> http://www.infobahnos.com/~jtoth/web188.html > > > FREE FORUM > > Subject: The Secret Financial Network Behind "Wizard" George > Soros - Part 2 of 2 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (stefan lemieszewski) > Date of posting: 12 Nov 1996 09:36:05 GMT > * > > The following text has been sent to the following newsgroups on > the Internet: > soc.culture.ukrainian,soc.culture.russian,soc.culture.polish, > soc.culture.magyar,soc.culture.croatia, soc.culture.slovenia, > soc.culture.yugoslavia, > soc.culture.swiss,alt.conspiracy,soc.culture.usa > > > > II. > > But, what has never been identified in a single major Western press > investigation, was that the Rothschild-group was at the heart of the > vast illegal web of BCCI. The key figure was Dr. Alfred Hartmann, > the managing director of the BCCI Swiss subsidiary, Banque de > Commerce et de Placement SA; at the same time, he ran the Zurich > Rothschild Bank AG, and sat in London as a member of the board of > N.M. Rothschild and Sons, Hartmann was also a business partner > of Helmut Raiser, friend of de Picciotto, and linked to Nordex. > > Hartmann was also chairman of the Swiss affiliate of the Italian BNL > bank, which was implicated in the Bush administration illegal > transfers to Iraq prior to the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The > Atlanta branch of BNL, with the knowledge of George Bush when he > was vice-president, conduited funds to Helmut Raiser's Zug, > Switzerland company, Consen, for development of the CondorII > missile program by Iraq, Egypt, and Argentina, during the Iran-Iraq > War. Hartmann was vice-chairman of another secretive private > Geneva bank, the Bank of NY-Inter-Maritime Bank, a bank whose > chairman, Bruce Rappaport, was one of the illegal financial conduits > for Col. Oliver North's Contra drugs-for-weapons network during > the late 1980. North also used the BCCI as one of his preferred > banks to hide his illegal funds. > > Rich's, Reichmann's, and Soros's Israeli links > > According to reports of former U.S. State Department intelligence > officers familiar with the Soros-case, Soros's Quantum Fund > amassed a war chest of well over $10 billion, with the help of a > powerful group of "silent" investors who let Soros deploy the capital > to demolish European monetary stability in September 1992. > > Among Soros's silent investors, these sources say, are the fugitive > metals and oil trader Marc Rich, based in Zug, Switzerland; and > Shaul Eisenberg, a decades-long member of Israeli Mossad > intelligence, who functions as a major arms merchant throughout > Asia and the Near East. Eisenberg was recently banned from doing > business in Uzbekistan, where he had been accused by the > government of massive fraud and corruption. A third Soros partner > is Israel's "Dirty Rafi" Eytan, who served in London previously as > Mossad liaison to British intelligence. > > Rich was one of the most active western traders in oil, aluminum, > and other commodities in the Soviet Union and Russia between > 1989 and 1993. This, not coincidentally, is just the period when > Grigori Luchansky's Nordex Group became a multibillion-dollar > company selling Russian oil, aluminum, and other commodities. > > Canadian real estate entrepreneur Paul Reichmann, formerly of > Olympia and York notoriety, born in Hungary, Jew like Soros, is a > business partner in Soros's Quantum Realty, a $525-million real > estate investment fund. > > The Reichmann tie links Soros as well with Henry Kissinger and > former Tory Foreign Minister Lord Carrington (who is also a > member of Kissinger Associates, Inc. of New York). Reichmann sits > with both Kissinger and Carrington on the board of the influential > British-Canadian publishing group, Hollinger, Inc. Hollinger owns a > large number of newspapers in Canada and the United States, the > London Daily Telegraph, and the largest English-language daily in > Israel, the Jerusalem Post. Hollinger has been attacking President > Clinton and the Middle East peace process ever since Clinton's > election in November 1992. > > Soros and geopolitics > > Soros is little more than one of several significant vehicles for > economic and financial warfare by the Club of the Isles faction. > Because his affiliations to these interests have not previously been > spotlighted, he serves extremely useful functions for the oligarchy, > as in 1992 and 1993, when he launched his attack on the European > Rate Mechanism. > > Although Soros's speculation played a role in finally taking the > British pound out of the ERM currency group entirely, it would be a > mistake to view that action as "anti-British." Soros went for the > first > time to London, where he studied under Karl Popper and Friedrich > von Hayek at the London School of Economics. > > Soros's business ties to Sir James Goldsmith and Lord Rothschild > place him in the inner circles of the Thatcher wing of the British > establishment. By helping the "anti-Europe" Thatcherites pull > Britain out of the ERM in September 1992 (and making more than > $1 billion in the process at British taxpayer expense), Soros helped > the long-term goal of the Thatcherites in weakening continental > Europe's economic stability. Since 1904 , it has been British > geopolitical strategy to prevent by all means any successful > economic linkage between western continental European > economies, especially that of Germany, with Russia and the > countries of eastern Europe. > > Soros's personal outlook is consonant with that of the Thatcher > wing of the Tory Party, those who three years ago launched the > "Germany, the Fourth Reich" hate campaign against unified > Germany, comparing Chancellor Helmut Kohl with Adolf Hitler. > Soros is personally extremely anti-German. In his 191 > autobiography, Underwriting Democracy, Soros warned that a > reunited Germany would "upset the balance of Europe .... It is easy > to see how the interwar scenario could be replayed. A united > Germany becomes the strongest economic power and develops > Eastern Europe as its Lebensraum ... a potent witches' brew." > Soros's recent public attacks on the German economy and the > deutsche mark are fundamentally motivated by this geopolitical > view. > > Soros is quite close to the circles of George Bush in the U.S. > intelligence community and finance. His principal bank custodian, > and reputed major lender in the 1992 assault on Europe's ERM, is > Citicorp NA, the nation's largest bank. Citicorp is more than a > lending institution; it is a core part of the American liberal > establishment. In 1989, as it became clear that German unification > was a real possibility, a senior official at Citicorp, a former > adviser to > Michael Dukakis's Presidential campaign, told a European business > associate that "German unity will be a disaster for our interests; we > must take measures to ensure a sharp D-Mark collapse on the > order of 30%, so that she will not have the capability to reconstruct > East Germany into the economic engine of a new Europe." > > While Soros was calling on world investors to pull down the > deutsche mark in 1993, he had been making a strong play in the > French media, since late 1992, to portray himself as a "friend of > French interests." Soros is reported to be close to senior figures of > the French establishment, the Treasury, and in particular, Bank of > France head Jean-Claude Trichet. In effect, Soros is echoing the old > Entente Cordiale alliance against Germany, which helped precipitate > World War 1. > > Soros admits that he "survived in Nazi Hungary" during the war, as > a Jew, by adopting what he calls a double personality. "I have lived > with a double personality practically all my life," Soros recently > stated. "It started at age fourteen in Hungary, when I assumed a > false identity in order to escape persecution as a Jew." Soros > admitted in a radio interview that his father gave him Nazi > credentials in Hungary during the war, and he looted wealthy > Jewish estates. Further research showed that this operation was > probably run by the SS. > > Soros did not leave the country until two years after the war. > Though he and his friends in the media are quick to attack any > policy opponent of Soros, especially in eastern Europe, as being > "anti-Semitic," Soros's Jewish identity apparently has only > utilitarian value for him, rather than providing moral foundations. In > > short, the young Soros was a cynical, ambitious person, the ideal > recruit for the British postwar intelligence network. > > Soros savages eastern Europe > > Soros has established no fewer than 19 "charitable" foundations > across eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He has > sponsored "peace" concerts in former Yugoslavia with such > performers as Joan Baez. He is helping send young east Europeans > to Oxford University. A model citizen, is the image he broadcasts. > > The reality is something else. Soros has been personally > responsible for introducing shock therapy into the emerging > economies of eastern Europe since 1989. He has deliberately > fostered on fragile new governments in the east the most draconian > economic madness, policies which have allowed Soros and his > financial predator friends, such as Marc Rich and Shaul Eisenberg, > to loot the resources of large parts of eastern Europe at dirt-cheap > prices. Here are illustrative case histories of Soros's eastern > "charity". > > Poland: In late 1989, Soros organized a secret meeting between the > "reform" communist government of Prime Minister Mieczyslaw > Rakowski and the leaders of the then-illegal Solidarnosc trade > union organization. According to well-informed Polish sources, at > that 1989 meeting, Soros unveiled his "plan" for Poland: The > communists must let Solidarnosc take over the government, so as > to gain the confidence of the population. Then, said Soros, the state > must act to bankrupt its own industrial and agricultural > enterprises, using astronomical interest rates, withholding state > credits, and burdening firms with unpayable debt. Once thie were > done, Soros promised that he would encourage his wealthy > international business friends to come into Poland, as prospective > buyers of the privatized state enterprises. A recent example of this > privatization plan is the case of the large steel facility Huta > Warsawa. According to steel experts, this modern complex would > cost $3-4 billion for a western company to build new. Several > months ago, the Polish government agreed to assume the debts of > Huta Warsawa, and to sell the debt-free enterprise to a Milan > company, Lucchini, for $30 million!. > > Soros recruited his friend, Harvard University economist Jeffery > Sachs, who had previously advised the Bolivian government in > economic policy, leading to the takeover of that nation's economy by > the cocaine trade. To further his plan in Poland, Soros set up one of > his numerous foundations, the Stefan Batory Foundation, the > official sponsor of Sach's work in Poland in 1989-90. > > Soros boasts, "I established close personal contact with Walesa's > chief adviser, Bronislaw Geremek. I was also received by [President > Gen Wojciech] Jaruzelski, the head of State, to obtain his blessing > for my foundation." He worked closely with the eminence gris of > Polish shock therapy, Witold Trzeciakowski, a shadow adviser to > Finance Minister Leszek Balcerowicz. Soros also cultivated relations > with Balcerowicz, the man who would first impose Sach's shock > therapy on Poland. Soros says when Walesa was elected President, > that "largely because of western pressure, Walesa retained > Balcerowicz as minister." Balcerowicz imposed a freeze on wages > while industry was to be bankrupted by a cutoff of state credits. > Industrial output fell by more than 30% over two years. > > Soros admits he knew in advance that his shock therapy would > cause huge unemployment, closing of factories, and social unrest. > For this reason, he insisted that Solidarnosc be brought into the > government, to help deal with the unrest. Through the Batory > Foundation, Soros coopted key media opinion makers such as Adam > Michnik, and through cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in > Warsaw, imposed a media censorship favorable to Soros's shock > therapy, and hostile to all critics. > > Russia and the Community of Independent States (CIS): Soros > headed a delegation to Russia, where he had worked together with > Raisa Gorbachova since the late 1980s, to establish the Cultural > Initiative Foundation. As with his other "charitable foundations," > this was a tax-free vehicle for Soros and his influential Western > friends to enter the top policymaking levels of the country, and for > tiny sums of scarce hard currency, but up important political and > intellectual figures. After a false start under Mikhail Gorbachov in > 1988-91, Soros shifted to the new Yeltsin circle. It was Soros who > introduced Jeffery Sachs and shock therapy into Russia, in late > 1991. Soros describes his effort: "I started mobilizing a group of > economists to take to the Soviet Union (July 1990). Professor > Jeffery Sachs, with whom I had worked in Poland, was ready and > eager to participate. He suggested a number of other participants: > Romano Prodi from Italy; David Finch, a retired official from the IMF > [International Monetary Fund]. I wanted to include Stanley Fischer > and Jacob Frenkel, heads of research of the World Bank and IMF, > respectively; Larry Summers from Harvard and Michael Bruno of > the Central Bank of Israel." > > Since Jan. 2, 1992, shock therapy has introduced chaos and > hyperinflation into Russia. Irreplaceable groups from advanced > scientific research institutes have fled in pursuit of jobs in the > West. Yegor Gaidar and the Yeltsin government imposed draconian > cuts in state spending to industry and agriculture, even though the > entire economy was state-owned. A goal of a zero deficit budget > within three months was announced. Credit to industry was ended, > and enterprises piled up astronomical debts, as inflation of the > ruble went out of control. > > The friends of Soros lost no time in capitalizing on this situation. > Marc Rich began buying Russian aluminum at absurdly cheap > prices, with his hard currency. Rich then dumped the aluminum > onto western industrial markets last year, causing a 30% collapse > in the price of the metal, as western industry had no way to > compete. There was such an outflow of aluminum last year from > Russia, that there were shortages of aluminum for Russian fish > canneries. At the same time, Rich reportedly moved in to secure > export control over the supply of most West Siberian crude oil to > western markets. Rich's companies have been under investigation > for fraud in Russia, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal > of May 13, 1993. > > Another Soros silent partner who has moved in to exploit the chaos > in the former Soviet Union, is Shaul Eisenberg. Eisenberg, > reportedly with a letter of introduction from then-European Bank > chief Jacques Attali, managed to secure an exclusive concession for > textiles and other trade in Uzbekistan. When Uzbek officials > confirmed defrauding of the government by Eisenberg, his > concessions were summarily abrogated. The incident has reportedly > caused a major loss for Israeli Mossad strategic interests > throughout the Central Asian republics. > > Soros has extensive influence in Hungary. When nationalist > opposition parliamentarian Istvan Csurka tried to protest what was > being done to ruin the Hungarian economy, under the policies of > Soros and friends, Csurka was labeled an "anti-Semite," and in > June 1993, he was forced out of the governing Democratic Forum, > as a result of pressure from Soros-linked circles in Hungary and > abroad, including Soros's close friend, U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos. > > Lighting the Balkan Fuse > > In early 1990, in what was then still Yugoslavia, Soros's > intervention with shock therapy, in cooperation with the IMF, > helped light the economic fuse that led to the outbreak of war in > June 1991. Soros boasted at that time, "Yugoslavia is a particularly > interesting case. Even as national rivalries have brought the > country to the verge of a breakup, a radical monetary stabilization > program, which was introduced on the same date as in > Poland---January 1, 1990-----has begun to change the political > landscape. The program is very much along the Polish lines, and it > had greater initial success. By the middle of the year, people were > beginning to think Yugoslav again." > > Soros is friends with former Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence > Eagleburger, the former U.S. ambassador to Belgrade and the > patron of Serbian Communist leader Slobodan Milosevic. > Eagleburger is a past president of Kissinger Associates, on whose > board sits Lord Carrington, whose Balkan mediations supported > Serbian aggression into Croatia and Bosnia. > > Today, Soros has established his Foundation centers in Bosnia, > Croatia, Slovenia, and a Soros Yugoslavia Foundation in Belgrade, > Serbia. In Croatia, he has tried to use his foundation monies to woo > influential journalists or to slander opponents of his shock therapy, > by labeling them variously "anti-Semitic" or "neo-Nazi." The head of > Soros's Open Society Fund---Croatia, Prof. Zarko Puhovski, is a > man who has reportedly made a recent dramatic conversion from > orthodox Marxism to Soros's radical free market. Only seven years > ago, according to one of his former students, as professor of > philosophy at the University of Zagreb, Puhovski attacked students > trying to articulate a critique of communism, by insisting, "It is > unprincipled to criticize Marxism from a liberal standpoint." His > work for the Soros Foundation in Zagreb has promoted an > anti-nationalist "global culture," hiring a network of anti-Croatian > journalists to propagandize, in effect, for the Serbian cause. > > These examples can be elaborated for each of the other 19 locations > across eastern Europe where George Soros operates. The political > agenda of Soros and this group of financial "globalists" will create > the conditions for a new outbreak of war, even world war, if it > continues to be tolerated. > > ---end--- >
