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the companies, people and intelligence assets that sit at the heart of the so-called Anglo-American relationship. Credit Lyonnais has also been deeply involved in Black Eagle the companies, people and intelligence assets that sit at the heart gold transactions. In one transaction I am familiar with, a large _ of the so-called Anglo-American relationship. block of bullion was to be purchased by a representative operating on behalf of Credit Lyonnais Rouse Limited, London, the pre- THE KESWICK-JARDINE CONNECTION cious metals trading arm of the bank.* A few days after I published part one of Project Hammer in late It is also interesting to note that UBS, Lugano, was not only the October 2001, I was alerted to an anonymous posting at the bank of choice for those running the secret insider trading Cryptome.org website (http://www.cryptome.org) of a document protection account; it was also the bank of choice for former produced by the South African National Intelligence Agency in Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The numerous 1998. The document describes plans, then alleged to be in prepa- confidential accounts he had at that bank have been dubbed the ration, for a coup to occur during the 1999 South African general "Mother" money-laundering account for the Marcos family by election. Whilst the coup did not happen, the document is of sig- Marcos gold investigator Reiner Jacobi. nificance because it describes members of—and entities aligned But the UBS connections don't end there. The Honorary with—the group who wished to disrupt the ruling African Chairman of UBS (now part of the Swiss Bank Corporation National Congress (ANC) political party.* Group) is Nicholaus Senn, who was also the Chairman of the A large part of this document outlines the alleged involvement enormous transnational corporation, of Executive Outcomes (EO), the British- Compagnie Financiére Richemont AG, until based private security company that is part of his retirement in September 2002. Senn was the Palace Group of companies. A few days also the senior partner of the Swiss-based prior to this document being made available, international law and consultancy firm of I had published charts showing the "net- Senn, Christians and Letemeyer, which, work" of the Palace Group that formed the coincidentally, acted for the late Baron London end of the associated South African Arndt Krupp. An examination of intelligence group known as the Eastcorp In particular, Carl Letemeyer and - r Syndicate. This group was headed by Rolf Nicholaus Senn worked hard on behalf of these rhythms van Rooyen and Riaan Stander—both South the Krupp Estate in regard to the Krupp African intelligence operatives who were Heritage & World Peace Foundation leads to the deeply involved in Project Hammer. Not (Singapore), which received a legacy of companies, people only were the London and South African net- a cash gift According to document T have and intelligence aso shared thesame executives” in my possession, Krupp's "secret" assets that sit at the One of the entities appearing on the rties and businesses did not f Cryptome.org doc tas < bi part ofthis legacy. However, the most heart of the so-called of the London network/Palace Group i interesting fact is that, prior to his Anglo-American Jardine Fleming of Hong Kong, listed death, Baron Arndt Krupp controlled . . under "Banking and Investments". some of the Santa Romana "Black relationship. Two lines beneath appears the name Eagle" fund assets. Of the $97 billion Defence Systems Ltd—a division of the gifted, $47 billion was on deposit in arms manufacturer, Vickers. Jardine account number 4 77 22 P with the Fleming is also listed in the same docu- Trust Department of the Standard & ment as a "role player", a few lines Chartered Bank, London. beneath the name of Tony ¢Indosuez: This is one of those Buckingham—the high-profile head of banks which are barely visible but con- Executive Outcomes. In an accompa- sistently circle the waters of black gold nying financial report it is revealed that and Project Hammer—like a prowling EO used account number 600774426 at shark with just the tip of its dorsel fin showing. For example, in Jardine Fleming Bank Limited, located at Port Moresby, Hong one bullion transaction being negotiated by Dr A. Konig, the Kong. The account, rendered as at 15 May 1998, held a balance Swiss representative of Rolf van Rooyen's Eastcorp Syndicate, the of US$36 million, and included Tony Buckingham among those nominated closing bank for the transaction was Indosuez, authorised to sign cheques on the account. Lugano—where Eastcorp Holdings maintained an account. Jardine Fleming Bank Limited was established in 1970 as a This is in addition to the migration of some MidAval staff to joint venture between the huge transnational company, Jardine Indosuez following their involvement in the Project Hammer trad- Matheson Limited, and British merchant bank, Robert Fleming. ing programme, as outlined earlier. With the closure of Indosuez Jardine's 50% stake in this Hong Kong bank was exchanged in Aval, a rump of former MidAval employees (now unfortunately 1999 for a direct 18% stake in Robert Fleming, which in April ex—Indosuez Aval as well), including MidAval's former CEO, 2000 was sold to the Chase Manhattan Corporation—the holding found a new berth for their abilities. This was at Standard & company of what is now the huge US bank of J. P. Morgan Chase. Chartered Bank in London. Standard Bank Nominees, mean- But a year later, in May 2001, the magicians' musical chairs were while, is the second largest shareholder of Oppenheimer's Anglo in use again when it was announced that Jardine Fleming Bank American, with a stake of 11.74 per cent.” was to be sold by J. P. Morgan Chase to Standard Bank. The While knowledge of the hidden connections of the Hughes transfer of ownership occurred on 3 July 2001, with the renaming "portal" into Project Hammer is vital for an understanding of how of Jardine Fleming Bank to Standard Bank Asia Limited, but trad- the world of parallel finance operates, there are still deeper ing was under the new name of Standard Jardine Fleming Bank "rhythms" at work. An examination of these "rhythms" leads to Limited. these "rhythms" leads to the ; companies, people and intelligence assets that sit at the - Anglo-American relationship. NEXUS = 33 An examination of heart of the so-called OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com