A New Twist On An Old Criminal. Dave G. Any Thoughts On This?!

[Peter Lemkin]

Pete, there has been a lingering story, told to me by Sterling Seagrave, that Nixon had control of some of the Black Eagle bullion and turned it over to the Japanese - via the M fund - in exchange for later financial support to get him elected president. However, the quantity involved was larger than that mentioned, as I recall the story (but I might be mis-rememberig or conflating etc).

In that respect the foregoing story seems to fit reasonably well.

What the story doesn't say, however, is how the 36.5 tons of "ancient" gold got to be warehoused at White Sands? What constitutes "ancient" in tis respect? And who notionally had control of the bullion and what was its origin? These are, to my mind, vitally important questions and ones the authors of this book don't seem to cover (from what I can see anyway).

Thanks, the term 'ancient' gold seems to be a term of art in the field and can't related to very long back....what do you think are the dates and possible sources? Why White Sands [was the first nuclear testing facility, other than obviously a well-protected 'no-go' area?] What was 40 tons of gold worth then? Why give it to the Japanese [or anyone] and not launder it and use it oneself?