Gold Warriors: How Plunder From Asia Funded CIA

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May 23, 2010
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Douglas Valentine reviews Gold Warriors, Peggy and Sterling Seagraves account of how gold looted from Asia by Japan was used to fund crime and covert operations by the US and its satraps: Gold Warriors is more than a book about Japans serious, sober and deliberate plundering of Asias treasure from 1895 until 1945, and its collusion after the war with American officials to recover and use the loot as a secret political action slush fund to promote right wing regimes: Gold Warriors:Americas Secret Recovery of Yamashitas Gold is a journey into the darkest recesses of history and the human soul. Authors Peggy and Sterling Seagrave not only unravel one of the greatest crimes and coverups ever, they reveal something new and startling about the depths of human depravity and barbarity, and the human capacity for deceit. The book begins in 1895 with a fascinating account of the grisly assassination of Koreas Queen Min by terrorists posing as business agents of Japanese companies. The clever coup detat provides Japan with official deniability, and the confusion that follows provides the Japanese with a pretext for its military occupation and plundering of Korea. Japans brutal conquest of Korea foretells how it will achieve one victory after another in Far East Asia over the ensuing 45 years. The next victory occurs in 1904, when tiny Japan defeats Russia and annexes Southern Manchuria. Manchuria, unlike Korea, has little gold worth stealing. But it is rich in natural resources, so the Japanese settle in for the long haul, and slowly develop Manchuria over several decades. They build roads and create industries and, more importantly, they work with corrupt warlords and Chinese gangsters associated with Chiang Kai-sheks

Kuomintang Party to transform Manchuria into a vast poppy field. By 1937 the Japanese and their gangster and Kuomintang associates are responsible for 90% of the worlds illicit narcotics. They turn Manchu emperor Pu Yi into an addict, and open thousands of opium dens as a way of suppressing the Chinese. When subversion and propaganda dont get the job done they commit unspeakable atrocities. In late 1937 and early 1938 the Japanese slaughter an estimated 350,000 Chinese civilians and prisoners of war in Nanking. Tens of thousands of women and girls are raped, and many are mutilated or murdered. Nanking foretells what will happen as Japan expands its empire to include Indochina, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Its also with the Rape of Nanking that the authors introduce the main characters in the book; the Japanese soldiers, crime lords, and officials who, by the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, realize they have bitten off more than they chew, and begin their retreat to Japan. A small inner circle becomes responsible for securing billions of dollars worth of gold, platinum, cultural artifacts and precious gems stolen over the previous 45 years. The Japanese call this operation Golden Lily, and the Seagraves do not shy away from naming those involved. They finger General Doihara, and Japans top yakuza gangster, Kodama Yoshio, both of whom worked closely with Chinese drug smugglers in Manchuria and Shanghai. Golden Lilys overall boss is Prince Chichibu, one of Emperor Hirohitos three brothers. The Kempeitai were Golden Lilys first agents, moving 6000 metric tons of gold from Nanking to Japan in 1938. But most of the Golden Lily treasure was buried in the Philippines by General Yamashita, and it is in the Philippines that most of the action in the book takes place. When the Seagraves claim that their lives are in danger for having written this book, they arent kidding. This is explosive material, for they not only name the Japanese involved in Golden Lily, they name the Japanese corporations, including Nissan, Mitsui (which processed Manchurian opium into heroin in the 1930s), Mitsubishi and Sumitomo as having used American POWs as slave laborers during the war. They also name the Americans who worked with the Japanese to recover the buried loot after World War II. The Japanese had no monopoly on deceit or disregard for human suffering, and some of these Americans conspired with the Japanese to deny reparations to the POWs, sex slaves and forced laborers that survived.

The reader will learn how, in order to share in the plunder, members of General Douglas MacArthurs occupation army, along with US government officials and banks, connived to absolve Japanese corporations, war criminals and drug smugglers many prominent officials in the Post War government of responsibility for these ghastly crimes. How the Americans went about this is very interesting. To ensure his silence, General Yamashita was hanged by a military tribunal in February 1946, while his right hand man, Kojima, was tortured by a Filipino, Santa Romana, into revealing where the treasure vaults were buried in the Philippines. Romana then guided CIA officer Edward Lansdale to the loot. Lansdale did a quick inventory, and for the next 20 years supervised Romana, the unlikely front man for a number of slush funds. Thereafter the purloined gold was moved through 176 accounts in 42 banks in several countries, to people and organizations the CIA wanted to secretly support. The Americans viewed this money as a War prize, and every American president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush has used the slush funds for various purposes. Truman, through a number of his top aides close to the Harrimans and the Rockefellers, set up the Black Eagle Trust Fund to fight communism. General MacArthur set up the Yotsuya Fund to finance Japans yakuza underworld, and one of his aides set up the M-Fund to help reconstruct Japan and turn it into an economic powerhouse. Eisenhower used the M-Fund to help create Japans Liberal Democratic Party in 1956, and in 1960, Vice President Richard Nixon turned over M-Fund over to Japans Prime Minister, Kishi Nobosuke, in return for kickbacks Nixon used to help finance his presidential campaign. Carter, Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes were complicit, using Golden Lily slush fund money to buy elections in nations all around the world. George W. got into the act in March 2001, sending Navy SEAL commandos to the Philippines to recover a portion of General Yamashitas gold. Bush was privately in the market to buy some of the bullion that was being recovered. His representative was William S. Parish, his nominee as ambassador to Great Britain, and the manager of his blind trust Most of the action in the book takes place in the Philippines, where the Japanese buried much of the Golden Lily loot in 175 vaults in and around Manila. Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi (using the nomme de guerre, Kimsu) was in charge in Northern Luzon and gave maps to his Filipino aid, Ben, indicating where the vaults were located. Kimsu swore Ben to secrecy, but gradually the maps slipped out and in 1971, a treasure hunter named Roxas

unearthed several gold bars and a Golden Buddha that, amazingly, weighed a ton. Word of the discovery reached Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and soon thereafter Roxas was arrested, tortured, and imprisoned, and Marcos acquired the Golden Buddha. Marcos, notably, had been working with the CIA for years using Golden Lily assets to bribe nations to support the Vietnam War. In return for services rendered, Marcos was allowed to sell over $1 trillion in gold through Australian brokers. By the 1970s, rumors about General Yamashitas gold had grabbed the imagination of a number on treasure hunters and in 1975, Robert Curtis acquired copies of Kimsus maps. Financed by far right wing John Birch Society, and working with cutthroat Ferdinand Marcos, Curtis joined with Ben and Japans Lord Ichiwara to find the remainder of the loot. Alas, the partners were mutually untrustworthy and Curtis, like Roxas, ran into trouble. But the dangers of hunting for buried Japanese gold in the Philippines did not dissuade others, and in the mid-1980s a group of disgruntled former CIA officers and military men, including Generals John Singlaub and Robert Schweitzer, organized an expedition using former Navy SEALs and Army Special Forces personnel. One member of the team, Charles McDougald, actually recovered 325 metric tons of gold in 1987, although, as one might suspect, he found himself in trouble too. The Seagraves conclude their exciting and excellent book by taking us down the Money Trail, and explaining, in laymans terms, how the Gold Warriors have been able to cover their tracks. Emperor Hirohito, for example, worked directly with Pope Pius XII to launder money through the Vatican bank. In another instance, Japans Ministry of Finance produced gold certificates that were slightly different than ordinary Japanese bonds. The Seagraves interview persons defrauded in this scam, and other scams involving the Union Bank of Switzerland and Citibank. Without descending into convoluted legalese, the Seagraves describe the devious means bankers have used to conceal the vast hordes of Nazi and Japanese gold in their possession. The Seagraves do this primarily by examining multi-million-dollar lawsuits filed by Roxas, Curtis, and Santa Romanas heirs against Citibank, the US government, and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. In this way the Seagraves reveal how the banks use complex accounting methods, or claim that gold certificates are fake, or simply move gold to offshore accounts to conceal it. In every case the US

government assists the banks by stonewalling, refusing to investigate, or ignoring Freedom of Information Act requests. In one noteworthy case, attorney W.R. Cotton Jones walked into the Swiss Bank Corporation in New York City and asked the bank to authenticate a $25 million certificate of deposit issued by the Bank and bearing the Federal Reserve seal. Cotton was quickly arrested by the Secret Service and his certificates were confiscated. As Cotton rhetorically asks, how can a Swiss bank have a federal agency intervene on its behalf and confiscate personal possessions? What right does the Secret Service have to arrest, interrogate, intimidate, and threaten anyone on a Swiss banks behalf, without due process of law? The answer is obvious: the banks that maintain the US governments stolen gold are above the law, and if they stonewall long enough, anyone trying to sue them will eventually fade away. The Seagraves asked the Treasury Department, Defense Department, and the CIA for records on Yamashitas gold in 1987, but were told the records were exempt from release. During the 1990s, the records mysteriously went missing. Other records were destroyed in what the Seagraves caustically call history laundering. Throughout the book, the writing is descriptive and engaging. Having authored several books about the Far East, the Seagraves are experts in their field and their arguments are convincing. In fact, they have compiled so much supporting evidence that many of the documents are contained on companion CDs the reader can buy separately at the Seagraves web site. There are two CDs, the first containing eleven files. This writer examined three of them on Lansdale, Kodama, and Golden Lily and found them utterly fascinating. The second CD contains 19 files, many concerning the various lawsuits the Seagraves have used as evidence to prove their case. And they do more than prove their case. In the end, Gold Warriors transcends its subject matter, and its great triumph is that it tells us something new about the savage and avaricious side of human nature. The reader will walk away from this book astounded and outraged at the immensity of the fraudulent activities that the worlds governments, banks, and spies are engaged in. Gold Warriors is chilling in its accumulation.

Seagraves research and expertise is only about CIA conspiracy, gold cartel, marcos gold deposits abroad and stuff. However, he had limited research in the ACTUAL TREASURE SITES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

My Treasure Hunting team have conducted extensive research re matter.for more info contact, Gboy at gergio2004@yahoo.com SUSPECTED JAPANESE WW2 TREASURE SITES (PHILIPPINES ) 1.LUZON ISLAND (Estimated. treasure volume) A. CAVE AND WATERFALLS TREASURE SITES 1) Dumagat Secret Treasure 1 (very large) 2) Dumagat Secret Treasure 1 (very large) 3) El Sombrero Treasure 1 (very large) 4) El Sombrero treasure 2 (very large) 5) Secrets of Digoyo (very large) 6) Mt. Billionaire (very large) 7) Gen. Tamaso Cache (very large) Gen. Tanaka Treasure (very large) 9) Sinkhole Cave (very large) 10) PB Cave (very large) 11) Gen. Yakoko Treasure (large) 12) Secret Airstrip 1 (large) 13) Snake Cave Treasure (medium) 14) Padlock Cave (medium) 15) Caged Budha Cave (small) 16) 3 G. Budha Cave (small) 17) Underground Cave Temple (small) 18) 5 Lonely Tomb Cave (small)

B. BURIED / LAND TREASURE SITES 19) Tokyo 2 Tunnel (very large) 20) Japs Jungle Base Camp (large) 21) Callao Secret (large) 22) School Secret Treasure (medium) 23) Prados Court (medium) 24) Springfield Tunnel (medium) 25) Japs Plane Hangar treasure (medium) 26) Cargo Truck Tunnel (medium) 27) Church Secret Treasure (medium) 28) Skull Tunnel Treasure (medium) 29) Masoc / Grandfather Treasure (medium) 30) Egg Cave Treasure (medium) 31) Zapote Tree Secret (small) 32) Mango Tree Secret (small) 33) Santolan Tree Secret (small) 34) Tamarind tree Secret (small) 35) Lamp Light Treasure 1 (small) 36) Lamp Light Treasure 2 (small) 37) Peroz Road Treasure (small) 38) Triangle Bridge Treasure (small) 39) Japs Flag Treasure 1 (small) 40) Japs Flag Treasure 2 (small) 41) Japs Execution Camp Treasure (small) 42) Mango Hill Treasure (small) 43) Japs Cargo Plane 1 (small) 44) Japs Cargo Plane 2 (small) 46) Eagle Rock Treasure (small) C. UNDERWATER TREASURE SITES 46) 2-Metal Box (small)

47) Underwater Golden Budha (small) 48) El Diablo Island Secret (small) 2. MINDANAO / VISAYAS ISLAND A. LAND TREASURE SITES 49) Seven General Treasure (very large) 50) Three Gen. Treasure of Tagurano (very large) 51) Gen. Yamashita Treasure at Mundo Hill (very large) 52) Gen. Yamashita Treasure at Panabo (large) 53) Gen. Sakura Treasure (large) 54) Gen. Toyogoshi Treasure (large) 55) Gen. Kutamura Treasure (large) 56) Gen. Teruya Treasure (large) 57) Gen. Yamada Treasure (large) 58) Gen. Murakami Treasure (large) 59) Adm. Nakone Treasure (large) 60) Adm. Igie Treasure (large) 61) Col. Oshihiro Hansawa Treasure (large) 62) Col. Yamaguchi Treasure (large) 63) Lt. Ohata Treasure (medium) 64) Secrets Of Carmen (small) 65) Secrets of Cuyo Island (small) 66) Secrets of Dalirig (small) 67) Secrets of Dagat K Dabaw (small) 68) Secrets of Lake Sebu (small) 69) Secrets of Lake Venado (small) 70) Secrets of Lipadas (small) 71) Secrets of Makilo Ranges (large) 72) Secrets of Mt. Apo (large) 73) Secrets of Namnam (small) 74) Secrets of Pangantucan (large) 75) Secrets of Raware (medium)

76) Secrets of Silae (small) 77) Secrets of Sinuda (small) 78) Secrets of Tamugan (medium) 79) Secrets of Upian 1 and 2 (medium) 80) Nubos Treasure (medium) 81) Takahashi Butai Treasure (very large) 82) Kashibaora / Tanaka Treasure (very large) 83) 10th Buntai Treasure (medium) 84) Horse Cave Treasure (small) 85) Crocodile Cave Treasure (medium) 86) Giant Lizard Cave Treasure (medium) 87) Madapo Hill Treasure (small) 88) Kiakol Treasure (small) 89) Todaya Treasure (medium) 90) Crown of Cambodia (medium) 91) Djakarta Tunnel (very large) 92) Medusa Tunnel (small) 93) Tunnel 9 (very large) 94) Lying Lady Mountain (medium) 95) Golden Budha of St. Francis (small) 96) 3 Chained /Wired Tomb (small) 97) Lonely Tomb of Talomo (small) 98) Lonely Tomb of St. Ines (small) 99) Lonely Tomb of Luban (small) 100) Sea Tomb of Luban (small) 101) 15 lonely Tomb of Wao (medium) 102) Samurai Tomb (small) 103) Sinkhole Tomb and Box (small) 104) Mysterious Jungle Steel Crate (small) 105) Waterfalls of Block (small) 106) Foxhole of Umayam (small)

107) Swimming Horse of Kisawi (small) 108) Underground Horse of Mt. Magolo (medium) 109) Tabokno Falls treasure (small) 110) Gandara Secret (small) 111) St. Vincent Secret (small) B. UNDERWATER TREASURE SITES 112) Siwa Maru,D Island Ship(very large) 113) Tikang Maru (large) 114) Sakima Maru (large) 115) Maru of the Orient 3 (large) 116) Capt. Kimura 6 ships (very large) 117) Mini Submarine (small) 118) Camouflage Submarine (medium) 119) Cliff wall Submarine (medium) 120) Underground Submarine base (large) 121) Runway Edge Sea Vault (small) 122) Daibatsu of Ginoog and Davao Gulf (large) Notes: 1) Treasure volume: small (1-10 tons), medium (20-50 tons), large (50-100 tons), very large (above 100 tons). Estimated volume of treasure may change. 2) These are the treasure leads and information we have accumulated thru more than 20 years of extensive treasure research, exploration, actual operation, interviews of Japs / Filipino veterans, maps, live pointers and natives. 3) These are the combination of different type of treasures sites.buried (shallow/deep), tunnel, caves (open, closed, waterfalls, underwater), ship and submarine wrecks, tombs, statues, school, church, etc. In different kind of terrain in the Philippinestown, mountains, jungle, waterfalls, caves, rivers, seaetc. 4) These suspected treasure sites have different stages of operation: for diggings, exploration, recovery, relocationetc. 5) Its our team that names these suspected treasure sites for easy reference

I am in contact with a man that knows Sterling Seagrave. His name is Mitch and knows where 3 bunkers are in the Philippines. The C.I.A. put him in prison for NOT giving up the locations. I have pictures and documents that he has sent me through family. He also has knowledge of secret bank accounts holding trillions of dollars and states he has signed contracts with well known bankers for those accounts. He wants this known to all people for the sake of getting the money out to help our recession down sized. If the C.I.A gets this money we will never see it or even feel its help. All he and all that are involved want is to get the word out so we all can prosper from this. Thank you