Gold Warriors - America’s Secret Recovery Japan's Gold after WW2 by Sterling & Peggy Seagrave
BLACK GOLD:
In 1945, American Intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold, but to keep its recovery secret. The treasure-gold, platinum, barrels of diamonds and gemstones plundered by Japan from all of East and Southeast Asia-would be combined with Nazi loot recovered in Europe to create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism.
This ‘Black Gold’ gave Washington virtually limitless unvouchered
funds for covert operations. According to CIA officials, between 1945 and 1947 the gold bullion was secretly moved to 176 accounts at banks in 42 countries. This provided an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America’s allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries. Other treasure was recovered inside Japan during the U.S. Occupation. General MacArthur, President Truman, John Foster Dulles, and a handful of others, knew all about the hidden plunder. Every president since Harry Truman has been involved in
covering up the existence of these secret funds.
6 сен 2024
