Reuters.com: Shell says Watts pay-off does not rule out legal action
Fri 25 June, 2004
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch/Shell’s pay-off agreement for sacked former chairman Phil Watts does not indicate that it has ruled out legal action against him, a spokesman says.
Asked if the announcement earlier in the day of a one million pound settlement meant the company SHELL had decided not to sue its disgraced boss, a spokesman said on Friday, “We cannot speculate on the outcome and implications of external investigations.”
He was referring to investigations that are under way by a number of national regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice. They are probing the company’s overoptimistic reserves bookings which came to light this year. Watts’ was fired in March for his part in the affair.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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