1949 Commonwealth finance conference

Date: 18th July 1949

Location: Canada

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

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MR ABBOTT - CANADIAN FINANCE MINISTER Talking to Sir StaffordCripps in garden of No 10, during Commonwealth Finance ministers conference

MR ATTLEE Seen in garden of No. 10 talking firstly to Mr Havenga of South Africa then to Pakistan finance minister at the Meeting of Commonwealth Finance ministers

CRIPPS Talking to Mr Abbott - Canadian finance minister during Commonwealth Conference in garden of No. 10

DOWNING STREET Good shot of No 10 (with Number 10) with the arrival of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers. Sightseers in plenty. In the garden of No. 10 Mr Attlee chats with Mr Havenga of South Africa. Stafford Cripps with Mr Whitehead of S. Rhodesia, Mr Harold Wilson with Mr Abbott of Canada and Mr Attlee again with the Pakistan representative

Mr Havenga - South Africa Talking to Mr Attlee during Commonwealth Finance Minister Conference in garden of No. 10

Mr Whitehead - South Rhodesia (now Sir Edgar) Talking to Sir Stafford Cripps during Commonwealth Finance Ministers Conference in garden of No. 10

MR HAROLD WILSON PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF TRADE Talking to Mr Abbott of Canada during Commonwealth Finance Ministers conference in garden of No. 10

Multi-national Groupings; Downing Street

ABBOTT, Douglas Charles Abbott, (1899-1987)

ATLEE, Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (1883-1967)

CRIPPS, Sir Richard Stafford (1889�������� 1952)

HAVENGA, Nicolaas Christiaan (1882-1957) South African politician

WHITEHEAD, Sir Edgar Cuthbert Fremantle, OBE, (1905-1971) Southern Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) politican

WILSON, James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (1916-1955)

Sightseers, sight-seers, cameras, accounting, international monetary policy

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