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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 9 1 5~|
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M a r c h 17, 1972
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O FFE R IN G OF TW O SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$500,000,000 of 275-Day Bills, A dditional A m ount, Series Dated Decem ber 31, 1971, Due December 31, 1972
(To Be Issued M arch 31, 1972)
$1,200,000,000 of 365-Day Bills, D ated M arch 31, 1972, Due M arch 31, 1973

To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

Following is the text of a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released at 4 p.m. today:
The T reasury Departm ent, by this public notice, invites tenders
for two series of T reasury bills to the aggregate amount of
$1,700,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for T reasury
bills m aturing M arch 31, 1972, in the amount of $1,700,605,000,
as follow s:
275-day bills (to m aturity date) to be issued M arch 31,
1972, in the amount of $500,000,000, or thereabouts, rep­
resenting an additional amount of bills dated December
31, 1971, and to m ature December 31, 1972 (C U S IP No.
912793 N P 7 ), originally issued in the amount of
$1,200,475,000, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.
365-day bills, for $1,200,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated
M arch 31, 1972, and to m ature M arch 31, 1973
(C U S IP No. 912793 P V 2 ).
The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under
competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter provided,
and at m aturity their face amount will be payable without interest.
They will be issued in bearer form only, and in denominations of
$10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (m aturity
value).
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and
Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m., E astern S tan­
dard time, Friday, M arch 24, 1972. Tenders will not be
received at the T reasury Departm ent, W ashington. Each tender must
be for a minimum of $10,000. Tenders over $10,000 must be in m ulti­
ples of $5,000. In the case of competitive tenders the price offered
m ust be expressed on the basis of 100, with not more than three
decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. (N otw ithstanding
the fact that the one-year bills will run for 365 days, the discount
rate will be computed on a bank discount basis of 360 days, as is
currently the practice on all issues of T reasury bills.) It is urged
that tenders be made on the printed forms and forwarded in the
special envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks
or Branches on application therefor.
B anking institutions generally may submit tenders for account
of customers, provided the names of the customers are set forth
in such tenders. O thers than banking institutions will not be per­
mitted to submit tenders except for their own account. Tenders
will be received without deposit from incorporated banks and tru st
companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in invest­
ment securities. Tenders from others must be accompanied by

payment of 2 percent of the face amount of T reasury bills applied
for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of
payment by an incorporated bank or tru st company.
Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at
the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which public
announcement will be made by the T reasury D epartm ent of the
amount and price range of accepted bids. Only those submitting
competitive tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection
thereof. The Secretary of the T reasury expressly reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to these
reservations, noncompetitive tenders for each issue for $200,000 or
less without stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in
full at the average price (in three decimals) of accepted competi­
tive bids for the respective issues. Settlem ent for accepted tenders
in accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the
Federal Reserve Bank on M arch 31, 1972, in cash or other im­
mediately available funds or in a like face amount of Treasury
bills m aturing M arch 31, 1972; provided, however, that settlement
for tenders submitted to the Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia
and Chicago, or to the Federal Reserve Bank Branches in B alti­
more and Pittsburgh, must be completed at those Banks or
Branches on April 3, 1972, and must include three days’ accrued
interest if settlement is made with other than T reasury bills m atur­
ing M arch 31. Cash and exchange tenders will receive equal treat­
ment. Cash adjustm ents will be made for differences between the
par value of m aturing bills accepted in exchange and the issue
price of the new bills.
U nder Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, the amount of discount at which bills issued here­
under are sold is considered to accrue when the bills are sold, re­
deemed or otherwise disposed of, and the bills are excluded from
consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of Treasury
bills (other than life insurance companies) issued hereunder must
include in his income tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the dif­
ference between the price paid for the bills, whether on original
issue or on subsequent purchase, and the amount actually received
either upon sale or redemption at m aturity during the taxable year
for which the return is made.
T reasury D epartm ent C ircular No. 418 (current revision) and
this notice prescribe the terms of the T reasury bills and govern
the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circular may be ob­
tained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 1 :30 p.m., Eastern Standard time, Friday, March 24,
1972, at the Securities Department of its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective
series are enclosed. Please use the appropriate forms to submit tenders and return them in the enclosed envelope
marked “Tender for Treasury Bills (M onthly).” Tenders not requiring a deposit may be submitted by telegraph,
subject to written confirmation; no tenders may be submitted by telephone. Payment for the Treasury bills cannot
be made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately
available funds or in maturing Treasury bills.




A lfred H a y e s,

President.