"The recently established Kagara Zinc mine adds further diversity
to the mining sector. Our proximity to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have
led to Cairns being a major supply point for mining operations in these
countries, as well as providing an excellent quality of life option for
those using Cairns as a fly-in/fly-out operations base. Cairns provides
the consolidation point for the massive Freeport mine in Indonesia which
has its own vessel sailing from Cairns every fortnight."
"Cairns serves as a regional hub for many organizations and authorities.
Freeport Indonesia has successfully used Cairns as a supply base for its
gold-copper mine in Irian Jaya for 21 years."
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History of Freeport Mine (from
FCX web site)
2002 The FCX team broke
sales and production volume records again, while strengthening the company's
position as the world's lowest-cost copper producer. The Grasberg mining
operation highlights for 2002 include:
Record copper sales volumes of 1.5 billion pounds net to PT Freeport Indonesia's
interest; gold sales of 2.3 million ounces.
Record annual aggregate concentrate shipments of 2.8 million metric tons.
Average unit net cash production cost of $0.08 per pound.
A comprehensive, four year Environmental Risk (ERA) Assessment was completed
and submitted to the Indonesian Ministry of the Environment for review.
The "ERA" included 96 separate field studies and 200,000 data
points.
Construction was completed on a 74-bed hospital now providing healthcare
in the Papuan highlands village of Banti.
2001 Grasberg mining and milling
complex operated at record-setting levels during 2001, posting annual records
for average daily mill throughput, gold recovery rates and gold production.
In addition, we are reporting our lowest-ever annual net cash production
costs, including gold and silver credits, of $0.07 per pound of copper for
2001.
Annual operating records:
237,800 metric tons of ore throughput per day (monthly record: 255,200
metric tons per day for December 2001);
89.5 percent gold recovery rate (quarterly record: 91.6 percent for the
fourth quarter of 2001);
3.5 million ounces aggregate gold production.
FCX and PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI) sign a special voluntary Trust Fund
agreement with the Amungme and Kamoro villagers living closest to the mining
operations providing for an initial $2.5 million and $500,000 each year
thereafter.
2000 Historically low copper and gold
prices, along with a reduction in gold sales volumes, made for a challenging
year in 2000, but that did not distract us from "Working to Produce
Value."
During 2000, our PT Freeport Indonesia unit produced and sold 1.4 billion
pounds of copper and 1.9 million ounces of gold.
Our net cash production costs per pound of copper, including gold and silver
credits, were $0.23 in 2000.
In 2000 we added 202 million metric tons of ore to our reserves and we have
ongoing exploration activities in areas with among the greatest potential
in the world.
We signed an important memorandum of understanding with the Amungme and
Kamoro people in Papua to help ensure that they continue to share in the
benefits of our operations. We aggressively focused on training, development
and employment of local people, and worked with the Government of Indonesia
and outside experts on environmental issues.
1999 Montgomery-Watson Environmental
Audit submitted to PT-FI in December. The auditors found "the Environmental
Management Systems developed and implemented by PT-FI to be exemplary and
a showcase for the mining industry."
1998 FCX's operations reflected
increased sales volume of both copper and gold; decreased per unit cash
production costs; expanding proved and probable ore reserves and geological
resources; and measurable progress in improving the economic, social and
environmental aspects of sustainable development in the local area near
our operations. In early January, concentrator #4 starts up to increase
mill production above 200,000 TPD. Continued decrease in per unit cash production
costs and increased probable ore reserves. PT Smelting, state-of-the-art
copper smelter 25% owned by PT-FI, begins operations in Gresik, East Java,
Indonesia. The facility purchases all of its copper concentrates from PT-FI.
1997 New fourth concentrator mill completed,
making FCX one of the world’s leaders in high volume/low cost production
of copper and gold.
Received approval from Indonesia’s Minister of Environment for a
Regional AMDAL study, which will permit the further expansion of the milling
rate up to a maximum of 300,000 tons of ore per day.
PT-FI’s proved and probable reserve additions were 2.6 times 1997
copper production and over 3 times gold production.
The Labat-Anderson Social Audit is submitted to PT-FI and the Ministry
of Environment and major changes were made in the administration of the
Freeport Partnership Fund for Community Development, making it more responsive
to developmental needs in the villages.
1996 Exploration efforts yield excellent
results at Kucing Liar mineralization with the PT-FI "Golden Triangle".
Freeport begins participation in the Government of Indonesia's Integrated
Timika Development Plan.
Freeport undergoes voluntary social and environmental audits with positive
results.
1995 PT-FI dedicates Kuala Kencana,
the first city in Papua with underground utilities, centralized water distribution,
sewage collection and treatment.
PT-FI announces a strategic alliance with RTZ.
The environmental plans (RKL and RPL) are approved.
118 expansion was completed ahead of schedule.
Total reserves increases to 1.9 billion tons.
1994 PT-FI 160,000 tons per-day
environmental impact study approved.
Gresik Smelter joint venture announced.
Total reserves increased to 1.1 billion tons
1993 Joint ventures announced to
undertake the purchase of non-mining assets of PT-FI. Approval granted for
expansion to 105,000 TPD by the Board, followed by a further upgrade late
in the year to a target of 118,000 TPD. Production for 1993 averages 62,300
TPD with December production of 74,600 TPD. Freeport-McMoRan completes the
acquisition of Rio Tinto Minera in Spain, whose primary asset is a copper
smelter.
1992 Reserves are again revised
to 786 million metric tons. Production averaged 57,569 TPD, while work proceeded
to raise capacity to 66,000 TPD by the second half of 1993. Feasibility
Study for 90,000 TPD completed in August and approval granted by the Board.
Successful drilling at Big Gossan and in the DOZ/IOZ area, as well as in
other locations bode well for future reserve additions
1991 With the announcement that ore
reserves reach 446 million metric tons, FCX changes its name to Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold Inc., and in June reserves are further increased to 483
million metric tons. In June the Indonesian Ministry of Mines and Freeport
initials the form of a new Contract of Work with a 30-year term and provisions
for two 10-year extensions. By mid-year, production had averaged 35,200
TPD.
1990 52,000 TPD capital expansion project
continues on budget and ahead of schedule. Work virtually completed on a
two-kilometer adit (horizontal shaft) designed to transport ore from ore
passes directly to the mill stock pile area. Production reaches a record
31,700 TPD.
1989 Operation of ore passes begins
allowing Ertsberg East ores to bypass tram ways. Approval given to expand
operations to 32,000 TPD given in February. Feasibility Study for 52,000
TPD completed in May and project financing secured in October. Permit to
explore an additional 6.1 million acres granted by government of Indonesia.
Production for the year averages 24,700 TPD.
1988 Grasberg copper-gold deposit discovered.
Freeport-McMoRan Copper (FCX) taken public on NYSE. Production averages
18,600 TPD. With Grasberg and other ore discoveries, total reserve for the
project has risen to 200 million tons.
1987 Average daily production increased to
more than 16,000 tons per day, more than double the rate planned in 1967.
New ore reserve discoveries exceed production rates; project now has 100
million tons of ore reserves.
1985 Additional underground copper deposits
discovered under the Ertsberg East mine.
April 1981 Ertsberg East underground
mine becomes operational.
November 1978 Ertsberg East underground
mine feasibility study approved; Freeport-McMoRan informs the Indonesian
government of its intent to develop the new orebody.
July 1976 Indonesian Government purchases
8.5% of FI's shares from Freeport Minerals Company and other investors.
1975 Exploration work begins on the underground
Ertsberg East copper deposit.
July 1, 1973 Ertsberg declared operational;
30-year contract term begins.
March 1973 Project dedicated by PT-FI; town
site is named Tembagapura, ("Coppertown") in Indonesia.
December 1972 Trail shipment of first
Ertsberg copper concentrate exports.
May 1970 Full-scale project construction
begins.
December 1969 Feasibility study completed
and approved.
January- September 1969 Long-term sales contracts
and project financing agreements negotiated. Project feasibility underway.
December 1967 Exploration drilling begins
at the Ertsberg.
April 7, 1967 Contract of Work signed,
making Freeport the exclusive mining contractor for the Ertsberg and all
within an Ertsberg-centred 10 km square. The 30-year contract period will
begin when the project is declared operational.
October 1966 Draft Contract of Work for the
Ertsberg initialed.
June 1966 Freeport team invited to Jakarta
for initial discussions toward a mining contract for the Ertsberg.
1963 Netherlands New Guinea is handed
over by the Dutch to the UN which in turn delivers it to Indonesia. Project
plans are shelved due to the anti-private investment policies of the Soekarno
regime in power at that time.
June 1960 The Freeport expedition, led
by Forbes Wilson and Del Flint, rediscovers the Ertsberg.
December 1936 The Colijin expedition,
including Jean-Jacquez Dozy, is the first outside group to reach the Jayawijaya
Mountain glacier, and discovers the Ertsberg.
The above history of events is proof of the United
States self financial interest and benefit gained in the now, infamous,
August, 1962, New York Agreement and the 1969, Act of Free Choice (No Choice).
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Drugs, Guns
& Politicians ???
The WPNGNC has received unconfirmed reports
that the Freeport Mine had a private jet aircraft which made weekly trips
from Cairns, North Queensland, Australia to the Freeport Mine in West New
Guinea. These flights were from Cairns airport where the Freeport
Mine had an office. The time was the mid 1990's. The aircraft would
fly from New Orleans USA to Cairns with supplies and personnel and then
on to West Papua.
The WPNC has been further advised that the aircraft contained more
than just mining supplies. Included in the cargo were guns and drugs
(cocaine). There was further information that there was a CIA involvement
in this arrangement. It was further reported that Australian
Customs Officers were under strict instructions from a "higher authority"
not to inspect or interfere with the Freeport jet.
Whilst these claims may at first seem to be far fetched, the CIA
is known to have a long history in drug running. It even has a history
of such activities in Australia in the 1970's and 1980's. See below:-
1973-80, AUSTRALIA
The Nugan Hand Bank of Sydney was a CIA bank in all but name. Among its
officers were a network of US generals, admirals and CIA men, including
former CIA Director William Colby, who was also one of its lawyers. With
branches in Saudi Arabia, Europe, Southeast Asia, South America and the
U.S., Nugan Hand Bank financed drug trafficking, money laundering and
international arms dealings. In 1980, amidst several mysterious deaths,
the bank collapsed, $50 million in debt. (See Jonathan Kwitny, The Crimes
of Patriots: A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money and the CIA, W.W. Norton
& Co., 1987.)
SEE THIS LINK.
The source of this information was reputedly a former employee
of the Freeport Mine.
A former advisor of the late Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen (a former
Queensland Premier) has advised, the WPNGNC, that Sir Joh spoke of a black
jet, which used to make unscheduled and unauthorized trips to town of Cowen,
in Cape York, North Queensland. These trips were reputedly drug and
guns drops from New Guinea. He further advised that a high profile
political figure was involved as well as a well known business identity
(now deceased - a major part of his former businesses featured in one of
the largest corporate collapses in Australia in recent years.)
For additional information on the CIA in Australia - see THIS
link.
I must stress that all these events are unconfirmed, however, if
anyone can provide additional information please email this site.
Bob Hawk's (Australian Prime Minister from 11th March, 1983
until 20th December, 1991) little mate Sir Peter Ables was the US Mafia
Representative in Australia for many years and is known to have attempted
to bribe well known anti-corruption journalist Bob Bottom. Of course
Bottom refused but it was well known that Ables would tie someone up in
court for years if they dared to print anything derogatory about him.
Ables and Rupert Murdoch (I seem to have heard that name before)
just happened to own 55% of Australia's second biggest domestic airline
- Ansett. Ansett in turn just happened to own a 20% share in another
airline - America West Airline. One of their planes was caught in
the US chock a block full of drugs in the US. The result was intertesting
to say the least.
This whole incident appears to have the stamp of the CIA in it.
See THIS link.
The great Crikey defamation list
Stephen Mayne Oft-sued Crikey publisher
Australia has a crazy system of eight different defamation laws which
has thrown up the following colourful cases over the years.
Date: 17 March 2005
Sir Peter Abeles: Transport magnate who acquired his knighthood from
Bob Askin over a hand of cards. Notorious for issuing various stopper writs
against critics in the 1970s and 80s. Insulated himself against much media
scrutiny by forging alliances with senior media and political figures: Bob
Hawke called him his best friend, while Abeles ran Ansett as a joint venture
with Rupert Murdoch, running the airline into the ground just in time for
Air New Zealand to buy its carcass. His corrupt activities with the TWU
and his connexions with the US mafia were virtually ignored by the mainstream
media, partly because of his reputation for legal action. Check out this
1987 Four Corners report on Abeles by Paul Williams and Marian Wilkinson:
See THIS
link.
For more detail THIS
link.
Hawke will go down as the grubbiest Prime Minister in Australia's
history with Paul Keating a close second.
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Freeport as a Corporate Citizen
September 2002
In response to the meltdown of Enron and WorldCom, and to
counter investor anger, the Bush administration pushed a bill through the
American senate and congress which demanded greater corporate accountability.
Passed into law on the 26 July, the Corporate Fraud Act required American
companies to file certifications by the 14 August declaring that their financial
accounts were true and accurate. Under this legislation CEOs and chief financial
officers are now to be held personally responsible for the accuracy of such
disclosures.
For years Freeport has turned a blind eye to the pilfering of Freeport
property by the military with such practices generally being considered
part of the cost of military protection. In 1991 Emmy Hafild, from the Indonesian
environmental non-government organization WALHI, claimed that the military
commander of the area boasted to her that Freeport directly supported military
operations and helped pay military salaries. A number of reports have also
claimed that Freeport pays $11 million dollars annually into a communal
fund for the military which is reputedly topped up on request by negotiation.
At the same time it has been claimed that local soldiers are paid a monthly
salary-bonus, which in 2001 was estimated to be approximately Rp400,000.
While the Freeport-McMoRan annual reports boasts substantial payments to
the traditional landowners by listing the millions it pays towards development,
is it fair and reasonable, or even legal, for Freeport to claim kudos for
such policies without offsetting this figure with what it may be paying
the military: the perpetrator of human rights against the same people the
company purports to assist? Moreover, in this new era of corporate responsibility
foreshadowed by the Corporate Fraud Law, are such accounting practices legal?
Could it be that this new legislation has finally forced Freeport to sever
its financially and morally questionable ties with TNI?
Although Freeport has strenuously denied that it pays military wages the
readiness of the company's executives to deposit cash into the private bank
accounts of the military undermines any such assertion. In response to a
telephone call from a man identifying himself as the West Papuan police
chief, in February 2001 it was reported that Freeport executive Prihadi
Santoso (government and external relations) instructed his secretary to
deposit $10,000 into the private bank account as requested.
It was only later, when the caller was found to be a hoax, did Prihadi
inform Jakarta police of the fraud. Although the incident was reported by
the Indonesian press no one seemed to be interested in questioning the appropriateness
of a senior Freeport executive paying money directly to someone who identified
himself over the phone as an Indonesian police chief - such payments, it
would appear, are common practice.
While in the past Freeport may have been willing to fund the military and
turn a blind-eye to its illegal activities, immediately after filing certifications
under the Corporate Fraud Law it appears that the company may have changed
its corporate policy. While for decades Freeport has allowed the military
to pilfer from it, according to Dr Benny Giay, Rector of Walter College
in Jayapura and chairman of the West Papuan Reconciliation Task Force, two
weeks ago it was reported in the local newspaper, the Cenderawasih Pos,
that Freeport had accused members of the Indonesian military of stealing
company property. Moreover, on Saturday, the same day as the killings on
the road from Tembagapura, Dr Giay says he was informed by a Freeport manager
that Lexi Linturan (head of Freeport Security), had been threatened several
times by TNI over the previous two weeks because he had discontinued some,
or all, of the company's payments to this institution. Just over two weeks
ago the Corporate Fraud Law came into force.
If this scenario is correct could the military have attacked Freeport employees
on Saturday to force the company to resume payments and withdraw its charges
against its personnel? This would not be the first time TNI threatened the
company by using violence. In March 1996, shortly after the release of the
Australian Council For Overseas Aid report which accused Freeport security,
in collusion with the Indonesian military, of killing indigenous people
in the company's concession area, the company strenuously denied all involvement
and attempted to distance itself from TNI. In response the military took
control of, if not orchestrated, violent riots in Timika which saw the direct
targeting of Freeport infrastructure. Endeavoring to formulate another response
to what the company had come to see as a troublesome and potentially damaging
relationship with TNI, Freeport then offered the institution incentives
to choose separation and reform. According to one source the military requested
$100 million but settled for $35 million from Freeport with the company
agreeing to supply the military with its own transport vehicles, build barracks
and help in the construction of its own naval base. By supplying the military
with separate infrastructure Freeport hoped to define clear physical parameters
between itself and TNI in the eyes of the traditional peoples and its detractors,
it also hoped to lessen resentment of the company from within the military.
Could it be that the ramifications of the Corporate Fraud Law forced a
change in company policy two weeks ago and did this change lead to the Indonesian
military killing Freeport employees on the road from Tembagapura on Saturday?
If this is the case what will happen if other American companies operating
in Indonesia also decide to take this opportunity to discontinue the burdensome
payments to TNI? Moreover, how will the Indonesian military and the regime
in Jakarta cope with the loss of corporate funding which helps keep the
discredited institution afloat and the disparate Republic together?
[The Politics of Power: Freeport in Suharto's Indonesia, which describes
the complex power relationships between the company, the Jakarta elite,
the Indonesian military, the traditional landowners, and non-government
human rights and environmental organizations, is due for release by the
University of Hawaii Press in October 2002.]
Environmental Vandals - Insurance
Refused
FCX had its US$100m insurance policy refused in 1995 not because
of a perceived threat from the OPM but as a result of its potential to damage
the environment.
See this article:-
Freeport mine insurance cancelled
By Jeremy Oxley
Giant US insurance company, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),
has dealt the owners of the Freeport mine in West Papua, Freeport MacMoRan,
a stinging blow by cancelling its US$100 million insurance coverage.
The insurance company has claimed that massive river pollution and rampant
rainforest destruction caused by the operations of Freeport mine, situated
on Grasberg Mountain in the upper reaches of the Ajikwa river, would leave
it liable to claims from indigenous peoples for damage to the surrounding
areas. OPIC also claims that there is increasing instability in the area
due to the enormous open craters dug into the Grasberg Mountain during the
mine operations.
The Freeport mine releases an estimated 100,000 tonnes of tailings per day
into the Ajikwa river from its gold copper operations. The tailings, mixed
with cyanide residue which is used to extract the copper, wash through the
lower valleys of the river system which are inhabited by several West Papua
tribes. Freeport MacMoRan has few environmental controls in place to extract
the deadly cyanide residue or to control the output of the tailings which
are causing widespread pollution and destroying marine and plant life.
OPIC's decision to cancel the insurance leaves Freeport MacMoRan with a
severely damaged public image. It also, in effect, announces to the world
that mining operations of this type cause severe environmental damage.
Sources have said that Freeport MacMoRan, worried that it would suffer a
similar fate as BHP at Ok Tedi, was in fact seeking to increase its level
of insurance before OPIC pulled out. Now it will be difficult for the company
to find any viable insurance company to cover its mining operations in West
Papua.
The insurance cancellation is a direct blow to the viability of the Freeport
MacMoRan operations in West Papua. It also paves the way for further action
against foreign mining companies which have demolished the environment in
remote areas, ignoring environmental laws or pretending they were beyond
reach of the possible repercussions. The OPIC decision underlines that indigenous
owners are becoming increasingly mobilised and will seek damages if irresponsible
foreign companies cause destruction.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM), which has been viciously attacked by Indonesian
armed forces in recent months over its opposition to the mine, has strengthened
its opposition following OPIC's decision. OPM is now in a position to substantiate
its claims against the Freeport MacMoRan gold copper mine and get world
attention similar to that of OK Tedi.
See also THIS
article.
More on Environmental Issues at Freeport
HERE.
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FCX Year 2000 Annual Report
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
James R. Moffett (4)
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Freeport-McMoRan Copper &Gold Inc
.Robert J. Allison, Jr. (2,3)
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Robert W. Bruce III (1,2)
President
The Robert Bruce
Management Co., Inc.
R. Leigh Clifford (3,4)
Chief Executive
Rio Tinto plc and
Rio Tinto Limited
Robert A. Day (1,4)
Chairman of the Board
Trust Company of the West
Gerald J. Ford (1)
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
California Federal Bank,
A Federal Savings Bank
H. Devon Graham, Jr. (1,2)
President
R.E. Smith Interests
Oscar Y.L. Groeneveld (1,3)
Chief Executive Copper
Rio Tinto plc and
Rio Tinto Limited
J. Bennett Johnston (3)
Chairman
Johnston & Associates, LLC and
Johnston Development Co. LLC
Former United States Senator
B.L. Lackey (2,3)
President and Chief Executive Officer
McManus-Wyatt-Hidalgo
Produce Marketing Co.
Gabrielle K. McDonald (3)
Former Judge
International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia
Special Counsel on Human Rights to the
Chairman of the Board
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
B.M. Rankin, Jr. (3,4)
Vice Chairman of the Board
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Private Investor
J. Stapleton Roy (3)
Managing Director
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Former United States Ambassador
to Indonesia
Dr. J. Taylor Wharton (2,3)
Special Assistant to the President
for Patient Affairs
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Director Emeritus
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Board Committees: (1) Audit (2) Corporate
Personnel (3) Public Policy (4) Nominating
MANAGEMENT
James R. Moffett
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Richard C. Adkerson
President and
Chief Financial Officer
January- September 1969
Long-term sales contracts and project financing agreements negotiated. Project
feasibility underway.
The above is an extract from the FCX
(Freeport Mine) web site, history of events. As you can see, the Freeport
Mine was selling long term contracts for the supply of mineral ore, whilst
the so called Act of Free Choice (Act of No Choice) was under way in 1969.
This is conclusive proof that the US was party to the, so called, Act of
Free Choice (No Choice) scam.
This proof is further reinforced when
the makeup of the FCX (Freeport Mine) board is examined. Refer to
the year 2000 Annual Report . Board members included a former US Senator
(representing Kissinger's firm), Henry Kissinger and Former US President
Gerald Ford. Kissinger was party to the grubby deal with Suharto and
the corrupt Nixon in 1969.
Ford and Kissinger were parties to
the 1975 deal selling out the East Timorese to Suharto.
Note that FCX according to the 2000 Annual Report
has Henry Kissinger as its Director Emeritus and as other Directors J Roy
Stapleton (representing Kissinger & Associates and a former Ambassador
to Indonesia), J Bennett Johnston (a former US Senator), Gerald J Ford (former
US President see above).
With the past form of individuals like Suharto,
Kissinger, the CIA and corporate ethics of FCX anything is possible.
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Mine and photos see THESE Pages.
Freeport Mine (FCX) Web
Site.
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Kissinger's $250,000US a Year
Blood Money
Mr. Kissinger Goes to Jakarta
Naked City
BY ROBERT BRYCE
March 3, 2000:
The Nobel Peace Prize winner bolted rather than face a few rowdies
at UT. But Henry Kissinger can't turn down a trip to Jakarta, Indonesia,
particularly when he's running errands for Jim Bob Moffett. On Monday, Kissinger
met with new Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid, on behalf of Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold, the New Orleans-based mining giant. Kissinger is paid
$250,000 per year to sit on Freeport's board.
Freeport, which had deep business and personal ties to Suharto, the murderous
former dictator in Indonesia, continues to defend itself against allegations
that it may have paid bribes to Suharto and his cronies. The company is
also being scrutinized for human rights and environmental problems at its
Grasberg mine in Irian Jaya, which contains the world's richest gold deposit.
Members of the Indonesian House of Representatives have been questioning
Freeport's mining contract, and are asking that the country renegotiate
its terms.
Kissinger, who was complicit in the Suharto regime's bloody 1975 invasion
of East Timor, asked the Indonesian president to honor Freeport's contract,
warning that if the country didn't honor the contract, other companies would
be loathe to invest in Indonesia. According to stories in the Jakarta Post
and the South China Morning Post, Wahid agreed, but asked that Freeport
give "a special concession" to the tribal people living near the
mine.
Then, Wahid cemented the Freeport bond even further when he asked Kissinger
to become his special adviser on political and social matters. Kissinger
agreed, saying he did so "out of friendship for the Indonesian people."
Then, without any apparent trace of irony, he added that he wanted Indonesia
to be "strong, unified, and democratic."
Kissinger's entreaties to the president were quickly criticized by the
Indonesian Environmental Forum, known as WALHI. Emmy Hafild, the leader
of WALHI, told the Indonesian Observer that Freeport's contract is "not
legitimate in the eyes of the Indonesian people because it was made by Suharto
during a transitional period from the Old Order to the New Order and under
a wrong system and mechanism." She also criticized Kissinger, calling
his threats about foreign investment "intimidation," and saying
it was improper for Kissinger to use his influence as a former U.S. secretary
of state to pressure the Indonesian president.
But then again, that's why Moffett has been paying Kissinger big money
since 1988: he needs Kissinger's power. According to Walter Isaacson's hefty
1992 biography of Kissinger, Moffett was very clear about the reason he
gave Kissinger such a lucrative position on Freeport's board. "Henry
can definitely cut the red tape for you," said Moffett. "He always
has somebody he can call." For more info, go to http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/boyer/fp
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Kissinger Doesn't Seem to Know
When Enough is Enough
May 26 2005
KISSINGER READY TO HELP NORMALIZE RI-US MILITARY TIES
Washington D.C. (ANTARA News) - Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
said Wednesday he would be ready to help normalize the relations between
Indonesia and the United States, including the bilateral military cooperation.
He said he would fully support the Indonesian efforts to strengthen its
ties with the United States and do his best for the purpose.
Kissinger made the statement after a meeting with visiting Indonesian President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here.
However, the former US state secretary stressed that he now belonged to
common people, and thus, he would talk about the matter in his capacity
as an individual.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1973 expressed belief that the traditional
ties between the two countries would return to normal. The United States
will also understand the reforms Indonesia has made, he added.
Kissinger added Indonesia was one of the important countries in the Asian
region and thus it could play a role in building the future and peace in
the region, including in the Moslem world.
Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayudha, meanwhile, said Indonesia saw
Kissinger as an influential figure in the efforts to normalize the ties
between Indonesia and the US.
"The meeting between Kissinger (and Yudhoyono) is a consultation with
an influential figure," he added.
President Yudhoyono is here for a three-day state visit.
WPNGNC Comment:- At least the CIA seems to know.
CIA terminates Dr. K with extreme
iciness
Date: Monday, 10 January 2005, 9:27 a.m.
CIA terminates Dr. K with extreme iciness
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
WASHINGTON - The CIA has told Henry Kissinger to kiss off,
saying his services as an informal adviser to Director Porter Goss are no
longer needed.
The pink slip came in the form of a terse communiqué from Goss to
Kissinger - the vaunted diplomat and counselor to Presidents - and other
members of an intelligence advisory board that meets several times a year,
Newsweek magazine reported yesterday.
The council of wise men recently sacked by the new CIA honcho includes 9/11
Commissioner and ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), who heads New School University
in New York; former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), and ex-Joint Chiefs Chairman
Adm. William Crowe. Kissinger told the magazine he had "no view"
on the dismissals, and another member of the panel, ex-CIA and FBI Director
William Webster, insisted he was not offended
Jettisoning the advisers marked the latest controversial move by Goss,
SNIP
In recent weeks, the spy chief has replaced several senior officials in
the clandestine service and also stopped nightly counterterrorism meetings
attended by the intelligence community. This week, former top Bush-Cheney
campaign aide Jennifer Millerwise takes over as chief spokeswoman at the
agency.
Originally published on January 10, 2005
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8 June 2005
Sidelining the CIA -Time Magazine
A new White House memo excludes CIA director Porter Goss from National Security
Council meetings The biggest changes in Washington often come about with
just a few strokes of the pen. And so a dry, one-page internal memo quietly
issued by the White House is being viewed as a kind of eulogy for the once
mighty Central Intelligence Agency.
After nearly 60 years at the pinnacle of American intelligence -- and at
the elbow of Presidents -- the CIA director is no longer automatically welcome
at the President's National Security Council (NSC) meetings. John Negroponte,
the new director of National Intelligence, has taken his chair.
It's the latest evidence that Negroponte is consolidating his power as the
nation's intelligence czar. The May 2 memo, obtained by TIME and also reported
late last week by GovWatch.com, states that "effective immediately,"
Negroponte will participate in meetings of the NSC and its domestic counterpart,
the Homeland Security Council (HSC).
Meanwhile, CIA Director Porter Goss "will attend NSC and HSC meetings
at the direction of the President."
That's the polite Beltway equivalent of saying, "Don't call us. We'll
call you."
"It's a clear diminution in the authority of the director of CIA,"
says David Rothkopf, a Clinton Administration official and author of a new
book on the NSC. "If you're not in the room, you're not playing an
influential role."
CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise says Goss, who was sworn in as CIA chief
last September, still attends his share of meetings?and isn't in the game
for "face time." He "is there when he needs to be,"
says Millerwise.
Goss has so far publicly ignored any suggestions that his power has been
reduced. Though he is no longer in charge of the President's daily intelligence
briefing, Goss supporters say, he is spending more time focusing on needed
reforms at the agency, visiting far-flung CIA spooks in the field and looking
for ways to fill in gaps in the CIA's human intelligence and analysis.
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"The illegal we can do right now; the unconstitutional
will take a little longer."
Henry Kissinger
another Kissinger quote
"The real distinction is between those
who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in
the light of their purposes."
For more information on CIA operations see THIS
(SERENDPITY) link.
Continue to the Dag Hammarskjöld
Murder and CIA Involvement.
Extract from SBS Dateline Interview with Henry
Kissinger 28 June, 2000
JANA WENDT:
But I take it you have no sympathy, then, for the people of West
Papua, who have nothing at all in common with Indonesia, and where they
have gone so far as to declare their independence; I take it you have no
sympathy for that position?
DR HENRY KISSINGER:
I`m not saying I have no sympathy for the people of West Papua, of Aceh
or the Moluccan Islands; I`m no real expert on these, and I would think
it would be better for everybody if it developed in a federal direction.
In the end, !!he outside world has to adjust to what the people of Indonesia
themselves decide.
For the entire interview:- see
THIS link.
WPNGNC COMMENT:-
What a disgusting old liar in view
of the above information. His denial of his past involvement and shaping
of West Papua today and a history which resulted in mass genocide and the
theft of billions of dollars worth of resources from the West Papuans is
extraordinary. What a bloated old toad centered on his own self importance!!!!
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