[…] We learn that some of the think-tanks benefited from oligarch largesse long before Alexander Lebedev bought more direct public influence by acquiring the London Evening Standard. The Rothschild family feature prominently in this story and the authors recount the warm welcome Ken Livingstone gave to the Russian influx in his days as Mayor of […]
[PDF file]: […] most spectacular African assassinations and kidnappings of the 1960s – were now only too happy to assume a lower profile. Pompidou’s political patrons – most notably the Rothschild family with their huge complex of African investments – could, in future, have their corporations exploit this international milieu without governmental supervision. A similar process, culminating […]
[PDF file]: […] and that William Armstrong, who had been moved from the Treasury about three years before to be Permanent Secretary of the Civil Service Department, and (Lord) Victor Rothschild, Head of the “Think Tank” (Central Policy Review Staff) set up by Heath were also going. When we arrived, Ted started by asking William – who […]
[PDF file]: […] We learn that some of the think-tanks benefited from oligarch largesse long before Alexander Lebedev bought more direct public influence by acquiring the London Evening Standard. The Rothschild family feature prominently in this story and the authors recount the warm welcome Ken Livingstone gave to the Russian influx in his days as Mayor of […]
