Douglas - The CIA Covenant-Nazis in Washington - preterhuman.net

One of the Americans, who had some artistic abilities, posed as a landscape artist and spent someof his time conspicuously working in watercolors in areas easily observed by the curious. His fellowcountryman devoted a good deal of his time in courting various young women, who as often happens,came to the summer resort looking for remote and discreet romance far from permanent boyfriends,husbands or prying relatives. Both were reasonably successful and after two weeks of convincing the localresidents that they were indeed both artistic and lecherous, the group came together one night toconsolidate their strategy.The first dig was begun on Sunday, June 10, 1990 at 11:30 p.m. The area selected was just pastthe town of Neusach where the main road ended. It was about a kilometer past the end of the official roadand could easily be reached on foot.Armed with the map, the overlay, shovels, two tarpaulins and a very expensive metal detector,they spent almost two hours in attempting to finesse Globocnik’s notes. The land had remained the samesince 1945, but the growth of new trees since then created a number of problems.The cache, consisting of four boxes, was located by the detector eventually, surprisingly close tothe original location noted on the map and the digging began. The tarps were placed on either side of theopening and dirt from the dig was carefully dumped on top of them to facilitate filling in the excavationwhen they were finished.The ground was well-thawed and after thirty minutes of shared digging, a spade resounded fromthe lid of one of the chests. Very much like 19th century grave robbers, the quartet worked in furtive haste,all of them positive that someone would discover their activities. No one came, however, and the first boxwas opened in situ. Much of the wood had rotted and the metal fittings were almost shapeless with rust, butthe contents of the crate had been carefully packed in tin boxes which had been dipped in wax and werecompletely intact.The small boxes, which were pleasantly heavy, were lifted out and carefully stacked at one end ofthe rectangular hole and the excavation process was continued until all four cases had been located, brokeninto and emptied.Without making any attempt, pleasurable though it would have been for all concerned, to open themetal containers, the hole was quickly filled in again. The loose earth was tamped down by stamping on itand finally, a collection of small rocks, twigs, pine needles and forest detritus spread over the surface. Theuse of the tarps had kept telltale fresh earth from giving the site away and shortly before the sun came up,the German returned along a hiking path with his rented camper to load up the fruits of their nocturnallabors.The Americans had rented a small vacation home at the edge of Neusach and by the time dawnhad touched the tops of the trees and the mountains above the north side of the lake, the small boxes werebeing opened one by one. Each box had its own inventory and the contents were checked against this. Thefirst expedition had garnered a considerable quantity of jewelry including many gold wedding rings,brooches, cameos, glass frames and gold coins.These were put into tubes which consisted of black PVC plumbing pipe, about six inches indiameter and one meter long, threaded at both ends, and closed with PVC caps. Each tube was marked witha letter and number and the same markings were inked in at the top of the original typed inventory.The tin boxes were flattened, put into a fishing bag and later discreetly dumped into the lake bythe Ukrainian.Everyone was tired after the evening’s exertions and with the exception of the Ukrainian’s forayonto the lake, the balance of the day was devoted to rest.The next dig began on the evening of Monday, June 11, 1990 at the eastern end of the lake. Therewas a camping ground there and a road that led to Highway E-55, some 9 kilometers away. The site wasabout two kilometers from the camping ground and it was necessary to be especially vigilant to avoidattracting any unwanted attention from late hikers, inquisitive children or romantic couples seeking anesting place in the trees.The second site was discovered to have a pine tree growing over it, and a good deal of time wasconsumed in procuring a saw, removing the tree, dragging its carcass into the woods and hacking throughthe extensive root system. There were eight boxes in this horde and the root system had broken into severalof them, but as before the contents were well protected in waxed tin boxes and removed without incident.The camper van became stuck in a deep rut on the way back and it took nearly an hour to extricate it. Butstuck vehicles and muddy, unshaven individuals were not out of place and aside from an athletic youngmale camper who spent some time in assisting the treasure hunters in getting their loot-packed van backonto the track, there were no incidents.