Lusitania conspiracy

[Michael Cundiff]

Hello:

Today while doing research at Carson City's public library I inadvertently stumbled upon a book..."Conspiracy Theories in American History".

Lo and behold...Lusitania, Sinking of...

David Holloway writes in part:

"As well as the cause of the second explosion, one furtur aspect of the Lusitania conspiracy remains unresolved. In the aftermath of the sinking, early accounts estimated that the liner had taken to the bottom of the sea several thousand dollars in cash. By 1922 these estimates had been revised, with some commentators valuing the ship's cargo at $5-6 million, much of it in gold. During the 1950s
the activities of the salvage company Rizdon Beezley around the wreck revived suspicions of Churchill's involvement in the disaster, with allegations that Churchill had commissioned the company to remove evidence of contraband from the wreck. To this day, no convincing explanation has been offered as to why the Lusitania would have been carrying millions of dollars of gold into a war zone."

(You may interested to know that TITANIC is not included in either Vol. 1 or 2 of this ABC-CLIO publication.)

Michael Cundiff
USA

 

[David marbeck]

what a load of crap!!!!!!!!

 

[Michael H. Standart]

What a lod of **** indeed, but I suspect that Mr. Halloway may not know why. It was quite common for liners to be carrying gold specie in security rooms and it was an essential part of business between banks in a day and age when transfers of numbers by electronic means was little more then a pipe dream.

For obvious reasons of security, this wasn't the sort of thing that was widely advertised much less put on a published manifest. Far from being unexplained, the presence of bullion or specie would be all too mundane.

 

[Michael Cundiff]

Perhaps Mr. Marbeck could expand furthur on his load of c..p thesis???

Michael Cundiff
U.S.A.