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Crossing
Interests
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Facts About Bechtel
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What
is Bechtel Corporation?
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It is
the largest engineering construction company in the
US
.
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It
develops, constructs and operates telecommunication projects,
construction management software, water systems, petroleum and
chemical plants, pipelines, nuclear power plants, mining and
metal projects and civil infrastructure projects.
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Stephen
Bechtel and Steve McCone increased Bechtel’s fortune by
building warships for the
US
military in WWII.
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Bechtel
has developed, built and operated a chemical weapons destruction
program in cooperation with the US Army.
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Bechtel
has played a role in building half the nuclear power plants in
the world and was hired by former President Reagan to build
major nuclear plants. It also built some of the laboratories for
the Manhattan Project – where the atom bomb was engineered.
The Manhattan Project is the largest developer and producer of
nuclear arsenal in the world.
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Bechtel
built the first major pipelines in
Alaska
and
Saudi Arabia
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Bechtel
built Jubail, a massive industrial city in
Saudi Arabia
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Whilst
building pipelines in
Saudi Arabia
, the US Office of Strategic
Services used Bechtel as a cover to monitor events in the
Middle East.
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Bechtel
built
Da Nang
, the US Air-Force base in
South Vietnam
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Bechtel
was awarded $4.3mn by USAID to help developing countries like
Morocco
,
Bangladesh
,
Costa Rica
and
Jamaica
to develop fossil fuel
resources.
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Bechtel
manages the operation of defense related nuclear tests at the
Nevada Test Site
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Bechtel
is building the
Maghreb
–
Europe
gas pipeline starting from
Hassir’Mel,
Algeria
to
Cordoba
,
Spain
via
Morocco
and the Straits of Gibraltar.
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Bechtel
donates generously to the US Republican Party. In the April 2000
elections, Bechtel gave a $100,000 check to the Republican
National Committee, and again in October, it gave another
$100,000 to the same committee.
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The US
Export-Import Bank approved financial guarantees for Bechtel to
provide $250mn for construction and management services to build
a 72-mile highway from
Croatia
, via
Zagreb
, to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Former
head of Export-Import Bank, Henry Kearns, assisted Bechtel by
establishing funds for the
Freeport
gold mine in
New Guinea
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Collaboration
between Bechtel and CIA was instrumental in the toppling of
Iran
’s President.
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As a
family-owned private company, under
US
law, Bechtel is not required
to disclose its earnings.
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The
Bechtel Group is in its 4th generation of family
leadership, with the controlling stake held by Riley Bechtel.
The company is one of the top 200 largest family-owned companies
in the world.
Bechtel’s
Connections:
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Reagan’s
Secretary of Defense, Casper Weinberger: Former Vice
President, Director, and General Counsel of Bechtel
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Reagan’s
Secretary of State, George Schultz: Former Bechtel
President and Current Director
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Chairman
of Security and Exchange Under Nixon, Head of Export-Import Bank
Under Ford, Reagan’s Campaign Manager and Head of CIA under
Reagan, William Casey: Bechtel Consultant
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Nixon’s
CIA Director, Richard Helm: Bechtel Consultant
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Nixon
Treasury Secretary, William Simon: Bechtel Consultant
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Former
US
Ambassador to
Sweden
and
Germany
, Chuck Redman:
President of Bechtel’s Business in
Middle East
, South West Asia,
Europe
and
Africa
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Atomic
Energy Commission Manager, Robert L. Hollingsworth:
Bechtel’s former Manager of Manpower Services
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NATO’s
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Commander in Chief and Current
Member of the Defense Policy Board, General Jack Sheehan:
Former Bechtel’s Vice-President and Partner
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White
House Political Advisor for Nixon, Peter Flannigan:
Senior Partner in the Investment House Dillon, Read and Co.,
Owned by Bechtel
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Member
of
Azerbaijan
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors, Joanne White: Vice-President of Bechtel
International Inc.
Sources:
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Cooperativeresearch.org
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Republicons.org
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