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Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold
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ISBN10: 1844675319
ISBN13: 9781844675319
Publisher: Verso
Published: Dec 1 2005
Pages: 365
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781844675319
Publisher: Verso
Published: Dec 1 2005
Pages: 365
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
In 1945, US 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 riches secret. These, combined with Japanese treasure recovered during the US occupation, and with recovered Nazi loot, would create a worldwide American political action fund to fight communism. This 'Black Gold' gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years.
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