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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF DALLAS

Dallas, Texas, May 16, 1940

To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned,
In the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:

The Secretary o f the Treasury has issued the following general license
(Code of Federal Regulations, Title 31, Money and Finance, Treasury
Chapter 1, Monetary Offices, Part 140):
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 10 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8389 of
April 10, 1940, as amended, and Regulations issued pursuant thereto, relat­
ing to transactions in foreign exchange, etc.*
“ A general license is hereby granted authorizing banking institu­
tions within the United States to make all payments, transfers, and
withdrawals from accounts in the name of the Banque Beige Pour
L’Etranger, Overseas, Ltd., including its New York Agency, the Banque
Beige Pour L ’Etranger in Paris, the Banque Beige Pour L’ Etranger et
Internationale in Egypt, the Banque Italo-Belge in Argentine, the
Banque Beige Pour L ’Etranger in the Far East, and the Banque du
Congo Beige.
“ Banking institutions within the United States making such pay­
ments, transfers, or withdrawals shall file promptly with the appropri­
ate Federal Reserve bank weekly reports showing the details of the
transactions during such period.
HERBERT E. GASTON
Acting Secretary o f the Treasury”
May 14, 1940
*Part 140— Sec. 5 (b ), 40 Stat. 415 and 966; Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1; Public Resolution No. 69,
76th C ongress; 12 U.S.C. 95a; E x. Order 6560, Jan. 15, 1934; E x. Order 8389, A pril
10, 1940; Ex. Order 8405, M ay 10, 1940; Regulations, A pril 10, 1940, as amended May
10, 1940.

Yours very truly,
R. R. GILBERT
President

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