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A Report on the Bank of Canada's Handling of Foreign Gold During World War II
出版Bank of Canada, 1997
主題Business & Economics / Banks & BankingHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
ISBN06622632199780662263210
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YIQdPAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋A document retrieved by World Jewish Congress researchers in Washington gave rise to the allegation that the Bank of Canada had been party, by means of paper transfer, to a complex gold transfer involving six tons of gold shuffled between Switzerland and Portugal in 1942. Later in the war, the document alleged, this same gold became part of a second questionable swap between Portugal and Sweden with Canada's central bank again playing the role of intermediary. The Canadian Jewish Congress echoed the opinion of the World Jewish Congress that the gold transfers involving the Bank looked like a classic money-laundering operation. The Canadian Jewish Congress therefore asked the Bank to undertake an investigation to ascertain its involvement in these transactions. The Bank immediately acquiesced, announcing not only that a thorough internal investigation would be undertaken but also that an outside historian would be asked to complete an independent analysis of the Bank's role in the wartime movement of gold. This is the report of that investigation. It reviews all documents related to gold transactions during the period from the founding of the Bank of Canada in 1935 through 1950, as well as documents from the Department of Finance & other departments and the European banks involved in the transactions. The investigation responds to public concern about possible Bank of Canada involvement in transactions related to looted Nazi gold during and after the Second World War.