2 Japanese carrying $134 bil worth of U.S. bonds detained in Italy

[Peter Lemkin]

I think the story is beginning to make perfect sense Peter. The securities are genuine but secret (which explains all the smoke and confusion) and are only issued by the US to other governments around the world for specific economic reasons -- like expanding economies, because to the extent that the world economy expands (using dollar denominated collateral to achieve this), then dollar power and hegemony expands likewise.

But whether this is the real explanation or not, I think we can now begin to conclude that the securities are genuine.

For me the question now is what were the two Japanese intending to do with these assets? Obviously they couldn't sell them outright because (I presume) ownership would be clear and not transferable under the terms of whatever agreement covers them. But perhaps they could be "loaned" to another nation, for a fee, in a sovereign "bond lending" arrangement?

Speak to me David on 'bond lending' - is this like my mention of trying to show more assets on the books during an audit, etc?! Is 'bond lending' like money loans? I know we don't know, but have a guess as to whether this was a deal approved by all, or a sneaky move by one or some over the US? I'll bet there are bodies or 'bodies' behind this, now gone...but we'll never know. Remember the Japanese PM stepped down when this happened. Who is the other man and where are they? As I alsways thought the bonds are real...but that is REALLY crazy to bring real bonds of that value in by train.....might as well by bicycle or carrier pigeon - no class and no sense of security!!!!! Monty Python Op.