-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: International Justice Watch Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Daniel Tomasevich Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Enron's curious Croatia client
Tudjman believed that investing in Enron was a good choice. And that Enron could solve many issues on his foreign policy wish list. In the weekly magazine Globus, President Tudjman said that, on top of a visit to Washington, he expected Croatia to join the World Trade Organisation, Nato's Partnership for Peace programme and Nato itself if he signed the deal. He even linked the deal to avoiding his arrest and that of other senior figures by the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal. Daniel (article not for cross posting) ------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Times (London) February 1, 2002, Friday Enron's curious Croatian client BY: ROBERT WRIGHT DATELINE: BUDAPEST The Enron collapse may have finally ended a long-running scandal over relations between the US energy company and the semi-authoritarian government of the late Croatian president, Franjo Tudjman. Mr Tudjman, who led Croatia through independence, negotiated a controversial memorandum of understanding with Enron before his death in December 1999. It would have given Enron rights to build a power station in Croatia and run it for 20 years, selling electricity to HEP, the state electricity company, at above-market rates. Questions about the deal intensified after Mr Tudjman's death and the election, in January 2000, of a democratic government. Tapes of conversations show that Mr Tudjman hoped giving Enron the contract would secure political favours, including a state visit to Washington. After renegotiation, Enron is thought to have retained the right to build a power station and sell electricity to HEP at above-market rates, though lower than previously. That contract expires this summer, though details are unclear due to confidentiality agreements. Enron's power deliveries to Croatia ended on November 30, when other European deliveries ceased. The power station has not been built. The deal's legacy, however, may be the light it sheds on Mr Tudjman in his later years - and on Enron's readiness to and play along with his fantasies. In the weekly magazine Globus, President Tudjman said that, on top of a visit to Washington, he expected Croatia to join the World Trade Organisation, Nato's Partnership for Peace programme and Nato itself if he signed the deal. He even linked the deal to avoiding his arrest and that of other senior figures by the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal. Croatia had been isolated politically - particularly by the European Union - over treatment of Serbs during the offensive that ended its war of independence. When challenged on the cost of electricity under the deal - an estimated Dollars 120m-Dollars 200m above market prices over 20 years - he justified it using the political benefits. In one meeting, Mr Tudjman asked Joseph Sutton, head of Enron's international operations, how much influence his company had with the US state department and whether it could arrange WTO entry. Mr Sutton said he could not promise WTO membership, but guaranteed that Enron and the US would lobby for Croatia's entry into the WTO, Partnership for Peace and Nato. ------------ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om