Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
London Telegraph
January 7, 2002

BRUSSELS -- The Chinese government gave the euro its
much-coveted seal of approval yesterday, announcing that
it would switch part of its vast dollar reserves into the
world's emerging quot;reserve currency.quot;

Chinese finance minister Xiang Huaicheng said the flawless
launch of notes and coins had swept away the lingering doubts

12:24p ET Monday, January 7, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The U.S. television network C-SPAN2 is broadcasting today's
conference on the Federal Reserve, quot;The Federal Reserve:
Myth vs. Reality,quot; sponsored by the Ralph Nader group, the
Center for the Study of Responsive Law. There is a brief
interruption in the proceedings at this moment as lunch is
being served, but the network promises to broadcast the

5:54p ET Monday, January 7, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's the CBSMarketWatch.com report about the
Nader-sponsored conference on the Federal Reserve
held at the Washington Press Club today. If you
caught the proceedings on C-SPAN2, you might have
seen GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, who was shown
asking a question of the Washington editor of
Barron's, Jim McTague. Another delightful moment

12:39p ET Saturday, January 5, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Ralph Nader's latest newspaper column, appended
here, describes the conference he has called for
Monday in Washington about the work of the Federal
Reserve. GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will attend and
call attention to the Fed's role in surreptitiously
suppressing the gold price.

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