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- German Report Profiles Atomic Bombs Businessman
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- Foreign Broadcast Information Service, March 10, 1992
- Germany: Report Profiles Atomic Bombs Businessman
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- <body>
- <p>[Eva Goris report: "Sheer Madness! A German Sells Atomic
- Bombs". Hamburg BILD AM SONNTAG in German 8 Mar 92 p 26]
- </p>
- <p> [Text] His shirt is snow-white, and his tie is knotted
- correctly. This man radiates seriousness--from his accurately
- parted hair to the polished shoes. One would buy a second-hand
- car sight unseen from a man like Gerhard Voigt (62).
- </p>
- <p> But Mr. Voigt does not sell cars. Mr. Voigt sells bombs,
- deadly atomic bombs.
- </p>
- <p> Respectable Mr. Voigt naturally puts it a little
- differently: "We dispose of highly toxic waste through
- underground nuclear explosions. We destroy chemical weapons and
- nuclear residues from nuclear power plants--fast, without any
- problems, and in an environmentally friendly way."
- </p>
- <p> Mr. Voigt offers his services at a good price: "$300 for
- every kilogram of toxic waste."
- </p>
- <p> "Voigt/Chetek" reads the computer written plate of the
- three-family house in Sachsenwaldstrasse 7, 2055 Aumuehle,
- near Hamburg. This is a beautiful part of Germany. The
- Sachsenwald Forest, with its many hectares of fir trees, is
- close by.
- </p>
- <p> But Voigt does not have much time for walks in the
- Sachsenwald Forest. He spends much time in Moscow, using either
- Lufthansa or Aeroflot to fly from Hamburg-Fuhlsbuettel to
- Sheremetyevo. From there, he takes a taxi to the Chetek
- Corporation, Varvaka Prospekt 15 (directly opposite the
- Kremlin).
- </p>
- <p> His bosses are there: nuclear scientists and former military
- officials of the Red Army. They need Voigt. Voigt, "who has had
- close relations with the Soviet Union for 26 years," has the
- task of boosting trade with the atomic bomb in Germany.
- </p>
- <p> Mr. Voigt's explanation of the deal sounds harmless: "Atomic
- bombs are detonated at 400 meters below the Earth's surface--naturally only in geologically suitable locations. Because of
- the heat of the nuclear explosion, the toxic substances
- 'vitrify' and melt together with the rocks."
- </p>
- <p> His business partners in Moscow are quite experienced in
- this field: They have carried out well over 100 such
- explosions. Before 1990, they received their orders and the
- bombs from the state. Thus, the former USSR built natural gas
- depots and removed entire mountains through nuclear explosions.
- </p>
- <p> Example 1: Semipalatinsk. A nuclear explosion enlarged the
- river basin--two rivers merged into a large one. The
- explosive force corresponded to that of Hiroshima. Example 2:
- Orenburg (Urals). A total of 18 nuclear warheads were detonated
- to create space for an underground natural gas depot. Example
- 3: Astrakhan, Caspian Sea. A nuclear explosion created space for
- a gas depot.
- </p>
- <p> An inquiry with the environmental expert of the Greenpeace
- organization, Thomas Schultz-Jagow, revealed that "the gas that
- comes out of the lines is radioactively contaminated."
- </p>
- <p> What is the situation like today? Where do the Chetek
- managers obtain their bombs?
- </p>
- <p> "We have the knowledge and the technical preconditions," was
- all Voigt stated.
- </p>
- <p> Investigations in the United States with the nuclear expert
- William C. Potter (director of the Russia Institute in
- Monterey, California) disclosed the following: "Chetek is an
- offshoot of the former Ministry for Nuclear Industry. We carried
- out similar experiments 20 years ago, but we stopped them--they were too dangerous."
- </p>
- <p> The responsible officials of this ministry have thousands of
- dead children on their conscience: After the nuclear tests in
- Semipalatinsk, leukemia-related deaths soared in the area.
- </p>
- <p> Schultz-Jagow from Greenpeace stated: "Numerous little
- Chernobyls were created there. In the affected areas, many
- people are suffering from cancer and anemia. They have become
- victims of nuclear madness."
- </p>
- <p> Mr. Voigt, do you want even more victims and even more
- madness?
- </p>
- <p> Mr. Voigt smiled. He does not look like somebody who wants
- madness. "I have carried out careful investigations in the
- West. There is great interest in our offer."
- </p>
- <p> Those who order services in the form of atomic bombs from
- the dealer Voigt can convince themselves of their efficiency.
- Mr. Voigt owes this to his image as a serious businessman.
- Chetek plans an "explosion for demonstration purposes" in Novaya
- Zemlya (Russian Arctics).
- </p>
- <p> A Chetek advertising brochure contains the following
- passage: "During the experiment, 1,000 tonnes of highly toxic
- industrial waste will be destroyed."
- </p>
- <p> What kind of people are ordering the nuclear destruction of
- toxic waste?
- </p>
- <p> "We are working exclusively in the service of the
- environment. Everybody who wants to carry out business with us
- must prove his peaceful intentions."
- </p>
- <p> Mr. Voigt is known in Sachsenwaldstrasse in Aumuehle. People
- like him. "He is a nice elderly man. "I think he is an agent,"
- a neighbor stated.
- </p>
- <p> He is indeed an agent. He is dealing in death.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
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