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were deeply involved in the American Civil War for purposes of their own. Withou Russia's intervention, the outcome of the War could have been quite different.

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Montagu Norman (above) was head of the

Bank of England during the first years of the

Federal Reserve. He is shown here in 1931

aboard the Duchess of York at Southampton.

Norman frequently traveled to the U.S. to

meet in secret with Benjamin Strong, head of

the Federal Reserve. Strong agreed to use the

Federal Reserve System to unofficially help

Great Britain meet its financial obligations, and

billions of dollars subsequently flowed from

the U.S. It was that outflow that set the stage

for America's great depression of the 1930's.

William Wentworth (right) met Norman

aboard ship in 1929. Norman told him in

confidence that there soon was going to be a

'shake-out' in the U.S. financial markets. The stock-market crashed just a few months later.

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John D. Rockefeller, Sr., is shown here a;ving a dime to a child, while an admiri') crowd looks on. This was one of his favorite publicity stunts. It was conceived by N

public-relations staff as a means of offsetting adverse publicity regarding his busine-'

dealings. Large-scale philanthropy was an extension of that same technique.

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John D. Rockefeller, III (right) presents a check in the amount of $8,500,000 to Trygve Lie, First Secretary-General of the United Nations. The date is March 25, 1947. The money is for buying the land on Manhattan Island which will house the UN

building. Through the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Rockefellers have been in the forefront of the drive for a world government which is to be built upon the principles of socialism and feudalism. They have no doubt that they and their counterparts in other countries will be in control.

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William Jennings Bryan (left) was one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. He opposed the Federal Reserve Act because it would privately issue money rather than through the government. He was fooled into supporting the bill when phony compromises were made which gave the appearance of public control and government issue but which, in fact, did neither. Bryan was also rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of State. He became disillusioned by the duplicity of his own government and resigned after Wilson failed to warn the public that the Lusitania was carrying munitions. He complained that it was 'like putting women and children in front of an army.'

Alan Greenspan (above), was an eloquent spokesman for the gold standard and a critic of the System's subservience to the banking cartel. That was in 1966.

After he became a director of J.P. Morgan & Company and was appointed i Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1987, he became silent on these issues and did nothing to anger the Creature he now served. Like Bryan, even the best of men can be corrupted by the rewards of politics.