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2/12/98 Stefan Lemieszewski
This is another post in the series along the theme that: "
Corrupt elites
prosper at the people's expense with the aid of the IMF, World
Bank and
'shock therapy' policies of Western advisors under the guise of
free-trade
or democratic or market-reforms."
In his article, "Communique of American-Ukrainian Advisory
Committee,"
in the Dec-10-1995 issue of The Ukrainian Weekly, Eugene M.
Iwanciw wrote:
"The American-Ukrainian Advisory Committee met in New York on
November 17-18
and reiterated its strong conviction that a resilient Ukraine
is in the
interest of European stability and thus also American security. It
welcomed
the evident improvement in the American-Ukrainian relationship,
especially
the recognition by the U.S. government of Ukraine's
geopolitical
significance. It also endorsed strongly the reform efforts being
pursued by
the Ukrainian government in order to transform Ukraine into a
stable
democracy based on a free market economy."
The American participants of the American-Ukrainian Advisory
Committee
(AUAC) sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International
Studies
(CSIS) included:
Zbigniew Brzezinski (CSIS counselor),
Richard Burt
(chairman, International Equity Partners),
Frank Carlucci (chairman, Carlyle
Group),
Gen. John Galvin (dean, Fletcher School of International Law and
Diplomacy),
Michael Jordan (chairman and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Corp),
Henry Kissinger (chairman, Kissinger Associates) and
George Soros
(chairman, Soros Foundations).
Previous American advisers of AUAC included Malcolm Steve
Forbes, Jr.
(editor-in-chief, Forbes magazine), whose magazine gained some
notoriety
recently for publishing the "Tinderbox" article by Paul Klebnikov,
and
Dwayne Orville Andreas (chairman and CEO, Archer Daniels Midland Co.),
whose
company pleaded guilty last month for anti-trust and
price-fixing
violations and agreed to pay a $100 million fine---the largest
fine of its
kind ever.
Also in a previous post it was indicated that at least six of
the current
seven American members of AUAC are also members of the Council of
Foreign
Relations (CFR), including George Soros.
Previous posts included excerpts on Soros from the 23-page
article titled,
"The world according to Soros" written by Connie Bruck in the
Jan. 23, 1995
issue of The New Yorker. It has also been reported that Soros
has
contributed $15 million to groups advocating an array of alternatives to
the
Cinton administration's "War on Drugs," including a personal donation
of
$350,000 to fund a "medical marijuana" ballot initiative in California
and
a personal donation of $100,000 for a similar ballot initiative in
Arizona.
The following Nov. 1, 1996 article by the Executive Intelligence
Review
(EIR) provides additional background information on George Soros, one
of the
American members of AUAC.
Stefan Lemieszewski
