Record

Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/DC/1/RP/11
Title	Correspondence and Reports relating to the Centralised Banking Initiative
Date	August 1977-December 1977
Level	File
Description	Covers the following topics: Report outlining the allocation of various bank accounts and diocesan loans between the proposed central banks [The Midland Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland], Working paper on the role of the Advisory Council with special reference to projects which arise after the institution of the centralised banking scheme, Midland Bank/Royal Bank of Scotland Deanery and General Report giving an overall financial summary by Deanery and Parish. Correspondence outlining the unhappiness of Midland Bank representatives on hearing the news that all Diocesan accounts were likely to be transferred to the Royal Bank of Scotland under the centralised banking scheme. Commercial [favourable rates] and ethical [Midland Bank's alleged policy in investing in the apartheid regime in South Africa] reasons forming part of the decision making parameters of the Restoration Plan Committee, United Nations Centre against Apartheid, Department of Political and Security Council Affairs Paper-'The Role of Shareholder Action in opposing loans to South Africa' by Reverend David Haslam, Article on Central Banking by Brother George Marriot, Supreme Treasurer in 'The Columba', Journal of the Knights of St Columba, Volume 50 #7, July 1977, Etc.
Format	Mixed
Language	English

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