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To: John Hunt who wrote (39001)	8/14/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: hunchback	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116906

An interview of Bill Fleckenstein on Dave Allman's Wallstreet Uncut wallstreetuncut.com *** If you want to only listen to the gold and silver comments, skip to the last 6 minutes. : ) hunchback

To: John Hunt who wrote (39001)	8/14/1999 9:33:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116906

<<Depending on the status of the banking system, we are prepared to deal in gold and silver coins for purchases. The normal $30 registration of Doorway will be priced at 1/10 oz of gold or 6 oz of silver. We will have the ability to make change for hard money. TriMark Engineering >> WOW!!!

To: John Hunt who wrote (39001)	8/14/1999 10:13:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116906

Fort Know web site: 147.238.100.101 Hear the music with your eyes closed, & see in your minds eye, Custer under fire. Has something more been lost since George heard the the song? THE GOLD VAULT No one can hear the words "Fort Knox" and not think of GOLD! The famed Fort Knox Bullion Depository is a frequently visited, well-loved landmark. A large amount of the gold stock of the United States is stored in the Depository's Gold Vault. The gold is in the form of standard mint bars of almost pure gold, or coin gold bars resulting from the melting of gold coins. These bars are about the size of an ordinary building brick and contain approximately 400 troy ounces of gold. Each bar is valued at almost $17,000 and weighs approximately 27 1/2 pounds. The vault is well protected. Each corner of the structure houses four guard boxes. Sentry boxes are located at the entrance of the gate. A driveway encircles the building and a steel fence marks the boundaries of the site. The Depository is headed by a Chief of the U.S. Mint Police who is responsible for ensuring the security of the gold. The police force is composed of people selected from various government agencies or recruited from Civil Service registers. They are supported by units from the U.S. Army Armor Center at Fort Knox <http://147.238.100.101/>. fkfcu.org

To: John Hunt who wrote (39001)	8/15/1999 2:16:00 AM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116906

China's local garrison in Hong Kong on alert over tensions with Taiwan Copyright ¸ 1999 Nando Media Copyright ¸ 1999 Reuters News Service From Time to Time: Nando's in-depth look at the 20th century. HONG KONG (August 14, 1999 9:34 p.m. EDT nandotimes.com) - The independent Sunday Morning Post newspaper said China's People's Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong has been put on alert because of rising tensions between mainland China and Taiwan. "The 1,000 soldiers, sailors and air crew guarding the SAR (special administrative region of Hong Kong) were said to have been placed on the third level of alert, the lowest of three rankings," the Post said under a banner front-page headline. Citing a well-informed source, it said the third level alert meant helicopter gunships and missile boats had been placed on 24-hour readiness and holiday leave for soldiers and officers had been canceled. No one was available at the PLA garrison in Hong Kong for an immediate comment of the report. The Post's source also said there was evidence electronic warfare units and equipment had been moved from inland regions of China into position near Xiamen in Fujian province, facing Taiwan. It said this was a sign of growing preparedness for possible military action by Beijing. PLA troops in Hong Kong were not equipped to participate in a large-scale military offensive, the Post source said. Hong Kong's level of alert was in line with its status as part of China's neighboring Guangzhou military region, which is on a similar level of alert, the source said. Tensions between China and Taiwan have risen dramatically since Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui said on July 9 that relations between Beijing and Taipei should be on a "special state-to-state basis." China interpreted this as Taiwan moving closer to declaring independence and abandoning the "one China" policy which has guided relations between Beijing and Taipei for decades. Beijing regards Taiwan, where Nationalist forces retreated in 1949 after losing a civil war to the communists, as a renegade province and has said a declaration of independence would mean prompt military action by China. A Beijing-funded newspaper in Hong Kong said on Friday a military conflict between China and Taiwan could erupt at any moment. Taiwan's defense ministry said last week it did not believe an increase in military activity by Communist China would lead to an attack on the island over its demand to be treated as an equal. The ministry also accused Beijing of using Hong Kong media to spread news of its combat readiness and military drills to wage psychological warfare against the island. PLA troops marched into Hong Kong hours after Britain handed back the territory of 6.8 million people to China in July 1997, ending 156 years of colonial rule. Hong Kong was granted a large degree of autonomy for 50 years but defense and foreign matters are under Beijing's control.