Subject: International Monetary Fund in 1976
Date: 9 December 2005
Request:
Please disclose information relating to negotiations between the UK Government and the International Monetary Fund in 1976. In particular the documentation relating to the so-called "letter of intent" signed by Denis Healey, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and sent to the IMF.
Disclosure:
The International Monetary Fund made a loan to the UK Government in 1977. This release gives an insight into the process by which the loan was negotiated in late 1976. It includes the letter of intent as specifically requested. This letter sets out the conditions agreed between the IMF and the UK concerning the loan. A number of books have already been published on this issue but this FOI release has some historical interest.
Documents as per enclosed list of letters:
PDF file of document 1 (208KB)
PDF file of document 2 (675KB)
PDF file of document 3 (92KB)
PDF file of document 4 (162KB)
PDF file of document 5 (138KB)
PDF file of document 6 (61KB)
PDF file of document 7 (1.15KB)
PDF file of document 8 (34KB)
PDF file of document 9 (123KB)
PDF file of document 10 (72KB)
PDF file of document 11 (358KB)
PDF file of document 12 (46KB)
PDF file of document 13 (134KB)
PDF file of document 14 (0.98MB)
PDF file of document 15 (46.8KB)
PDF file of document 16 part 1 (1.63MB)
PDF file of document 16 part 2 (1.56MB)
PDF file of document 17 (422KB)
PDF file of document 18 (135KB)
PDF file of document 19 (222KB)
PDF file of document 20 (1.1MB)
PDF file of document 21 (309KB)
PDF file of document 22 (79KB)
PDF file of document 23 (1.16MB)
PDF file of document 24 (232KB)
PDF file of document 25 (1.37MB)
PDF file of document 26 (196KB)
PDF file of document 27 (296KB)
PDF file of document 28 (219KB)
PDF file of document 29 (47.5KB)
PDF file of document 30 (95KB)
PDF file of document 31 (687KB)
PDF file of document 32 (791KB)
PDF file of document 33 (611KB)
PDF file of document 34 (84KB)
back top top