Posted on 03/11/2014 9:33:25 AM PDT by Rusty0604
A curious story, and one which should be taken with a mine of salt, has surfaced out of the pro-Russian newspaper Iskra, which reports - so far on an entirely unsubstantiated basis - that last Friday, in a mysterious operation under the cover of night, Ukraine's gold reserves were promptly loaded onboard an unmarked plane, which subsequently took the gold to the US.
From the source:
Tonight, around at 2:00 am, an unregistered transport plane took off took off from Boryspil airport.
According to Boryspil staff, prior to the plane's appearance, four trucks and two cargo minibuses arrived at the airport all with their license plates missing. Fifteen people in black uniforms, masks and body armor stepped out, some armed with machine guns. These people loaded the plane with more than forty heavy boxes.
After this, several mysterious men arrived and also entered the plane. The loading was carried out in a hurry. After unloading, the plateless cars immediately left the runway, and the plane took off on an emergency basis.
Airport officials who saw this mysterious "special operation" immediately notified the administration of the airport, which however strongly advised them "not to meddle in other people's business."
Later, the editors were called by one of the senior officials of the former Ministry of Income and Fees, who reported that, according to him, tonight on the orders of one of the "new leaders" of Ukraine, all the gold reserves of the Ukraine were taken to the United States.
Indicatively, according to the latest IMF figures, Ukraine's official gold holdings are just over 40 tons, having doubled in the past decade:
So just more disinformation and propaganda surrounding the Ukraine, or something more? GATA has submitted an inquiry into the New York Fed to get official denial (because it certainly won't get a confirmation) from the Liberty 33 folks.
Of course, the best source of validation, and refutation, of this story would be the people of Ukraine, alas since not even Americans are entitled to observe how much gold is in Fort Knox, somehow we doubt that the Central Bank of Ukraine will be any more lenient in providing visiting and viewing hours for its much more compact gold inventory. Especially since the local population is far more busy celebrating its "liberation" by western powers.
We hope, for their sake, they weren't also just "liberated" of all their gold, which after a brief stay 80 feet below the surface at 33 Liberty, will promptly find its way either to the Bundesbank, or to the billionaire oligarchs, based either in London or elsewhere, and currently in charge of "post-liberation" Ukraine.
Finally, putting this into perspective, 40 tons of gold is roughly what China imports every ten days.
They should have talked to the Germans before giving their gold to that band of pirates.
They should have talked to the Germans before giving their gold to that band of pirates.
Perhaps they are just more worried about Russians getting their hands on it.
Exactly.
Uh... What's the difference?
Is Putin making a geopolitical pun on all the repoorts made during the Iraq-war era, that $billions of Iraq’s/Saddam’s money had been spirited out of the country on Russian transport planes just before the invasion???
Sounds uncomfortably like the Germans and Soviets partitioning Poland, but, mostly, without the shooting.
So the Chinese are importing about 120 tons of gold a month?
What, you think the Chinese are stupid?
5000 years of recorded history and you think they are going to place their trust in fiat?
Best,
Chris
according to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve
china has 1051 tons total. importing more then 10% more every month seems a bit unusual
unless they know something is coming and they are squirreling it away for the collapse
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