Original sentence: Audits of the gold by the General Accounting Office (in cooperation with the United States Mint and the United States Customs Service) in 1974 and the Treasury Department from 1975 to 1981 found no discrepancies between the reported and actual amounts of gold at the Depository.In response, on September 23, 1974, Senator Walter Huddleston of Kentucky, 12 congressmen, and about 100 members of the news media toured the vault and found that it did contain gold.Peter Beter initiated a popular conspiracy theory that most of the gold in Fort Knox was sent to London in the late 1960s by Lyndon Johnson
Edited sentence: " The previous April Dr.Beter acquired a new distinction as "the man who opened Fort Knox.Beter had charged in congressional testimony that the legendary U.Beter himself was not among those invited...nor was any other outside expert on gold.Beter then took his case directly to the public.Bullion Depository at Fort Knox had been looted of America's monetary gold hoard allegedly stored there.But neither a grand jury nor a congressional inquiry into the matter materialized...so Dr.He stood ready to present evidence and witnesses to substantiate his charges.Significantly, however, Dr.The U.The celebrated Fort Knox visit and the so-called "gold audit" which followed contained many irregularities which the Treasury Department has never explained --Adobe Reader file-Page 8.Through lectures, radio talk shows, and publication of his charges in a tabloid newspaper (National Tattler), he was able to put such intense pressure on the federal government that a completely unprecedented step was taken in order to still the public outcry.Treasury Department arranged a so-called "gold inspection" visit for a few Congressmen and 100 invited newsmen on September 23, 1974.[Quoting]: In September 1974 Dr