Interesting documents. Looks like the famous / infamous Marc Rich played an important role in ensuring we had access to oil back in those dark days.
very much
as well as our own marino chiavelli
be that as it may, virtually every southern african country was involved - either in providing false documentation to prove any particular taker discharged its cargo in their ports - not ours.
over and under invoicing was the order of the day.
ciskei opened a consulate in brickhill rd in durban, for the sole purpose of collecting large sums of cash in diplomatic vehicles.
it was my father's company that handled ever tanker, the company was formed as a shipping chandling company, in conjunction with the ppl from the strategic fuel fund.
chiavelli came to durban for lunch with my father - he arrived in a bell jetranger helicopter - with "special permission" to land on the victoria embankment.
i used to go on joy rides to the south buoy mooring off old dbn airport in a sikorsky helicopter from virginia airport.
prostitutes would also be flown out to the tankers in the sikorsky.
needless to say, the south african public was funding the lunacy !
although, we had huge oil reserves - old coal mines were filled to capacity.
magoos bomber - robert mc bride, was supposed to bomb an oil pipeline between dbn and jhb.
he fukked up - and instead bombed a water pipeline !!!
we have always had an "interesting" relationship with iran - they were supplying oil as fast as tankers could move the stuff
tankers were given random false names to use - typically after a few drinks
there is still a ton of dirt out there - as far as i know, i'm the only one with all the original documents.
my father and his staff in both dbn & cape town are now all dead - i'm last man standing.
a couple of yrs back i had a meeting with the ppl from national archives in cape town.
upon my death all documents will be handed over to them - for now they are with a law firm in europe