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An Internet petition to clarify U.S. policy on gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

11p ET Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Given the interest in the statement by the seemingly
flummoxed counsel to the Federal Reserve that he can't
remember talking about quot;gold swapsquot; and must have been
misquoted by his own agency, you might want to read
the following exchange I had today on the bulletin
board at www.USAGold.com with that excellent Internet

AngloGold official complains of lack of support for World Gold Council

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:16p ET Friday, July 27, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA supporter Barrie Walsh of Halifax, Canada, who
has done heroic work for GATA, is at it again, as you'll
see below. Please consider signing his electronic
petition.

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

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July 27, 2001

Hello, friends of gold.

In an attempt to help out our cause, I have started a

GATA press release seeks answers on gold swaps

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:23p ET Monday, July 23, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Before passing along some comments by GATA
Chairman Bill Murphy about today's Dow Jones
Newswires story on the Federal Reserve's quot;we
don't rememberquot; response to Sen. Jim Bunning
in regard to U.S. government gold swaps, let
me note something important.

The Fed's response, and particularly the letter
from Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, could have

A great day for GATA and the cause of a free gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2001--Federal Reserve Chairman
Alan Greenspan and U.S. Treasury Secretary O'Neill continue to
evade questions asked of them by members of Congress, according
to Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Chairman Bill Murphy.
The questions include:

1) What are the quot;gold swapsquot; cited in the minutes of the January
31, 1995, meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee?

Notice to GATA supporters with America Online email addresses

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:18p ET Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

What a day for GATA and the cause of a free gold market!

* GATA's press release, written by GATA Chairman Bill
Murphy, calling attention to the failure of the Federal
Reserve and the Treasury Department to answer our recent
questions, received good distribution on the Internet,
including CBSMarketWatch.com.

* The Internet site www.TheMiningWeb.com posted a

How that strange statement from the Fed came about

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:51p ET Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA supporters on our e-mailing list who have
addresses at America Online have not received
GATA's dispatches for the last week or two, on
account of a technical problem at AOL. AOL has
acknowledged responsibility for the problem and
seems to have corrected it today, for which we
are grateful.

We urge our friends with AOL addresses to review

Federal Reserve lawyer can''t remember talking about gold swaps

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:22p ET Friday, July 20, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's the exact link for Reg Howe's latest
essay at his own Internet site. The version
at Reg's site shows the essay's Internet
links and chart better than our email of
earlier today did:

a href=http://www.goldensextant.com/commentary18.html#anchor12493http://www.gol...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

Fed could have denied gold swaps but didn''t

Section: Daily Dispatches

3:53p ET Monday, July 23, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A Federal Reserve lawyer's repudiation of his agency's
meeting minutes in regard to gold, publicized by GATA
yesterday, today was the subject of a major news story
distributed by Dow Jones Newswires. The story is
attached here. Thanks to the help of everyone who has
been writing to members of Congress and to journalists,
we just might be breaking through. Let's keep at it. The

Author Arthur Hailley appeals to Fox News'' O''Reilly to review gold issue

Section: Daily Dispatches

Thursday, July 19, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

If you would like America to know the real gold story,
please contact Bill O'Reilly at oreilly@foxnews.com.

GATA has just distributed around the United States
the press release attached here.

BILL MURPHY, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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GATA Challenges quot;O'Reilly Factorquot; Regarding
Treasury's Refusal to Answer Gold Questions

Author Arthur Hailey urges Fox''s O''Reilly to take up gold issue

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35a ET Friday, July 20, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The author Arthur Hailley, a longtime supporter of
GATA, has sent the letter below to Fox News'
Bill O'Reilly, and we couldn't be more grateful.

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

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July 19, 2001

Dear Bill:

Since your kindly and generous reference to me
on Page 139 of your book quot;The O'Reilly Factor,quot; I have

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