Dislikedyou might enjoy this then ... there are 'exact' numbers out there to.
Japan & China both near 1 trillion in holdings ... Good thing Japan is our 'friend' ...aka 'no military' ...
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-cen...nts/snetus.txt
Also notice how the notes dictate 'Iran, etc' as 'Asian' ... funny how stats work.Ignored
so we couldn't possibly print money and anonymously purchase our own bonds could we??? Uncle Sam wouldn't do that ...