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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D .C. 20 5 51

September 19, 1973
CONFIDENTIAL

(FR)

To:

Federal Open Market Committee

Subject:

From:

Arthur L. Broida

on bankers' acceptances.

Staff committee

At its September 18 meeting the Open Market Committee
agreed that a staff committee should be appointed to develop
recommendations with respect to (1) possible changes in the

kinds of bankers' acceptances in which the Desk is authorized
to operate and (2) the manner in which rules on this subject
might be incorporated in the authorization for domestic open
market operations and/or separate guidelines.
For your information, Chairman Burns has designated the

following as members of this staff committee:

Hilbert G. Swanson

and Roy A. Remedios, Assistant Vice Presidents of the Federal

Reserve Banks of Chicago and San Francisco, respectively;
Frederick R. Dahl and Peter M. Keir of the Board's staff; and
Peter D. Sternlight, Deputy Manager of the System Open Market
Account, who will serve as Chairman.

Except for Mr. Keir, the

foregoing are members or associate members of the Subcommittee
on Bankers' Acceptances of the Presidents' Conference Committee
on Discounts and Credits.