greatest sacrifices in order to create and build up their State Bank and their own stable currency. “Neither can there be any doubt that this attempt of the Bank of France will arouse the public opinion of the United States, which will see in this action an attempt to transplant the disputes between the Soviet and the French governments to the territory of the United States. This procedure endangers the further development and strengthening of the trade and banking relations between the Soviet Union and the United States which, conducted in a perfectly proper manner and with profit to both countries present the most favorable prospects for further growth and development.” <9,