Nixon Shock event
also: Nixon's 1971 surprise
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Richard Nixonperson · 2John Connallyperson · 2Japancountry · 1U.S. Treasury Departmentorganization · 1Romeplace · 1
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Richard Nixon ordered_assassination_of
Nixon Shock documented
“accusing foreign speculators of waging a war against the American dollar. Accordingly, I have directed the Secretary of Treasury to take action necessary to defend the dollar. He had directed Secretary Conley to suspend temporarily the conv…”
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accusing foreign speculators of waging a war against the American dollar. Accordingly, I have directed the Secretary of Treasury to take action necessary to defend the dollar. He had directed Secretary Conley to suspend temporarily the conv…
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In some cases, people said at the time, worthless because of the inflation. When U.S., European and Japanese officials gathered in Rome for a summit of the IMF Group of 10 that November, Treasury Secretary Conley famously informed the colle…