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To: long-gone who wrote (62157)	12/21/2000 2:49:43 PM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116938

From your previous posts I suppose you expect the last blow off to occur sometime in January or February 2001? Let's see if I am right: at the tail end of February 2001, there will be a big sell off leaving lotsa investors/speculators very confused.

To: long-gone who wrote (62157)	7/26/2001 7:54:40 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116938

re: Swiss Central Bank Studies Holocaust Gold Dealings Vatican Accused Of Nazi Era Cover-Up By Rory Carroll in Genoa The Guardian - London 7-25-1 The Vatican was accused of a cover-up yesterday when its refusal to open Nazi-era archives prompted a panel of Catholic and Jewish historians to suspend an investigation into the church's role in the Holocaust. The five scholars, appointed by the Vatican and Jewish groups in 1999, said a final report could not be submitted because they were denied access to documents about the wartime pope, Pius XII. They called a halt after the Vatican rebuffed a request for unpublished material dating from 1923 because of "technical reasons". The investigation had to be abandoned because that material was needed to fill in gaps about the church's role during the Nazi extermination of the Jews, said the panel. In a letter to the Vatican it said: "We therefore cannot see a way forward at present to the final report that you request, and believe that we must suspend our work." The decision will revive suspicion that the archives contain a smoking gun which proves Pius XII was an anti-semite who ignored evidence of massacres. Controversy over Puis XII has strained Jewish-Catholic relations for decades, a tension which was supposed to be resolved by the panel. That it has backfired so spectacularly will embarrass Pope John Paul II, who has made reconciliation with Jews a leitmotif of his reign. Lord Janner, the former MP Greville Janner, who is chairman of the Holocaust Education Trust, said: "This is a sad and unworthy decision and especially surprising because this pope has done more than any other to foster good relations between the Jewish and Muslim religions. "To refuse to reveal documents from the Nazi period for 'technical reasons' suggests that they wish to hide the truth, which is totally unacceptable." Some scholars said the Vatican's explanation was plausible since there were only two archivists to catalogue an estimated 3m documents relating to Pius XII. "It's not a question of whether the documents will be released. It's all a matter of time," said Eugene Fisher, a panel coordinator. However, others suspected access was blocked by a cabal led by the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. "If you open up Pius, you set a precedent for a whole range of other investigations - for example the church's relationship with Latin American dictators. "Don't forget that Sodano was the papal nuncio during the Pinochet regime," said Alberto Melloni, a historian of the church. Conservative cardinals who opposed last year's historic papal apology for wrongs committed in the church's name would also have opposed granting access, said Prof Melloni. "The irony is that I don't think there is a smoking gun. Pius has been oversimplified and made the monster of the Shoah (Holocaust)." John Paul would like to beatify his predecessor but has hesitated because of the harm it would do to Jewish relations. The panel was appointed to study 11 wartime volumes, which were made available, but the panel said it needed wider access to conduct a full investigation. A preliminary report released last October said Pius XII engaged in futile diplomacy but neither condemned nor praised. A Vatican spokesman said an official response to the panel's suspension may be given today. One source close to the archive expressed resentment at the panel, saying it was never promised access. Most western democracies would also refuse access at this stage since some of the people mentioned were still alive. The source also accused the panellists of losing the trust of the Vatican by bickering between themselves, struggling with Italian and leaking information to the press. "Would you trust such people?" Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2001 guardian.co.uk