The International Monetary Fund, which began active exchange operations on 1 March 1947, had, by 31 December 1970, concluded exchange transactions with 77 of its members. These countries purchased US and Canadian dollars, pounds sterling, Deutsche mark, Belgian and French francs, Australian dollars, Mexican pesos, Argentine pesos, Italian lire, Danish and Norwegian kroner, Swedish kronor, Japanese yen, Austrian schillings, Spanish pesetas, Netherlands guilders, Finnish mark, Irish pounds, South African rand, Brazilian cruzeiros, Venezuelan bolivars and Malaysian ringgits, aggregating $22008 million, in exchange for an equivalent amount of their own currencies. Total repayments for the period from 1 March 1947 to 31 December 1970 amounted to $ 11312 million.

国际货币基金组织于1947年3月1日起积极开展各项外汇业务，截止1970年12月31日，已经与七十七个成员国进行了外汇交易。这些国家购买美元、加拿大元、英镑、德国马克、比利时法郎和法国法郎、澳大利亚元、墨西哥比索、阿根廷比索、意大利里拉、丹麦克郎和挪威克郎、瑞典克郎、日元、奥地利先令、西班牙比塞塔、荷兰盾、芬兰马克、爱尔兰镑、南非兰特、巴西克鲁赛罗、委内瑞拉博利瓦和马来西亚林吉特，兑换成各成员国本国的等值货币，总金额达220.08亿美元。从1974年3月1日至1970年12月31日期间，偿还总金额达113.12亿美元。

An amendment to the Fund's Articles of Agreement establishing a new facility based on Special Drawing Right(SDR) entered into force on 28 July 1969, and on 1 January 1970 SDR 3414 million were allocated to 104 participants in the Fund's Special Drawing Account. A second allocation of SDR 2949 million, was made on 1 January 1971, to 109 participants. With the advent of the SDR's, the Fund has been able to supplement the existing reverse assets of participating members.

一项对国际货币基金组织协定若干条款的修正案提出设立“特别提款权”的新方案。该修正案于1969年7月28日生效，并于1970年1月1日分配了34.14亿单位“特别提款权”给货币基金组织特别提款权账户的104个成员国。第二次分配是在1971年1月1日，将29.49亿单位“特别提款权”分配给了109个成员国。国际货币基金组织使用“特别提款权”作为对成员国现有储备资产的补充。

As of 31 December 1970, assets of the Fund included, in round figures, $ 4934.9 million in gold, $ 24485.9 million in various national currencies and $217.8 million in subscriptions receivable. Total quotas were $28433 million. The subscriptions of members are equal to their quotas. Each member must pay in gold 25 per cent of its subscription or 10 per cent of its net official gold and dollar holdings, whichever is less. The balance is paid in the member's own currency.

到1970年12月31日为止，国际货币基金组织的资产，以整数计算，包括49.349亿美元的黄金，244.859亿美元的各国货币和各成员国缴纳的2.178亿美元的股金，总配额为284.33亿美元。各成员国的股金等于其配额。每一成员国必须用黄金支付25%的股金，或用官方储备净值和美元财产支付10%的股金，支付哪种均可，余额可用成员国本国货币支付