Chariots of Fire - A Study of British Israelism

Executive Producer Dodi Fayed (-DECEASED(?)-) and Producer David Puttnam (Now Lord Puttnam of Queensgate)

"I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have built Jerusalem,

In Englands green & pleasant Land"

- Blake,

Founding Prophet and Race Theoretician of British Israelism

Dodi Fayed, Friend to British Israel

"Perhaps they are God's chosen people after all,"

(Note that Abrahams has the date of Beltane / The Waco Fire / Oklahoma City / Dissolution of the Warsaw Ghetto on his chest, alongside the flag of the Grid of Oppresion)

The Grid of Oppression

"It's essentially the story of a Jew - moreover, an oriental - battling against the prejudices of the British Establishment"

[Not to mention, the Muscular Christian Scot, who defies the future Nazi Prince of Wales (then-Grandmaster of English Freemasonry,to his face]

"And did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon England's mountains green?

And was the holy Lamb of God,

On England's pleasant pastures seen!"

Harold M. Abrahams: 

I'm more of an addict. It's a compulsion with me, a weapon I can use.

Sybil Gordon: 

Against what?

Harold M. Abrahams: 

Being Jewish I suppose.

Sybil Gordon: [laughs incredulously] 

You're not serious! People aren't like that, people don't care. Can it be as bad as all that?

Harold M. Abrahams: 

You're not Jewish, or you wouldn't have had to ask.

‘I said to Dodi, “With the best will in the world, Dodi, this didn’t happen. And I never want to see you again around my cast and crew.” It was very unpleasant’ 

- Lord Puttnam.

Now 30 years later and a peer of the realm the ennobled Lord Puttnam has attempted to blacken the name of Dodi Fayed in the most vile and nasty way imaginable.

In a newspaper interview Lord Puttnam has said that he “suspects” that Dodi had provided cocaine to some of the cast of the film. Really? And on what basis does he make this most damaging allegation? Because, says the noble Lord, he arrived one day during the filming to find a number of the cast members “whose mood had clearly been altered”.

He says he suspected Dodi had given them cocaine and ordered him off the set.

Well I hope his Lordship is never prosecuted for a serious crime on the basis of such flimsy evidence. In fact no evidence at all, just suspicion.

Why has Lord Puttnam attacked the memory of the man who financed Chariots Of Fire for him and later died alongside Diana?

There could have been many other reasons for an actor’s change of mood – perhaps even fear. Nigel Havers, one of the stars of Chariots, said he concealed a broken wrist because he feared he would be kicked off the film if his injury became known.

Here are the facts. I knew Dodi for 12 years. I never knew him to take cocaine or any other drug and never saw him intoxicated. He was always moderate and pleasant in his behaviour and a model of self-control.

When there were unfounded allegations about drug use during his all-too-brief and ultimately tragic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, I asked him directly if he took cocaine or any drug. He looked me in the eye and said: “Absolutely not.”

Cuban cigars were the only thing I ever saw Dodi smoke and then very occasionally.

Dodi was never in his 42 years charged with any criminal offence in Britain, the United States or elsewhere. For Lord Puttnam, a leading member of the Church of England, to make such an unfounded allegation knowing that Dodi cannot defend himself is astonishing and utterly unconscionable.

Dodi has been dead for nearly 15 years. Why did Lord Puttnam not make his allegation when he was alive? By his own account Lord Puttnam did not see Dodi doing the things he now alleges. He just “suspected” he had provided drugs to the cast. What does that reveal about the man who is now one of the great and good of the British establishment?

If the then David Puttnam had genuine cause to believe that Dodi was taking or distributing drugs his duty was clear. He should have called the police and had users or pushers arrested. Not to have done so would have been a failure in his civic duty, perhaps even an interference with the course of justice.

The truth is that David Puttnam, who paid proper tribute to Dodi and his father when he picked up an Oscar for the only time in his life, owes a great deal to Dodi which makes his way of repaying that debt even more astonishing.

Chariots Of Fire gave him a rapid ride to fame and fortune. But it would never have been made had not Dodi persuaded his father to invest in the film. No one else would do so at that time when the cinema was obsessed with crime capers, sex scenes and profanity. The script had been gathering dust.

But the story of one man, Harold Abrahams, who triumphs over British snobbery and anti-Semitism to win Olympic gold in 1924 and another man, Eric Liddell, who refuses to compromise his conscience and triumphs too, appealed immediately to Mohamed Al Fayad and he put his money into the production as Puttnam rightly acknowledged.

Without the support of an Egyptian father and son the first British film to win four Oscars – and also a Bafta – would never have seen the cinema screen.

In an article Lord Puttnam has given credit to “the hidden hand” of God guiding him in the film’s production, enabling him to overcome every hurdle. Perhaps. But what is sure is that it was the hands of Dodi and Mohamed extended in friendship and support that gave life and birth to the most successful film Puttnam ever produced.

God’s name was not on the credits but Dodi’s was, as executive producer. As Hugh Hudson, the director of the film, said last week: “Dodi and his company Allied Stars were equal partners in the film from the very start.”

What a graceless way for Lord Puttnam to repay such generosity.

There must be something in the Bible about the denial of gratitude when it is due. But I can think only of what Shakespeare said. Ingratitude, he wrote, is “sharper than a serpent’s tooth”.

Above all, I think it is sad that Lord Puttnam should choose to mark the 30th anniversary of this wonderful film and its re-release in a newly digitised format by seeking to defame the memory of Dodi, a man held in great affection by his friends and in esteem within the film industry on both sides of the Atlantic.

• Michael Cole was BBC royal correspondent 1985-1988 and director of public affairs at Harrods from 1988-98.

"And did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon Englands mountains green:

And was the holy Lamb of God,

On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here,

Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;

Bring me my Arrows of desire:

Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!

Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have built Jerusalem,

In Englands green & pleasant Land"

"This is the vision at the very heart of our brand... It's not a logo, it's a brand that will take us forward for the next five years.

It won't be to be eveybody's taste immediately but it's a brand that we genuinely believe can be a hard working brand which builds on pretty much everything we said in Singapore about reaching out and engaging young people, which is where our challenge is over the next five years.

If we don't do that, then frankly the whole project [ZIONISM] is unsustainable."

Lord Coe of Ranmore,

Dark Lord of the Rings

The jagged emblem, based on the date 2012, comes in a series of shades of pink, blue, green and orange and will evolve in the run-up to the Games.

The word London and the Olympic rings are included in the first two digits of the new logo.

"This is the vision at the very heart of our brand," said London 2012 organising committee chairman Seb Coe.

"We will host a Games where everyone is invited to join in because they are inspired by the Games to either take part in the many sports, cultural, educational and community events leading up to 2012 or they will be inspired to achieve personal goals."

The new design, which cost £400,000, has received a mixed response, but Lord Coe was adamant it put across the image and message that he wanted the London Games to deliver to the world.

"It's not a logo, it's a brand that will take us forward for the next five years," he told BBC Five Live.

"It won't be to be eveybody's taste immediately but it's a brand that we genuinely believe can be a hard working brand which builds on pretty much everything we said in Singapore about reaching out and engaging young people, which is where our challenge is over the next five years.

"If we don't do that, then frankly the whole project [ZIONISM] is unsustainable."

" When people see the new brand, we want them to be inspired to make a positive change in their life "

Tony Blair

For the first time the same logo will be used for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Organisers hope the brand will boost the marketing push to raise £2bn to stage the Games and convey the message that London 2012 will be "Everyone's Games".

Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "We want London 2012 not just to be about elite sporting success.

"When people see the new brand, we want them to be inspired to make a positive change in their life.

"London 2012 will be a great sporting summer but will also allow Britain to showcase itself to the world."

Lord Coe wants the branding to appeal to young people

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said: "This is a truly innovative brand logo that graphically captures the essence of the London 2012 Olympic Games - namely to inspire young people around the world through sport and the Olympic values.

"Each edition of the Olympic Games brings its own flavour and touch to what is now well over a century of modern Olympic history; the brand launched today by London 2012 is, I believe, an early indication of the dynamism, modernity and inclusiveness with which London 2012 will leave its Olympic mark."

The brand, designed by Wolff Ollins, has been targeted at the young people the organisers hope will get involved.

It is a deliberate change from previous Olympic logos, which often feature an image from the city.

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said: "This is an iconic brand that sums up what London 2012 is all about - an inclusive, welcoming and diverse Games that involves the whole country.

"It takes our values to the world beyond our shores, acting both as an invitation and an inspiration.

"This is not just a marketing logo, but a symbol that will become familiar, instantly recognisable and associated with our Games in so many ways during the next five years."

606: DEBATE

What do you think of the logo?

British Paralympic Association chief executive Phil Lane believes that having one logo for both the Olympics and Paralympics is a positive move.

"As the founding nation for the Paralympic movement it is fitting that Britain should lead the way in integrating the two Games," he said.

"We hope that the brand will succeed in inspiring Britain's youth and Paralympic athletes to success."

Plans have also been drawn up to create a different logo for grassroots projects backing the Games.

Your alternative London logos

It would not include the Olympic rings but would spread the benefits of hosting the Games to projects involved in its grassroots cultural, environmental and sporting work.

A London 2012 spokeswoman said: "It is not going to be a free for all. There would be conditions to qualify for it.

"It is not about giving it out to people so that they do not pay for it. It is about an emblem that could be a stamp of endorsement that really fits in with the legacy of the Games."

London Mayor Ken Livingstone added: "The new Olympic brand draws on what London has become - the world's most forward-looking and international city.

"That message of welcome and diversity was one of the main reasons for London's success in winning the Games.

"We offer the world the same exciting message that in 2012 every athlete and every visitor will feel at home in our city."

“At the behest of our leader Herzl [Hezl was an atheist, who did not believe or accept The Covenant] , I came to Basle to make preparations for the Zionist Congress. Among many other problems that occupied me then was one which contained something of the essence of the Jewish problem.

[Hezl also believed, and wrote of his belief, that the Jews themselves were the cause of "The Jewish Problem" in the world, due to their "inability/unwillingness to assimilate" into their "host" nations.]

What flag would we hang in the Congress Hall? Then an idea struck me. We have a flag — and it is blue and white. 

The talith (prayer ahawl) with which we wrap ouselves when we pray: that is our symbol. Let us take this Talith from its bag and unroll it before the eyes of Israel and the eyes of all nations. 

So I ordered a blue and white flag with the Shield of David [The design is the Seal of Solomon, based on the overlapping double-Inverted equilateral triangles representing the four earthly elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, and the Higher and Lower Realms mapped out in the Qabbalah ("Heaven", and "Earth"/"Hell" - As Above, So Below) - The so-called "Star of David" has no historical antecedent or connection with King David] painted upon it. 

That is how the national flag, that flew over Congress Hall, came into being.”

— David Wolffsohn

This story, then, is NOT TRUE.

It's a false narrative - it's a lie.

It is generally understood (and almost universally denied, since it represents and inconvenient truth to everyone concerned), that the two Blue lines represent the borders of "Greater Israel" as described in Genesis 6 - those being, the "River of Egypt" 

(originally claimed to be the Nile, in recent decades retconned to refer to the river subsequently named "Egypt" that roughly demarks the boundary between the Gaza Strip and the rest of the Sinai)

and the Great River of the Euphrates (which encompasses much of the Babylonian Flood plain around present-day Baghdad).

In our family portrait we look pretty happy 

We look pretty normal, let's go back to that 

In our family portrait we look pretty happy 

Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally 

- P!nk

Again, let us quote from Zionist Sources as to their explanation for this phenomenon:

The Star of David

Unlike the menora (candelabrum), the Lion of Judah, the shofar (ram's horn) and the lulav (palm frond), the Star of David was never a uniquely Jewish symbol. The standard name for the geometric shape is a hexagram or six-pointed star, composed of two interlocking equilateral triangles. In a classic article, Gershom Sholem shed light on the history of the "Star of David" and its connection with Judaism and tried to answer the question whether it was appropriate to include it in the national flag or state emblem.*

One of the first Jewish uses of the Star of David was as part of a colophon, the special emblem printed on the title page of a book. Sometimes the printer included his family name in the colophon; or chose an illustration that alluded to his name, ancestry, or the local prince, or a symbol of success and blessing. The idea was to differentiate this printer's books from those of his competitors and to embellish the title page. Colophons are as old as the printing press itself.

According to Sholem, the motive for the widespread use of the Star of David was a wish to imitate Christianity. During the Emancipation, Jews needed a symbol of Judaism parallel to the cross, the universal symbol of Christianity. In particular, they wanted something to adorn the walls of the modern Jewish house of worship that would be symbolic like the cross. This is why the Star of David became prominent in the nineteenth century and why it was later used on ritual objects and in synagogues and eventually reached Poland and Russia. The pursuit of imitation, in Sholem's opinion, led to the dissemination of an emblem that was not really Jewish and conveyed no Jewish message. In his opinion, it was also the reason why the Star of David satisfied Zionism: it was a symbol which had already attained wide circulation among the Jewish communities but at the same time evoked no clear-cut religious associations. The Star of David became the emblem of Zionist Jews everywhere. Non-Jews regarded it as representing not only the Zionist current in Judaism, but Jewry as a whole.

The Blue Stripes

The blue stripes on the Zionist flag were inspired by the stripes on the tallit (prayer shawl). The tallit has two separate symbolic aspects: the light blue hue and the stripes. Some say that the stripes are meant to recall the one dyed strand of the ritual fringes (tzitzit). This leads to the significance of the hue itself. According to theTorah, one strand in the tzitzit should be light blue. To judge from references in the Talmud, it was a shade between green and blue. Many symbolic meanings were attributed to it. Rabbi Meir said that it recalls the color of the sky; Rabbi Judah ben Illai maintained that the color of Aaron's staff was light blue, as were the Tablets of the Law, and this is why God commanded the Jews to include it on their prayer shawls: "As long as the people of Israel are looking at this tehelet, they are reminded of {the words} written on the tablets and observe them." In other words, the sight of the color tehelet leads to observance of the commandments. White and tehelet, along with gold and purple, were the colors of the High Priest's raiment (Exodus 28: 4,43) and of the curtains of the Tabernacle (Exodus 26). They were considered to be the colors of purity symbolizing the spirituality of the Jewish people.

The first person in modern times who voiced the idea that blue and white are the national colors of the Jewish people, was the Austrian Jewish poet Ludwig August Frankl (1810-1894). More than three decades before the First Zionist Congress, Frankl published a poem entitled "Judah's Colors":

When sublime feelings his heart fill,

He is mantled in the colors of his country

He stands in prayer, wrapped

In a sparkling robe of white.

The hems of the white robe

Are crowned with broad stripes of blue;

Like the robe of the High Priest,

Adorned with bands of blue threads.

These are the colors of the beloved country, 

Blue and white are the borders of Judah;

White is the radiance of the priesthood,

And blue, the splendors of the firmament.

         A. L. Frankl, "Juda's Farben," in Ahnenbilder (Leipzig, 1864), p. 127

Frankl's poem was translated into flowery Hebrew and appeared in the periodical Hahavatzelet (The Rose of Sharon) in 1878. We do not know if the founders of Zionism knew the poem, but it is a fact that the flags of almost all the early Zionist associations borrowed the blue stripes of the tallit. A blue-and-white flag was raised over the agricultural village of Rishon Lezion in 1885 to celebrate the third anniversary of its founding. Independently of the Rishon Lezion event, a blue-and-white flag was raised in 1891 in Boston at the dedication of the meeting hall of the Bnai Zion Educational Society. That flag had blue stripes above and below a Star of David that had the Hebrew word "Maccabee" inscribed in its center. Bnai Zion first displayed their banner publicly in October 1892, during festivities to mark the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. This time the word "Zion" replaced "Maccabee."

Flag of the Bnai Zion Educational Society in Boston, 1892 The blue stripes of the Zionist flag serve as a counterweight to the message of the Star of David. They give the flag the religious and ritual aspect totally absent from the latter. Whether the symbolic meaning of the blue stripes was perceived consciously or not, their origin in the tallit reminds onlookers of the Torah commandments. The Zionist flag uses the Star of David to express Jewish unity, which is in turn guided by the precepts of the Torah, as represented by the blue stripes and white background.

Dual Loyalty

After nearly 50 years during which the flag served the Zionist movement worldwide, including the Yishuv (the Jewish community) in the Land of Israel, an ad-hoc committee of the Provisional Council of State in 1948 decided to "introduce a conspicuous difference - to the extent possible - between the flag of the State and the Zionist flag." Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Shertok (Sharett) explained that this was desirable "so as to avoid complications for Jewish communities when they raise the international flag of the Jewish people, namely the Zionist flag, and misunderstandings may occur, or the impression might be that they are flying the flag of a state of which they are not citizens." So that Diaspora Jewry would not be exposed to charges of dual loyalty, it was decided to organize a competition for new designs for the flag of the State of Israel, which would be different from the Zionist flag.

Flag Proposed by Nissim Sabbah

The proposal of Mr. Nissim Sabbah of Tel Aviv, included components that recurred in most of the proposed designs: two blue stripes, a white background, a Star of David in the middle and seven gold stars.

Another proposal endeavored to reconcile the traditional with the modern. It attempted to create a sophisticated symbolism based on the number seven. The seven candles of the Sabbath lamp are crowned by seven flames, shaped like Stars of David; thus Shabat Shalom ("Sabbath peace") is blended with the seven hours of daily labor proposed by Herzl. Another interesting detail is the shape of the proposed flag, which is reminiscent of the Star of David: jutting from the bottom is the lower half of the Star of David, while the same part of the star is cut out of the upper edge of the banner.

In July 1948, Mordechai Nimtza-bi, an expert on heraldry, published a book entitled The Flag, in which he sought to determine the appropriate design for the national flag. Nimtza-bi agreed with Sharett that the Zionist flag should be adopted by the State of Israel but also - that this was not possible.

"Even after the establishment of the State, many Jews will continue to live in the Diaspora, and were the Zionist flag to become the state flag, these Jews, who are nationals of their countries of residence, would be flying the flag of a foreign country," he wrote. Nimtza-bi was well versed in the rules of heraldry, especially of the British Empire. The flags of some members of the British Commonwealth incorporated the Union Jack either in the corner, or the center. In his various proposals for the Israeli flag, Nimtza-bi wished to impart to the State of Israel spiritual authority vis-à-vis the Zionist organizations worldwide, similar to the relationship between Great Britain and the dominions. He created many variations on the Zionist flag. The Provisional Council of State did not accept any of his proposals, nor those submitted by the public at large.

Flag Proposed by Oteh Walisch

At the tenth meeting of the Provisional Council of State, Moshe Sharett submitted another proposal, that of graphic artist Oteh Walisch.

In Walisch's design, the flag is divided crosswise into three equal sections: blue stripes at top and bottom, with a single row of seven gold stars emblazoned on the white section in the middle. This division differs from that of the Zionist flag, which had five stripes - two blue and three white. The relative widths are different, too. Walisch's design represents a deliberate departure from the Zionist flag. As noted, the blue stripes on the latter were taken from the prayer shawl. When Walisch moved them to the upper and lower edges of the banner and made them wider, the design was no longer an obvious reminder of the tallit. The disappearance of the blue stripes gives his proposal a more "secular" character.

In the meantime, Moshe Sharett decided to inquire into Diaspora Jewry's thoughts about the flag of the State of Israel. On July 20, 1948, he sent cables to Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who was in Switzerland at the time; to Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, in New York; to Prof. Zelig Brodetsky, in London; and to the Zionist General Council, in Johannesburg. Rabbi Silver replied that "we would prefer to leave the Zionist flag as the national flag of Israel, with a minimum of changes. We feel that the fear of complications as a result of use of the flag at Zionist gatherings overseas has been somewhat exaggerated." The other Zionist leaders responded similarly. After the fears of "dual loyalty" had been alleviated, the Provisional Council of State voted unanimously on October 28, 1948 to adopt the Zionist flag as that of the State of Israel. The resolution came into effect two weeks later, after publication in the Official Gazette.

The Tablets of the Law, the Lion of Judah, and Herzl's "Seven Stars," advanced as possible replacements for the Star of David during the discussions about the flag, were incorporated in other official emblems: the Lion of Judah is the emblem of the Municipality of Jerusalem; Herzl's seven stars are prominently featured in the emblems of Tel Aviv and Herzliya; and the Tablets of the Law appear on the emblem of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

The Star of David is an outstanding example of the variable significance of symbols. The power of the message they convey stems less from the original use in history. At first the Star of David had no religious, political, or social connotations whatsoever. It gained a very powerful connotation precisely as a result of its terrible abuse by the Nazis.

The blue and white stripes which symbolize a life of purity, guided by the precepts of the Torah, and the Star of David, which symbolizes rebirth and new life for the Jewish people, tie the State of Israel, through its flag, to the past, present and future. This is evidently why the Zionist flag prevailed over the political considerations that had prompted the leaders of the new state to propose substitutes for it.

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Sources: Israeli Foreign Ministry; The author is an art histroian, art critic and a lecturer at the Open University of Israel.

*- G. Sholem, "The Curious History of the Six Pointed Star; How the 'Magen David' Became the Jewish Symbol," Commentary, 8 (1949) pp. 243-351.

Masonic Ritual Murder

"I, A. B., of my own free will and accord, in presence of Almighty God and this worshipful lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, dedicated to God, and held forth to the holy order of St. John, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will always hail, ever conceal and never reveal any part or parts, art or arts, point or points of the secret arts and mysteries of ancient Freemasonry which I have received, am about to receive, or may hereafter be instructed in, to any person or persons in the, known world, except it be to a true and lawful brother Mason, or within the body of a just and lawfully constituted lodge of such; 

and not unto him, nor unto them whom I shall hear so to be, but unto him and them only whom I shall find so to be after strict trial and due examination, or lawful information. 

Furthermore, do I promise and swear that I will not write, print, stamp, stain, hew, cut, carve, indent, paint, or engrave it on any thing movable or immovable, under the whole canopy of heaven, whereby or whereon the least letter, figure, character, mark, stain, shadow, or resemblance of the same may become legible or intelligible to myself or any other person in the known world, whereby the secrets of Masonry may be unlawfully obtained through my unworthiness. 

To all of which I do most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, without the least equivocation, mental reservation, or self evasion of mind in me whatever; 

binding myself under no less penalty than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots, and my body buried in the rough sands of the sea at low water-mark, where the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours; 

so help me God, and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same."

After the obligation the Master addresses the candidate in the following manner: 

"Brother, to you the secrets of Masonry are about to be unveiled, and a brighter sun never shone lustre on your eyes; while prostrate before this sacred altar, do you not shudder at every crime? 

Have you not confidence in every virtue? 

May these thoughts ever inspire you with the most noble sentiments; may you ever feel that elevation of soul that shall scorn a dishonest act. 

Brother, what do you most desire?"

Ans:  "Light."

Kurt Cobain - The Last Photoshoot

Bad case of Suicide : Two Guns.

(And an absolutely incapacitating quantity of Heroin)

"Pop eats it's young, that's for sure..." -- MICHAEL HUTCHENCE ON KURT COBAIN

Diana: If They Did It

SECRETARY TO THE INQUEST: In the matter of Diana, Princess of Wales, have you reached a verdict on which at least nine of you have agreed?

THE JURY FOREMAN: We have.

SECRETARY TO THE INQUEST: Could you give us the verdict, indicating the number of jurors that have dissented to that?

THE JURY FOREMAN: The verdict is unlawful killing, grossly negligent driving of the following vehicles and of the Mercedes, and that is nine of us, sir.

SECRETARY TO THE INQUEST: Could you please read the rest of the narrative of your inquisition, indicating, where appropriate, the number of jurors who have assented to the verdict?

THE JURY FOREMAN: The deceased is Diana, Princess of Wales.

The cause of death is chest injury, laceration within the left pulmonary vein and the immediate adjacent portion of the left atrium of the heart.

[She was stabbed in the heart]

Diana, Princess of Wales, died La Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris at around 4 am on 31st August 1997 as a result of a motor crash which occurred in the Alma Underpass in Paris on 31st August 1997 at around 12.22 am. 

The crash was caused or contributed to by the speed and manner of driving of the Mercedes, the speed and manner of driving of the following vehicles, the impairment of the judgment of the driver of the Mercedes through alcohol. 

Nine of us are agreed on those points, sir.

In addition, the death of the deceased was caused or contributed to by the fact that the deceased was not wearing a seat-belt, the fact that the Mercedes struck the pillar in the Alma Tunnel, rather than colliding with something else, and we are unanimously agreed on that.

SECRETARY TO THE INQUEST: Have the assenting jurors signed both inquisition forms?

THE JURY FOREMAN: They have.

John Dean's Enemies List

"Stated a bit more bluntly--how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies."

"Dealing with our political enemies."

John W. Dean,

Aug. 16, 1971

Dean Memo on 'Enemies'
Memorandum from Dean to Lawrence Higby, former assistant to Haldeman, dated Aug. 16, 1971 and entitled "Dealing with our political enemies."

This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration, Stated a bit more bluntly--how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.

After reviewing this matter with a number of persons possessed of experience in the field, I have concluded that we do not need an elaborate mechanism or game plan, rather we need a good project coordinator and full support for the project. In brief, the system would work as follows:

--Key members of the staff (e.g., Colson, Dent, Flanigan, Buchanan) could be requested to inform us as to who they feel we should be giving a hard time.

--The project coordinator should then determine what sorts of dealings these individuals have with the Federal Government and how we can best screw them (e.g., grant availability, federal contracts, litigation prosecution, etc.)

--The project coordinator then should have access to and the full support of the top officials of the agency or departments in proceeding to deal with the individual.

I have learned that there have been many efforts in the past to take such actions, but they have ultimately failed--in most cases because of lack of support at the top. Of all those I have discussed this matter with, Lyn Nofizger [President's California manager] appears the most knowledgeable and most interested. If Lyn had support he would enjoy undertaking this activity as the project coordinator. You are aware of some of Lyn's successes in the field, but he feels that he can employ limited efforts because there is a lack of support.

As a next step. I would recommend that we develop a small list of names--not more than ten--as our targets for concentration. Request that Lyn "do a job" on them and if he finds he is getting cut off by a department agency, that he inform us and we evaluate what is necessary to proceed. I feel it is important that we keep our targets limited for several reasons: (1) a low visibility of the project is imperative; (2) it will be easier to accomplish something real if we don't over expand our efforts; and (3) we can learn more about how to operate such an activity if we start small and build.

Approve--Disapprove--Comment--

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* A memo dated Sept. 14, 1971 from Dean to Haldeman aide Lawrence Higby, submitted to the Committee, included three persons not shown on either list of 20 or the larger master list. Those selected by Dean for inclusion were:

Eugen Carson Blake (per request) [General Secretary World Council of Churches

Leonard Bernstein (per request) [ Conductor/ Composer ]

Tom Wicker (New York Times)

Clark Clifford (Clifford) [former Secretary of Defense] 

List of White House 'Enemies' and Memo 

Submitted by Dean to the Ervin Committee

From Facts on File, Watergate and the White House, vol. 1, pages 96-97. Copyright, Facts on File. Among the documents Dean submitted in evidence June 27 were lists "several inches thick" of Nixon's "political enemies."

See Dean Memo on Screwing their Enemies

The "Opponents List and Political Enemies Project" turned over to the Senate committee, Dean said, was compiled beginning in 1971 by various Administration officials and was frequently updated.

In one of the documents, written by Dean Aug. 16, 1971, intended to accompany the undated master list of opponents, Dean suggested ways in which "we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies." Methods proposed included Administration manipulation of "grant availability, federal contracts, litigation, prosecution, etc."

Dean testified that the memo was sent to then-White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, then the President's adviser for domestic affairs, for approval. Dean said he did not know if the plan became operational; however, subsequent memos, also submitted to the committee, indicated that the plan was adopted.

The master list of political enemies was prepared by the office of then- White House counsel Charles W. Colson, Dean said. A condensed list of 20 prime political enemies slated for reprisals was also produced by Colson's office, according to Dean. Others named by Dean who had direct input in the lists were former White House aide Lyn Nofziger and Haldeman aide Gordon Strachan.

The larger list, divided in categories, included 10 Democratic senators, all 12 black House members, more than 50 newspaper and television reporters, prominent businessmen and labor leaders and entertainers. Another list included large and small contributors to Sen. Edmund S. Muskie's (D, Me.) presidential campaign.

Original List

The original list of 20 names of White House "enemies" submitted with comments submitted with comments to Dean by the office of Charles W. Colson.*

Boldface type indicates a correction in erroneous White House identification of its political enemies. Material in brackets is additional information supplied by the editor.

Having studied the attached material and evaluated the recommendations for the discussed action, I believe you will find my list worthwhile for status. It is in priority order.

1. Arnold M. Picker, United Artists Corp., N.Y. Top Muskie fund raiser. Success here could be both debilitating and very embarrassing to the Muskie machine. If effort looks promising, both Ruth and David Picker should be programmed and then a follow through with United Artists.

2. Alexander E. Barkan, national director of A F.L.-C.I.O.'s committee on Political Education, Washington D.C.: Without a doubt the most powerful political force programmed against us in 1968 ($10 million, 4.6 million votes, 115 million pamphlets, 176,000 workers--all programmed by Barkan's C.O.P.E.--so says Teddy White in "The Making of the President 1968"). We can expect the same effort this time. [See p. 468E3]

3. Ed Guthman, managing editor, Los Angeles Times [national editor]: Guthman, former Kennedy aide, was a highly sophisticated hatchetman against us in '68. It is obvious he is the prime mover behind the current Key Biscayne effort. It is time to give him the message.

4. Maxwell Dane, Doyle, Dane and Bernbach, N.Y.: The top Democratic advertising firm--they destroyed Goldwater in '64. They should be hit hard starting with Dane.

5. Charles Dyson, Dyson-Kissner Corp., N.Y.: Dyson and Larry O'Brien were close business associates after '68. Dyson has huge business holdings and is presently deeply involved in the Businessmen's Educational Fund which bankrolls a national radio network of five-minute programs--anti-Nixon in character.

6. Howard Stein, Dreyfus Corp., N.Y.: Heaviest contributor to McCarthy in '68. If McCarthy goes, will do the same in '72. If not, Lindsay or McGovern will receive the funds.

7. Allard Lowenstein, Long Island, N.Y.: Guiding force behind the 18-year-old "Dump Nixon" vote campaign.

8. Morton Halperin, leading executive at Common Cause: A scandal would be most helpful here. (A consultant for Common Cause in February-March 1971)[On staff of Brookings Institution]

9. Leonard Woodcock, UAW, Detroit, Mich.: No comments necessary.

10. S. Sterling Munro Jr., Sen. [Henry M.] Jackson's aide, Silver Spring, Md.: We should give him a try. Positive results would stick a pin in Jackson's white hat.

11. Bernard T. Feld, president, Council for a Livable World: Heavy far left funding. They will program an "all court press" against us in'72.

12. Sidney Davidoff, New York City, [New York City Mayor John V.] Lindsay's top personal aide: a first class S.O.B., wheeler-dealer and suspected bagman. Positive results would really shake the Lindsay camp and Lindsay's plans to capture youth vote. Davidoff in charge.

13. John Conyers, congressman, Detroit: Coming on fast. Emerging as a leading black anti-Nixon spokesman. Has known weakness for white females.

14. Samuel M. Lambert, president, National Education Association: Has taken us on vis-a-vis federal aid to parochial schools--a '72 issue.

15. Stewart Rawlings Mott, Mott Associates, N.Y.: Nothing but big money for radic-lib candidates.

16. Ronald Dellums, congressman, Calif.: Had extensive [Edward M. Kennedy] EMK-Tunney support in his election bid. Success might help in California next year.

17. Daniel Schorr, Columbia Broadcasting System, Washington: A real media enemy.

18. S. Harrison Dogole, Philadelphia, Pa.: President of Globe Security Systems--fourth largest private detective agency in U.S. Heavy Humphrey contributor. Could program his agency against us.

19. Paul Newman, Calif.: Radic-lib causes. Heavy McCarthy involvement '68. Used effectively in nation wide T.V. commercials.'72 involvement certain.

20. Mary McGrory, Washington columnist: Daily hate Nixon articles. 

'Political Opponents'
Dean provided this updated "master list" of political opponents to the committee. The list was prepared by Colson's office, Dean said.

Senators

--Birch Bayh, J. W. Fulbright, Fred R. Harris, Harold Hughes, Edward M. Kennedy, George McGovern, Walter Mondale, Edmund Muskie, Gaylord Nelson, William Proxmire.

Members of the House

--Bella Abzug, William R. Anderson, John Brademas, Father Robert F. Drinan, Robert Kastenmeier, Wright Patman.

Black congressmen
--Shirley Chisholm, William Clay, George Collins, John Conyers, Ronald Dellums, Charles Diggs, Augustus Hawkins, Ralph Metcalfe, Robert N.C. Nix, Parren Mitchell, Charles Rangel, Louis Stokes.

Miscellaneous politicos

--John V. Lindsay, mayor, New York City; Eugene McCarthy, former U.S senator; George Wallace, governor, Alabama. 

Organizations 

Black Panthers, Hughie (Huey) Newton

Brookings Institution, Lesley Gelb and others

Business Executives Move for VN Peace. Herb Niles, national chairman, Vincent McGee. executive director

Committee for an Effective Congress. Russell Hemingway

Common Cause, John Gardner, Morton Halper, Charles Goodell, Walter Hickel

COPE, Alexander E Barkan

Council for a Livable World, Bernard T. Feld, pr idem: professor of physics. MIT

Farmers Union, NFO

Institute of (for) Policy study Richard Barnet, Marcus Raskin

National Economic Council, Inc

National Education Association, Sam M. Lambe president

National Student Association, Charles Palm president

National Welfare Rights Organization, George Wiley

Potomac Associates, William Watts

SANE, Sanford Gottleib

Southern Christian Leadership, Ralph Abernathy;

Third National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace, Robert V Roosa, chairman

Businessmen's Educational Fund.

Labor 

Karl Feller president, International Union United Brewery. Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers, Cincinnati

Harold J. Gibbons, international vice preside Teamsters

A F Grospiron, president, Oil, Chemical Atomic Workers International Union, Denver

Matthew Guinan, president, Transport Work. Union of America, New York City

Paul Jennings, president, International Union Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, Washington D.C.

Herman D. Kenin, vice president, AFL-CIO. D

Lane Kirkland, secretary-treasurer. AFL-CIO (we must deal with him)

Frederick O'Neal. president. Actors and Artists America, New York City

William Pollock, president, Textile Workers Union of America, New York City

Jacob Potofsky general president, Amalgam. Clothing Workers of America, New York City

Leonard Woodcock, president, United Auto Workers, Detroit

Jerry Wurf, international president, American Federal, State, County and Municipal Employ Washington D.C.

Nathaniel Goldfinger, AFL-CIO
I. W. Abel, Steelworkers

Media

Jack Anderson, columnist, "Washington Merry-Go-Round"

Jim Bishop, author, columnist, King Features Syndicate

Thomas Braden, columnist, Los Angeles Times Syndicate

D.J.R. Bruckner, Los Angeles Times Syndicate

Marquis Childs, chief Washington correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch

James Deakin, White House correspondent, St. Louis Post Dispatch

James Doyle, Washington Star

Richard Dudman, St. Louis Post Dispatch

William Eaton, Chicago Daily News

Rowland Evans Jr., syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall

Saul Friedmann, Knight Newspapers, syndicated columnist

Clayton Fritchey, syndicated columnist Washington correspondent. Harpers

George Frazier, Boston Globe

Pete Hamill, New York Post

Michael Harrington, author and journal member, executive committee Socialist party

Sydney Harris, columnist, drama critic and writer of 'Strictly Personal,' syndicated Publishers

Hall Robert Healy, Boston Globe

William Hines, Jr., journalist. science education, Chicago Sun-Times

Stanley Karnow, foreign correspondent,
Washington Post

Ted Knap, syndicated columnist, New York Daily News

Edwin Knoll, Progressive

Morton Kondracke, Chicago Sun Times

Joseph Kraft, syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall

James Laird, Philadelphia Inquirer

Max Lerner, syndicated columnist, New York
Post: author, lecturer, professor (Brandeis University)

Stanley Levey, Scripps Howard

Flora Lewis syndicated columnist on economics

Stuart Loory, Los Angeles Times

Mary McGrory, syndicated columnist on New Left

Frank Mankiewicz, syndicated columnist Los Angeles Times

James Millstone, St. Louis Post Disptach

Martin Nolan, Boston Globe

Ed Guthman, Los Angeles Times

Thomas O'Neill, Baltimore Sun [died in April 1971]

John Pierson, Wall Street Journal

William Prochnau, Seattle Times

James Reston, New York Times

Carl Rowan, syndicated columnist, Publishers Hall

Warren Unna, Washington Post, NET

Harriet Van Home, columnist, New York Post

Milton Viorst, reporter, author, writer

James Wechsler, New York Post

Tom Wicker, New York Times

Gary Wills. syndicated columnist, author of "Nixon-Agonistes"
The New York Times, Washington Post, St Louis Post Dispatch

Jules Duscha, Washingtonian

Robert Manning, editor, Atlantic

John Osborne, New Republic

Richard Rovere, New Yorker

Robert Sherrill, Nation

Paul Samuelson, Newsweek

Julian Goodman, chief executive officer, NBC

John Macy, Jr,, president, Public Broadcasting Corp, former Civil Service Commission

Marvin Kalb, CBS

Daniel Schorr, CBS

Lem Tucker, NBC

Sander Vanocur, NBC

Celebrities

Carol Channing, actress

Bill Cosby, actor

Jane Fonda, actress

Steve McQueen, actor

Joe Namath, New York Giants [Jets]; business; actor

Paul Newman, actor

Gregory Peck actor

Tony Randall actor

Barbra Streisand, actress

Dick Gregory [comedian]

Businessmen

Charles B Beneson, president, Beneson Realty Co.

Nelson Bengston, president, Bengston & Co.

Holmes Brown, vice president, public relations, Continental Can Co.

Benjamin Buttenweiser, limited partner, Kuhn, Loeb & Co.

Lawrence G. Chait, chairman Lawrence G. Chait & Co., Inc.

Ernest R. Chanes, president, Consolidated Water Conditioning Co.

Maxwell Dane, chairman, executive committee, Doyle, Dane & Bernbach, Inc.

Charles H. Dyson, chairman, the Dyson-Kissner Corp.

Norman Eisner, president, Lincoln Graphic Arts.

Charles B. Finch, vice president, Alleghany Power System, Inc.

Frank Heineman, president, Men's Wear International.

George Hillman, president, Ellery Products Manufacturing Co.

Bertram Lichtenstein, president, Delton Ltd.

William Manealoff, president, Concord Steel Corp.

Gerald McKee, president, McKee, Berger, Mansueto.

Paul Milstein, president, Circle Industries Corp.

Stewart R. Mott, Stewart R. Mott, Associates.

Lawrence S. Phillips, president, Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.

David Rose chairman, Rose Associates.

Julian Roth senior partner, Emery Roth & Sons.

William Ruder, president, Ruder & Finn, Inc.

Si Scharer, president, Scharer Associates, Inc.

Alfred P. Slaner, president, Kayser-Roth Corp.

Roger Sonnabend, chairman, Sonesta International Hotels.

Business Additions

Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities

Morton Sweig, prsident. National Cleaning Contractors

Alan V. Tishman, executive vice president, Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc.

Ira D. Wallach, president, Gottesman & Co., Inc.

George Weissman,, president, Philip Morris Corp.

Ralph Weller, president, Otis Elevator Company

Business

Clifford Alexander, Jr., member, Equal Opportunity Commission; LBJ's special assistant

Hugh Calkins, Cleveland lawyer, member, Harvard Corp

Ramsey Clark, partner, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; former attorney general

Lloyd Cutler, lawyer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. Washington, D.C.

Henry L. Kimelman, chief fund raiser for McGovern. president, Overview Group

Raymond Lapin, former president, FNMA; corporation executive

Hans F. Loeser, chairman, Boston Lawyers' Vietnam Committee

Robert McNamara, president, World Bank; former Secretary of Defense

Hans Morgenthau, former US. attorney in New York City (Robert Morgenthau).

Victor Palmieri, lawyer, business consultant, real estate executive, Los Angeles.

Arnold Picker, Muskie's chief fund raiser; chairman executive committee, United Artists

Robert S. Pirie, Harold Hughes' chief fund raiser: Boston lawyer.

Joseph Rosenfield, Harold Hughes' money man; retired Des Moines lawyer.

Henry Rowen, president, Rand Corp., former assistant director of budget (LBJ)

R Sargent Shriver, Jr., former US. ambassador to France; lawyer, Strasser, Spiefelberg, Fried, Frank & Kempelman, Washington, D.C. [1972 Democratic vice presidential candidate]

Theodore Sorensen, lawyer, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York.

Ray Stark, Broadway producer.

Howard Stein, president and director, Dreyfus Corporation.

Milton Semer, chairman, Muskie Election Committee; lawyer, Semer and Jacobsen

George H. Talbot, president, Charlotte Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. ; headed anti-Vietnam ad

Arthur Taylor, vice president, International Paper Company [presently CBS president]

Jack Valenti, president, Motion Picture Association.

Paul Warnke, Muskie financial supporter, former assistant secretary of defense

Thomas I. Watson, Jr., Muskie financial supporter; chairman, IBM 

Academics

Michael Ellis De Bakey, chairman, department of surgery, Baylor University; surgeon-in-chief,

Ben Taub General Hospital. Texas

Derek Curtis Bok, dean, Harvard Law School [presently Harvard president]

Kingman Brewster, Jr., president, Yale University.

McGeorge Bundy, president, Ford Foundation.

Avram Noam Chomsky, professor of modern languages, MIT

Daniel Ellsberg, professor, MIT.

George Drennen Fischer, member, executive committee. National Education Association

J. Kenneth Galbraith, professor of economics, Harvard

Patricia Harris, educator, lawyer, former US. ambassador; chairman welfare committee Urban League

Walter Heller, regents professor of economics, University of Minnesota

Edwin Land, professor of physics, MIT.

Herbert Ley, Jr., former FDA commissioner; professor of epidemiology, Harvard.

Matthew Stanley Meselson, professor of biology, Harvard

Lloyd N. Morrisett, professor and associate director, education program, University of Calif

Joseph Rhodes, Jr., fellow, Harvard; member, Scranton commission on Campus Unrest

Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist; director, A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York.

David Selden, president, American Federation of Teachers.

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., professor of humanities, City University of New York

Jeremy Stone, director, Federation of American Scienlists

Jerome Wiesner, president, MIT.

Samuel M. Lambert, president, National Education Association

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First Colson Memo to Dean

(June 12, 1972)

I have received a well-informed tip that there are income tax discrepancies involving the returns of Harold J. Gibbons, a vice president of the teamsters union in St. Louis. This has come to me on very, very good authority.

Gibbons, you should know, is an all out enemy, a McGovernite, ardently anti-Nixon. He is one of the three labor leaders who were recently invited to Hanoi.

Please tell me if this one can be started on at once and if there is an informer's fee, let me know. There is a good cause at which it can be donated.

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Second Colson Memo to Dean

(Nov. 17, 1972)

I have received from an informer some interesting information on Jack Anderson, including a report that Jack Anderson was found in a room with wiretap equipment and a private investigator in connection with the Dodd investigation. 

Anderson, according to my source, had the wiretap equipment supplied to him by a Washington, D.C., man.

According to the same source, Anderson and Drew Pearson were paid $100,000 in 1958 by Batista to write favorable articles about the former Cuban dictator. In 1961 Anderson wrote serveral very favorable articles on Fidel Castro. Fredo de la Campo, Batista's Under Secretary of State, sent Anderson a telegram saying "I hope you were paid well, as well for the Castro articles as you were for the Batista articles." My source has a copy of the telegram.

You know my personal feelings about Jack Anderson. After his incredibly sloppy and malicious reporting on Eagleton, his credibility has diminished. It now appears as if we have the opportunity to destroy it. Do you agree that we should pursue this activity?

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