More ..."Totally ignored by the world’s press, however, would be one
of Franco’s crucial allies, a man who lived neither in Berlin nor Rome.
With a globe on his desk and roll-down maps on the wall of his
elegantly wainscotted office, he could be found high in the iconic
Chrysler Building in the heart of New York City.Not one
of the hundreds of foreign correspondents who chronicled the bombing of
Madrid looked up at the ominous V-shaped formations of Hitler’s bombers
and wondered: Whose fuel is powering those aircraft? The oilman who
supplied that fuel would, in fact, prove to be the best American friend a
Fascist dictator could have. He would provide the Nationalists not only
with oil, but with an astonishing hidden subsidy of money, a generous
and elastic line of credit, and a stream of strategic intelligence.Torkild
Rieber was a barrel-chested, square-jawed figure whose presence
dominated any occasion. At elegant gathering spots, like New York’s 21 Club, where a hamburger-and-egg dish on the menu was named after him, he captivated listeners with tales of his rugged past...."
@deltadawn: Big business has more skeletons than ancestors. And they have always been in it to make money, period,
Houston depends on Oil & Gas as part of its economic structure, but there is lot more going on in O&G than just Houston economics.
Deals made around the world is astonishing to say the least, always has been.
Countries controlled by dictators have always been a major employer of our overseas oil workers and contribute a great deal to the prosperity of our contract workers.
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