FREE MARKET RATE OF CURRENCY AND GOLD IN BATEVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300740010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CQUNTRY Indonesia , ;
SUBJECT Free Market. Rate of Currency and Gold i~..
Batavia
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25X1A Comment. Oswang Republik Indonesnia (OI~I~ i~i#i
Indonesian Republic,}
1. The free market. rate of currency in Batavia as of 23 December
follows;
Betherlands Guilders f 10
America (TI.S.A,) $1
bland i 1
Australia Z. 1
8traita $10
Bong Kong: $10
2. No gold was being ,bought or
3. N'o quotations were given on
S elly
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9,D0
28.00
24.00
39.00
19..00
sold on 23 December 1348.
QRI (Republic of Indonesia) currency..
Following is the free .market rate of currency in Batavia, ~?ava, Indonesia
~s.of g a. m, 31 December 1948:
C1Rt~ 100 (green, red) f 1.50
America (U.S.A.) $1 11.80
Dietherlands f 10 16.00
England Z 1 32.b0
Australia ~ 1 ._, , ~ , - ;~,}. ~~ la~~ . x'?00
f 1.75
11..90
16.80
33.50
28.00
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Straits $10
Hong Fong $10
Price of gold 31 December 1948:
Gold (from 24 carat) per gram
f 23.25 (no "sell?
gnotationa)
22.00
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