Henry Morgenthau at the Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944)

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Henry Morgenthau Jr, US Treasury Secretary, at the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944. At the conference, 44 countries sign an agreement which establishes the gold exchange standard and makes the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold.

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Source: Conference of representatives from 44 governments on currency, payment and trade questions in the postwar period, Bretton Woods. The American finance minister Henry Morgenthau jr. during a speech [online]. AKG-images/ImageGlobe. Black and White.
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Henry Morgenthau at the Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944)