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F E D E R A L RESERVE BANK
O F N E W YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States

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Circular No.
September 3, 1943 "1
I Reference to Circulars Nos. 2671 and 2673. J

FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL

To all Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve District:

For your information we quote below the text of Public Circular No. 5B, dated
September 3, 1943, issued by the Treasury Department:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Foreign Funds Control
September 3, 1943
PUBLIC CIRCULAR NO. 5B
UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8389, AS AMENDED, EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9193,
SECTIONS 3(a) AND 5(b) OF T H E TRADING W I T H T H E ENEMY ACT, AS AMENDED
BY T H E FIRST WAR POWERS ACT, 1941, RELATING TO FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL*
( 1 ) Reference is made to the provisions of the Regulations issued by the Alien Property
Custodian under General Orders Nos. 11 and 13, relating to the establishment of special
accounts and the prohibition of transfers of interests in such special accounts.
( 2 ) Any special account established pursuant to such Regulations shall hereafter be
deemed not to be a blocked account as that term is defined in General Ruling No. 4, and
payments, transfers, or withdrawals from any such special account upon the approval or
other authorization of the Alien Property Custodian may be effected in the same manner
and to the same extent as payments, transfers, or withdrawals may be effected from an
account in which no national of any blocked country has an interest. Payments or transfers
of credit may be made to any such special account pursuant to such Regulations without a
Treasury license to the same extent that payments and transfers thereto could be made under
General License No. 1 if such special account were a blocked account.
RANDOLPH

PAUL

Acting Secretary
* Appendix B —Sec. 3(a), 40 Stat. 412; Sec. 5(b), 40 Stat. 415 and
179; 55 Stat. 838; Ex. Order 8389, April 10, 1940. as amended by
Ex. Order 8832, July 26, 1941, Ex. Order 8963, Dec. 9, 1941, and
Ex. Order 9193, July 6, 1942; Regulations, April 10, 1940, as amended

of the

Treasury

966; Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 1; 54 Stat.
Ex. Order 8785, June 14, 1941,
Ex. Order 8998, Dec. 26, 1941;
June 14, 1941, and July 26, 1941.

Additional copies of this circular will be furnished upon request.




ALLAN

SPROUL,

President.