GERMAN GOLD HOARD
TO BE HELD IN TRUST BY U.S. Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, April 9. The Secretary of State Mr. Stet tinius, stated that the United States Army will hold in custody the trerman gold, currency and art treasures captured in the German salt mine at Merkers until final disposition is made by the Allied Control Commission for Germany. . Third Army engineers blew a hole through a brick wall in the Merkers salt mine, revealing the 100 tons of Reichsbank gold, says the British United Press correspondent. A Reichsbank official, WernerVieck, who superintended the sealing up of the bullion, was present when it was reopened. He said. J. am convinced that is all the Reichsbank's gold." . The correspondent, who personally examined the treasure, describes row after row of grey sacks liKe flour bags, each containing two gold bricks of 201b to 501b. There was also row upon row of sacks contain ing both metal and paper currency from various countries.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 84, 10 April 1945, Page 5
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