Pacific Theater Part 15: The Philippines In which we find a target rich environment.
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FTR #689 Interview with Sterling and Peggy Seagrave
POSTED BY DAVE EMORY ⋅ OCTOBER 13, 2009 POST A COMMENT EMAIL THIS POST PRINT THIS POST TAGS BUSH FAMILY, CIA, COVER-UP, DISINFORMATION, DRUG TRAFFICKING, DULLES, ECONOMIC BAILOUT, FDR, FORD-GERALD, GOP, HARRY TRUMAN, JAPAN, MACARTHUR, MONEY LAUNDERING, NIXON, OFFSHORE, OPERATION GOLDEN LILY, PEARLHARBOR, REAGAN, SULLIVAN AND CROMWELL, THE M-FUND, UBS, WALL STREET
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Introduction: Highlighting their consummately important book Gold Warriors; the program proudly presents Sterling and Peggy Seagrave.
Pursuing the subject of the fabulous amount of wealth stolen by the Japanese during World War II under Golden Lily (the formal name of the Japanese looting program), this broadcast supplements discussion presented in FTR#'s 428, 446, 451, 501, 509. Having secreted over $100-billion (in 1940's dollars) worth of precious metals and gems in the Philippines alone, the Japanese postwar economic largess was founded largely on the plunder garnered from their rape of Asia.
The program and the interview begin with the story of one of the more important postwar US intelligence operatives–former OSS and CIA agent Severino Diaz Garcia Santa Romana-nicknamed "Santy." The discoverer of much of the gold hidden in the Philippines by Prince Chichibu and General Yamashita under "Golden Lily", Santa Romana worked with General Edward Lansdale to secret the gold into foreign bank accounts. There, it was subsequently utilized for a number of purposes, in particular the financing of postwar US intelligence operations. As the Seagraves explain, a pivotal event in the recovery of the Philippines Golden Lily caches was the torture of General Yamashita's driver, who eventually yielded the whereabouts of the repositories.
Among other uses, the recovered gold was used to finance covert operations and purchase political allegiance during the Cold War. In addition to being used to resurrect the very militarists, fascists and oligarchs that had prosecuted Japan's war of aggression, the monies were combined with treasure recovered from the Nazis to create an enormous slush fund called the Black Eagle trust. This huge repository of clandestine wealth was used to stabilize the postwar financial system, finance covert operations, and purchase influence among America's Cold War allies. Conceived of, and realized, by some of the most powerful American political and financial power brokers, the Black Eagle trust ultimately became a source of enormous corruption, as it became a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", luring many individuals and institutions into temptation and, sometimes, death.
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As this interview with Edward Lansdale is viewed keep in the back of your minds Lansdale didn't have any combat experience. He was an advertising copy editor before he was likely picked up by the CIA for clandestine operations and psychological warfare. What is psychological warfare after all? Nothing but good advertising. Lansdale was with General MacArthur in the Philippines when Lansdale it is alleged, was involved in the interrogation (some suggest torture) of General Yamashita's chauffeur to locate enormous amounts of gold kept hidden (see linked essay above) in caves in Luzon in the Philippines. It is asserted that when Santa Romana worked with General Edward Lansdale to "secret the gold into foreign bank accounts" as described in the linked interviews below, an account was set up for General MacArthur. The Philippine gold thieves. And it is further alleged MacArthur and his crew had General Yamashita executed in order to silence anyone who knew about the location of this gold. That was really despicable: General Yamashita executed for war crimes in a war.
Source: SpitfireList
FTR #689 Interview with Sterling and Peggy Seagrave
POSTED BY DAVE EMORY ⋅ OCTOBER 13, 2009 POST A COMMENT EMAIL THIS POST PRINT THIS POST TAGS BUSH FAMILY, CIA, COVER-UP, DISINFORMATION, DRUG TRAFFICKING, DULLES, ECONOMIC BAILOUT, FDR, FORD-GERALD, GOP, HARRY TRUMAN, JAPAN, MACARTHUR, MONEY LAUNDERING, NIXON, OFFSHORE, OPERATION GOLDEN LILY, PEARLHARBOR, REAGAN, SULLIVAN AND CROMWELL, THE M-FUND, UBS, WALL STREET
MP3 Side 1 | Side 2
Pursuing the subject of the fabulous amount of wealth stolen by the Japanese during World War II under Golden Lily (the formal name of the Japanese looting program), this broadcast supplements discussion presented in FTR#'s 428, 446, 451, 501, 509. Having secreted over $100-billion (in 1940's dollars) worth of precious metals and gems in the Philippines alone, the Japanese postwar economic largess was founded largely on the plunder garnered from their rape of Asia.
The program and the interview begin with the story of one of the more important postwar US intelligence operatives–former OSS and CIA agent Severino Diaz Garcia Santa Romana-nicknamed "Santy." The discoverer of much of the gold hidden in the Philippines by Prince Chichibu and General Yamashita under "Golden Lily", Santa Romana worked with General Edward Lansdale to secret the gold into foreign bank accounts. There, it was subsequently utilized for a number of purposes, in particular the financing of postwar US intelligence operations. As the Seagraves explain, a pivotal event in the recovery of the Philippines Golden Lily caches was the torture of General Yamashita's driver, who eventually yielded the whereabouts of the repositories.
Among other uses, the recovered gold was used to finance covert operations and purchase political allegiance during the Cold War. In addition to being used to resurrect the very militarists, fascists and oligarchs that had prosecuted Japan's war of aggression, the monies were combined with treasure recovered from the Nazis to create an enormous slush fund called the Black Eagle trust. This huge repository of clandestine wealth was used to stabilize the postwar financial system, finance covert operations, and purchase influence among America's Cold War allies. Conceived of, and realized, by some of the most powerful American political and financial power brokers, the Black Eagle trust ultimately became a source of enormous corruption, as it became a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", luring many individuals and institutions into temptation and, sometimes, death.
Please go to SpitfireList to continue reading.
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