4:10p ET Monday, April 2, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The Russian news agency Interfax today reported interest in GATA among Russian gold producers. Its story is appended here. GATA came to solicit support in Russia only recently, and some Americans have been critical of this, assuming that Russia's hostility toward the United States remains from the Cold War. But Russia and the United States are no longer enemies. And Russia is just like all the other developing countries GATA has sought to help in their need to exploit their natural resources and get fair prices for them. If it isn't quite dead, Russian imperialism is a far cry from what it once was. But Wall Street's imperialism is as rapacious as ever. So greetings to our Russian friends. We'll be talking with them soon and will invite them to the GATA African Gold Summit in Durban, South Africa, next month. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc. * * * Russian producers may join Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee MOSCOW, April 2 (Interfax) -- The Russian Union of Gold Producers is considering joining the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), an organization set up in the United States in 1999 fight the manipulation of world gold prices. Union chairman Valery Braiko told Interfax that "if union members understand that the committee can raise the price of gold on the world market, the union will join it." GATA's website states that the committee was set up "to advocate and undertake litigation against illegal collusion to control the price and supply of certain financial securities, particularly securities involving gold." The committee aims to bring the gold price up to $600 per troy ounce from the current average of about $260. -END- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> <FONT COLOR="#000099">Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! </FONT><A HREF="http://us.click.yahoo.com/03IJGA/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/WyOVlB/TM"><B>Click Here!</B></A> ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
