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RESAI Director J. Polak Chronological Files
Date(s): 1969-1977 |
Context
Name of Creator: Polak, J.J.
Administrative/Biographical history: Jacques Polak was an active participant at the Bretton Woods Conference as a member of the Netherlands delegation. On January 6, 1947, he joined the Fund as a Division Chief for the Statistics Division of the Research Department (RES). In 1948, he became the Assistant Director for RES, and in 1952, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director. Polak became the Director of RES in 1958, and he held this position until his retirement in 1980. After his retirement from the Fund, he served as Executive Director for the Netherlands constituency from 1981 to 1986. Following his tenure as an Executive Director, Polak became a consultant and advisor, and he continues to work for the Fund in this capacity.
Content and structure
Scope and content: Series consists of the chronological files of Jacques Polak, Director of the Research Department (1958-1979) and the Fund's Economic Counsellor (1966-1979). Records are primarily carbon copies of outgoing correspondence, internal memos, comments on papers, thank you notes, memos to the Managing Director. Occasionaly incoming correspondence or memos have been attached. The series duplicates records found in the Subject Files series, with the addition of some administrative records regarding staff leave, clerical staff, and expense reimbursements. Of particular significance are issues related to the adoption of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs); review of country quotas and currency designation; exchange rates and various currency crises; the demonetarization of gold and the role of gold in the Fund, the development and regulation of the Fund facilities, particularly the Oil Facility; and the findings of the Committee of Twenty and the reform of the Fund. Documents are arranged chronologically. However, within each file the documents are filed in reverse chronological order.
Notes
Note: Documents have been removed from original folders and rehoused in acid-free file folders.
File 1/1 | January 1969-February 1969. — 1969 |
File 1/2 | March 1969. — 1969 |
File 1/3 | April 1969-May 1969. — 1969 |
File 1/4 | June 1969-July 1969. — 1969 |
File 1/5 | August 1969-September 1969. — 1969 |
File 1/6 | October 1969-November 1969. — 1969 |
File 1/7 | December 1969. — 1969 |
File 2/8 | January 1970-February 1970. — 1970 |
File 2/10 | May 1970-June 1970. — 1970 |
File 2/11 | July 1970-September 1970. — 1970 |
File 2/12 | October 1970-December 1970. — 1970 |
File 2/13 | January 1971-February 1971. — 1971 |
File 2/14 | March 1971-April 1971. — 1971 |
File 2/15 | May 1971-June 1971. — 1971 |
File 3/16 | July 1971-September 1971. — 1971 |
File 3/17 | October 1971-December 1971. — 1971 |
File 3/18 | January 1972-February 1972. — 1972 |
File 3/19 | March 1972-May 1972. — 1972 |
File 3/20 | June 1972-September 1972. — 1972 |
File 4/24 | May 1973-June1973. — 1973 |
File 4/25 | July 1973-August 1973. — 1973 |
File 4/26 | September 1973-October 1973. — 1973 |
File 4/27 | November 1973-December 1973. — 1973 |
File 4/28 | January 1974-February 1974. — 1974 |
File 4/29 | March 1974-April 1974. — 1974 |
File 4/30 | May 1974-June 1974. — 1974 |
File 4/31 | July 1974-August 1974. — 1974 |
File 4/32 | September 1974-October 1974. — 1974 |
File 4/33 | November 1974-December 1974. — 1974 |
File 5/34 | January 1975-February 1975. — 1975 |
File 5/35 | March 1975-April 1975. — 1975 |
File 5/36 | May 1975-June 1975. — 1975 |
File 5/37 | July 1975-August 1975. — 1975 |
File 5/38 | September 1975-October 1975. — 1975 |
File 5/39 | November 1975-December 1975. — 1975 |
File 5/40 | January 1976-March 1976. — 1976 |
File 5/41 | April 1976-May 1976. — 1976 |
File 5/42 | June 1976-July 1976. — 1976 |
File 5/43 | August 1976-September 1976. — 1976 |
File 5/44 | October 1976-December 1976. — 1976 |
File 5/45 | January 1977-March 1977. — 1977 |
File 5/46 | April 1977-June 1977. — 1977 |
File 5/47 | July 1977-August 1977. — 1977 |
File 5/48 | September 1977-October 1977. — 1977 |
File 5/49 | November 1977-December 1977. — 1977 |
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