tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6190396801359167682..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Chiang's Gold: where is it?Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83009689456881277852009-11-21T21:30:45.687+08:002009-11-21T21:30:45.687+08:00This article, http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/li...This article, http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/listpopup.php?tid=265 , published after the death of Soong Mei-ling, describes a closet in her Gracie Square townhouse that was full of gold bars. Doubt she managed to fit seven whole tons in the cupboard (all loaded by herself, no doubt), but I'd bet that's probably where some of it went.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5760358180894366162009-11-21T00:08:47.502+08:002009-11-21T00:08:47.502+08:007 tons of gold at prevailing prices was about $5.6...7 tons of gold at prevailing prices was about $5.6m. For comparative purposes, US post-WWII aid to the Kuomintang was $750m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-60322758686278480932009-11-20T23:09:35.150+08:002009-11-20T23:09:35.150+08:00Maybe it is all buried in a booby-trapped mountain...Maybe it is all buried in a booby-trapped mountain in the Phillipines?<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon<br /><br />Also, I love that picture, but what does it have to do with the article?Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67775213429991749182009-11-20T20:37:50.646+08:002009-11-20T20:37:50.646+08:00Madame Chiang bought privte estate in Lattingtown,...Madame Chiang bought privte estate in Lattingtown, and Long Island in NY?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com