Forgotten History #2 - Gold Confiscation and the Creation of the ESF - 1934
On May 1, 1933, all holders of gold in the U.S., were required by Executive Order, to hand over their gold to the Federal Government at the exchange rate of $20.67 per Troy Ounce. People were allowed to keep $100 of gold coins, anything more would've been considered "hoarding" and punishable by fine, prison and confiscation.
The Federal Government then passed the Gold Reserve Act of 1934, which revalued the price of gold to $35 per Troy Ounce, netting themselves $2.3 Billion in the process. Confiscating gold and then revaluing it by $14.33 left them with a tidy profit, while also debasing the currency.
$2 Billion of the $2.3 Billion were funneled into the largest slush fund the world knew at the time, the Exchange Stabilization Fund. The ESF was created for the express purpose of foreign exchange intervention. Meaning that the ESF could buy and sell foreign currencies, with the intention of influencing Exchange Rates and protecting the dollar. That was the mandate, in reality, there were zero stipulations as to what the Treasury Secretary could do with these funds.
The Gold Reserve Act of 1934, which created the ESF, was worded in such a fashion, that Secretary of the Treasury had sole authority on what the fund could be used for and that the fund would be without oversight, even from the President. The funds' assets would not be taxed and the Treasury Secretary could not be compelled to open the fund to an audit.
As of 2009, the assets of the ESF were declared to be worth $105 Billion. This total was not based on an independent audit.
The ESF works through the trading desks of the New York Federal Reserve bank and remains very low profile, letting the NY Fed be it's public image. After the Gold Reserve Act was passed, the Federal Reserve Bank lost all of it's independence and was under the direct purview of the Treasury Department. All monetary decision making, foreign or domestic, was then run out of Treasury.
The ESF also funds the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, otherwise known as, the Plunge Protection Team. An arm of the Treasury that intercedes in stock markets, to ward off any unwanted valuation changes in systemically important markets. The PPT is often fingered when a particular segment of the market sells off and remarkably rebounds back to it's original prices.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that came out of the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, were the children of the ESF. The conference hosted 44 allied nations in New Hampshire, near the end of WWII, with the intent of stabilizing the world financial systems, post war. With the majority of funds coming from the ESF, the IMF and World Bank were formed.
That is the straight forward background of the ESF, but much reporting has been done on this clandestine slush fund, that shows that they have have had their hands in almost every global event since 1934. From propping up U.S. friendly Dictators to funding outright coups of foreign governments that were not friendly. The amount of money in the fund is essentially unknowable and it's reach, unstoppable.
This is how the Treasury describes the ESF's role:
The ESF can be used to purchase or sell foreign currencies, to hold U.S. foreign exchange and Special Drawing Rights (SDR) assets, and to provide financing to foreign governments. All operations of the ESF require the explicit authorization of the Secretary of the Treasury (“the Secretary”).
The Secretary is responsible for the formulation and implementation of U.S. international monetary and financial policy, including exchange market intervention policy. The ESF helps the Secretary to carry out these responsibilities. By law, the Secretary has considerable discretion in the use of ESF resources.
While reports of more nefarious activities continue to abound regarding the ESF's purpose.
It is impossible to understand the world today without knowing what the ESF is and what it has been doing. Officially in charge of defending the dollar, the ESF is the government agency which controls the New York Fed, runs the CIA’s black budget, and is the architect of the world’s monetary system (IMF, World Bank, etc).
ESF financing (through the OSS and then the CIA) built up the worldwide propaganda network which has so badly distorted history today (including erasing awareness of its existence from popular consciousness). It has been directly involved in virtually every major US fraud/scandal since its creation in 1934. The London gold pool, the Kennedy assassinations, Iran-Contra, CIA drug trafficking, HIV, and worse...
Take the time to watch the five part series done by Eric deCarbonnel, the series is in the ZeroHedge article sited below. He is the great-grandson of Frank Vanderlip, who was one of architects of the Federal Reserve System and a staunch opponent of the creation of the ESF.
This video series takes a very detailed approach to reveal a more sinister role that the ESF has played throughout it's history, all the way up to today. Take the time to listen to and read the whole trove of source material listed below, including Rob Kirby's interview with @sgtreport. Kirby believes that the ESF is likely valued in the trillions.
If the ESF claims that it's balance sheet is only valued, at roughly, $105 Billion, how was it able to loan AIG insurance $85 Billion, during the 2009 bailout?
Any public agency that acts in the shadows, shrouded in secrecy and answerable to no one, can rarely be acting in the best interests of the people it serves. The fund still exists today.
Had you heard of the Exchange Stabilization Fund before?
What are your thoughts on the activities of this nearly secret entity?
Should governments' have entities that are completely unaccountable for their activities?
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Thanks for bringing this dark information to light.
Something else your readers ought to be aware of:
"Executive Orders," as well as all statutes passed by the federal legislature must comply with the constitution to be of any effect on "the average citizen." Review the topic of "federal legislative jurisdiction." It is prima facie obvious that gold confiscation is in direct violation of the constitution, and I find it hard to believe that so many "complied."
These pieces of paper (statutes and E.Os.) may carry sway in federal territories, such as D.C. and military reservations, but not within the states. That is, if you believe that human governments have any special authority at all, which I do not.
The point is, had the common man realized that in 1933, he never would have forked over his gold.
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Nice point on Executive Orders. I think the ESF is little known.
You are right about that; I like to think I'm reasonably knowledgeable about history's dirty dealings, but I was not aware of the ESF myself.
I heard about the ESF thru Jim Willie and Rob Kirby a few years ago. Blew my mind.
Quite a few were arrested for continuing to deal in the metals. EO's mean something when there is a Police State enforcing the order.
Another way to put it this:
Law and morality mean less than nothing to the tyrannical state and its supporters.
Some people never forget... I even remember the Currency Act of 1793. Printing paper currency is a felony punishable by death!
Damn, @richq11, you do know your history. I get so riled up one I work on a topic like this.
Well, a few of us are paying attention! I'm not sure it will do any good in the long run though!
You may be right. Knowledge is power, except at a gun fight.
The Bankster Controlled Govt. Stole Our Gold and Devalued The USD by 69%. End The Fed. Or Better Yet....Invest In Crypto.
My question has always been, what do they do with all the money? It's a ludicrous amount of dough. So pointless. How many times over can you be a trillionaire? Nobody could spend it all.
Your right @bitcoinsky, invest in crypto!
BAM, mentioning and highlighting the exchange stabilization fund anywhere at all deserves recognition already but you went one step further and provided excellent sources and detailed explanation. You spreading the word is geatly appreciated! I'm telling you this as someone who debated GS and JPM street bankers on the AIG bailout in Irish pubs of Budapest in 2008 so I'm aware of the mountain inside and out you're attempting to climb here.
Thanks @peterschroeter for understanding the complexities of the hidden world that we live inside of. People need to know more than they currently do.
That sounds like an interesting set-up, Irish pub in Budapest, debating bankers.
Sent that post to 3k+ people on twitter as well, I'm all about waking up sheeps.
This is new to me...ESF. I will have to read more on this subject. Thanks.
Question: Where is Bigger Influence: Treasury vs. Federal Reserve ?
I did not know there was an actual 'organization' link between Treasury and Federal Reserve. Seemed like there should be, but the Federal Reserve is a Private Entity to my knowledge.
I'll need to learn more about Eric deCarbonnel, and Frank Vanderlip, who was one of architects of the Federal Reserve System and a staunch opponent of the creation of the ESF. I'm not sure how someone could architect the Fed and be opposed to this ESF, was it just that he didn't want ESF influence over the Fed?
I got more to learn. Thanks for this post.
It was more about the way the ESF was set-up that brought the complaints. No accountability, no restraint, all that power in the hands of the Treasury Secretary. Congress is supposed to hold the purse strings. Not even the President can tell Treasury what to do with the money. The videos at the end of the article will give you the detail you are looking for.
Treasury runs the Fed thru the ESF.
Thanks.
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