Bretton Woods United Nations Monetary And Financial Conference, Agreement Signing

Bretton Woods United Nations Monetary And Financial Conference, Agreement Signing Table w/ mics & papers, men sitting waiting. Secretary of State Dean Acheson standing speaking (MOS) to delegates. 08:28:25 Unid. man signing; Lester Pearson (?) of Canada signing; oriental signs; others sign. 08:30:52 England’s Lord Halifax signs; others sign. Acheson shakes hands w/ Harry Dexter White (spy?), conference organizer. 08:31:50 Acheson shakes hands w/ Henry Morgenthau, Jr, US Secretary of the Treasury. NOTE: 730 delegates from 45 Allied nations met at the Mount Washington Hotel 01-22Jul44 where agreements were signed to set up the International Bank for Reconstruction And Development, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As a result the exchange rate management system was established & remained in place until the early 1970s. Post-WWII Economics;