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In 1987, a contribution was made to the West Australian Labor Party from the CIA, involving Richard Babayan and Earl Brian acting on behalf of Hadron. | 1938-04-22 | 2015-06-05 | Hammersmith, London, England |
Alan Bond was a wealthy Australia businessman. He was involved in joint ventures with Carlos Cardoen and had connections to the Central Intelligence Agency's operations.1
In 1987, a contribution was made to the West Australian Labor Party from the Central Intelligence Agency, involving Richard Babayan and Earl Brian acting on behalf of Hadron. This money was passed on by one of Robert Maxwell companies in Australia to be held by the Pergamon Press Trust Fund in Moscow. Richard Babayan handed the check to Yosef Goldberg, who in turn gave it to Alan Bond in his role as the guardian of the John Curtin Foundation funds.1
Alan Bond invested loans obtained from various Australia banks into Carlos Cardoen construction company in Iraq, which was building a vast "agricultural complex" outside Baghdad. He also purchased the Chilean phone company from Augusto Pinochet for approximately $300 million, making promises of improvements that were not fulfilled.1
In late September 1988, an Israel intelligence officer briefed the head of Australian Security and Intelligence Services about Alan Bond activities in Chile. Following this, Alan Bond almost immediately pulled out of Carlos Cardoen and later out of Chile altogether.1
Alan Bond was convicted of bank fraud in May 1992 and sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He later went bankrupt and became involved in African mining investments.1
Footnotes
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Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015). ↩︎