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Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System on Wednesday, September 15, 1954.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Martin, Chairman
Szymczak
Vardaman
Robertson
Balderston
Mr. Carpenter, Secretary
Mr. Kenyon, Assistant Secretary

Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System on September 14, 1954, were approved ImPnimously.
Letter to Mr. Willis, Secretary, Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, reading as follows:
Thank you for your letter of September 8, 1954,
advising that, at the request of the Foreign Operations Administration, Washington, D. C., Mr. Arthur
I. Bloomfield, Senior Economist, has been granted a
leave of absence without pay for a period of approximately two months beginning about September 24, 1954,
to enable him, as a consultant to the Foreign Operations Administration's mission to Indochina, to assist
the three associated states of Indochina in setting
up independent currencies and central banking arrangements. It is noted from your letter that the Foreign
Operations Administration will compensate Mr. Bloomfield for his services and pay his expenses in connection with this assignment.
The Board of Governors interposes no objection
to the arrangement with respect to Mr. Bloomfield as
described in your letter.




Approved unanimously.

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9/15/54
Letter to Mr. Denmark, Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta, reading as follows:
In accordance with the request contained in your
letter of September 7, 1954, the Board approves the
designation of W. J. Green as special assistant examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for
the purpose of participating in the examination of
State member banks only.




Approved unanimously.