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Zakład Metalurgiczny ”WSK Rzeszów” Sp Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 09/19/2019 3:10:14 PM September 19, 2019 DISSEMINATION BY THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLC FARA Registration #6344 THE OWNER OF THE LIVINGSTON GROUP’S CLIENT --- ZAKLAD METALURGINCNY, THROUGH SEKCO OPERATING COMPANY --- INITIATED ON HIS OWN A LETTER TO THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES TO POLAND, AND THE LIVINGSTON GROUP FORWARDED A COPY OF THE CLIENT’S LETTER TO SELECTED PERSONS. Attached for review is a copy of Mr. Hugh Aiken’s response to an August 2019 letter from US Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher. He continues to appeal to the US Government to support as able his request for a judicial review of a 2011 closed case in Poland. Kind regards, Bob Livingston THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, LLC PROVIDES REPRESENTATION FOR ZAKLAD METALURGICZNY, THROUGH SEKCO OPERATING COMPANY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, DC. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 09/19/2019 3:10:14 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 09/19/2019 3:10:14 PM Zakład Metalurgiczny ”WSK Rzeszów” Sp. z o.o. ul. Hetmańska 120, 35 – 078 Rzeszów, POLAND Tel. + 48 17 717 2700, Fax: + 48 17 717 2802, http: //www.zmwskrz.com September 9, 2019 The Honorable Mrs. Georgette Mosbacher Ambassador of the United States of America The Embassy of the United States of America al. Ujazdowskie 29/31 00-540 Warszawa, Poland Zaklad Metalurgiczny – Your letter of August 20, 2019 Dear Ambassador Mosbacher, Thank you for your thoughtful letter. If I were in your place, I would want to be convinced that the person asking for my advocacy had acted ethically and within the law, and was telling the truth. I too would want to see evidence. On August 14 we delivered to Neil (by post) a folder with signature copies of the four contractual agreements governing my investment in Poland, and the promised investment of GEM. Prior to that, I sent Neil the court verdicts of the original procedure. The agreements show that GEM was to invest a minimum of $1 million. In the court verdicts it is estabished that GEM did not invest any money in the project, and I had to put up 100%. These facts are not contested. Now GEM claims 50% of the company, Zaklad Metalurgiczny, for nothing. I do not have documentary evidence of corruption and I cannot make such a claim without hard evidence. I cannot imagine any legal explanation for giving a party half of a company after they broke all four contracts and refused to pay a penny, but I can’t prove illegal activity. In 2018 the Polish government created an extraordinary review process. We applied for it in 2018 but did not get an answer. There are 6,000 such requests and most have not been answered. In 2019 Solidarnosc also requested the review of our original case. The government did answer, and asked for more information, which Solidarnosc provided. My request is that if you review the documents and believe that I have acted correctly, you would support our request for the existing review procedure to be applied. I would be happy to come to the embassy and answer questions, explain the situation, and provide any other documents that you wish. Sincerely yours, Hugh Aiken Chairman Cc: President of Poland, Andrzej Duda U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo NIP: PL 8133378658, REGON: 180000109, Wysokość kapitału zakładowego: 90 050 000 PLN, Sąd rejestrowy: Sąd Rejonowy w Rzeszowie, XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, Nr KRS: 0000222700 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 09/19/2019 3:10:14 PM U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Senator Bill Cassidy Senator John Kennedy Senator Bob Casey Senator Patrick Toomey Representative Steve Scalise Representative Cedric Richmond Representative Mary Gay Scanlon Former U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Boyse .
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