Fort Knox Gold Vaults May Be Empty
In the last few years, when the “de-dollarization” of the world economics, the topic of gold has become very popular. Russia is actively increasing its reserves, the Bank of England "pockets" Venezuelan gold, Washington forbids Moscow and Ankara to buy precious metal from Caracas, in our country they are talking about the return of "royal gold" from Japan. As they say now, gold is “on hype”. It is believed that the United States of America is the lucky owners of the largest stock of 8100 tons of yellow metal at Fort Knox. But what if it's a blatant lie?
To understand the essence of the problem, one must return to the seventies of the 19th century. Then the gold standard acted, which meant that only gold was money, and paper bills - only their equivalent. At any moment, “candy wrappers” could be exchanged for full-weight precious metal coins. The world owed the universal gold standard to the family of Rothschild bankers who made an incredible fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, financing all sides of the conflict at the same time. In the Russian Empire, the gold ruble was introduced in 1897 with the filing of S.Yu. Witte.
During World War I, which placed a heavy burden on the economies of the warring states, the gold standard was frozen to allow authorities to print more paper money. A little later, it was briefly replaced by a gold bullion standard, which allowed changing bills to large and expensive ingots to complicate the exchange process. In the 30s of the twentieth century in the United States, the authorities turned a trick with a massive and forced removal of gold from the population. In 1944, the so-called Bretton Woods system was created, which formed a truncated gold-dollar standard.
In the seventies, having existed for a century, gold was forcibly expelled from the financial system. Yellow metal was "demonetized" in the United States of America. Instead, the same green cut paper was slipped to the world, from which so many are trying in vain to get rid of. How did the Americans manage to do this?
At first, in the seventies by the efforts of Henry Kissinger, the main oil producers began selling it for US dollars, which gave rise to the notorious "petrodollars."
Secondly, to any country that does not agree with the dominant role of the dollar, the United States can send its aircraft carrier strike groups and marines at any time. It is enough to see what the Americans and allies turned the once-blooming Libya, brutally killing its leader Gaddafi, who proposed introducing a gold dinar as a means of settlement.
Thirdly, it is believed that the United States holds the world's largest gold reserve. But is it really so?
When several private banks essentially privatized the money press, creating the US Federal Reserve, gold became their worst enemy. Known expression:
The Federal Reserve has consistently campaigned against the yellow metal, trying to convince everyone that it has long lost its significance. With his submission, the US Treasury held several gold sales. The goal was to weaken the position of "enemy of the dollar." And this can only be done by arranging an oversupply of offers. In the nineties, a “golden cartel” was created under the name The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee. It included both manufacturers of this metal, and the largest world banks owning the US Federal Reserve, and their European colleagues.
Further, the IMF carried out “optimization” of reporting standards, which made it possible to indicate on the balance sheet both physical and “virtual gold”, the so-called “gold requirements”. After that, the Fort Knox gates were opened wide open for the non-public sale of gold to the world market. According to some estimates, 500 tons of metal leaves its storage facilities per year, remaining at the level of 8100 tons according to reports. Under pressure from American financiers, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain also sold gold. Only in recent years, European authorities have come to their senses and began to rebuild their gold reserves.
As for the United States, the last time an audit of Fort Knox was carried out in ... the fifties of the last century. Well-known economist and former member of the US government, Paul Craig Roberts, directly raises his statement:
If this statement is true, then none of those who deposited their gold for storage in the USA may never see it.
To understand the essence of the problem, one must return to the seventies of the 19th century. Then the gold standard acted, which meant that only gold was money, and paper bills - only their equivalent. At any moment, “candy wrappers” could be exchanged for full-weight precious metal coins. The world owed the universal gold standard to the family of Rothschild bankers who made an incredible fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, financing all sides of the conflict at the same time. In the Russian Empire, the gold ruble was introduced in 1897 with the filing of S.Yu. Witte.
During World War I, which placed a heavy burden on the economies of the warring states, the gold standard was frozen to allow authorities to print more paper money. A little later, it was briefly replaced by a gold bullion standard, which allowed changing bills to large and expensive ingots to complicate the exchange process. In the 30s of the twentieth century in the United States, the authorities turned a trick with a massive and forced removal of gold from the population. In 1944, the so-called Bretton Woods system was created, which formed a truncated gold-dollar standard.
In the seventies, having existed for a century, gold was forcibly expelled from the financial system. Yellow metal was "demonetized" in the United States of America. Instead, the same green cut paper was slipped to the world, from which so many are trying in vain to get rid of. How did the Americans manage to do this?
At first, in the seventies by the efforts of Henry Kissinger, the main oil producers began selling it for US dollars, which gave rise to the notorious "petrodollars."
Secondly, to any country that does not agree with the dominant role of the dollar, the United States can send its aircraft carrier strike groups and marines at any time. It is enough to see what the Americans and allies turned the once-blooming Libya, brutally killing its leader Gaddafi, who proposed introducing a gold dinar as a means of settlement.
Thirdly, it is believed that the United States holds the world's largest gold reserve. But is it really so?
When several private banks essentially privatized the money press, creating the US Federal Reserve, gold became their worst enemy. Known expression:
The more expensive the gold, the weaker the dollar. And vice versa.
The Federal Reserve has consistently campaigned against the yellow metal, trying to convince everyone that it has long lost its significance. With his submission, the US Treasury held several gold sales. The goal was to weaken the position of "enemy of the dollar." And this can only be done by arranging an oversupply of offers. In the nineties, a “golden cartel” was created under the name The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee. It included both manufacturers of this metal, and the largest world banks owning the US Federal Reserve, and their European colleagues.
Further, the IMF carried out “optimization” of reporting standards, which made it possible to indicate on the balance sheet both physical and “virtual gold”, the so-called “gold requirements”. After that, the Fort Knox gates were opened wide open for the non-public sale of gold to the world market. According to some estimates, 500 tons of metal leaves its storage facilities per year, remaining at the level of 8100 tons according to reports. Under pressure from American financiers, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain also sold gold. Only in recent years, European authorities have come to their senses and began to rebuild their gold reserves.
As for the United States, the last time an audit of Fort Knox was carried out in ... the fifties of the last century. Well-known economist and former member of the US government, Paul Craig Roberts, directly raises his statement:
It has long been suspected in the global precious metals market that banks, on behalf of the Federal Reserve Service, used the available reserves to bring down gold prices over the past few years. And after the States spent their gold, they began to sell what they had in storage. In my opinion, most of the gold reserves were depleted somewhere in 2011. To date, I think that the US authorities no longer have gold reserves.
If this statement is true, then none of those who deposited their gold for storage in the USA may never see it.
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