January 19, 2007; Page B4
Your Jan. 3 editorial “More Gas Blackmail” accurately summarizes the dangers that Europe faces due to its overwhelming dependence for gas on the Russian monopoly Gazprom. These dangers are no less pressing in the U.S., where the industry forecasts that the majority of our future gas shortfall will be met by Russian LNG.
President Putin’s insistence that Europeans can rely on Gazprom to honor its commitments is irrelevant in the face of recent experience. The costs of doing business with an unbridled monopolist being utilized as a central arm of Russian foreign policy has already been felt by Belarus, Ukraine, Shell and Moncrief Oil.
If adequate protective measures are not implemented now, we will be at the mercy of an unregulated monopolist with interests totally at odds with our national interest.
Moncrief sought the protection of U.S. and German courts after its own contractual interests with Gazprom were repeatedly breached. While American courts have historically been reluctant to assert jurisdiction around international commercial disputes, today’s “global economy” has blurred jurisdictional boundaries and U.S. courts are now the only means of enforcing Russian energy contracts with U.S. interests. German courts have recognized this necessity and U.S. courts must follow suit.
Richard W. Moncrief
Chairman
Moncrief Oil International
Fort Worth, Texas
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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
