Recorded May 1, 2005REALAUDIOIn November of 2004, author and investigator Iris Chang was found dead of an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound. This program examines the circumstances surrounding her death. Ms. Chang was researching a book chronicling the experiences of survivors of the Bataan Death March—the brutal persecution of American POW’s captured in the siege of [...]
Norbert Schlei, former assistant attorney general under JFK, attempted to redeem Japanese government bonds issued against the M-Fund, a slush fund from Japanese loot from WWII.
Recorded March 21, 2004
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Pursuing the subject of the fabulous amount of wealth stolen by the Japanese during World War II under Golden Lily (the formal name of the Japanese looting program), this broadcast supplements discussion presented in FTR#’s 290, 426, 427, 428, 446. Having secreted over $100-billion (in 1940’s dollars) worth of precious metals and [...]
” . . . this program highlights the profound corporate connections between American financial and industrial institutions and . . . the giant family trusts that controlled Japan. . . .”
The post-war Japanese economy is inextricably linked with the flight capital program set up by Koichi Kido, Hirohito’s principal assistant.
Looking Back from 1984 Int’l fascism as reaction to early 20th century socialist movements; U.S. industrial and financial support for Hitler. Read more »