Daily Dispatches

1:52p ET Saturday, February 3, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to GATA member A.W. for translating from
German this great article just published in the
Swiss financial magazine Cash.

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

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WHO HAS THEIR GOLDFINGERS IN THE PIE?

The gold price has fallen for years. A conspiracy
theory accuses world central and fat-cat banks of

By Edward West
South Africa Business Report
www.busrep.co.za
February 02 2001

Cape Town - De Beers' share price rocketed 17,37 percent, or R44,40,
to close at a new 12-month high of R300 yesterday on the surprise
news that Anglo American had made a takeover bid for the diamond
group.

The proposed deal could unlock potential in De Beers and dismantle a
complicated series of cross-holdings with Anglo American, the mining

10p ET Wednesday, January 31, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In the last week GATA has received a couple
of contributions by bank wire, one from
Britain and one from Switzerland. We never
get a full name and address on such
contributions even as we would like to
acknowledge them formally, so if the donors
would contact me at GATAComm@aol.com, I'd
appreciate it.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

2:30p ET Thursday, February 1, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

I just talked with GATA Chairman Bill Murphy in
Johannesburg. He reports the following:

* He spent more than two hours at dinner last night
with the king of the Zulus, who was sympathetic and
helpful.

* He was interviewed for three minutes this morning
on a national television news program that was seen
throughout the country. Later in the day he visited a