Guaranty Trust (Morgan)
institutionMoney & Finance · Nations & Geopolitics
A Wall Street bank publicly fought communism while secretly serving as the young Soviet government's US banker.
Who they are
Guaranty Trust, a Morgan-linked Wall Street bank.
What they do
The engine holds it up as living proof that high finance treats even hostile ideological states as business opportunities.
How it works
It used the financier Aschberg as its go-between with Russia, backed Ludwig Martens' Soviet Bureau, and in 1920 became the Soviet Union's US financial agent, all while being anti-communist at home.
Why it matters
It matters as concrete evidence that big money will bankroll an ideology it claims to oppose, treating that state as just another resource to tap; the engine files it as one of its 'apex' cases.
The engine's record — word for word
Wall St bank; used Aschberg as Russia intermediary, backed Ludwig Martens' Soviet Bureau, became Soviet US fiscal agent (1920) — while domestically anti-communist. Live proof of 'Capital XNOR Comintern = 0': high finance treats ideological states as resource substrates. Apex b.
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