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FEDERAL R E SER VE BANK
O F N E W YORK
F i s c a l Agent o f the U nited S ta te s

C ir cu la r N o. 6683
J an uary 29, 197 1

To All Banking Institutions, and Others Concerned,
in the Second Federal R eserv e D istrict:

The following statement was made public today by the Treasury Department:
RESULTS OF TREASURY REFUNDING
The Treasury announced that $15.9 billion of the $29.6 billion of the nine eligible issues
of securities have been exchanged, including $10.8 billion of the $19.5 billion held by the genĀ­
eral public. Exchanges totaled $7.6 billion for the 5 -7 /8 % notes maturing August 15, 1975,
and $8.3 billion for the 6 -1 /4 % notes maturing February 15, 1978.
Following is a summary of exchanges by the general public (amounts in millions):
To be issu ed

Eligible for exchange

Unexch anged

Amount

5-7/8%
N otes
8/15/75

6-1/4%
N otes
2/15/78

T otal

T otal

% of
elig ib le

2 / 1 5 / 7 1 ..............
2/15/71 ..............

$ 2,285
2,728

$1,005
975

$1,140
1,021

$ 2,145
1,996

$ 140
732

6.1
26.8

S u b t o t a l ...........................................

5,013

1,980

2,161

4,141

872

17.4

3 /1 5 /7 1 ..............

1,011

314

450

764

247

24.4

5-3/8% n o te s 1 1 /1 5 /7 1 ..............
7-3/4% n o te s 1 1 /1 5 /7 1 ..............
3-7/8% b o n d s 1 1 /1 5 /7 1 ..............
4-3/4% n o te s 2 /1 5 /7 2 ..............
7-1/2% n o te s 2 /1 5 /7 2 ..............
4% b o n d s
2/15/72 ..............

1,441
3,101
2,230
1,561
3,131
2,021

325
325
754
516
390
607

396
500
716
439
295
647

721
825
1,470
955
685
1,254

720
2,276
760
606
2,446
767

50.0
73.4
34.1
38.8
78.1
38.0

S u b t o t a l ...........................................

13,485

2,917

2,993

5,910

7,575

56.2

$19,509

$5,211

$5,604

$10,815

$8,694

44.6

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5-3/8% n o te s
7-3/4% n o te s

2-1/2% b o n d s

T o t a l ................................. ...

Federal Reserve Banks and Government accounts exchanged $5.0 billion of eligible
securities, including $0.3 billion maturing February 15, 1971, $0.2 billion maturing March
15, 1971, $4.2 billion maturing November 15, 1971, and $0.3 billion maturing February 15,
1972. These exchanges totaled $2.3 billion for the 5 -7 /8 % notes and $2.7 billion for the 6 -1 /4 %
notes.




A lfred Hayes,
President.