Paris, Sept, 16.
Reuter is informed by authoritative quarters that the franc has already fallen below the point originally contemplated in the Tripartite Agreement. This, it is added, naturally is a source of worry, and conversations are taking place with London and the United States through normal channels. Exchange control was out of the question, but there is complete confidence that bear attacks on the franc will be defeated by normal methods, Considerable offerings of francs this morning threatened to cause a further fall, but the French Equalization Fund is believed to have stepped in immediately and to have kept the rate steady at around 14.7 to £1.7—Reuter.
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