Your implication is that rather than independently evaluate the facts as best you can, you, instead, decide whom to trust. Apparently, you believe the sources with a vested interest in keeping the price of gold down over those who have a vested interest in moving the price up. So a 119 page report, containing substantial research on the GATA site, can just be dismissed, unread.
As someone with no axe to grind, I feel the weight of evidence is on the side of manipulation. But I will look at the opposite side. Can you point me to ANY source that supports the unfettered market theory? Or are we supposed to just take it for granted because that side just ignores the allegation. I guess those accused of manipulation recognize that their power, clout, prestige, and special privilege will protect them. They expect that their silence, alone, says, to the believing public "How can anyone think we would even consider manipulating the markets". If they were forced to say it overtly, it might sound more like OJ's lament ("How can anybody think that I would harm Nicole!!!")