Tuesday, August 21, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Here's a hoot from a GATA supporter: * * * I don't know if you are aware of the publicity that GATA and Reg Howe have received on the U.S. Treasury Department web site. The following is a URL that will take you to their web page. http://www.treas.gov/opc/opc0007.html#gold%20markets They deny any involvement in manipulation of the gold market. Obviously, someone is worried. Brian Christoferson Soldier from Spokane * * * Thanks, Brian. Here are a couple of questions for the Treasury Department. If enough GATA supporters send these questions in to the Treasury, it will make their most-asked questions list for sure. Maybe we won't get an answer, but why not try? They can't make it any easier for you. Just go to their website and submit your questions, or ask your members of Congress to submit your questions directly to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Here are some good sample questions: 1.How can the Treasury Department's gold said to be fully owned by the United States when transcripts of the January 30, 1995, meeting of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee reveal that the U.S. government is involved in gold swaps? 2. Does the holder of a Special Drawing Right, or the holder of an SDR certificate, have an unconditional right to draw physical gold from other members of the International Monetary Fund, including the United States? The following e-mail was sent to GATA consultant James Turk the other day day. Could this be even more evidence that much of America's gold is gone or in jeopardy?... "The Washington Times has a section of its weekly edition that reports on the Pentagon and military matters. I believe it is edited by Bill Gertz. "I noticed in the latest report that the president has put his support behind a new round of U.S. military base closures to be started soon. Among the bases the Pentagon brass wishes to close are the usual suspects for the Air Force, Marines, Navy, and Army. "But one the Army has under high consideration for closure (with the transfer of its operations to Texas) is Fort Knox in Kentucky. "This struck me as quite odd, to say the least. For the primary mission of Fort Knox and its armor companies is the support and defense of the U.S. Bullion Repository. Fort Knox also serves as a training base for Army armor, but since its inception it has been the primary backup support and security for the U.S. gold stored at the Repository. "This raises some questions. "1) Why would the Defense Dept want to close this base and move the armor to Foot Hood in Texas if one of the primary support missions for Fort Knox's armor is security for the Repository -- thus leaving the Repository and it metal deposits vulnerable to attack or theft? "2) Does the Pentagon brass know something the public does not? For example, is there is no gold in the vaults and therefore no more need for the base? "I find it quite incredible that this particular base is even under consideration for closing -- if things are normal at the Repository and the bullion is still in the vault. "But if the bullion is gone, closing the base would make sense. "Regards, J.F." BILL MURPHY, Chairman Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. ________________________________________________ If you benefit from GATA's dispatches, please consider making a financial contribution. GATA welcomes contributions as follows. By check: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. c/o Chris Powell, Secretary/Treasurer 7 Villa Louisa Road Manchester, CT 06043-7541 USA By credit card (MasterCard, Visa, and Discover) over the Internet: http://www.gata.org/creditcard.html By bank wire: Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. c/o Savings Bank of Manchester 923 Main St. Manchester, CT 06040 USA Bank routing number 211-170-185 For account number 9500-574-053 By E-Gold: http://www.e-gold.com Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. Account number 110915 GATA is a civil rights and educational organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and contributions to it are tax-deductible in the United States. -END- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
