Published: March 23 2009 02:00 | Last updated: March 23 2009 02:00
From Mr Dick Martin.
Sir, Jonathan Guthrie has provided your readers with a rich seam of amusement over the Gem of Tanzania, and he has reminded us of the hidden gems which lurk in the small print of company information, if only one bothers to seek them out.
Lex (March 19) states Royal Dutch Shells announcement yesterday of an $8.3bn hole in its pension fund is a sign of the times. In fact Shell disclosed the underfunding quite clearly when it issued its 2008 results on January 29, though it was buried rather deep in the notes.
Perhaps if Mr Guthrie were transferred to Lex for a spell, Lex might spot such gems of information when they are first made public, rather than many weeks later?
Dick Martin,
Tonbridge, Kent, UK
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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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