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Catherine,
It appears the Enron Online Trading Agreement allowed buyers to finance purchases through Enron Credit.  Take a look at the contract they had to sign and the venue set out in the contract.  That fits in with the fact that all the offshore sites are British tax havens.  This reminds me a lot of the Bernie Cornfeld operation and the Nugan Hand and Castle Bank deals.
 
1. Transactions
The parties shall engage in transactions for the purchase and sale of Credit Products (each a
"Transaction") pursuant to these GTCs. Transactions will be initiated by [Insert Name of
Counterparty] ("Counterparty") offering to buy or sell, to [Enron Credit Limited] /
[Enron Credit Inc.] as is identified on the Website, the Credit Product by either clicking on
the designated boxes on the Website in respect of prices quoted on EnronOnline, or
telephoning or e-mailing Enron at the addresses specified on the Website in respect of prices
quoted on EnronCredit.
 
(b) Governing Law/Jurisdiction. This Agreement and each Transaction shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. The final paragraph of Section
13(b) of this Agreement is hereby deleted....
 
"Counterparty Residence Treaty" means the income tax treaty between the United
Kingdom and the Counterparty Residence Jurisdiction provided that, where there is
no such treaty, there shall be no Counterparty Residence Treaty....
 
C. Withholding Tax Exemption Form
Upon request, each party shall provide the other with (or, if a party has assigned its rights
under this Agreement or any Transaction, procure the provision of) a properly completed
and executed exemption form, certificate or other document that will allow the other
party to make any payment hereunder without deduction or withholding for Tax,
including, but not limited to, the United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, 1001
and/or 4224 and appropriate successor forms thereto....
 
7. NOTICE. Any Payment Demand, notice, request, instruction, correspondence or
other document to be given hereunder by any party to another (herein collectively called
"Notice") shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid
and return receipt requested, or by telegram or telecopier, as follows:
To
Counterparty:
INSERT DETAILS To Guarantor: Enron Corp.
1400 Smith Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn.: Vice President, Finance and
Treasurer
Fax No.: (713) 646-3422
A copy of any notice sent to Guarantor pursuant hereto must also be sent to the above address to:
Enron North America Corp., (i) Attention: Corporate Secretary, Fax No. (713) 853-2534, and (ii)
Attention: Assistant General Counsel, Trading Group, Fax No. (713) 646-4818.
Notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be effective upon actual receipt. Notice
given by telegram or telecopier shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the
recipient's normal business hours, or at the beginning of the recipient's next business day after
receipt if not received during the recipient's normal business hours. All Notices by telegram or
telecopier shall be confirmed promptly after transmission in writing by certified mail or personal
delivery. Any party may change any address to which Notice is to be given to it by giving notice
as provided above of such change of address.
8. MISCELLANEOUS. This Guarantee shall in all respects be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of England, and Guarantor and Counterparty agree to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England, in respect of any matter arising
under this Guarantee and waive any claim that any proceedings brought in such courts in respect
of any matter arising under this Guarantee have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
 
 
General Representations and Covenants. Each of Enron and Counterparty represents, warrants to, and agrees with, the other (which representation shall be deemed repeated each time a Transaction is executed) that (a) Status and Capacity: (i) it is duly organised and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organisation or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing; and (ii) it has all requisite corporate or governmental or other power and capacity to execute and perform its obligations under each Transaction; (b) Authority: (i) the execution of each Transaction and the performance of its obligations under each Transaction has been duly authorised by all necessary corporate, governmental or other organisational action on its part; and (ii) each Transaction is its legally valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganisation, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether an enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law));(c) Eligible Contract Participant: (i) it constitutes an "eligible contract participant" as such term is defined in Section 1(a)(12) of the United States Commodity Exchange Act; and (ii) it is an "accredited investor" as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; (d) Purpose: it is entering into each Transaction for bona fide commercial purposes and not in any event for the purposes of speculating or gaming; (e) No Reliance: (i) the other party to each Transaction (1) is not acting as a fiduciary or financial, investment or commodity trading advisor for it; and (2) has not given to it (directly or indirectly through any other person) any assurance, guarantee or representation whatsoever as to the merits (either legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting or otherwise) of each Transaction, or the expected performance or result of each Transaction; and (ii) in connection with the negotiation and execution of each Transaction (1) it is acting as a principal (and not as an agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise); (2) it is not relying upon any advice, counsel or representations (whether written or oral) of the other party other than the representations expressly set forth in these GTCs, incorporated herein or set out on the Website; (3) it has made and will make its own assessment and decisions regarding the entering into each Transaction based upon its own judgment and upon the advice from such professional advisors as it has deemed, or will deem, necessary to consult; (4) all of its decisions regarding each Transaction have been the result of arm�s length negotiations between the parties; and (5) it has a full understanding of all the terms, conditions and risks (economic and otherwise) of each Transaction, and it is capable of assuming and willing to assume (financially, legally and otherwise) those risks; (f) Transactions: in connection with each Transaction, (i) neither the other party nor any of the other party�s Affiliates makes any representation whatsoever with respect to the Reference Entity on which it is relying or entitled to rely; (ii) it is obligated to perform in accordance with these GTCs irrespective of the existence or amount of the other party�s credit exposure to the Reference Entity, and the other party need not suffer any loss or provide evidence of any loss as a result of the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event or Credit Event; (iii) each Transaction does not create on the part of either party either a direct or an indirect obligation of the Reference Entity; and (iv) unless it is otherwise bound by a confidentiality obligation or agreement, a party receiving any information from the other party with respect to each Transaction shall not become the subject of any obligation of confidentiality in respect of that information and the transferor of that information shall indemnify and hold harmless the transferee for any loss, liability, claim damage and expenses whatsoever incurred by the transferee arising out of the breach of law or understanding or agreement with respect to the confidentiality of the information to which the transferor may be a party.
 
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From: "Catherine Austin Fitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lois Battuello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kelly O'Meara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Linda Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: FW: Enron's Offshore Game Bares Sinister System



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Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:52 AM
To: Catherine Austin Fitts
Subject: Re: Enron's Offshore Game Bares Sinister System


There is one matter regarding Enron I have been on the lookout for
evidence regarding... just who the creditors are. I am going to predict
that a very large dollar figure is 'owed' to select offshore drilling
resources and other oil industry players as a means of enabling them to
evade taxes in the upcoming period of excess profits expected from the
higher oil prices the current war is likely to produce. These are
Haliburton, Brown and Root, and especially the CIA proprietaries Santa
Fe Global (formerly Sante Fe Marine and Global Marine), and Harkin
Energy or subsidiaries and spin offs. All of these firms have financial
and leadership ties to the Bush family or administration, Carlyle Group,
and one or more of the bin Laden family, Mafouz family, or Royal Saudi
family.  Please advise if you find any such referrences.



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