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Article: YAMASHITA'S TREASURE FOUND? Multi-million dollar lump of platinum may
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- The Filipino Express
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- February 19, 1995
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Amando Doronila
Filipino Express, The
02-19-1995
YAMASHITA'S TREASURE FOUND? Multi-million dollar lump of platinum may be. part of fabled Yamashita treasure
An ugly lump of metal fished out of the South China Sea has captivated the Philippine presidential palace, stirred death threats and revived the mystery surrounding a war booty called the Yamashita treasure.
President Fidel Ramos on Feb. 7 set up a task force to examine the heavy, bellshaped block, said to be part of the fabled World War Two hoard, and ordered top investigators to step up their search to see if there was more of it in the sea.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced on Monday that it had seized what it ...