Vince Cable Described As ‘Minister For Shell’ In Letter From Oil Giant
By John Donovan
Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills was formerly a senior Royal Dutch Shell executive.
It has recently come to light that Shell successfully lobbied his department to intervene on Shell’s behalf in a case being heard by the US Supreme Court: Kiobel-v-Shell.
The UK Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has just released its decision in regard to a complaint:
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- This complaint relates to a request which sought information on the UK government’s decision to submit two “amicus” briefs in the case Kiobel v Shell (‘Kiobel’). (An amicus brief is a document filed in a court by a party who is not directly related to the case under consideration). Kiobel was a case before the Supreme Court of the United States brought under the US Alien Torts Statute 1789 (‘ATS’). The ATS allows foreign victims of human rights abuses to seek civil remedies in US courts.
- The Kiobel case was brought against Shell by Nigerian citizens who alleged that the company had aided and abetted the Nigerian authorities in the torture and extrajudicial killing of unarmed protesters in the 1990s.
In view of the claims made by Shell over its influence with the minister, the question arises of whether Mr Cable recused himself from any involvement in these matters, including the lobbying and the release of information as investigated by the ICO?
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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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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
