Gold warriors
America's secret recovery of Yamashita's gold
by Sterling Seagrave
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"In 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep the riches secret. These would be combined with treasure recovered inside Japan during the US occupation, and with Nazi loot recovered in Europe, to create a worldwide American political action fund to fight the Cold War." "Overseen by General Douglas MacArthur, President Truman, and John Foster Dulles, this "Black Gold" gave Washington virtually limitless, unaccountable funds, providing an asset base to reinforce the treasuries of America's allies, to bribe political and military leaders, to fund covert operations, and to manipulate elections in foreign countries for more than fifty years. Drawing on a vast range of original documents and thousands of hours of interviews, Gold Warriors exposes one of the great state secrets of the twentieth century."--Jacket.
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Politics and government, World War, 1939-1945, Confiscations and contributions, Gold, Destruction and pillage, Treasure troves, Treasure-trove, Political corruption, World war, 1939-1945, confiscations and contributions, Japan, foreign relations, United states, foreign relations, japan, Foreign relationsPlaces
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-261) and index.
Originally published: [United States] : Bowstring Books, c2002.
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