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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON

Octobe~

SUBJECT:

Dea~

23, 1923.

Coded ph:ra.se to be used in connection \'Ji th
transfers from Gold Redemption Fund to Federal Rese:rve Agents' Fur:.d a.ccoun-;;.

Sir:

.The Fede:r.a1 Rese:r.ve Telegraphic Code does not
provide a. coded ph:r.ase fo:r the use of the Beard in
advising the Federal Rese~ve Agents of transfers from
either the Banks' or ~gents' Gold Redemption Fund
ac:::ounts with the United States T:re3sure:r to their
:respective Federal Rese:rve Agent 1 s Fund accounts with
the Board, and in o:rde~ to provide a. u.."YJ.ifo:rm coded
phra.se to cover transactions of this kind a.r..d a.t the
same time to :reduce the p:resent ph:ra.seology of these
teleg:rams, you a.re advised tha.t, commencing with
Novembe:r lst, the following code word will be used
by the Boa.:rd in its telegrams to Fede:ra.l Reserve
Agents covering such transfers:
"DUCKED:

You:r a.ccoun t with Fed e :ral Res e:rv e Agent ' s Fund ha.s c :red it f o :r
$___ deposit rr.aa e with Fede~al
Rese.rve Boa_:rd as t:ra.nsfe:r f:t'om
Gold Redemption Fund. 11 .

It is :requf!sted tr...a.t the a.bove code word be inserted a.t the bottom of pa.ge 78 of the 11 Fede:t'a.l Reserve
Teleg~aphic Code", following the supplementa.l code word
"Duckbill II.
You~s

very t:ruly,

J. c. Noell,
Assistant Sec:reta.:ry.

TO .ALL FEDEFAL RESERVE AGZNTS.