Governor Cunliffe's rogue gold telegram
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- Lords of Finance whole source · open book
In a fit of temper, without consulting any of his fellow directors, he dispatched a telegram to the Canadian government, then the North American custodian of Britain’s gold reserves, forbidding it to accept any further instructions from the Treasury in London.
chapter: 6. MONEY GENERALS - CENTRAL BANKS: 1914-19