Kissinger Watch Bym.T

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no disagreement with the first, al cultural deals. It was a key participat though we would state the matter much ing interest in a June 16-18 East-West more strongly. Of the second, we ap trade conference' in Vienna, spon preciate the implication behind the sored by the Sov�ts' Dzhermen Gvi words "at least": Henry Kissinger's shiani. It will be . sponsoring a major conflicts of interest, indeed, would , event on the "Fi\1e Year Plans of the most certainly qualify him for prose East Bloc," in Venice, Italy in 1987. cution on several counts, if anybody In May of this year, with HenryXis wanted to pursue thecase in the courts. singer an invited guest, Fiat sponsored We disagree, however, with the a conference on "futurism" in Venice, Of conflids of interest, "hasn't happened": This column has with Gianni Agnelli, himself billing repeatedly, and in detail, provided "futurism" as a bridge between East and interest in conflicts more than enough evidence to whet and West. In April of this year, Fiat "Why does Henry escape scrutiny?" any investigator's appetite. But let us provided financing for a conference in This question was asked by Washing present more. Milan on East-West economic'rela ton Times columnist John Lofton, June tions, sponsored by the New York 11. Lofton cited a late-May column based Institute fot East-West Security by the New York Times' Leslie Gelb, Policy by Fiat Studies. raising "the question of possible con Gelb raises several questions on the Since early MIlY of this year, Hen flicts of interest," which rujse, in Lof conflict-of-interest theme, all accom ry Kissinger has been persomuly lob ton'sparaphrase of Gelb, "becauseMr. panied by Kissinger or Kissinger As bying for the United States to begin a Kissinger-while being the sole own sociates directors' disclaimers. The phased military, withdrawal from er of Kissinger Associates-is also, points include: 1) When Kissinger was Western Europe. Once a prominent simultaneously, on the President's appointed to be a member of the Cen policy figure like Kissinger begins Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, tral America Commission in mid- lobbying in such; a way, the pace of ,where he has served as a member since 1983, Kissinger Associates was ad European trade, �trategic, and pOliti March 4, 1984." vising banks with business in that re cal deals with Moscow heats up, be To our knowledge, this is the first gion. 2) As a member of the Presi cause clever Europeans, understand time a significant Kissinger conflict dent's flAB, Kissinger would have ably, evaluate s�h lobbying to rep of-interest charge has been raised, access to information that would help resent some kind :of policy consensus outside of EIR, since Texas Rep. Hen his business. 3) One Kissinger Asso in the United States. Conversely, ry Gonzalez, 'in the 1983-84 period, ciates director, Brent Scowcroft, was Moscow's room for maneuver and had questioned Kissinge,(s also the director of a governmentcom economic and Sffategic gain in Eu participa tion in the President's Commission on mission on strategic issues, the Scow rope, is greatly increaseq by such pol Central America. At the time, Kissin croft Commission. icy advocacy on thepart of Kissinger. ger Associates had business interests Gelb also provides other evi Question one: How much is Kis in that region. dence, en passant, that he never fol singer gaining by such Fiat deals? After'his citation of Gelb, Lofton lows up. What he provides, in this Question two: How much· has Kissin concludes: "( 1) it does seem impru way, gives a classic example of how ger's policy influ�nce in Washington dent to choose anyone for member Kissinger illicitly puts money in his , given the AgnelU-Fiat group the green ship on the PFIAB who runs a busi pocket, and how public policy in the light for milking big deals with Mos ness that depends on and profits from United States may be distorted in the cow? Question tqree: How much has the dispensation of 'geopolitical-eco process. Kissinger's advocacy of the phased nomic advice,' as Mr. Kissinger says Gelb mentions, for example, that withdrawal from Europe influenced his business does. And (2) this partic one of Kissinger Associates' clients is I U.S. policy? QUestion four: How ular case would seem ripe for at least the Italian Fiat Corporation. The Ag much have his: "business percep a detailed investigation by the media. nelli family of Fiat, based in Turin, tions," gleaned through such rela And this'hasn't happened." has emerged as one of the leading mo tions, affected evaluations passing Of John Lofton's points, we have tivators of East-West economic and through the President's FlAB?

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