From AXF News: Tuesday, 11th July 2006 12:30
PARIS (AFX) – Total SA said it has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell’s oil distribution outlets in Fiji and Tonga as part of a build-up of its business in the Pacific region.
The assets being acquired include nine oil terminals and depots and 20 service stations.
The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
In a separate announcement, Shell said its businesses in New Caledonia, Vanuatu and French Polynesia will be purchased by Albert Moux and Partners, a consortium whose principal is Shell’s current co-venturer in French Polynesia, Albert Moux.
Shell’s businesses in the Cook Islands and Solomon Islands will be the subject of a further announcement.
No financial details were disclosed. The sale is expected to be completed in the coming months, subject to regulatory approvals.
Shell said the divestment is in line with its strategy. It noted that the business in the Pacific Islands from Shell’s perspective remains small, even though Shell in the Pacific Islands has been operating in a market with good long-term prospects, a loyal customer base, professional staff and reliable business partners.
The businesses are to be sold as going concerns. Shell has negotiated a bulk fuels supply agreement with each purchasing company for supply of Shell high quality fuels for up to five years following the sale.
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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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