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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
So, given the almost complete lack of reasons to move the gold, why would anyone have even considered it as a possibility?
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It may be something as simple as because there were Continuation of Government plans that mandated moving the gold when a certain trigger point was reached. One of those trigger points may have been the first use of nuclear weapons (i.e. in July 1997). By reading the books we have the benefit of knowing that there was no immediate escalation, but the leaders of the US Government in such a situation would not have had that luxury - for all they knew the nuclear exchange could spread to the US in days (if not hours).
In other words, when events elsewhere mean that a certain box gets ticked, the plan kicks in as a precautionary measure. I do agree that the chances of any such box being ticked prior to July 1997 are quite slim, but after that who knows what emergency plans might be implemented?