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1p CT Thursday, August 2, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Brien F. Lundin, president and CEO of the New Orleans
Investment Conference and Jim Blanchard's Gold
Newsletter, is making a special effort to support the
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee.

This conference is always impressive, and this year's
will be held from Wednesday, Nov. 28, through Sunday,
Dec. 2, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel -- which is an
especially fun spot as winter arrives in the northern
climes.

The fee for early registration $595. This includes hotel
accommodations, and Brien will make a significant donation
to GATA for all registrants who mention that they are GATA
supporters. Further information on the conference may be
obtained on the Internet here:

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On Thursday evening, Nov. 29, I will attend, along
with GATA Secretary/Treasurer Chris Powell, a private
reception for GATA supporters. Chris and I look forward
to meeting as many of you as possible. I hope that, by
then we'll be celebrating our victory over the Gold Cartel!

The 2001 New Orleans Investment Conference will
include:

* A special presentation by Barbara Bush, former first
lady, first mother, and America's most respected woman,
Barbara Bush will provide insights into both Bush
administrations.

* CNBC's popular firebrand Chris Matthews, host of
quot;Hardball.quot; He should be most entertaining.

* Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, one of the world's
most acclaimed economists. He is not to be missed.

* Top-rated commentator John Stossel, who will speak
about how Washington and the media elite are chipping
away at our freedoms.

* Renowned economist Alan Sinai, who will give his views
on the economy and the markets.

There will be many more speakers you have followed or
read about. The complete list will be furnished over the
coming weeks.

A special feature of the conference will be the quot;The Golden
Bullpen,quot; and it is being described this way:

quot;Do you believe there is a conspiracy against gold? Have
thousands of tonnes of central bank gold reserves been
loaned out to gold producers and hedge funds? Are the
world's central banks and major bullion banks keeping gold
corralled to prevent a massive, short-covering rally? We've
lined up the foremost experts in the world on this subject to
outline the facts.

quot;-- James Turk: editor of the Freemarket Gold amp; Money Report,
James Turk will discuss how dishoarding by European central
banks has caused gold's role as money to be questioned,
and address whether gold's 5,000-year history as a monetary
institution is about to end, or is on the verge of a renaissance.

quot;-- Frank Veneroso: An economic consultant to governments,
central banks, and corporations, Frank Veneroso has done
research on gold that has appeared in numerous publications,
including Forbes and International Economy. Veneroso believes
we will soon see a halt to central bank gold sales and that
supply and demand factors then will take over, resulting in a
much higher gold price

quot;-- Bill Murphy. Murphy, chairman of the Gold Anti-Trust
Action Committee (GATA), has an extensive commodities
and futures background with some of the most well-known
Wall Street firms. Those firms probably wish they'd never
heard of him now, because Murphy has since compiled a
vast body of evidence implicating some of them in what he
says is a scheme to manipulate the price of gold.

quot;Most importantly, Messrs. Murphy, Veneroso, and Turk will
present evidence that this scheme is about to spin out of
control, sending gold to more than $600 an ounce. They will
reveal some of their most powerful, never-before-published
evidence in these exclusive sessions.quot;

GATA supporters from Austria, Kenya, Canada, and South
Africa have already told me that they are coming to the
New Orleans Investment Conference. The event should be
most informative and most fun.

To rserve a spot for the New Orleans 2001 Investment
Conference, to be held Nov. 28-Dec. 1, telephone
1-800-648-8411 or 504-837-3033, and BE SURE TO
MENTION THAT YOU ARE A GATA SUPPORTER. The
early registration rate of $595 will be available for a
limited time, so it will be better if you call soon.

BILL MURPHY, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee