Ukraine’s Gold Reserves Secretely Flown Out and Confiscated
by the New York Federal Reserve?
The Spoils of War and Regime Change
A Russian Internet news site Iskra (“Spark”) based in Zaporozhye,
eastern Ukraine, reported on March 7, that “Ukraine’s gold reserves
had been hastily airlifted to the United States from Borispol Airport
east of Kiev”.
This alleged airlift and confiscation of Ukraine’s gold reserves
by the New York Federal Reserve has not been confirmed by the Western
media.
According to Iskra News:
At 2 a.m. this morning [March 7] an unmarked transport plane was on the runway at Borispol Airport (right) [east of Kiev]. According to airport staff, before the plane came to the airport, four trucks and two Volkswagen minibuses arrived, all the truck license plates missing.
Fifteen people in black uniforms, masks, and body armor stepped out,
some armed with machine guns. They loaded the plane with more than 40
heavy boxes.
After that a mysterious man arrived and entered the plane.
All loading was done in a hurry.
The plane took off on an emergency basis.
Those who saw this mysterious special
operation immediately notified the airport officials, who told the
callers not to meddle in other people’s affairs.
Later a returned call from a senior
official of the former Ministry of Revenue reported that tonight, on the
orders of one of the new leaders of Ukraine, the United States had taken custody of all the gold reserves in Ukraine.” Сегодня ночью из “Борисполя” в США страртовал самолёт с золотым запасом Украины, iskra-news.info. Zaporozhye, Ukraine, March 7, 2014, translated from Russian by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc (GATA), emphasis added)
Following this disclosure, GATA’s Secretary Treasurer Chris Powell
requested the New Federal Reserve and the US State Department to
indicate whether the NY Fed had “taken custody” of Ukraine’s Gold
.
A spokesman for the New York Fed said
simply: “Any inquiry regarding gold accounts should be directed to the
account holder. You may want to contact the National Bank of Ukraine to
discuss this report.”
GATA’s similar inquiry of last night to the U.S. State Department has not yet prompted any reply.
Last night GATA called this issue to the
attention of about 30 mainstream financial journalists and newsletter
writers in the admittedly bizarre hope that they might pose the question
as well.
1) The first rule of mainstream financial
journalism and particularly financial journalism about gold is never to
put a specific critical question about the monetary metal to any of the
primary participants in the gold market, central banks. That is, nearly
all gold market reporting is, by design, irrelevant distraction at
best, disinformation at worst.
2) The true location and disposition of
national gold reserves are secrets far more sensitive than the location
and disposition of nuclear weapons. Chris Powell, Secretary/Treasurer