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To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (4307)	3/15/1999 8:22:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 80994

Entire EU Executive Quits In Fraud Scandal BRUSSELS (Reuters) - All 20 members of the European Union's Executive Commission resigned Tuesday after a scathing independent report into fraud and cronyism. The unprecedented move risks plunging the 15-nation EU into political crisis just weeks after the launch of the euro single currency and days before EU leaders meet to take key decisions on reforming the bloc's finances ahead of an ambitious expansion into Eastern Europe. prodigy.excite.com I'm surprised this hasn't been posted here yet. Any thoughts on how the Euro will fair against the dollar tomorrow? What ramifications will that have for gold? Regards, Ron

To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (4307)	3/15/1999 8:24:00 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80994

The issue reminds me of the Andrew Jackson dismanting of the First National Bank. It was also this quasi private "Govt." institution (our US gold reserves were stored there) which did do some good things like stimulate economic progress, however it was too powerful a force and its continued existence always held the threat of becoming a de facto fourth branch of government entirely out of the control of the public at large. We were better rid of it then.

To: ForYourEyesOnly who wrote (4307)	3/18/1999 8:16:00 PM
From: Bill Murphy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 80994

THC, King of the Hill Scrounge. Master of the game. Any suggestions. We are moving fast here. Here is attached a revised copy of the letter I sent to Jim Saxton this morning. What we need, guys, is a complete email/fax listing of all members of both the house and senate committees which will review the IMF gold sale. And we need it QUICK before these guys cut a deal and it's too late. Then we need a press release to the effect that it's (political words) a cynical fraud perpetrated upon the world's poor people by Goldman Sachs and the other evil Wall Street greedmonger running dog capitalist pigs. Just a precedent for the blatant robbery of public assets by greedy politicians. Link Rubin >> Goldman Sachs >> Democratic party contributions by Goldman (something like 400K last quarter - article this week in WSJ). I love this. It's a real chance to cut Clinton/Rubin off at the pass and get audited. Regards, Mike