{"id":92978,"date":"2014-03-17T08:34:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T08:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=92978"},"modified":"2014-04-04T08:19:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T08:19:28","slug":"ukraine%e2%80%99s-gold-reserves-secretely-flown-out-and-confiscated-by-the-new-york-federal-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=92978","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Gold Reserves Secretely Flown Out and Confiscated by the New York Federal Reserve?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser \/> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Prof Michel Chossudovsky &#8212; Global Research March 14, 2014<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gold.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-42087\" title=\"gold\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gold.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gold.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gold-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>A Russian Internet news site Iskra (\u201cSpark\u201d) based in Zaporozhye, eastern Ukraine,\u00a0 reported on March 7, that\u00a0 \u201cUkraine\u2019s gold reserves had been hastily airlifted to the United States from Borispol Airport east of Kiev\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>This alleged airlift and confiscation of Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves by the New York Federal Reserve has not been confirmed by the Western media. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>According to<a title=\"http:\/\/iskra-news.info\/news\/segodnja_nochju_iz_borispolja_v_ssha_strartoval_samoljot_s_zolotym_zapasom_ukrainy\/2 \" href=\"http:\/\/iskra-news.info\/news\/segodnja_nochju_iz_borispolja_v_ssha_strartoval_samoljot_s_zolotym_zapasom_ukrainy\/2014-03-07-9122\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Iskra<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> News<\/span><\/a>:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">After that a mysterious man arrived and entered the plane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">All loading was done in a hurry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The plane took off on an emergency basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Those who saw this mysterious special operation immediately notified the airport officials, who told the callers not to meddle in other people\u2019s affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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, <strong>the United States had taken custody of all the gold reserves in Ukraine.<\/strong>\u201d \u0421\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f \u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c\u044e \u0438\u0437 \u201c\u0411\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f\u201d \u0432 \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u043b\u0451\u0442 \u0441 \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u044b\u043c \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043e\u043c \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u044b,\u00a0 <a title=\"http:\/\/iskra-news.info\/news\/segodnja_nochju_iz_borispolja_v_ssha_strartoval_samoljot_s_zolotym_zapasom_ukrainy\/2 \" href=\"http:\/\/iskra-news.info\/news\/segodnja_nochju_iz_borispolja_v_ssha_strartoval_samoljot_s_zolotym_zapasom_ukrainy\/2014-03-07-9122\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">iskra-news.info. Zaporozhye, <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Ukraine<\/span>, <\/a>March 7, 2014, translated from Russian by the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gata.org\/node\/13754\"> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc (GATA<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">)<\/span><\/a>, emphasis added)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Following this disclosure, GATA\u2019s Secretary Treasurer Chris Powell requested the New Federal Reserve and the US State Department to indicate whether the NY Fed had \u201ctaken custody\u201d of Ukraine\u2019s Gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A spokesman for the New York Fed said simply: \u201cAny 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">GATA\u2019s similar inquiry of last night to the U.S. State Department has not yet prompted any reply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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<br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gata.org\/node\/13761\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Inc<\/span>.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">While the unconfirmed report regarding Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves has not been the object of coverage by the mainstream financial news, the story was nonetheless picked up by the Shanghai Metals Market at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metal.com\/newscontent\/58480_ukraine-gold-reserves-reported-to-be-hastily-aircrafted-to-u.s\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Metal.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">com<\/span><\/a>. which states, quoting a report from the Ukrainian government, that Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves had been \u201cmoved on an aircraft from \u2026 Kiev to the United States\u2026 in 40 sealed boxes\u201d loaded on an unidentified aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The unconfirmed source quoted by Metal.com, says that the operation to airlift Ukraine\u2019s gold had been ordered by the acting Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk with a view to safe-keeping Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves at the NY Fed, against a possible Russian invasion which could lead to the confiscation of Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On March 10, <a href=\"http:\/\/kingworldnews.com\/kingworldnews\/KWN_DailyWeb\/Entries\/2014\/3\/10_Did_Ukraine_Just_Airlift_Its_Entire_Gold_Hoard_To_The_U.S._Fed.html\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">kingworldnew<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">s<\/span><\/a>, a prominent online financial blog site published an incisive interview with <strong>William Kaye,<\/strong> a Hong Kong based hedge fund manager at Pacific Group Ltd. who <span class=\"style14\">had previously worked for Goldman Sachs in mergers and acquisitions<\/span>.\u00a0 \u200e<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Spoils of War and Regime Change<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Of significance in this interview with William Kaye is the analogy between Ukraine, Iraq and Libya. Lest we forget, both Iraq and Libya had their gold reserves confiscated by the US. According to Kaye,\u00a0 the destination was the New York Fed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The National Bank of Ukraine (Central Bank) estimated Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves in February to be worth 1.8 billion dollars. According to William Kaye: \u201c<strong>That would amount to a very nice down payment to the $5 billion that Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland boasted that the United States has already spent in their efforts to destabilize Ukraine, and put in place their own unelected\u00a0 government.<\/strong>\u201d <span class=\"style2\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/kingworldnews.com\/kingworldnews\/KWN_DailyWeb\/Entries\/2014\/3\/10_Did_Ukraine_Just_Airlift_Its_Entire_Gold_Hoard_To_The_U.S._Fed.html\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">KingsWorldNew<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">s<\/span> <\/a> emphasis added). <\/span>Kaye also confirmed in the interview that Washington was behind the appointment of the new head of the National\u00a0 Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Stepan Kubiv:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cThis would have been his first major decision to transport that gold out of Ukraine to the United States. <strong>\u2026Ukraine will \u2026 very likely never see that gold again.<\/strong><span class=\"style2\">\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/kingworldnews.com\/kingworldnews\/KWN_DailyWeb\/Entries\/2014\/3\/10_Did_Ukraine_Just_Airlift_Its_Entire_Gold_Hoard_To_The_U.S._Fed.html\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Read Complete interview at KingsWorldNews<\/span>,<\/a> March 10, 2014, emphasis added)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Acting prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused the Yanukovych government of having stolen Ukraine\u2019s gold reserves.\u00a0 This statement was made on February 27th, less than week prior to the report on the alleged airlifting of Ukraine\u2019s gold to the\u00a0 New York, which is yet to be confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/ukraines-gold-reserves-secretely-flown-out-and-confiscated-by-the-new-york-federal-reserve\/5373446\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lest we forget, both Iraq and Libya also had their gold reserves confiscated by the US. 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