** [Reproduced from a press release of the U.S. Department of Commerce dated December 13, 1966. The first part of the press release has been omitted; it summarizes the letter reproduced here.]

* [Reproduced from a press release of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System dated December 13, 1966. The introductory part of the press release has been omitted; it summarizes the guidelines reproduced here.]

1 Developed countries other than Canada and Japan. Continental Western Europe includes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany (Federal Republic), Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Other developed countries are: Abu Dhabi, Australia, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Kuwait, Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone, Libya, New Zealand, Qatar, Republic of South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. Also to be considered "developed" are the following countries within the Sino-Soviet bloc: Albania, Bulgaria, any part of China which is dominated or controlled by international communism, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, any part of Korea which is dominated or controlled by international communism, Latvia, Lithuania, Outer Mongolia, Poland (including any area under its provisional administration), Rumania, Soviet Zone of Germany and the Soviet sector of Berlin, Tibet, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Kurile Islands, Southern Sakhalin, and areas in East Prussia which are under the provisional administration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and any part of Viet Nam that is dominated or controlled by international communism.