Washington Times: Shell, Royal Dutch talk merger
Posted 13 August 04
London, England, (UPI) — Royal Dutch/Shell has a preliminary plan to unify its two boards and is studying a possible merger of its Dutch and British holding companies.
The world’s third largest energy group is made up of Royal Dutch, the Dutch holding company controlling 60 percent, and Shell Transport and Trading, the British side controlling the rest. The two companies have separate main stock exchange listings in Amsterdam and London.
The review, advocated by several important members of Shell’s steering committee, goes beyond investors’ expectations, the Financial Times said.
But any formal decision about the unification and other proposals need the vote of both boards and an agreement at next year’s general meeting.
Shell in January revealed it had wrongly booked more than 20 percent of its oil and gas reserves with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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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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