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FEDERAL
OF

RESERVE

BANK

DALLAS

March 16, 1927.

ANNOUNCEMENT

To All Banks and Trust Companies
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:
The Treasury Department has announced that up to the close of
business March 15 over $1,000,000,000 of the Second Liberty 4*4 per cent
bonds, or more than one-third of the total Second 414’s outstanding, have
been presented for conversion into the five-year 3
per cent Treasury
Notes in accordance with the terms of the offering made public by the
Treasury on March 8.
The Treasury Department is gratified at the favorable response,
which fully meets its expectations. In order to give other holders of
Second 4*4 per cent bonds an opportunity to avail themselves of this offer,
the Treasury plans to keep the books open until the close of business
Tuesday, March 22. Holders of Second 4*4 per cent bonds who wish to
exchange them for new issue of five-year S1/^ per cent Treasury Notes
should arrange to enter their subscription with this bank before the close
of business Tuesday, March 22.
Yours very truly,

Governor.

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