central Services, Department of State Property and Supply Officer * Ralph J. Ribble, Division of International Conferences, Department of State Office Machine Mechanic Raymond L. Stegmaier, Division of Central Services, Department of State * Serves also as Order of Day Officer.

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