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Apr 1 2 20G5 —/ . /' /f CX?b Jeff Gates 1440 Catalina Street Laguna Beach, CA 92651 949.494.4437 March 31,2005 Mr. Mark Malloch Brown Office of the Secretary General United Nations New York, New York 10017 RE: Meeting with the Secretary General Please find enclosed the following materials that I hope prove useful, as follows: • Letter and memo of March 16, 2005 to Prime Minister Tony Blair confirming that Jerome Corsi, author of Atomic Iran (March 22nd release), has long operated as a Mossad asset. Note the inclusion of documentary evidence dating back to 1994 in correspondence with James M. Rockefeller and Dr. Glenn Olds. • E-mail from me to Governor Jeb Bush and President G.W. Bush confirming a March 20, 2005 death threat directed at Mr. Rockefeller in Miami. Based on the repetitive behavior patterns chronicled in the course of two^ye_ars of full- time_research, I am ccmfid_ent we can assist Mr, A^nanjn identifyin^g those who staged hjs_sonjo catalzye an incident .at this particular _time. Research uncovered numerous situations where pro-Israeli operatives have "taken position on" children and siblings of prominent or well-to-do people, often at a very young age. The targeting of Mr. Rockefeller (age 53) dates back at least to age six and perhaps earlier. Please ensure that Mr. Annan schedules time ASAP for a confidential discussion with Mr. Rockefeller and I. Fast-emerging fact patterns suggest that the Israelis are regrouping for yet another initiative as part of their commitment to wage way by way of deception, a key reason they first need to discredit the U.N. and its leadership. Time is of the essence. Mr. Rockefeller can be reached at 559/930-3951 (Florida). I urge_that-y0u-al-so speak with " Dr. Glenn Olds (per the attached letter) at 503/625-6434 (Oregon.); A ,;; 'i- r ^ :: „._;-. APR 1 2 20G5 Enclosed: Letter and memo of March 16, 2005 from Jeff Gates to Prime Minister Tony Blair Letter of February 15, 2005 from #10 Downing to Jeff Gates E-mail of March 20, 2005 from Jeff Gates to Governor Jeb Bush and President G.W. Bush re death threat directed at James M. Rockefeller Letters of January 18 & March 28, 2004 from Jeff Gates to Mark Malloch Brown Jeff Gates 1440 Catalina Street Laguna Beach, CA 92651 949.494.4437 March 28, 2005 Mr. Mark Malloch Brown Office of the Secretary General United Nations New York, New York 10017 RE: Iraqi Reconstruction: Israeli Terrorism; Meeting with the Secretary General Please find attached materials that I hope prove useful, as follows: • Shared Prosperity Paradigm for the Hydrogen Age - suggesting how Iraqi reconstruction could become a model for an economic model that is sensible, scalable and sustainable (i.e., not the consensus). Note the capacity to catalyze job creation and purchasing power without the need for debt-based unitary currencies. • Mel Rockefeller and National Security - a letter and accompanying memo to Tony Blair confirming that Jerome Corsi, author of Atomic Iran (March 22nd release), is a Mossad asset. • Criminal State - an overview of an in-process book in which the Corsi material is one of dozens of factual situations confirming that pro-Israeli extremists orchestrated the U.S. into waging their war for Greater Israel. • The Iraqi Connection: The Indonesian Connection - two draft excerpts from Criminal State. I can provide more in-depth analysis of Israel's role in the ongoing attempt to discredit the U.N. (and the U.S.). Just let me know. I've spent the past two years in full-time research. My confidence in the facts is firm. I am best reached at 949/494-4437. Mel Rockefeller can be reached at 559/930-3951.1 attempted to alert Jack Danforth (who I knew while Senate Finance Committee counsel, 1980-87) but was blocked by staff. I'm confident we can show how Kojo Annan was targeted in much the same way that Mel Rockefeller has been targeted since his birth (he is now 53). It is essential that Mr. Annan spend some time with Mr. Rockefeller ASAP. For confirmation, he may wish to speak with Dr. Glenn Olds, a former U.N. Ambassador (for Nixon) who has advised five U.S. presidents, four of the five Rockefeller brothers and Mel Rockefeller since 1994. Dr. Olds (84) now realizes (a) how badly he was used by pro-Israeli perpetrators and (b) the depth of the treason and the systemic corruption - ongoing and poised to go to scale. He can be reached in Oregon at 503/625-6434. Jeff Gates 1440 Catalina Street Laguna Beach, CA 92651 949.494.4437 January 18,2005 Mr. Mark Malloch Brown Office of the General Secretary United Nations New York, New York 10017 RE: New Funding Source & Structural Reform Please find attached two related ideas for structural reform of U.N. financing. By focusing reform on the financial component, the Secretary General can help the White House address an area where the American public has long been misinformed: the amount that the U.S. spends on foreign assistance. As the attached overview notes, these commons-based user fees simultaneously address several key areas that will continue to prove problematic absent an approach that systematically (i.e., as part of the funding) addresses debt relief, transparency and corruption while also creating a context that makes feasible other types of funding. I sent you a copy of this when it appeared. I hope it proves useful. Also enclosed is a one-page commentary ("The Consensus Never Could Have Worked") for a U.K. compilation by the Business and the Environment Programme. Real reform requires an acknowledgment that the consensus is sub-optimal and that complementary means are available to generate purchasing power. Note that these means require hands- on engagement at the community (vs. national) level, another structural reform. I am happy to provide you more information on the practical applications. Just let me know. As a (re)introduction, attached also is a c.v. along with several book-jacket comments. Best wishes in your new position. Jeff Gates Enclosed: • "Commons-based Development Finance" (one-page overview) • "Is Persistent Abject Poverty Now a Policy Choice" (Society, July/August 2003) • "The Consensus Never Could Have Worked," (draft of Nov. 24, 2004) O H O c n T] t-J o rp oo w, 3 5 o i? 1-1 > 5; i"! 0ontent ro 3 o o C n 3 o ru E' D 3 1 O n. w 1' s \o c. B <f- fS o_ FT n» 2, w C/5 n> 5. 10 5- g 73 o n O i»-t C °~* o CL cr yl £L ». § ft" ft CL a; to 3 ft n ^ CO •n ? C O w 1 a p. 1 W 1 C p. S' O <: era i- Vl O> 3 g o > p' re XJ i' 0" E£ i. O « n R^*- 0 n E w 3j— t a^- C/5 |s Ui O T) fp •x> ^ O. CsT IftN ^ So o o •_ft .<r1 I 0047 If—c 5Li?B50224-4Jc Mr Jeff Gates Law Offices of Ronald Burd 217/4092 Nortli Chestnut Diagonal Fresno California 93726 USA Mon, Mar 28, 2005 3:14PM bject: Mel Rockefeller threatened in Miami >ate: Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:54 AM <Yom: Jeff Gates <[email protected]> .fo: "George W. Bush" <[email protected]>, Paul Martin <[email protected]>, Ann Comers <[email protected]>, "John D. Rockefeller IV" < senator@rockefeller. senate. go v> ICc: Jeb Bush <[email protected]>, Ron Burd <[email protected]>, Mel Rockefeller < [email protected]> Priority: Highest r. President -- please note the message below that was just sent to your brother as Governor of Florida where tie has jurisdiction over the ongoing targeting of Mel Rockefeller. Today's incident is the , most overt targeting he has experience in more than a decade. This incident occurred 'immediately after he left an internet cafe where he sent a note to a Herb Hoffman of Boca ' Raton who he met yesterday at a forum at Florida Atlantic University sponsored by the Florida Society of Middle East Studies. Your ongoing refusal to engage has been documented. Mr. Rockefeller, operating in good faith, inferred from correspondence from your brother and from the Director of Florida Department of Law Enforcement that engagement would be forthcoming once your brother had jurisdiction — which he has now had for approximately two months. Instead, he continues to allow the steady acceleration and intensification of the targeting with impunity and with the apparent cooperation of local police. At the risk of recommending a long obvious course of action: perform your job consistent with your oath of office and do so now before you further undermine our national security. Or do you and your brother plan to wait until Mr. Rockefeller is injured or killed and only then explain your dereliction? (Sincerely, Jeff Gates Forwarded Message From: Jeff Gates <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:31:12 -0800 To: Jeb Bush <[email protected]> Cc: Mel Rockefeller <[email protected]>, Ron Burd <[email protected]> Page 1 of 3 I ubject: Mel Rockefeller threatened in Miami i jovernor — Mel Rockefeller just called from Miami to report a direct death threat — in your jurisdiction. iAs he mentioned to you several days ago, since relocating to Florida almost two months ago and taking resident in Miami, the targeting has intensified dramatically, with today's incident lly the most obvious to date. The results to date suggest that local police are cognizant of iese activities.
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