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FEDERAL OF RESERVE NEW BANK YORK Fiscal Agent of the United States rCircular No. 2 9 4 3 1 May 14, 1945 J I T W O A N D T H R E E - Q U A R T E R S PERCENT T R E A S U R Y BONDS OF 1945-47 NOTICE OF C A L L FOR R E D E M P T I O N To all Banks and Trust Companies in the Second Federal Reserve District and Others Concerned: F o l l o w i n g is a c o p y o f a p r e s s statement containing the text o f a public notice o f call dated M a y 14, 1945, issued b y the S e c r e t a r y o f the T r e a s u r y : TREASURY DEPARTMENT Washington FOR R E L E A S E , MORNING NEWSPAPERS, Monday, May 14, 1945. Press Service The Secretary of the Treasury announced today that all outstanding 2^4 percent Treasury Bonds of 1945-47 are called for redemption on September 15, 1945. There are now outstanding $1,214,428,950 of these bonds. The text of the formal notice of call is as follows: T W O AND THREE-QUARTERS PERCENT TREASURY BONDS OF 1945-47 NOTICE OF CALL FOR REDEMPTION To Holders of 2}4 percent Treasury Bonds of 1945-47, and Others Concerned: 1. Public notice is hereby given that all outstanding 2 ^ percent Treasury Bonds of 1945-47, dated September 16,1935, are hereby called for redemption on September 15,1945, on which date interest on such bonds will cease. 2. Holders of these bonds may, in advance of the redemption date, be offered the privilege of exchanging all or any part of their called bonds for other interest-bearing obligations of the United States, in which event public notice will hereafter be given and an official circular governing the exchange offering will be issued. 3. Full information regarding the presentation and surrender of the bonds for cash redemption under this call will be found in Department Circular No. 666, dated July 21. 1941. HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. T R E A S U R Y DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 14, 1945. A d d i t i o n a l c o p i e s o f this circular will be f u r n i s h e d upon request. ALLAN SPROUL, President.