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FEDER AL RESERVE BANK O F NEW YORK
Fiscal Agent of the United States
j? C ircular No. 6 9 6 1 * 1
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June 23, 1972
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O FFE R IN G OF TW O SERIES O F TREASU RY BILLS
5,300,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, A dditional A m ount, Series D ated A pril 6, 1972, Due O ctober 5, 1972
(To Be Issued Ju ly 6, 1972)
$1,800,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, D ated Ju ly 6, 1972, Due Jan u ary 4, 1973
To A ll Incorporated B anks and T ru st Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

F o llo w in g is th e te x t of a notice issu ed by th e T re a s u ry D e p a rtm e n t, released a t 4 p.m . to d a y :
T he T reasury Departm ent, by this public notice, invites tenders
for tw o series of T reasury bills to the aggregate amount of
$4,100,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for T reasury
bills m aturing July , 1972, in the amount of $4,106,995,000, as
follow s:

companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in invest­
ment securities. Tenders from others must be accompanied by
payment of 2 percent of the face amount of T reasury bills applied
for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of
payment by an incorporated bank or tru st company.

91-day bills (to m aturity date) to be issued July ,
1972, in the amount of $2,300,000,000, or thereabouts,
representing an additional amount of bills dated A pril
, 1972, and to m ature October 5, 1972 (C U S IP
No. 912793 P F 7 ), originally issued in the amount of
$1,800,340,000, the additional and original bills to be
freely interchangeable.

Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened at
the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which public
announcement will be made by the T reasury D epartm ent of the
amount and price range of accepted bids. Only those submitting
competitive tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection
thereof. T he Secretary of the T reasury expressly reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to these
reservations, noncompetitive tenders for each issue for $
or
less w ithout stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in
full at the average price (in three decimals) of accepted competi­
tive bids for the respective issues. Settlem ent for accepted tenders
in accordance w ith the bids must be made or completed a t the
F ederal Reserve Bank on July , 1972, in cash or other im­
mediately available funds or in a like face amount of T reasury
bills m aturing July , 1972. Cash and exchange tenders will
receive equal treatm ent. Cash adjustm ents will be made for dif­
ferences between the par value of m aturing bills accepted in ex­
change and the issue price of the new bills.

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182-day bills for $1,800,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated
July , 1972, and to m ature January 4, 1973 (C U S IP
No. 912793 P Z 3 ).

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T he bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under
competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter provided,
and at m aturity their face amount will be payable without interest.
T hey will be issued in bearer form only, and in denominations of
$10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 (m aturity
value).
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and
Branches up to the closing hour, one-thirty p.m., E astern D aylight
Saving time, Friday, June 30, 1972. Tenders will not be received
a t the T reasury Departm ent, W ashington. E ach tender must be
for a minimum of $10,000. Tenders over $10,000 must be in m ulti­
ples of $5,000. In the case of competitive tenders the price offered
must be expressed on the basis of
, w ith not more than three
decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that
tenders be made on the printed forms and forwarded in the special
envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks or
Branches on application therefor.

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Banking institutions generally may submit tenders for account
of customers, provided the names of the customers are set forth
in such tenders. O thers than banking institutions will not be per­
mitted to submit tenders except for their own account. Tenders
will be received w ithout deposit from incorporated banks and tru st

200,000

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U nder Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, the amount of discount at which bills issued here­
under are sold is considered to accrue when the bills are sold, re­
deemed or otherwise disposed of, and the bills are excluded from
consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, the owner of T reasury
bills (other than life insurance companies) issued hereunder must
include in his income ta x return, as ordinary gain or loss, the dif­
ference between the price paid for the bills, w hether on original
issue or on subsequent purchase, and the am ount actually received
either upon sale or redemption a t m aturity during the taxable year
for which the retu rn is made.
T reasury D epartm ent C ircular No. 418 (cu rren t revision) and
this notice prescribe the term s of the T reasury bills and govern
the conditions of their issue. Copies of the circular may be ob­
tained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.

Friday, June 30,

T h is B a n k w ill receive te n d e rs fo r b o th series u p to 1 :30 p.m ., E a s te rn D a y lig h t S av in g tim e,
th e S ecu rities D e p a rtm e n t of its H e a d Office a n d a t its B uffalo B ran c h . T e n d e r fo rm s fo r th e resp e ctiv e
series a re enclosed. P lea se u se th e a p p ro p ria te fo rm s to su b m it te n d e rs a n d r e tu r n th e m in th e en clo sed envelope
m a rk e d “ T e n d e r fo r T re a s u ry B ills ( W e e k ly ) .” T e n d e rs n o t re q u irin g a d ep o sit m a y be su b m itte d b y te le g ra p h ,
su b je ct to w ritte n c o n firm a tio n ; no te n d e rs m ay be su b m itted by telep h o n e.

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Payment for the Treasury bills cannot be
made by credit through the Treasury Tax and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immedi­
ately available funds or in maturing Treasury bills.
T h e re su lts of b id d in g fo r th e p rev io u s offerin g of T r e a s u ry bills, to be issu ed J u n e 29, 1972, w e re n o t av a il­
able a t th e tim e of p rin tin g th is c irc u la r; th o se re s u lts w ill be a n n o u n c ed a fte r release b y th e T r e a s u ry D e p a rtm e n t.




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Closing date for receipt of tenders is F riday, June 30.

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President.