I wonder how one would assign a date to the Bretton Woods agreements? Would it be the date of the conference? The date the US signed the treaty? The date Congress enacted it? The date the UN approved it? Take a look at footnotes 1 and 2.
>>1. United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July
1-22,1944 Final Act and Related Documents, pp. 68-95, Departmmt of State publication 2187,
Conference Series 55; also, Department of State publication 2511, Treaties and Other International Acts
Series 1502. Agreement signed at Washington December 27, 1945; effective December 27, 1945.
Public Law 171, 79th Cong., lst sess., H. R. 3314: An Act ("Bretton Woods Agreements Act") to provide
for participation of the United States in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development was approved July 31, 1945. Agreement establishing official
relationship between the Bank and the United Nations was approved by the General Assembly November
15,1947.
2 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, July 1-22,
1944: Final Act and Related Documents. pp. 28-65, Department of State publication 2187, Conference
Series 55; also, Department of State publication 2512, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
1501. Agreement signed at Washington Dec. 27, 1945; effective Dec. 27, 1945. Public Law 171, 79th
Cong., Ist sess., H. R. 3314: An Act ("Bretton Woods Agreements Act") to provide for participation of
the United States in the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development was approved July 31, 1945. Agreement establishing official relationship between the
Fund and the United Nations was approved by the General Assembly Nov. 15, 1947.<<
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