The foreign data is from the US TIC report.
The charts are from goldchartsrus.com.
I have added a last chart of Fed Holdings, from the St. Louis Fed data, at the suggestion of my friend Arby.
"When we are the victims of an illusion we do not feel it to be an illusion but reality. It is the same with evil. Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or duty. Once a certain group of people has been placed outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally than murder. As soon as men know they that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or encourage killers with approving smiles." Simone Weil