Claims

Lansdale/OSS recovered part of a 176-trove, ~$1.2T Japanese gold hoard in the Philippines, placed in a BBH-run Geneva trust to fund covert ops

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Sheehan describes Gen. Yamashita burying 176 troves of Axis-looted gold in the Philippines (~$100B each), Ed Lansdale torturing Yamashita's driver and recovering 12 troves (~$1.2T at $32/oz), then Truman/McCarthy/MacArthur placing the gold in a Brown-Brothers-Harriman-run Geneva trust (International Credit Bank) to fund covert operations via gold certificates outside congressional appropriation.

Evidence

RelationRecordNote
corroboratesSourced by Sheehan (and popularly) to the Seagraves' Gold WarriorsFigures and the BBH-trust mechanism are unverifiable outside that one contested book; no primary record found

Sources

SourceRelationAt
Sheehan on Danny Jones (2024)asserts

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
OSSnamedStructural
Daniel SheehanspeakerStructural

Claim

Sheehan describes Gen. Yamashita burying 176 troves of Axis-looted gold in the Philippines (~$100B each), Ed Lansdale torturing Yamashita's driver and recovering 12 troves (~$1.2T at $32/oz), then Truman/McCarthy/MacArthur placing the gold in a Brown-Brothers-Harriman-run Geneva trust (International Credit Bank) to fund covert operations via gold certificates outside congressional appropriation.