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New treasury secretary seems inclined against bailouts

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:13p ET Wednesday, February 14, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There's an important new article at The Mining
Web about gold consumption and the short position
in gold, written by Tim Wood. You can find it
here:

a href=http://www.mips1.net/MGGold.nsf/Current/4225685F0043D1B2852569F3007384ht...
5F?OpenDocument

Criticism of GATA in South Africa Business Report, but don''t worry

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:40p ET Friday, February 16, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

We at GATA would like to think that the following story
from the Financial Times indicates that the new U.S.
administration's international economic policy will
differ from its predecessor's in regard to bailing out
Wall Street and its clients, including the gold cartel.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

GATA chairman''s full report on his visit to South Africa

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:45p ET Thursday, February 15, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The old politician said that quot;there's no such thing as
bad publicity.quot; He might have been wrong, but at this
stage of GATA's work, we figure that he's right, so we
will take the following critical commentary from South
Africa Business Report as a compliment to the
effectiveness of the recent trip to South Africa of

Important article about gold consumption and short position

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Reginald H. Howe
www.goldensextant.com
February 12, 2001

Not until 80 years after the war began did Thomas Pakenham publish
his authoritative history, quot;The Boer Warquot; (Weidenfeld amp;
Nicholson, 1979; Abacus paperback edition, 1992, reprinted 2000, to
which all page cites refer). Relying on material largely unavailable
earlier, Pakenham emphasizes at the outset that he uncovered four new

Murphy''s report on meetings with miners union, Reserve Bank

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:55p ET Saturday, February 10, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA member Mark Lundeen has written an
essay on the prospects for gold
confiscation. You can find it at Gold-
Eagle:

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CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

South African gold is still prey for the British lion

Section: Daily Dispatches

Johannesburg, South Africa / Monday, February 12, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Today went extremely well.

First I met with the National Union of Mineworkers. Attending were
Mr. S. Zokwana, president: G. Mantashe, generalsSecretary; A. Palane,
deputy general secretary: and Gino Govender, co-ordinator of the
union's strategy unit.

Then, I headed off to Pretoria and a meeting in the board room at the

A letter from Johannesburg from GATA Chairman Bill Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:44p ET Thursday, February 8, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Congratulations to our friends and supporters
at www.Gold-Eagle.com and to the proprietors,
Messrs. Vronsky and Westerman, on the occasion
of that Internet site's reporting this week its
24 millionth visitor.

Despite the suppression of the gold price, there
is clearly growing interest in Gold-Eagle and
other gold-oriented Internet sites. People are

Article on prospects for gold confiscation

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Saturday, February 10, 2001

-- Johannesburg, South Africa.

My meeting yesterday with Ms. Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka,
South Africa's minister for mines and energy, went very
well. Attending the meeting was Thabo Mafoko of the
Department of Minerals and Energy International
Relations. Ms. Ngcuka left directly from our breakfast
meeting to take her seat in Parliament to hear the

GATA visit in South Africa extended; Afrikaans paper has big article

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:58a ET Wednesday, February 7, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

News from GATA Chairman Bill Murphy at the Indaba
2001 mining conference in Cape Town....

-- He has an appointment with South Africa's mining
minister.

-- He will be interviewed on a South African
Broadcasting Co. national radio program Thursday.

-- He had a good meeting with top officials of
Harmony Gold.

-- Gold Fields has posted at its Internet site the

24 millionth visitor signifies growing interest in gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:20p ET Thursday, February 8, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be extending his stay in
South Africa by a few days to accommodate the many
requests he has received for meetings with participants
in the gold industry there.

Those meetings include the South African mining
minister and the president of the National Union of
Mineworkers. The union president told Murphy that the

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