FTR-276 Update on the CDU
Funding Scandal (One 30-minute segment) (Sources are noted in parentheses.)
1.
Bringing
FTR-193 up to date, this broadcast
develops areas of investigation overlapping a number of other programs. Many of
these areas are highlighted in greater detail in FTR-278. The program begins with review of an excerpt from FTR-245. (This passage was recapitulated
in FTR-275.) (FTR-245 details the activities of Deutsche Telekom, a German
government-controlled mobile phone company. Mobile phones are seen as being
central to the anticipated world of the internet and e-commerce. As such, DT’s
advance into the American mobile phone market figures prominently in this
series on German corporate control over American media.) In order to resist
legislation that would impede the firm’s purchase of VoiceStream and Powertel,
Deutsche Telekom has retained the powerful
2.
In
an excerpt from FTR-139, the program
highlights the recent addition of Matthias Wissman, the treasurer of the CDU
party in
3.
The
program also notes that Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering had represented Swiss
banks in a lawsuit filed by Holocaust victims against Swiss banks, as well as
acting as counsel for German corporations being sued over their use of slave
labor in World War II. (Idem.)
4.
This
connection also suggests the presence of the Bormann group in the background of
the lawsuits, as well as in the DT machinations. It should be noted that, as
treasurer of the CDU, Wissman must have had first hand knowledge of the CDU
funding scandal discussed in FTR #’s 193
and 276. (This scandal, as well,
almost certainly involves the Bormann organization.)
5.
One
of the many evidentiary tributaries in the trail of scandal runs in the
direction of the
6.
Former
French oil executive Alfred Sirven was pursued to the
7.
Vilma
Medina, Sirven’s maid-turned-lover, was a major financial manipulator in the
conspiracy, serving as the conduit for many of the funds that were moved about
during the course of the machinations. (Idem.)
8.
A
principal figure in the international financial web that figures in the CDU
funding scandal, Sirven was a major executive with Elf-Aquitaine, a French oil
company that served as “an oil ministry in a corporate guise.”
("Light Shed on an Extraordinary Past" by Bertrand Benoit; Financial Times; 2/3/2/4/2001; p. 3.)
9.
The
firm served as a conduit for the placing of political bribes, a funding source
for
10.
One
of the most significant maneuvers conducted by Elf while Sirven was with the
firm was the placing of a bribe with Helmut Kohl’s CDU. (Idem.)
11.
This
bribe secured the purchase of the Leuna oil refining facility for Elf. (Idem.)
(Operated by the Nazi I.G. Farben firm on behalf of the Third Reich, the Leuna
facility is located in the former
12.
Eventually,
Elf “succumbed
to a hostile bid from rival TotalFina in 1999." (Idem.)
13.
Much
of the program consists of a lengthy excerpt from FTR-193 detailing important aspects of the CDU funding scandal.
This excerpt, in turn, comes from a major article about the CDU funding scandal
from the New York Times. (“Big Kickbacks Under Kohl Reported” by Roger Cohen
and John Tagliabue; New York Times;
14.
In
addition to the obvious involvement in the scandal of elements connected to
both German and French intelligence, the article highlights the involvement of
the Thyssen heavy industrial firm with several aspects of the scandal. (Idem.)
(The Thyssen firm is one of the principal elements of the remarkable and deadly
Bormann flight capital organization, about which Mr. Emory has spoken so often.
The economic and political component of a Third Reich gone underground, the
Bormann organization is also discussed in: FTR
#'s 87, 90, 99, 102, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 134, 145, 152, 155, 158, 177,
179, 180, 187, 189, 193, 194, 195,
215, 216, 218, 219, 224, 226, 232, 233, 234, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245,
248, 250, 251, 261, 272, 273, 274, 275. When considering German
corporations, it is important to remember that they are controlled by the
Bormann Organization. This institution has perpetuated its power in an
effective, clandestine, and deadly, Mafia-like fashion in the years since World
War II. American corporations are driven by the profit motive, and coordinate
policies on labor, environmental, marketing and taxation issues--they are
otherwise relatively apolitical. In contrast, German corporations, under
control of the Bormann group, function as coordinated elements of international
economic and political control, not unlike the divisions of an army. Although
they, too, strive to make money, profit is subordinate to the goal of German
national hegemony.)
15.
Thyssen
AG was involved in a sale of tanks to
16.
In
addition, Thyssen was involved with Aquitaine-Elf in some of the operations of
the Leuna refinery. (Idem.)
17.
Next,
the program introduces a number of areas of overlap between the CDU scandal and
information presented in other programs. These areas of intersection are
discussed at greater length in FTR-278.
FTR-275 highlights an important deal
between the Bertelsmann company and the Belgian parent firm of the RTL
television company. (Bertelsmann has strong links to the Third Reich and is the
principal element in the series on German corporate control over the American
media. Other programs in that series include: FTR #'s 122, 123, 152-side A, 177, 189, 194, 218, 224, 226, 238, 239,
240, 241, 242, 245, 250, 251, 261, 263, 274.) In all modesty, and with no small degree of embarrassment, Mr. Emory
feels that the future of the human race may very well depend on the successful
dissemination of the information in this series.)
18.
One
of the minority corporate partners in the Bertelsmann/RTL deal has significant
capital participation in TotalFina Elf. (“
19.
On
his way back to
20.
Sirven
boasted that he “knew enough secrets to blow up the
21.
It
should be noted that at this time,
22.
This
step would entail “a
23.
Such
a state would, of course, be dominated by
24.
“The German
government will not stand idly by, but would take courageous steps against the
centrifugal forces of the inter-governmentalists,” warned Fischer. (Idem.)
25.
At
the same time, the “eurogroup” is reported to be heading toward a restructuring
that would diminish the influence of
26.
The
end of this program (and FTR-278)
also highlight the implications of Holocaust-related lawsuits for corporate
operations in both the
27.
The
counsel for the plaintiffs noted that “public relations strategies have been as important as legal
arguments in their Holocaust suits.” (Idem.) This lawsuit was timed
to coincide with the publication of a book that presents documentation for the
plaintiffs’ arguments.
28.
Interestingly
(and perhaps significantly) the book is being published by Crown books, a
Random House (and Bertelsmann) subsidiary. ("Book Links IBM to
Hitler" by Paul D. Colford;
29.
This
lawsuit now threatens the settlement of previous Holocaust-related lawsuits by
disturbing the "legal peace" in the