Posted on 11/22/2014 7:51:19 AM PST by alexmark1917
I found it very suspect that our King plus a huge trade delegation visited Japan a day before Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda announced the new extreme surprise round of stimulus.
Gold Repatriation Stunner: Dutch Central Bank Secretly Withdrew 122 Tons Of Gold From The New York Fed
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-21/gold-repatriation-stunner-dutch-central-bank-secretly-withdrew-122-tons-gold-new-yor
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The impact of the Dutch gold repatriation can be huge. First of all, because it underlines more and more countries are getting nervous about their gold reserves stored in the US. Venezuela repatriated most of its reserves from abroad in 2012, the year Germany also announced a repatriation schedule from the US and France. While Germany settled with the US to ship 300 tonnes spread over 8 years, the Dutch set a new trend to insist on immediate delivery. If more counties will follow there can be a global run on gold.
https://www.bullionstar.com/blog/koos-jansen/the-netherlands-has-repatriated-122-5t-gold-from-us/
In addition to this: this week it also came out that the Dutch government has been taking preparations for returning to the guilder, and closely cooperated with Germany about this as well. Reuters did report on this, as did EU Observer:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/…
http://euobserver.com/news/126…
Beside Reuters and EUObserver, I can’t find hardly any coverage on this outside The Netherlands, except for one article in German, which appears to be based on the NRC article below:
http://diepresse.com/home/poli…
In The Netherlands, this was widely reported by many main stream newspapers as well as the national radio news bulletins. Like for example the NRC:
http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2014/…
The source of this story is an interview with former Finance Minister Jan-Kees De Jager in a TV program:
http://omroep.human.nl/medialo…
A translation of the NRC article, which contains quite a lot more detail than the Reuters coverage, especially with regards to Germany being involved:
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“Government had scenario ready for return to guilder”
by Eva de Valk.
INTERIOR During the height of the euro crisis in 2012, the Dutch government prepared a scenario to bring back the guilder as the Dutch currency.
This is reported by the TV program Argos Medialogica from the public broadcasters Human and VPRO, based on their own research. A special multidisciplinary team of, amongst others lawyers, foreign specialists and economists, discussed the secret emergency scenarios at the Ministry of Finance, according to a press release from Argos Medialogica. For the worst case a scenario ‘Florin’ was ready: a return to the guilder if the euro would fall.
The television program bases its findings on anonymous sources around the Ministry of Finance. A spokesman for the ministry conforms nor denies the existence of the ‘Florin’ scenario to Argos Medialogica. “We took every possibility into account, but aimed for a recovery of the euro,” the spokesman said.
UPDATE 14:36: Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem confirms to RTLZ that the government has indeed prepared for a return to the guilder at the height of the euro crisis. According to Dijsselbloem it was not possible to speak openly about this at the time, because it could cause panic on the financial markets. “So you prepare yourself, but you do not make it known. Very wise. ”
DE JAGER: NETHERLANDS COLLABORATED WITH GERMANY
Former Minister Jan Kees de Jager confirms that different scenarios were investigated. De Jager to Argos Medialogica:
“The team usually arrived at Friday afternoon after the regular cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Finance, but could also be quickly available if we had to make a decision.”
According to De Jager there was close cooperation with Germany regarding the preparation of scenarios:
“The fact that several scenarios were discussed in Europe was very scary already to some countries. They did not do that, remarkably. We were one of the few countries, along with Germany. We even also had a team together which discussed scenarios, Germany-The Netherlands.”
Also, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) thought about returning to the guilder in 2012. In March of this year, President Klaas Knot said in the TV program College Tour: “There have been times then when when we started thinking about such scenarios within the bank and started making preparations. I never want to end up in that again.”
The episode about the financial crisis of Argos Medialogica is broadcasted tonight at 23:00 on NPO 2. Watch the trailer:
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Very interesting detail from the Bloomberg coverage:
“When asked about Germany, Dijsselbloem said he couldn’t say whether that country’s government had made similar preparations.”
Apparantly Dijsselbloem forgot to consult De Jager about this….
It is remarkable that this data all comes out just a week before the Swiss referendum, including the statement of the Luxembourg ECB board member that the ECB should consider buying gold. Jim Willie has said a long time that Germany will sooner or later switch over to the Sino-Russian camp, because of their dependence on Russian gas and oil. And of course they remember very well what happened during the Weimar period and they are certainly not amused about the US spying on them.
So, now we have confirmation that Germany and The Netherlands have been preparing for the return of guilder / deutschmark AND both countries have been repatriating gold.
Of course, if there was close cooperation between Germany and The Netherlands in 2012, it is not far fetched to assume a “Nordic Euro” scenario, which might include Finland and Austria, was also on the table. Given that Russia and China are actively hoarding gold, one gets the impression that the current “worst case” scenario would include a (partially) gold backed “Nordic Euro” and/or and extended “BRICS currency” scenario. Given the Swiss plan to back their currency with 20% gold, this might also be a good indicator for what The Netherlands and Germany and possibly the BRICS are aiming for in the near future. After all, these kinds of numbers are chosen after careful considerations and consultations.
This is sure getting more interesting by the hour. :)
“Man Who Telegraphed Dutch Repatriation Says U.S. Gold Gone”
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/11/21_Man_Who_Telegraphed_Dutch_Repatriation_Says_U.S._Gold_Gone.html
“..greyerz..nearly one month before today’s public disclosure about the Dutch repatriation: “We have heard from one very reliable source that repatriation of gold is secretly taking place at this moment from the USA to Europe..”
yeh out the us into switzland and london and straight to china
“Harvey Organ- By December Whole Thing Going to Collapse”-
“..Organ says when China and Russia disclose the true amount of gold they hold, there will be a price spike never before seen in the history of the world. Organ says, ‘You will see that you will go to sleep at night, and you will wake up the next morning and see gold bidding at $3,000 per ounce, and there will be no offer, and it will rise by $500 a day. It will come in 2014. They are running out, they don’t have it.’ ..”
...intelesting...
No more "If" just a "When".
From my point of view, it looks much like one of the huge domino displays. There are so many different things that appear to be set up to fail, both here in the U.S. and abroad.
The only question for me now is which domino goes first... and when.
At $1200 an ounce that's less than $5 billion dollars.
Chump change, Fedzilla goes through that much twice a day ... printing it as they go.
Good thing Hillary and Obama got all that Libyan gold for us.
Too bad they don’t know enough like the Japs, that they need to kick the mooseslimes to the curb and not allow shrines to satan on their shores.
I no longer give a ****.
I have to admit, it doesn’t make much difference one way or another.
Invest in heavy metals: gold, silver, lead, steel, copper. (You can buy the last three in a special combination package.)
We got Ukraine’s gold too and the people aren’t too happy about it.
but stupid.
lol
Black hole sun. Won’t you come.
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