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 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The list as here printed has been compiled on the basis of infor­ mation received to date. Please submit any corrections or additions in writing to the Editor of the Journal. Doc. No. 1 March 5, 1946 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 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 ^*Camille Gutt, former Minister of Finance; Am- bassador-at-Large Governor of the Bank Maurice Frere, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium 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 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 4 COLOMBIA* Governor of the Fund Emilio Toro, Colombian Representative, Inter- American Coffee Board, Washington and New York * Colombia is a member of the Fund but is not yet a member of the Bank. 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 United States Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 7 ETHIOPIA ^^^Governor of the Fund and the Bank ^**S George A. Blowers, Governor of the State Bank of Ethiopia 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 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 8 GREECE governor of the Fund and the Batik ^^Xenophon Zolotas, Professor of Economics, Uni­ versity of Athens; former co-Governor of the Bank of Greece; Member of the Supreme Economic Council of Greece Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Alexander Loverdos, Head of the Greek Office of Economic Research, New York Advisers Andrew Kirkilitsis, Official of the Bank . of Greece; Director of the Ministry of Supply Nicholas Gazis, Legal Adviser, National Ban£ of Greece 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 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 9 HONDURAS Delegation Officials Julidn R. Caceres, Ambassador to the United States Jorge Fidel Duron ICELAND Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank Thor Thors, Minister to the United States INDIA Delegation Officials Sir Chintamani Deshmukh, Governor of the Re- ' serve Bank of India Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, Temporary Alter- nate for Sir Chintamani Deshmukh Henry Douglas Cayley, Officer of the Reserve Bank of India Jagannath Vishwanath Joshi, Officer of the Re­ serve Bank of India IRAN Delegate Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, Governor of the Ba*nke Mellie Iran Alternate Delegate Dr. Taghi Nassr, former Director of the Iranian Trade and Economic Commission, New York Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 10 IRAQ Governor of the Fund and the Bank Ali Jawdat, Minister to the United States Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank A. M. Gailani, Third Secretary, Iraq Legation, Washington Adviser Adnan Pachachi, Attach^, Iraq Legation, Wash­ ington 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 Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 11 Adviser Francisco R. Saenz, Attache, Mexican Embassy, Washington NETHERLANDS Delegation Officials P. Lieftinck, Minister of Finance ^ G. W. J. Bruins, Netherlands Government Dele­ gate to De Nederlandsche Bank N. V. A. M. de Jong, Director of the Netherlands, Bank -^' >^J. W. Beyen, Financial Adviser to the Nether­ lands Government, London ND. Crena de longh, Financial Adviser of the Netherlands Indies Government H. Riemens, Financial Attache, Netherlands Em­ bassy, Washington L. R. W. Soutendyk, Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance Secretary of the Delegation A. Broches, Netherlands Economic and Financial Mission, Washington NEW ZEALAND Observers Edward C. Fussell, Deputy Governor of the Re­ serve Bank of New Zealand B. R. Turner, Second Secretary, New Zealand Legation, Washington Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 12 NICARAGUA Observer Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Ambassador to the United States NORWAY ^^Qoyernor of the Fund and the Bank ^***Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Board of Direc­ tors of the Bank of Norway ^Alternate Governor of the Fund and the Bank ^N,*01e Colbjornsen, Financial Counselor, Norwe­ gian Embassy, Washington