Stepanov, Keynes and Ryba at the Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944)

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On 20 July 1944, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, the delegates from 44 countries sign an agreement which establishes the gold exchange standard and makes the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold. From left to right: M. S. Stepanov (USSR), John Maynard Keynes (United Kingdom) and Vladimir Rybar (Yugoslavia).

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Source: Conference of representatives from 44 governments on currency, payment and trade questions in the postwar period, Bretton Woods. M.S.Stepanov (USSR), Lord Keynes (GB), W.Rybar (Yugoslavia) [online]. AKG-images/ImageGlobe. Black and White.
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Stepanov, Keynes and Ryba at the Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944)