How to prepare for coming events;
excerpted from AUDIO BOOK(R) #1, "HOW
TO PROTECT YOURSELF DURING THE
COMING DEPRESSION AND THIRD WORLD WAR",
(P) 1974 by Dr. Peter David Beter,
distributed by Audio Books Inc.
My friends, the events I have
outlined, based on the dynasty's
plans, are hardly a source of
cheer. But at least, having some
idea
of what to expect and when, you can
start preparing. And, my
friends,
I would waste no time in doing
so.
As I see it, there are three basic
areas to take care of in your
preparations. In order of priority, they
are:
1.
Necessities,
2. Liquid assets,
and
3. Savings and financial
reserves.
The relative amount you should
devote to each area depends, however,
on your own particular
circumstances.
AREA
1--NECESSITIES.
Make sure, above all else, that
you will have the necessities on hand
that you will need to survive;
first, during the stagflation/depression
era; and then during the war to
follow.
You must consider at least five
basic kinds of necessities: shelter,
food, water, fuel, and medical
supplies.
Concerning shelter: Be sure that
your house is in good repair
generally before the depression
arrives. In particular, be sure
that
it is properly insulated. Looking ahead to the war, arrange if you
can
to have a retreat, as far as
possible from the target areas in America,
where you can ride out the 13-month
nuclear war.
The best thing, of course, is to
be in another country, outside of
the war zone, such as Europe or
Canada. Failing that, which
most
Americans cannot do, the retreat
should simply be as far as possible
from the probable target
areas. It should also be upwind of
the
nearest target areas, based on
prevailing winds, so that any nuclear
blast fallout will tend to drift
away from the retreat, instead of
toward it. Major cities and distribution centers,
military installations,
and nuclear power plants should all
be considered probable targets.
You may be able to build your
retreat from scratch, with an under-
ground fallout shelter, a well, air
filters, and so forth. Or you
may
have relatives who live in a good
area, who would pool their resources
with yours, preparing their
basement to take care of all of you
when the time comes. Or perhaps you have a camping vehicle,
that
would serve as a temporary, mobile
retreat.
Now concerning food: The key word
is storability. You want
to
stock up now on foods to eat later,
when food becomes scarce.
Most canned foods keep well for
many months, so stock up now,
because store shelves will soon
have increasingly large and frequent
empty spaces. For longer term storage, periods of 5 to
10 years and
more, dehydrated and freeze-dried
foods are available from certain
specialty stores, which are
specially packaged in large cans.
Garden seeds, like food itself,
will become scarcer; so get a supply
now if you have space for a
garden. Seeds for sprouting can
provide
you with a good source of fresh
vegetable protein during the non-
gardening season. You may wish to check with health food
stores
about some of these
items.
Turning to the matter of water: Be
sure you have a well, if possible,
at your wartime retreat. At your home, the municipal water
supply
could become polluted or even cease
at some point during the
severe economic breakdown, due to
the Chinese-type inflation/
depression. The easiest thing to do here is probably
to revive the old
rain barrel as a backup source of
water; that is, collect the rain
water that runs off your roof in a
barrel. Any time you
suspect
there are germs in the water, boil
the water; then, I'm told,
you can add up to 8 drops of liquid
chlorine bleach, such as
Clorox, per gallon of water to kill
the germs.
Next comes fuel. America now depends heavily on insecure
sources
such as Saudi Arabia for oil, from
which we obtain gasoline, fuel
oil, diesel fuel, and much of our
electric power. Our oil
source
can be distorted or disrupted at
any time, by a coal strike, a
Mideast war, or another Arab oil
embargo; which, by the way,
could result from Arab
unwillingness to sell its oil for worthless
American
dollars.
Thus, you should reduce your
vulnerability to interruption of the
oil supply. If you can store them safely, build
reserves of any fuels
that are critical for you. If you have a furnace that uses fuel
oil
or natural gas, its blowers and
controls are probably electric.
So,
you should try to arrange safe
standby means of operating in the
event of power failure. If you have a fireplace, make sure that
it
is in a safe working order. In an emergency it can
provide
heat, and it can be used for
makeshift cooking.
Lastly, don't forget about needed
medical supplies. Be sure to
have
adequate supplies on hand of any
special medications that are needed
on a continuing or recurring basis;
and have a good stock of
assorted first-aid
supplies.
AREA 2--LIQUID
ASSETS;
that is, cash on hand or readily
available.
Stay as liquid as you can. Don't tie up your funds in investments
or
property that you can't get your
money back out of easily.
Important:
collect all coins now in
circulation, whether cladded copper or otherwise.
Any coinage is worth more than
paper, and you'll be able to buy
more with your coins during the
depression than with the redbacks
and paper change that will be
issued by early 1975.
Keep your cash in a safe place,
such as a safety deposit box or in
private depositories. If you insist on depositing part of your
funds in
banks, do it in short-term
certificates of deposit, with interest rates
that rise with inflation. Make these certificates of deposit as
short-
term as you possibly
can.
If you wish to obtain a mortgage,
a bank loan, a loan on your life
insurance, or other long-term loans
at fixed interest rates, that's quite
all right. Those are good ways to make cash
available to you that is
otherwise tied up. But if you do this, be sure to maintain
an
adequate cash reserve fund to cover
your loan commitments just in
case the hidden rulers should
decide to change the rules in the
middle of their game
plan.
AREA 3--SAVINGS AND FINANCIAL
RESERVES.
You want these assets left over
after taking care of necessities and
adequate ready cash to rise with
inflation, so that you will not be wiped
out by the time the stagflation era
ends. Here is a checklist of
dos
and don'ts with your savings during
this period.
Silver coins, gold coin
collections, silver bars of any size--These are
good long-term investments, since
their value will increase to keep pace
with inflation. They can be insured, and may even be
acceptable
as loan collateral. Be sure to store them safely, in bank or
private
depositories, under correct or
assumed names.
One cautionary note here: The
hidden rulers may seek to nationalize
our gold and silver, just as they
did with our gold in 1934. So pay
cash,
and don't give your name to the
seller. If you can store your gold
and
silver outside the United States,
so much the better, since it won't be
nationalized there and you are more
certain of getting your money
out of it.
Foreign currencies--European
currencies will soon be backed by
gold again, and will be
strong. But be careful of these
unless you plan
to travel abroad or use Europe for
a retreat in World War III,
since currency controls may be
reimposed.
Fire insurance--Increase your
protection to keep up with inflation.
Storable food and other basic
commodities--Consider investing in
these for barter or sale. Commodities that you would be able to
use
or work with are the safest
here.
Real estate--In view of the
pending war, it is probably wisest in
general to avoid buying real estate
other than your own home and
remote property for your
retreat.
Pensions and annuities--like other
fixed incomes, will gradually lose
their value.
Stocks--are in general not safe
during this period, except for certain
gold stocks, since the September
visit to Fort Knox showed the world
that the United States no longer
has gold with which to depress gold
market
prices.
Bonds--are no good, even safe
government bonds, because their
interest and capital are payable in
steadily deteriorating dollars.
Savings accounts, savings and loan
deposits, life insurance, and
annuities--all appreciate in value
far too slowly to keep up with
current inflation, and therefore
should be examined thoroughly in each
individual case by a competent
financial advisor.