Daily Dispatches

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 (Reuters) -- Central bank
shareholders of the Bank for International Settlements
voted unanimously on Monday to buy back all shares from
private shareholders, ignoring threats of a legal
challenge.

The BIS, an international institution that serves as a
bank to central banks, stuck by a plan to pay 6,000
Swiss francs per share for the 72,648 shares, or 13.73
percent, of its total capital its member central banks

By Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
January 9, 2001

We have received tremendous feedback from Germany as a
result of the article in Der Spiegel about the
manipulation of the gold price and Reg Howe's lawsuit
against the Bank for International Settlements, bullion
banks, and U.S. government officials. The article has
created a stir in Germany.

GATA webmaster Geoff Barnes has displayed the Der

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11:16p EDT Saturday, January 6, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to GATA member Alex Wallenwein for this
translation of the story in Der Spiegel, the
major German news magazine, about our lawsuit
against the Bank for International Settlements
and the other conspirators against gold.

Societe Generale Follows Howe/GATA,
Files Fraud Lawsuit against BIS

By Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
January 6, 2001

Here's a story from Bloomberg News:

quot;New York, Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank for
International Settlements, which is controlled by 49 of
the world's largest banks, has been accused of scheming
to cheat investors as it moves to buy out public