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8/14/2019 Strunk Affidavit in Opposition to US MTD DCD 09-Cv-1249 w Exhibits 102309 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/strunk-affidavit-in-opposition-to-us-mtd-dcd-09-cv-1249-w-exhibits-102309 1/102 Strunk v. The NEW YORK PROVINCE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS et al. DCD 09-cv-1249 1 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -----------------------------------------------------------------------------x : Christopher-Earl: Strunk in esse and the CHRISTOPHER : (aka “CHRIS”) STRUNK jus tertii People, : 593 Vanderbilt Avenue – 281 Brooklyn New York 11238 : 845-901-6767 Plaintiffs : Civil No.: 09-cv-1249 : Hon. Richard J. Leon v. : : The NEW YORK PROVINCE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS : (NYSJ) et al. : Defendants. : : -----------------------------------------------------------------------------x PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT AS TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS AND SECRETARIES IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUALLY STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF KINGS ) Accordingly, I, Christopher –Earl: Strunk, being duly sworn, depose and say: 1.  Affiant / Plaintiff Christopher-Earl: Strunk in esse, (Affiant, Strunk) hereby responds in opposition to the motion to dismiss the complaint as a matter of law by Defendants United States Department of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of the United States Department of State, United States Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("Federal Defendants") represented by CHANNING D. PHILLIPS acting United States Attorney for Washington District of Columbia and Assistant U.S. Attorneys RUDOLPH CONTRERAS and WYNNE P. KELLY. 2. That outrageously CHANNING D. PHILLIPS acting United States Attorney by his agents alleges Affirmant has somehow filed a vexatious and frivolous case as if “ a grand 

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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-----------------------------------------------------------------------------x

:Christopher-Earl: Strunk in esse and the CHRISTOPHER :

(aka “CHRIS”) STRUNK jus tertii People, :593 Vanderbilt Avenue – 281 Brooklyn New York 11238 :

845-901-6767 Plaintiffs : Civil No.: 09-cv-1249

: Hon. Richard J. Leon

v. ::

The NEW YORK PROVINCE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS :

(NYSJ) et al. :

Defendants. :

:

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PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO

DISMISS THE COMPLAINT AS TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS AND SECRETARIES

IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND INDIVIDUALLY

STATE OF NEW YORK )

) ss.:

COUNTY OF KINGS )

Accordingly, I, Christopher –Earl: Strunk, being duly sworn, depose and say:

1.  Affiant / Plaintiff Christopher-Earl: Strunk in esse, (Affiant, Strunk) hereby responds in

opposition to the motion to dismiss the complaint as a matter of law by Defendants United States

Department of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of the United States Department of 

State, United States Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the United

States Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller,

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("Federal Defendants") represented by

CHANNING D. PHILLIPS acting United States Attorney for Washington District of Columbia

and Assistant U.S. Attorneys RUDOLPH CONTRERAS and WYNNE P. KELLY.

2.  That outrageously CHANNING D. PHILLIPS acting United States Attorney by his

agents alleges Affirmant has somehow filed a vexatious and frivolous case as if “ a grand 

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conspiracy in which the Society of Jesus, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church,

controls the nation”; and to wit Affirmant strenuously denies the wrongful devious

characterization meant to deconstruct the underlying facts to Plaintiff's injury and associated

history that supports the need for a declaratory judgment and writ of Federal Defendants to act in

their fiduciary capacity and or absent such thereby must facilitate Plaintiff with 18 USC §1964(c)

to recover damages incurred after the Quo Warranto Inquest is done by this Court..

3.  That upon hearing the facts on the injury to Plaintiff(s) in esse (living being) here in New

York, along with those similarly situated, and as recognized by the New York State Legislature

as Plaintiff jus tertii represents any standing as an aggrieved State Citizens(1)

, and also as a

United States Citizen(s) resident in Washington District of Columbia as a (fictional) corporate

entity(ies) that as Government contractor(s) by way of each entity registration and bonding with

Plaintiff’s actual birth certificate whose bond is on file at the Department of Commerce and used

as an article trade by Defendants against Plaintiff’s in esse rights protected by New York law.

4.  That Affirmant in esse makes a special appearance herein without waiver of any

sovereignty as the Trustee and a benefactor of his corporate bond as CHRISTOPHER EARL

STRUNK questionably held in Washington District of Columbia otherwise against his wishes as

an article of trade in commerce under the Uniform Commercial Code, against New York Law

and having damaged Plaintiff in esse in excess of One Million Dollars.

5.  Affirmant as a matter of law cites the prima facie facts that show malfeasance of the

Defendant New York Province of the Society of Jesus, its agents and members (New York 

1  Citizens: "The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain

duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives or 

indigenes are those born in the country of parents who are citizens. Society not being able to

subsist and to perpetuate itself but by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow

the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights." -US Supreme Court Chief JusticeJohn Marshall in The Venus (1812) case. 

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Province) with Federal Defendants’ breech of fiduciary duty to enforce the Logan Act as to the

New York Province along with those similarly situated the twelve provinces and its members

who have taken a vow and extreme oath to a foreign sovereign the Black Pope who is the

confessor priest to the Prince of the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI.

6.  That as a matter of law the New York Civil Rights Law Chapter 6 Article 5A cited in the

complaint applies to the New York Province and members exceeding 19 and by preemption has

suffered non-enforcement since January 10, 1984 when after then President Ronald W. Reagan

recognized the Sovereignty of the Vatican State for the first time and started the exchange of 

diplomats thereby triggering the necessity to enforce the provisions of 18 USC §953 Logan Act

and related law in its entirety referenced by the Vienna Convention set of treaties, and having

become a Federal Matter on January 10, 1984 conflicts with Affirmant’s 9th and 10th Amendment

right to his pursuit of happiness and well being here in New York as a Corporate Citizen here

when Federal Defendants breach their duty.

7.  That although the various Jesuit religious schools (i.e. Fordham University) are now

secular and that the Jesuits Administration by and large has been replaced by a secular

administration, but nevertheless, the Jesuits as exclusive agents of the Vatican State lecture and

interfere in the internal affairs of New York, the United States and with the in esse sovereigns

without the permission of the receiving State among other requirements of the provisions of the

Vienna Treaty on Consular Affairs that Plaintiff complains of as a particularized injury.

8.  That Affirmant alleges based upon information and belief that individually Hillary

Rodham Clinton, Janet Napolitano, and Robert Mueller are sworn members of the Sovereign

Military Order of Malta (SMOM) that is a Sovereign State under the control of the Jesuit General

Nicolas (a.k.a. Black Pope), and that each Defendant individual has a dual allegiance in conflict

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with the fiduciary duty incumbent upon the corporate Secretary or director of the respective

Defendant Department.

9.  That Hillary Rodham Clinton, Janet Napolitano, and Robert Mueller as members of the

SMOM are acting to consolidate the FBI with the DHS into what can only be characterized as

the dictatorial arm of an international commission star chamber setup as the fiat new

“Government” associated with the Cap and Trade Treaty facilitated by Hillary Rodham Clinton

pending signature in Copenhagen by the Usurper (Barack Hussein Obama, a.k.a Barry Soetoro)

for passage by the U.S. Senate in conjunction with Phase III described in U.S. D.O.S. Publication

7277; and that Individual Defendant SMOM members are acting to commit treason against the

national Sovereignty of the People of the United States and Citizens of New York and

Plaintiff(s) in esse, and the Defendant Departments are riddled with foreign agents especially the

SMOM and members under the Jesuit General to our detriment.

10. Affiant contends that Defendant Department of State is controlled by the Jesuit General

whose SMOM and St. John Knights united under Rome with singular allegiance to the Vatican’s

Black Pope and have full access and reign over US DOS and other departments as the current

secretaries in charge connote. Affiant confirmed the allegation by a St. John Knight and interim

Director of the P-2 Lodge of Monte Carlo. Leo Lyon Zagami, who although Leo “spoke out of 

turn” and his agenda went off track, the contrite Leo returned to Rome stated to me on SKYPE:  

[7/2/2009 3:47:44 PM] Christopher-Earl Strunk: Heard you have been in Japan. When

you went to the SMOM at the US DOS last year how close to the top were they and

under Hillary how much sway do they have over her now?

[7/2/2009 3:50:35 PM] Christopher-Earl Strunk: Correction: when you went to the USDOS last year you went to meet with the SMOM. Were they a[t] ease in speaking with

you?[7/2/2009 3:52:22 PM] Leo Lyon Zagami: I am a member of the Knights of Malta the

Order of Saint john of Jerusalem no[t] the SMOM

[7/2/2009 3:52:33 PM] Leo Lyon Zagami: but I have good relations with them[7/2/2009 3:52:59 PM] Leo Lyon Zagami: we are very diplomatic and we are gentlemen

first of all.

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11. That Hillary Rodham Clinton, Janet Napolitano, and Robert Mueller as members of the

SMOM and or individually are collaborating with the New York Province and other eleven

Provinces to facilitate the activities of the New York Province and other provinces and agents

under the Jesuit General / Black Pope Control.

12. That Hillary Rodham Clinton, Janet Napolitano, and Robert Mueller as members of the

SMOM and or individually may not be represented by the United States Attorney General and or

CHANNING D. PHILLIPS acting United States Attorney for Washington District of Columbia

and Assistant U.S. Attorneys RUDOLPH CONTRERAS and WYNNE P. KELLY.

13. That all Jesuits live by their constitution and have taken vows similar to marriage vows

(see from the NYSJ website that five more novice Jesuits took vows at Exhibit A); and is part of 

the multi-level oath of their secret extreme oath exposed in the Congressional record, see

Exhibit B, that for good reason is secret being against public policy as a blood oath binding each

affiant till death to carry forward the Inquisition against schismatics, obstinate heretics and

heretics, the oaths are not on file with New York.

14. That Affiant alleges Defendants are infringing upon his actual suffrage and first

amendment and guarantee of a republican form of government rights, and that by my expert

Witness testimony of Eric-Jon: Phelps in esse will show and includes in the copy of the Affidavit

(see Exhibit C) that:

“That on or about January 10, 1984 President Reagan, by Executive Order, recognized the

Vatican as a sovereign political state exchanging diplomats thereby laying the legal groundwork 

for the signing of a treaty―a Concordat―with Rome, as did Roman Catholic, Jesuit-advised,

Knight of Malta-backed military dictators Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco;

That as a result of said Executive Order issued by President Reagan (having chosen at least six

Knights of Malta to conduct his administration), the Society of Jesus is acting in concert serving a

foreign sovereign (the Pope of Rome) ruling a sovereign state, (Vatican City)―exclusive of all

other considerations―intending to submit the American peoples to a socialist-communist or

socialist-fascist military dictator secretly loyal to the “Vicar of Christ;” 

That the Jesuit Provincial of the New York Province for the Society of Jesus, David Ciancimino,

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manages and oversees the centralized wealth and economic power of the American Empire

through his control of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York City (which houses over 600,000

gold bricks), JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, etc., as well as Wall Street, the Stock Market

and the Securities and Exchange Commission first headed by Knight of Malta Joseph P.

Kennedy, the foremost short-seller of stock in 1929 precipitating the Stock Market Crash and

Great Depression;

The absolute power of the Jesuit Order over Pope Benedict XVI’s thirteen American Roman

Cardinal Archbishops includes the former president of Fordham University, CFR member and

Professed Jesuit priest under extreme oath of the fourth vow Joseph A. O’Hare. The immediate

foot soldiers of the American Cardinals include Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

(CFR member and President Regan’s Secretary of State, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., whose brother,

Francis Haig, is a powerful Jesuit priest under extreme oath of the fourth vow; CFR member and

President Reagan’s National Security Advisor, Richard V. Allen; etc.); the Knights of St. Gregory

(CFR member and Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch, etc.); the Knights of Columbus (CFR-

affiliated House Majority Leader John Boehner, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, etc.) and

Opus Dei (CFR-affiliated Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former Director of the FBI

Louis Freeh, convicted American spy for the Russian KGB/SVR, FBI counterintelligence officer

Robert Philip Hanssen, etc.); “ 

15. That Affiant alleges that Individual Defendants Hillary Rodham Clinton, Janet

Napolitano, and Robert Mueller as SMOM members act along with Andrew Cuomo the New

York Attorney General and Lorraine A. Cortez-Vazquez the New York Secretary of State among

others yet named in a conspiracy with NYSJ Defendants to interfere with Affiant’s suffrage and

speech rights along with those similarly situated liberty to have a republican form of government

free from interference by the Jesuits as agents of the Vatican State, and with state action as

defined under 42 USC §1985(3) with 42 USC §1986 neglect by the State of the provisions of 

 New York Civil Rights law Chapter 6 Article 5A and the Vienna Convention treaties.

16. In effect of non-enforcement, the New York Province of the Society of Jesus and its

members interference activities including the members of the SMOM under the Jesuit General

Control all are in effect of non-enforcement of law Federal Agents questionably “permanently

embedded” into New York State Government.

17. That Catholic Governor David Paterson in violation of the Vienna Convention treaties is

under the direct control of the NYSJ Defendants directly by his chief of staff exposed as a

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member of the NYSJ Defendant entity and according to Minnesota Catholic Governor Jesse

Ventura there are Federal agents questionably “ permanently embedded ” into New York State

Government under the control of Defendants Hillary Rodham Clinton, Janet Napolitano, Robert

Mueller, and SMOM member Leon Panetta and other yet named;

18. That Plaintiff(s) reserves the sovereign right to know who are the Federal agents

questionably “permanently embedded” into New York State Government as a matter guaranteed

by his 9th and 10th Amendment rights; and furthermore, as a matter of Civil RICO with 18 USC

§1964(c) has the jurisdiction and sovereign right of removal of any judicial or other Federal

officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of New York, may be impeached by a vote of 

two-thirds of both branches of the New York State Legislature and removed from New York.

19. Notwithstanding whether or not the Logan Act has ever been implemented Affiant has

standing to sue with 18 USC §1964(c) as a Private Attorney General or otherwise, and whether

or not New York Province Defendants’ Counsel infers that somehow Logan is dead-letter,

which the Logan Act it is not; that Affiant Strunk has a righteous cause of action herein because

beyond the fact that Defendants Provincial and NYSJ and or its membership are not protected

under the NYS Beneficial Orders Lawand as such must comply with the filing requirements of 

the New York State Civil Rights Statute Chapter 6 Article 5-A are a New York Corporate entity

must comply with local laws, more importantly there was a jackpot condition setup on January

10, 1984 when then President Reagan (for whatever reason) recognized the Vatican State and

Holy See as a Sovereign entity with treaties impacting such act, began the exchange of diplomats

activating the terms of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) (see a highlighted

copy Exhibit D), and the related Law of Treaties of 1969 and the Vienna Convention on

Diplomatic Relations of 1961, in that the NYSJ Defendants along with those similarly situated

with oath of allegiance to the Vatican State are violating the following provision of the Vienna

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Convention on Consular Relations as follows:

 Article 19 Appointment of members of consular staff - 2. The full name, category and class of all

consular officers, other than the head of a consular post, shall be notified by the sending State to the

receiving State in sufficient time for the receiving State, if it so wishes, to exercise its rights under

paragraph 3 of article 23.

 Article 20 Size of the consular staff - In the absence of an express agreement as to the size of the

consular staff, the receiving State may require that the size of the staff be kept within limits

considered by it to be reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the

consular district and to the needs of the particular consular post.

 Article 22 Nationality of consular officers - 1.Consular officers should, in principle, have the

nationality of the sending State. 2.Consular officers may not be appointed from among persons

having the nationality of the receiving State except with the express consent of that State which may

be withdrawn at any time.

 Article 32 Exemption from taxation of consular premises- 2.The exemption from taxation referred to

paragraph 1 of this article shall not apply to such dues and taxes if, under the law of the receivingState, they are payable by the person who contracted with the sending State or with the person acting

on its behalf.

 Article 43 Immunity from jurisdiction - 1.Consular officers and consular employees shall not be

amenable to the jurisdiction of the judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving State in

respect of acts performed in the exercise of consular functions. 2.The provisions of paragraph 1 of 

this article shall not, however, apply in respect of a civil action either: (a) arising out of a contract

concluded by a consular officer or a consular employee in which he did not contract expressly or

impliedly as an agent of the sending State; or …

 Article 49 Exemption from taxation- 1.Consular officers and consular employees and members of 

their families forming part of their households shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal orreal, national, regional or municipal, except: (a) indirect taxes of a kind which are normally

incorporated in the price of goods or services; (b) dues or taxes on private immovable property

situated in the territory of the receiving State, subject to the provisions of article 32; (c) estate,

succession or inheritance duties, and duties on transfers, levied by the receiving State, subject to the

provisions of paragraph (b) of article 51; (d ) dues and taxes on private income, including capital

gains, having its source in the receiving State and capital taxes relating to investments made in

commercial or financial undertakings in the receiving State; (e) charges levied for specific services

rendered; ( f ) registration, court or record fees, mortgage dues and stamp duties, subject to the

provisions of article 32.

 Article 55 Respect for the laws and regulations of the receiving State - 1.Without prejudice to their

privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to

respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State. They also have a duty not to interfere in the

internal affairs of the State.

 Article 57 Special provisions concerning private gainful occupation - 1.Career consular officers shall

not carry on for personal profit any professional or commercial activity in the receiving State.

2.Privileges and immunities provided in this chapter shall not be accorded: (a) to consular employees

or to members of the service staff who carry on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State;

(b) to members of the family of a person referred to in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph or to

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members of his private staff; (c) to members of the family of a member of a consular post who

themselves carry on any private gainful occupation in the receiving State.

 Article 71 Nationals or permanent residents of the receiving State - 1.Except insofar as additional

facilities, privileges and immunities may be granted by the receiving State, consular officers who are

nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall enjoy only immunity from

 jurisdiction and personal inviolability in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of theirfunctions, and the privileges provided in paragraph 3 of article 44. So far as these consular officers

are concerned, the receiving State shall likewise be bound by the obligation laid down in article 42. If 

criminal proceedings are instituted against such a consular officer, the proceedings shall, except when

he is under arrest or detention, be conducted in a manner, which will hamper the exercise of consular

functions as little as possible. 2.Other members of the consular post who are nationals of or

permanently resident in the receiving State and members of their families, as well as members of the

families of consular officers referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, shall enjoy facilities, privileges

and immunities only insofar as these are granted to them by the receiving State. Those members of 

the families of members of the consular post and those members of the private staff who are

themselves nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall likewise enjoy facilities,

privileges and immunities only insofar as these are granted to them by the receiving State. The

receiving State shall, however, exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a way as not to

hinder unduly the performance of the functions of the consular post.

20. That Affiant has an Original Proceeding 09-5322-OP in the District of Columbia Circuit

for a writ of mandamus under FRAP Rule 21 for an Order of the United States District Court for

the District of Columbia to Recuse the district Judge in 08-cv-2234, 09-cv-1249 09-cv-1295 with

investigation of District Clerk’s Office with 28 U.S.C. §455 and related law in its entirety; and

the 09-5322-OP package was served previously apart from this response to Defendants’ Counsel.

21. That since this case was filed Affiant received as a matter of courtesy a copy of document

filed in the case Barnett et al. v Obama et al CDCA 09: 09-cv-000082 before the District Judge

Honorable David O. Carter there for verification both of the Divorce action between Stanley

Ann Dunham Obama and Barack Hussein Obama Sr. in 1964 (see Exhibit E) and the copy of 

the actual birth certificate of Barack Hussein Obama Jr. born at Coastal General Hospital in

Mombasa Kenya on August 4, 1961 (see Exhibit F).

22. That as of October 20, 2009 Affiant received a pdf photocopy of the actual delayed filing

record done with HRS 338-17.8 on file with the Department of Health in Hawaii for the Kenya

birth notice filed by Madeline Dunham (see Exhibit G) that needs verification by this Court.

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23. That as a matter supplemental to above paragraphs 7 through 12, the cause of action

related to enforcement of the Logan Act involves the issue of facts that: (i) I duly fired Barack 

Hussein Obama, a.k.a. Barry Soetoro, (the Usurper) on January 22, 2009, (ii) demand a Quo

Warranto inquest on his authority to serve with proper eligibility, with my verified complaint

before this Court in the Case Strunk v. US DOS et al. DCD 08-cv-2234: (iii) Usurper’s acts are

void ab initio until that inquest is heard, and moreover in that Usurper not only has dual

allegiance at birth with a British Parent, (iv) it appears Usurper was actually born in Kenya,

thereby is not even an indigenous born citizen, and further (v) then triggers need to investigate

the allegation that when Usurper was adopted as an Indonesian citizen under the name Barry

Soetoro, He did not even properly file for naturalization when he returned to Hawaii to live with

his Grandmother.

24. Such prima facie evidence marks a drastic increase of harm severity and injury to

Plaintiff(s) and means when the Usurper is not even properly naturalized his actions are those of 

a tourist at best over staying a visa, and an agent of a foreign power not registered under the

Logan Act, also covered with the Vienna Convention treaties in their entirety, as foreign national

also means Usurper may not be charged with treason per se or even impeached for that matter.

25. That on September 20, 2009 the Washington Post reported (see Exhibit H) a fact, that

was then confirmed by Affiant that the Usurper outrageously interfered with the internal affairs

of New York, threatened Governor Paterson to step aside for the benefit of SMOM member

Rudolf Giuliani and Jesuit Temporal Coadjutor Andrew Cuomo in coordination with the

Defendant New York Province and its agents in particular to circumvent the provisions of the

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Mortmain Doctrine (2)

on perpetuities with strawmen and interlocking corporate directorships to

maintain perpetual control of real property for Vatican Power as further violation of the Vienna

Convention and Logan Act.

26. With the use of 18 USC 1964(c) comes the duty for providing detail normally missing in

complaints demanding writs for non-enforcement of specific laws, as by design Civil RICO

crosses a tremendous domain of civil and criminal activity requiring the connecting of dots with

patterns of interlocking activity and facilitation normally unseen but necessary for any private

litigant, and as I will do in part provide herein until given permission to amend the complaint in

consolidation with the Census and Quo warranto inquest demand regarding the enterprise’s

fraudster Usurper that otherwise clueless judiciary appears as the deer in the headlights.

27.  On October 7, 2009, Affiant in order to ascertain and verify the facts in the matter of 

actual naturalized citizenship that requires a lift of stay for further discovery before this court,

2 Mortmain is a legal term that means ownership of real estate by a corporation or legal

institution that can be transferred or sold in perpetuity, usually in the context of its prohibition.

Historically, the land owner usually would be the religious office of a church; today, insofar asmortmain prohibitions against perpetual ownership still exist, it refers most often to modern

companies and charitable trusts. The term "mortmain" is derived from medieval French (mort 

main), literally meaning "dead hand." In addition, as the land was held in perpetuity, it would

never escheat or pass by inheritance (and no feudal incidents or taxes would be payable upon it).

Although statutes prohibiting mortmain have been abolished in most countries today, the

principle still subsists to a certain extent in relation to trust law in the form of the rule against

perpetuities.

Mortmain played an important part in legal history, and earlier case law often needs to be

considered against this background. For example, the judicial decision in Thornton v Howe

[3]

 held that a trust for publishing the writings of Joanna Southcott[4] was charitable being for the

"advancement of religion." This decision is often held up as setting the bar extremely low indetermining whether a charity is for the advancement of religion, but if one considers that at the

time the statutes against mortmain were in force, and that the effect of the decision was that the

trust was void, rather than imbuing it with special privileges in relation to taxation, it puts a very

different spin on the ratio decidendi.

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being complex litigation (100 cases nationally) for both comity and economy of schedule with

permission to intervene as a complex litigation matter with 28 USC §1407 before the Honorable

David O. Carter (see Exhibit I), that court response and verification remains pending, but

Affiant is granted permission to file by Judge Leon on October 21, 2009 for obtaining CACD

discovery for the Quo Warranto herein the Washington District of Columbia where it belongs.

28. As to the Government’s contention that this Court lacks jurisdiction alleging Plaintiff has

not provided a preponderance of the evidence for standing per se, Affiant strenuously disagrees,

notwithstanding the use of 18 USC §1964(c), in that the matter of the Usurper’s Quo Warranto

takes precedence over such claims based upon the facts so-far presented and in that Usurper acts

to date in conspiracy with Defendants herein along with those yet named forming an enterprise

defined with the RICO Act as evidence sufficient to meet what U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

John Marshall held on Court jurisdiction when he wrote in Cohens v. Virginia 19 US 264 (1821): 

" It is most true that this Court will not take jurisdiction if it should not: but it is equally

true, that it must take jurisdiction if it should. The judiciary cannot, as the legislature

may, avoid a measure because it approaches the confines of the constitution. We cannot 

 pass it by because it is doubtful. With whatever doubts, with whatever difficulties, a case

may be attended, we must decide it, if it be brought before us. We have no more right todecline the exercise of jurisdiction which is given, than to usurp that which is not given.

The one or the other would be treason to the constitution. Questions may occur which we

would gladly avoid; but we cannot avoid them. All we can do is, to exercise our best 

 judgment, and conscientiously to perform our duty. In doing this, on the present 

occasion, we find this tribunal invested with appellate jurisdiction in all cases arising

under the constitution and laws of the United States. We find no exception to this grant,

and we cannot insert one."

29. In March of this year the Russian news service Pravda issued a curious dire warning to

Plaintiff and the People of New York regarding “Carbon Communism” (see Exhibit J) stated:

 Any effort by any government to impose carbon rationing with preferential treatment to

any class of people should be seen as sufficient reason for an all-out French-style

revolution in which the majority population dispossess the elitists of their wealth, their 

 positions of power, and their privilege.

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30. That as a matter confirming the dire warning is the matter of combining the enforcement

arm of both the DHS and FBI under the Carbon Treaty pending to be signed by the Usurper in

Copenhagen imposed over Plaintiff and the People of New York without substantive due process

overlaps the activities of Jesuit temporal coadjutor and private citizen William J. Clinton whose

Global Initiative’s corporate headquarters (3) is housed in Charley Rangel’s Congressional

District in Harlem on previously State owned property that the Department of Real Property

Services by slight of hand sold for one dollar to Jesuit temporal coadjutor Bruce Ratner whose

Forest City is teamed up with the Russian Mafia here at Atlantic yards within ACORN

dominated State 57th

Assembly and 18th

Senate Districts whose overlapping unelected

Community Boards (Brooklyn has 18 Boards setup under Federal oversight of each with say

140000 persons) are under Jesuit controlled temporal Coadjutors and are given the advantage of 

gerrymandered district by pre-selecting votes for real property speculation and land use.

31. That verification of evidence requested of that Court shows that the Usurper, Defendant

Individuals under Civil RICO includes Nancy Pelosi (4) both Clintons and many others as the

3  Clinton Global Initiative - Commitments to Action include, “a unique feature of CGI

membership, translate practical goals into meaningful and measurable results. Throughout theyear and at the Annual Meeting, CGI acts as a marketplace for a diverse community of 

changemakers to develop commitments that fit their core business and philanthropic goals. .. are

new, specific, and measurable initiatives undertaken by CGI members. Varying in size andduration, commitments can focus on diverse issues, regions, and types of activities. For example,

members may develop a new business model that generates social, environmental, or economic

value; initiate, scale up, or refocus a service or business project; or provide financial or in-kind

support to an organization of their choice. Many commitments are the result of new and diverse

partnerships across sectors, with members combining efforts to expand the impact of new ideas.After making a commitment, members report to CGI on progress made over time.”http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ 

4  Nancy Pelosi is from the Jesuit stronghold of San Francisco in the Republic of California

whose Bank of America since 1850 directed the Republic of California incorporation into the

Union as the 31st State on September 9, 1850 as part of the 1850 Compromise complex package

of five bills, passed in September 1850, defusing a four-year confrontation between the slavestates of the South and the free states of the North that arose from expectation of territorial

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essential facilitators of the Usurper coup tat conducted with the New York Province wishing

continue control of New York to the detriment of Plaintiff proprietary property rights along with

those similarly situated, who are singled out as heretics and injured by the pattern of abuse by the

enterprise whose benefactors upon investigation use false billing of the treasury and falsification

of documents as defined under law but not limited to the follows Federal statutes:

18 USC §1028 (a)(1)(4)(7)(c)(1)(2)(3)(d)(1)(f)- (fraud and related activity inconnection with identification documents)

18 USC §1324 (a) (1) (A) (iii.) (iv.) (Harboring illegal aliens)

18 USC §1341 (mail fraud)18 USC §1343 (wire fraud)

18 USC §1425 (a) - (procure citizenship or naturalization unlawfully)

18 USC §1512 (b)(1)(2)(c)(1)(2)(d)(1)(2)(3)- (Tamper with witness, victim )

18 USC §1546 (a) - (fraud and misuse of documents)18 USC §1952 (a) (1) (3) (b) (2) (3) – (interstate and foreign travel in aid of 

racketeering Enterprise)18 USC §1957 – (engaging in monetary transaction in property derived from

specific unlawful activity)

32. That on 28 August 2008 Nancy Pelosi maliciously affirmed and filed her affidavit

placing the Usurper by fiat onto all the State ballots in 2008 at the Federal Elections, and in

which matter Affiant has an on-going suit against Andrew Cuomo the New York Attorney

General and Lorraine A. Cortez-Vazquez the New York Secretary of State among others for

breach of fiduciary duty and State “Little” RICO before the Honorable Justice David I Schmidt

of the State of New York Supreme Court in the County of Kings and who by the way of 

economy of his Court calendar urged Affiant to file the FOIA case 08-cv-2234; and that Justice

Schmidt maintains original jurisdiction over those defendants there.

expansion of the United States with the Texas Annexation (December 29, 1845) and thefollowing Mexican-American War (1846–1848). It avoided secession or civil war at the time and

quieted sectional conflict for four years until the divisive Kansas-Nebraska Act.) today use the

strawman Jesuit temporal coadjutor Frank Pelosi executive of Delmonte Foods with overlapping

directorship and significant stock ownership of Starkist Tuna exploitation of labor facilitated bySpeaker Nancy by maintaining open boarders. 

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33. That Nancy Pelosi committed an act of treason by aiding and abetting the predicate goals

of the enterprise for the consolidation of temporal power by “Sowing the Seeds of Global

Government: The Vatican’s Quest for a World Political Authority” over Plaintiff(s) along with

those heretics similarly situated in New York (see the recent report by Carl Teichrib, a Canadian-

based researcher and the editor of Forcing Change (www.forcingchange.org) Exhibit K),

maliciously filed a false statement with intent to facilitate a coup tat on 28 August 2008 to

misrepresent and lull those State officials with a fiduciary duty over elections intentionally

committed perjury by affirming that the Usurper is “legally qualified to serve under the

provision of the United States Constitution.” (see Exhibit L) , and then knowing it a lie for the

purposes of misdirection then produced another affidavit without the “legally qualified”

affirmation for public filing (see Exhibit M).

34. The enterprise in furtherance of the Vatican State Global consolidation of power issued

the Nobel Prize to the Usurper as explained in an article entitled “Vatican Backs Obama's Global

 Agenda” by Cliff Kincaid on October 12, 2009 in America's Survival, Inc. -

http://www.usasurival.org/ (see Exhibit N), and of whom Affiant will seek Kincaid and

Teichrib as expert witness testimony at trial as with Eric-Jon Phelps.

35. That the enterprise is in violation of the Logan Act and Vienna Convention Treaties with

intention to further deny Plaintiff(s)’s liberty and a republican form of government in New York 

and nationwide with a Global Tax as explained briefly in an article entitled “Progressives Back 

Obama in Push for Trillion Dollar Global Tax” by Cliff Kincaid on October 6, 2009 in

America's Survival, Inc. - http://www.usasurival.org/ (see Exhibit O), as Defendants conspire to

impose and would ensue were the Usurper not restrained from signing such treaty while

attending the Copenhagen Carbon Tax Treaty conference by this Court, the result would be

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devastating and end the future for our posterity as guaranteed with the United States Constitution

and companion ratifications would be grounds for my secession as our New York right at birth.  

36. Affiant training as a geographer and an upper air observer in the U.S. Air Force’s Air

Weather Service, also chasing Tornadoes with 6th Weather Squadron, was in association with

observers at Cheyenne Mountain Colorado who forecast solar activity and counted sunspots

effect upon weather patterns; with more certainty than 99% of the population Affiant is certain

that global warming is a hoax and coup tat that includes the sinister Al Gore’s promotion by the

Vatican just to impose the Carbon Tax Treaty to be signed by the Usurper at Copenhagen in

December 2009; and that to do so further drives a wedge into racial harmony in the USA and the

majority race into the arms of a strongman military dictator in the mold of a General Patreaus

either by a 1934 style SMOM overthrow or Organization for Security and Co-operation in

Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), use of election fraud.  

37. In furtherance of the strongman scenario on October 14, 2009, the Jesuit General’s

SMOM member Lord Christopher Monckton (5), a noted climate change skeptic, gave a

presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. In this 4 minute excerpt from his speech

5 Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He has repeatedly challenged

Al Gore to a debate to which Gore has refused. Monckton sued to stop Gore's film "AnInconvenient Truth" from being shown in British schools due to its inaccuracies. The judge

found in-favor of Monckton, ordering 9 serious errors in the film to be corrected. Lord Monckton

travels internationally in an attempt to educating the public about the myth of global warming. Monckton is a member of both the Pope's & the British Queen's branches of the old

Knights Hospitaler: the SMOM Knights of Malta (as a Knight of Honour & Devotion) &

the Knights of St John respectively. He is also a former editor of the British Roman Catholic

newspaper the Universe, is a present member of the Roman Catholic Mass Media Commission &was a policy advisor Margaret Thatcher during her reign as Prime Minister. Thatcher herself 

later became a Dame of the Duke of Castro's Royal Order of Francis I, the lay Catholic sister

order to the Franco-Neapolitan branch of the Constantinian Order, which along with the SMOMis one of the Pope's two religious military orders. Their Grand Prior is Jesuit Cardinal Vanhoye.

Not only that, but Monckton's father was also a SMOM Knight of Malta (as a Bailiff with

the Grand Cross of Obedience) & the Knights of St John. He was also a member of the

Constantinian Order ( Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice) & the Royal Order of Francis

 I (Knight Grand Cross). His widow (Christopher Monckton's mother) is a Dame of Malta. 

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Wherefore, Affiant prayer of relief of the Court is for an order:

I.  Denying Defendants Motion to Dismiss.

II.  Hillary Rodham Clinton, Janet Napolitano, and Robert Mueller seek separate counsel;

III.  a temporary restraint order stay of any action regarding the Usurper or his agents regarding

the United Nations Climate Change Treaty until further notice;

IV.  That the Verified Petition for a Quo Warranto inquest be expedited as matter of ongoing

irreparable harm;

V.  That were Barack Hussein Obama held a Usurper in fact that Plaintiff be granted an

opportunity to amend the complaint with a Civil Rico Statement with 18 USC 1964(c);

VI.  That a declaratory judgment on the application of the Immigration and Naturalization Act

regarding tourists, Logan Act, including whether or not the New York Civil Rights Law

Chapter 6 Article 5A must apply with the Vienna Convention treaties in its entirety;

VII.  That Federal Defendants by writ of this court enforce the Logan act and Vienna Convent as

to each John and Jane Doe member and XYZ entity doing business in the United States of 

America and or its territories and New York so that the New York Province for the Society

of Jesus and by notice to all twelve Province must show cause why each should not

conform and be subject to:

a.  to the contract provisions of New York law or as applies in another state of theseveral states as its members in New York Province of the Society of Jesus, Inc.;

b.  the provisions of the Logan Act and related law;

c.  to the provisions the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations;

d.  restraint of suffrage in New York and at united States Elections as voluntary

honorary members of the Consular staff under the Vienna Conventions interferingwith receiving state internal affairs;

e.  As to whether or not the Diplomatic service of a foreign sovereign state is subjectfor enumeration for the purposes of allotment of members to the US House of 

representatives on a state-by-state basis applies.

f.  restraint of suffrage at United States Elections as voluntary honorary members of the Consular staff under the Vienna Conventions interfering with receiving state

internal affairs;

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g.  That each member not be enumerated for allotting U.S. House members with the2010 Census.

VIII.  That Defendants and Provincial be restrained from interference with the internal affairs of 

the receiving States and commerce;

IX.  Those Federal Defendants restrained from any interference with the New York Federal

Reserve Bank and commerce.

X.  Those Federal Defendants restrain interference with the Vatican and USA to favor People;

XI.  That this matter be consolidated with Strunk v DOC Bureau of Census et al. 09-cv-1295

and Strunk v. US DOS et al. DCD 08-cv-2234;

XII.  That Plaintiff be reserved opportunity to include Defendants in an actual RICO Statement;

XIII.  and for further and different relief as the Court deems necessary.

I have read the foregoing in regards to enforcement of New York law and the Logan Act in

lieu of the secession of the People of the New York from the Union with the united States of 

America as of right by and for the CHRIS STRUNK jus tertii People of New York , and know the

contents thereof and jus tertii effects those similarly situated with five causes of action with

spiritual and temporal injuries with irreparable harm, affirms the same is true to my own

knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as

to those matters I believe it to be true. The grounds of my beliefs as to all matters not stated upon

information and belief are as follows: 3rd parties, books and records, and personal knowledge.

 /S/ ____________________________

Christopher –Earl : Strunk ©in esse

Sworn to before me thisthe 23

rdday of October 2009

 /S/ 

____________________________

NOTARY PUBLIC

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g. That each member not be enumerated for allotting U.S. House mem bers with the20 10 Census.

VIII. That Defendants and Provincial be restrained from interference with the internal affairs of

the receiving States and commerce;

IX. Those Federal Defendants restrained from any interference with the New York Federal

Reserve Bank and commerce.

X. Those Federal Defendants restrain interference with the Vatican and USA to favor People;

XI. That this matter be consolidated with Strunk v DOC B ureau of Census et al. 09-cv-1295

and Strunk v. US DOS et al. DCD 08-cv-2234;

XII. Tha t Plaintiff be reserved opportunity to include Defendants in an actual RICO Statement;

XIII. and for further and different relief as the Court deems necessary.

I have read the foregoing in regards to enforcement ofNew York law and the Logan Actm

lieu of the secession of the People of the New York from the Union with the united States of

America asof right by and for the CHRIS STRUNKjns tertii People of NewYork, andknow the

contents thereof and jus tertii effects those similarly situated with five causes of action with

spiritual and temporal injuries with irreparable harm, affirms the same is true to my own

knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and as

to those matters I believe it to be true. The grounds of my beliefs as to all m atters not stated upon

information and belief are as follows: 3'* parties, books and records, and personal knowledge.

Sworn to before me thisthe2 ay of October2009

- : NoTQJRY PUBLIC

. -. .. - GEORGE ANDERSON

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62nd Congress.3rd Session, of the United States Congressional Record (HouseCalendar No.

397. Report No. 1523,15 February, 1913, pp. 3215-3216).

(Textof the Jesuit Extreme Oath of Induction:)

I , ow in the presence of Almighty God, the blessed VirginMary, he blessed St. John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul,-and A1 the saints, sacred host of Heaven, and to you, my Ghostly Father, thesuperior general of the Society of Jesus, founded by s t . gnatius Loyola, in thepontification of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb ofthe V i he matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear thatHis Holiness, the Pope, is Christ's Vice-Regent and is the true and only head of theCatholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by the virtue of thekeys of binding and loosing given to His Holiness by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, hehath power to depose heretical Kings, Princes, States, Commonwealths, andGovernments, and they may be safely destroyed. Therefore to the utmost of mypower I will defend this doctrine and His Holiness's right and custom against all

( usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever, especially the LutheranChurch of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and the nowpretended authority and Churches of England and Scotland, &d the branches ofsame now established in Ireland and on the continent of America and elsewhereand all adherents in regard that they may be usurped and heretical, opposing thesacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now denounce and disown any allegiance asdue to any heretical king, prince o r State, named Protestant or Liberal, orobedience to any of their laws, magistrates or officers. I do fiirther declare the

doctrine o f the Churches of England and Scotland of the Calvinists, Huguenots,and others of the name of Protestants or Masons to be damnable, and they

themselves to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do W e r eclare that I

will help, assist, and advise all or any of His Holiness's agents, in any place where Ishould be, in Switzerland,Germany,Holland, Ireland or America, or in any otherkingdom or territory I shall come to, and do my utmost to extirpate the hereticalProtestant or Masonic doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, legal orotherwise. I do further promise and declare that, notwithstanding, I am dispensedwith to assume any religion heretical for the propagation of the Mother Church'sinterest; to keep secret and private all her agents' counsels &om time to time, as

they en trust me, and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing orcircumstances whatever; but to execute all that should be proposed, given incharge , or discovered unto me by you, my Ghostly Father, or any of this sacredorder. I do further promise and declare that I will have no opinion or will of myown or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac

Exhibit B. - .

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UNITEDSTATES COURTOF APPEALSMIR THEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIACIRCUIT

In re ChristopherEarl Stnmk,

Petitioner for aWrit ofMandamus.

AFFIDAVIT of

Eric-Jon: Phelps6 n esse

In supportofChristopher-Eark StnmW in esse, Petitioner in the

Original Proceedingfor awrit ofmandamusunderFRAPRule 21 for an

Order of the United States District Court for the Districtof Columbia toReease the districtJudge in QSlcv-2234,09-~-1249 09 e- 12 95 atid

investigationo f DistrictClerk's Officewith 28 U.S-C. 5455 and related

law in its entirety.

CMstopher-Earl:Strunk Q in esse593Vanderbilt Avenue #281Brooklyn,New York 11238Em&: cesmck@m*cQ*

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 AFFIDAVIT of 

Eric-Jon: Phelps © in esse

In support of Christopher-Earl: Strunk© in esse, Petitioner in the Original

Proceeding for a writ of mandamus under FRAP Rule 21 for an Order of 

the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to Recuse the

district Judge in 08-cv-2234, 09-cv-1249 09-cv-1295 and investigation of 

District Clerk’s Office with 28 U.S.C. §455 and related law in its entirety.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )

) ss

COUNTY OF BERKS )

I, Eric-Jon: Phelps© in esse, Affirmant, being duly sworn, depose and state

under penalty of perjury:

1.  Am a natural born citizen of the Republic of California residing in the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, am over 18 years of age and not a party

to this instant action.

2.  Affirmant’s residence for service of process is 203 South Fort Zellers

Road, Apt. D, Newmanstown, PA, 17073; Email: [email protected];

home phone : 610-295-5082.

3.  Affirmant makes this affidavit in support of Christopher-Earl: Strunk© in

esse (“Petitioner”), Petitioner in the Original Proceeding for a writ of mandamus

under FRAP Rule 21 for an Order of the United States District Court for the

District of Columbia to recuse the District Judge in 08-cv-2234, 09-cv-1249, 09-

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cv-1295 and investigation of District Clerk’s Office with 28 U.S.C. §455 and

related law in its entirety.

4.  That Petitioner has requested that Affirmant testify herein and or related

proceedings as an expert witness on the Society of Jesus, also called the

Company of Jesus, and related organizations in the following matters: 

a.  The history of the Bible-based, Protestant Reformation; 

b.  The history of the Society of Jesus, a.k.a. the Jesuit Order,

established by Pope Paul III in 1540; 

c.  The Jesuit Order’s extreme oath of induction swearing complete

obedience to the Pope of Rome, which allegiance includes the

“extirpation” of all “heretics and liberals” by any means necessary

including political assassination; 

d.  The history of the Jesuit Order’s involvement in the western

hemisphere, especially as it relates to its de jure conversion of 

“these United States of America” founded in 1787 into a

centralized, consolidated Empire in 1868 (via the Fourteenth

Amendment to the United States Constitution) until the present; 

e.  The history of the Bull promulgated by Pope Clement XIV in 1773,

suppressing and extinguishing the Jesuit Order “forever;” the

Society’s resultant war on the papacy through its Illuminati-

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controlled Grand Orient and Scottish-Rite Freemasonry leading and

directing the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleonic Wars;

the Order’s restoration in 1814 and subsequent history as to how it

presently exercises exclusive control over the Pope of Rome; 

f.  The grave danger to the very existence of the papacy, the Order

having murdered popes, altered Canon Law for its advancement,

including directing the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965); the

military “Company of Jesus” now serving as the primary impetus

behind the international social, religious, political and financial

movement for a highly-centralized “New World Order” which, at

its consummation, necessitates the destruction of the Vatican and

thus the historic Roman Catholic faith; 

g.  The paramount influence of the Jesuit Order over Washington,

D.C., through Georgetown University via its political surrogate, the

New York City/Washington, D.C.-based Council on Foreign

Relations (CFR) and its offspring, the Trilateral Commission (TC); 

h.  The secret and yet complete power of the Jesuit Order over a

myriad of papal “Court Jews” serving the Company via their

membership in the CFR and/or in high-level Freemasonry (Senator

Arlen Specter, Senator Charles Schumer, Henry Kissinger,

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billionaire George Soros, Obama’s White House Chief of Staff 

Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s Senior Advisor David Axelrod, past and

present chairmen of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Alan

Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, etc.); 

i.  The absolute power of the Jesuit Order over the unified Intelligence

Community of the American Empire centralized at National

Security Agency (NSA) headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland, it

defending the pope’s purported power of “binding and loosing;” 

 j.  The absolute power of the Jesuit Order over the Central Intelligence

Agency since its creation with the National Security Act in 1947,

the CIA serving as the Order’s enforcement arm over its CFR; 

k.  The absolute power of the Jesuit Order over Pope Benedict XVI’s

thirteen American Roman Cardinal Archbishops includes the

former president of Fordham University, CFR member and

Professed Jesuit priest under extreme oath of the fourth vow Joseph

A. O’Hare. The immediate foot soldiers of the American Cardinals

include Knights of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (CFR

member and President Regan’s Secretary of State, Alexander M.

Haig, Jr., whose brother, Francis Haig, is a powerful Jesuit priest

under extreme oath of the fourth vow; CFR member and President

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f.  Power over the Pope’s International Intelligence Community and

International Crime Syndicate both conducting the Order’s

International Drug Trade; International Islamic Masonic Terrorist

Network; International Banking Community including all central

banks of Europe, the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, etc. through the

ubiquitous reach of the NSA, its most secret enclave being “The

Jew Room” from which all American Jews are denied access as a

matter of National Security; 

7.  That Affirmant was an expert witness for the Plaintiff(s) regarding the

Jesuit Order in the California case Kronzer Foundation v. Caritas of 

 Birmingham in the Superior Court of San Mateo County, Case No. CLJ

425608. See attached affidavit submitted in that case. 

8.  That Affirmant believes as a factual matter based upon Canon and related

law as well as press releases and private periodicals: 

a.  That the Society of Jesus has re-gained its death grip over the

papacy since no later than October, 1836, in which year it secured a

papal Brief by which Pope Gregory XVI gave himself and his

church over to the diabolical rule of the Order; 

b.  That the Jesuit Superior General of the Company of Jesus obtained

absolute control over every Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop,

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bishop and priest through the decree of papal infallibility issued by

the Jesuit-directed and controlled First Vatican Council, 1870, the

“Father General” now unfettered in his rule over the Pope’s Vatican

Empire by commanding the movements of one man;

c.  That the Society of Jesus, in order to secure all past privileges

granted to the Order prior to its suppression , extorted the Bull

 Dolemus inter alia from Pope Leo XIII in 1880 by first poisoning

and then providing the antidote after the Pope signed that Bull

further entrenching Jesuit tyranny over the Vatican; 

d.  That according to the Code of Canon Law, the Pope must have a

Jesuit for his immediate confessor, the Jesuit General being fully

apprised of all secret designs and counsels of the “Vicar of Christ”

and his Roman Curia lest a covert movement to suppress the

Society be crowned with success as in the case of Pope Clement

XIV’s Bull of suppression and extinction of the Society in 1773; 

e.  That the Society of Jesus “tempers the Chair of St. Peter with

assassination,” should any Pope disobey clear commands of his

Jesuit confessor and advisors as in the case of Pope John Paul I; 

f.  That in upholding the Pope’s universal temporal power in his

fanatical quest to rule all nations, the Company of Jesus, exercising

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he in turn directing the domestic and foreign policy of Prince Hall

Rite, 32nd

Freemason, Mulatto U.S. President Barry (Davis) Soetoro

(alias “Barrack Hussein Obama”) through Georgetown University

directing Roman Catholic papal knight Vice President Joe Biden,

both Sunni Moslem Obama and Roman Catholic Biden being

groomed for these positions by Jesuit Temporal Coadjutors for over

twenty years, including Roman Catholic U.S. Senator and CFR

member Edward M. Kennedy and Roman Catholic ex-National

Security Advisor and CFR/TC member Zibignew Bzrezinski; 

i.  That the Jesuit Provincial of the New York Province for the Society

of Jesus, David Ciancimino, manages and oversees the centralized

wealth and economic power of the American Empire through his

control of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York City (which

houses over 600,000 gold bricks), JPMorgan Chase, Bank of 

America, etc., as well as Wall Street, the Stock Market and the

Securities and Exchange Commission first headed by Knight of 

Malta Joseph P. Kennedy, the foremost short-seller of stock in 1929

precipitating the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression; 

 j.  That on or about January 10, 1984 President Reagan, by Executive

Order, recognized the Vatican as a sovereign political state

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exchanging diplomats thereby laying the legal groundwork for the

signing of a treaty―a Concordat―with Rome, as did Roman

Catholic, Jesuit-advised, Knight of Malta-backed military dictators

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco; 

k.  That as a result of said Executive Order issued by President Reagan

(having chosen at least six Knights of Malta to conduct his

administration), the Society of Jesus is acting in concert serving a

foreign sovereign (the Pope of Rome) ruling a sovereign state,

(Vatican City)―exclusive of all other considerations―intending to

submit the American peoples to a socialist-communist or socialist-

fascist military dictator secretly loyal to the “Vicar of Christ;” 

9.  That Georgetown University is within the jurisdiction of the Maryland

Province of the Society of Jesus, its Provincial having authority over

Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, North Carolina,

Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C., enveloping government

service in the Departments of State, Justice, Homeland Security and other

agencies manned by papal knights politically loyal to the Pope of Rome;

10.  That this ubiquitous Jesuit Power extends to every State capital, to

include every State legislature, judiciary and governor in command of his

paramilitary state police; 

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financial power of the Jesuit Order, he will be removed from office aswas

Illinois G overnor ~ o dlagojevich (an Orthodox "heretic" of Serb ian

descent) who prom ised that his Illinois State government would refuse to

do business with the Jesuit Order's Bank of America headed by then

Chairman and now CEO, papal knight Kenneth D. Lewis;

12. That I, the Affirmant, have read th e above and know its contents as an

expert witness; the facts stated in the Petition are true pursuant to my own

personal knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged

on information and belief ?h e grounds of Affirmant's beliefs as to all

matters not stated upon information and belief are as follows: third parties

including a former CIA assassin, classical histories, encyclopedias, rare

books, official records, and personal knowledge except asto

those stated

being logical conclusions premised upon undeniable facts.

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~ i enna onvention on Consular Relations1963

Done at Vienna on 24 April 1963. Entatd intofbraon 19March 1967.

Un ied Nations, Tr- &f?es, vol. 596,p 61

CopyrightOUnited Nuions

2005

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( f ) “member of the service staff” means any person employed in the domestic service of a consular 

 post;

( g ) “members of the consular post” means consular officers, consular employees and members of the

service staff;

(h) “members of the consular staff” means consular officers, other than the head of a consular post,

consular employees and members of the service staff;

(i) “member of the private staff” means a person who is employed exclusively in the private service

of a member of the consular post;

( j) “consular premises” means the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto,

irrespective of ownership, used exclusively for the purposes of the consular post;

(k ) “consular archives” includes all the papers, documents, correspondence, books, films, tapes and

registers of the consular post, together with the ciphers and codes, the card-indexes and any article of furniture intended for their protection or safe keeping.

2.Consular officers are of two categories, namely career consular officers and honorary consular 

officers. The provisions of Chapter II of the present Convention apply to consular posts headed by career 

consular officers, the provisions of Chapter III govern consular posts headed by honorary consular 

officers.

3.The particular status of members of the consular posts who are nationals or permanent residents

of the receiving State is governed by article 71 of the present Convention.

CHAPTER I.CONSULAR R ELATIONS IN GENERAL

SECTION I. ESTABLISHMENT AND CONDUCT OF CONSUL AR RELATIONS

 Article 2

 Establishment of consular relations

1.The establishment of consular relations between States takes place by mutual consent.

2. The consent given to the establishment of diplomatic relations between two States implies, unless

otherwise stated, consent to the establishment of consular relations.

3.The severance of diplomatic relations shall not ipso facto involve the severance of consular 

relations.

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 Article 3

 Exercise of consular functions

Consular functions are exercised by consular posts. They are also exercised by diplomatic

missions in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention.

 Article 4

 Establishment of a consular post 

1.A consular post may be established in the territory of the receiving State only with that State’s

consent.

2.The seat of the consular post, its classification and the consular district shall be established by

the sending State and shall be subject to the approval of the receiving State.

3.Subsequent changes in the seat of the consular post, its classification or the consular district

may be made by the sending State only with the consent of the receiving State.

4.The consent of the receiving State shall also be required if a consulate-general or a consulate

desires to open a vice-consulate or a consular agency in a locality other than that in which it is itself 

established.

5.The prior express consent of the receiving State shall also be required for the opening of an

office forming part of an existing consular post elsewhere than at the seat thereof.

 Article 5

Consular functions

Consular functions consist in:

(a) protecting in the receiving State the interests of the sending State and of its nationals, both

individuals and bodies corporate, within the limits permitted by international law;

(b) furthering the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the

sending State and the receiving State and otherwise promoting friendly relations between them in

accordance with the provisions of the present Convention;

(c) ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the commercial, economic,

cultural and scientific life of the receiving State, reporting thereon to the Government of the sendingState and giving information to persons interested;

(d ) issuing passports and travel documents to nationals of the sending State, and visas or appropriate

documents to persons wishing to travel to the sending State;

(e) helping and assisting nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending State;

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( f ) acting as notary and civil registrar and in capacities of a similar kind, and performing certain

functions of an administrative nature, provided that there is nothing contrary thereto in the laws and

regulations of the receiving State;

( g ) safeguarding the interests of nationals, both individuals and bodies corporate, of the sending

States in cases of succession mortis causa in the territory of the receiving State, in accordance with thelaws and regulations of the receiving State;

(h) safeguarding, within the limits imposed by the laws and regulations of the receiving State, the

interests of minors and other persons lacking full capacity who are nationals of the sending State,

 particularly where any guardianship or trusteeship is required with respect to such persons;

(i) subject to the practices and procedures obtaining in the receiving State, representing or arranging

appropriate representation for nationals of the sending State before the tribunals and other authorities of 

the receiving State, for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the

receiving State, provisional measures for the preservation of the rights and interests of these nationals,

where, because of absence or any other reason, such nationals are unable at the proper time to assumethe defence of their rights and interests;

( j) transmitting judicial and extrajudicial documents or executing letters rogatory or commissions to

take evidence for the courts of the sending State in accordance with international agreements in force or,

in the absence of such international agreements, in any other manner compatible with the laws and

regulations of the receiving State;

(k ) exercising rights of supervision and inspection provided for in the laws and regulations of the

sending State in respect of vessels having the nationality of the sending State, and of aircraft registered

in that State, and in respect of their crews;

(l ) extending assistance to vessels and aircraft mentioned in subparagraph (k ) of this article, and to

their crews, taking statements regarding the voyage of a vessel, examining and stamping the ship’s

  papers, and, without prejudice to the powers of the authorities of the receiving State, conducting

investigations into any incidents which occurred during the voyage, and settling disputes of any kind

  between the master, the officers and the seamen insofar as this may be authorized by the laws and

regulations of the sending State;

(m) performing any other functions entrusted to a consular post by the sending State which are not

  prohibited by the laws and regulations of the receiving State or to which no objection is taken by the

receiving State or which are referred to in the international agreements in force between the sending

State and the receiving State.

 Article 6 

 Exercise of consular functions outside the consular district 

A consular officer may, in special circumstances, with the consent of the receiving State, exercise

his functions outside his consular district.

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 Article 7 

 Exercise of consular functions in a third State

The sending State may, after notifying the States concerned, entrust a consular post established in

a particular State with the exercise of consular functions in another State, unless there is express

objection by one of the States concerned.

 Article 8

 Exercise of consular functions on behalf of a third State

Upon appropriate notification to the receiving State, a consular post of the sending State may,

unless the receiving State objects, exercise consular functions in the receiving State on behalf of a third

State.

 Article 9

Classes of heads of consular posts

1.Heads of consular posts are divided into four classes, namely

(a) consuls-general;

(b) consuls;

(c) vice-consuls;

(d ) consular agents.

2.Paragraph 1 of this article in no way restricts the right of any of the Contracting Parties to fixthe designation of consular officers other than the heads of consular posts.

 Article 10

 Appointment and admission of heads of consular posts

1.Heads of consular posts are appointed by the sending State and are admitted to the exercise of 

their functions by the receiving State.

2.Subject to the provisions of the present Convention, the formalities for the appointment and for 

the admission of the head of a consular post are determined by the laws, regulations and usages of the

sending State and of the receiving State respectively.

 Article 11

The consular commission or notification of appointment 

1.The head of a consular post shall be provided by the sending State with a document, in the form

of a commission or similar instrument, made out for each appointment, certifying his capacity and

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showing, as a general rule, his full name, his category and class, the consular district and the seat of the

consular post.

2.The sending State shall transmit the commission or similar instrument through the diplomatic or 

other appropriate channel to the Government of the State in whose territory the head of a consular post

is to exercise his functions.

3.If the receiving State agrees, the sending State may, instead of a commission or similar 

instrument, send to the receiving State a notification containing the particulars required by paragraph 1

of this article.

 Article 12

The exequatur 

1.The head of a consular post is admitted to the exercise of his functions by an authorization from

the receiving State termed an exequatur , whatever the form of this authorization.

2.A State which refused to grant an exequatur  is not obliged to give to the sending State reasons

for such refusal.

3.Subject to the provisions of articles 13 and 15, the head of a consular post shall not enter upon

his duties until he has received an exequatur .

 Article 13

 Provisional admission of heads of consular posts

Pending delivery of the exequatur , the head of a consular post may be admitted on a provisional

 basis to the exercise of his functions. In that case, the provisions of the present Convention shall apply.

 Article 14

 Notification to the authorities of the consular district 

As soon as the head of a consular post is admitted even provisionally to the exercise of his

functions, the receiving State shall immediately notify the competent authorities of the consular district.

It shall also ensure that the necessary measures are taken to enable the head of a consular post to carry

out the duties of his office and to have the benefit of the provisions of the present Convention.

 Article 15

Temporary exercise of the functions of the

head of a consular post 

1.If the head of a consular post is unable to carry out his functions or the position of head of 

consular post is vacant, an acting head of post may act provisionally as head of the consular post.

2.The full name of the acting head of post shall be notified either by the diplomatic mission of the

sending State or, if that State has no such mission in the receiving State, by the head of the consular 

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  post, or, if he is unable to do so, by any competent authority of the sending State, to the Ministry for 

Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry. As a general rule,

this notification shall be given in advance. The receiving State may make the admission as acting head

of post of a person who is neither a diplomatic agent nor a consular officer of the sending State in the

receiving State conditional on its consent.

3.The competent authorities of the receiving State shall afford assistance and protection to the

acting head of post. While he is in charge of the post, the provisions of the present Convention shall

apply to him on the same basis as to the head of the consular post concerned. The receiving State shall

not, however, be obliged to grant to an acting head of post any facility, privilege or immunity which the

head of the consular post enjoys only subject to conditions not fulfilled by the acting head of post.

4.When, in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, a member of the

diplomatic staff of the diplomatic mission of the sending State in the receiving State is designated by the

sending State as an acting head of post, he shall, if the receiving State does not object thereto, continue

to enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.

 Article 16 

 Precedence as between heads of consular posts

1.Heads of consular posts shall rank in each class according to the date of the grant of the

exequatur .

2.If, however, the head of a consular post before obtaining the exequatur  is admitted to the

exercise of his functions provisionally, his precedence shall be determined according to the date of the

 provisional admission; this precedence shall be maintained after the granting of the exequatur .

3.The order of precedence as between two or more heads of consular posts who obtained theexequatur  or provisional admission on the same date shall be determined according to the dates on

which their commissions or similar instruments or the notifications referred to in paragraph 3 of article

11 were presented to the receiving State.

4.Acting heads of posts shall rank after all heads of consular posts and, as between themselves,

they shall rank according to the dates on which they assumed their functions as acting heads of posts as

indicated in the notifications given under paragraph 2 of article 15.

5.Honorary consular officers who are heads of consular posts shall rank in each class after career 

heads of consular posts, in the order and according to the rules laid down in the foregoing paragraphs.

6.Heads of consular posts shall have precedence over consular officers not having that status.

 Article 17 

 Performance of diplomatic acts by consular officers

1.In a State where the sending State has no diplomatic mission and is not represented by a

diplomatic mission of a third State, a consular officer may, with the consent of the receiving State, and

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without affecting his consular status, be authorized to perform diplomatic acts. The performance of such

acts by a consular officer shall not confer upon him any right to claim diplomatic privileges and

immunities.

2.A consular officer may, after notification addressed to the receiving State, act as representative

of the sending State to any intergovernmental organization. When so acting, he shall be entitled to enjoyany privileges and immunities accorded to such a representative by customary international law or by

international agreements; however, in respect of the performance by him of any consular function, he

shall not be entitled to any greater immunity from jurisdiction than that to which a consular officer is

entitled under the present Convention.

 Article 18

 Appointment of the same person by two or more States

as a consular officer 

Two or more States may, with the consent of the receiving State, appoint the same person as a

consular officer in that State.

 Article 19

 Appointment of members of consular staff 

1.Subject to the provisions of articles 20, 22 and 23, the sending State may freely appoint the

members of the consular staff.

2.The full name, category and class of all consular officers, other than the head of a consular post,

shall be notified by the sending State to the receiving State in sufficient time for the receiving State, if it

so wishes, to exercise its rights under paragraph 3 of article 23.

3.The sending State may, if required by its laws and regulations, request the receiving State to

grant an exequatur  to a consular officer other than the head of a consular post.

4.The receiving State may, if required by its laws and regulations, grant an exequatur  to a

consular officer other than the head of a consular post.

 Article 20

Size of the consular staff 

In the absence of an express agreement as to the size of the consular staff, the receiving State may

require that the size of the staff be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable and normal,

having regard to circumstances and conditions in the consular district and to the needs of the particular 

consular post.

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(a) the appointment of members of a consular post, their arrival after appointment to the consular 

  post, their final departure or the termination of their functions and any other changes affecting their 

status that may occur in the course of their service with the consular post;

(b) the arrival and final departure of a person belonging to the family of a member of a consular post

forming part of his household and, where appropriate, the fact that a person becomes or ceases to besuch a member of the family;

(c) the arrival and final departure of members of the private staff and, where appropriate, the

termination of their service as such;

(d ) the engagement and discharge of persons resident in the receiving State as members of a consular 

 post or as members of the private staff entitled to privileges and immunities.

2.When possible, prior notification of arrival and final departure shall also be given.

SECTION II.END OF CONSULAR FUNCTIONS

 Article 25

Termination of the functions of a member of a consular post 

The functions of a member of a consular post shall come to an end, inter alia:

(a) on notification by the sending State to the receiving State that his functions have come to an end;

(b) on w ithdrawal of the exequatur ;

(c) on notification by the receiving State to the sending State that the receiving State has ceased to

consider him as a member of the consular staff.

 Article 26 

 Departure from the territory of the receiving State

The receiving State shall, even in case of armed conflict, grant to members of the consular post

and members of the private staff, other than nationals of the receiving State, and to members of their 

families forming part of their households irrespective of nationality, the necessary time and facilities to

enable them to prepare their departure and to leave at the earliest possible moment after the termination

of the functions of the members concerned. In particular, it shall, in case of need, place at their disposalthe necessary means of transport for themselves and their property other than property acquired in the

receiving State the export of which is prohibited at the time of departure.

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 Article 27 

 Protection of consular premises and archives and of theinterests of the sending State in exceptional circumstances

1.In the event of the severance of consular relations between two States:

(a) the receiving State shall, even in case of armed conflict, respect and protect the consular premises,

together with the property of the consular post and the consular archives;

(b) the sending State may entrust the custody of the consular premises, together with the property

contained therein and the consular archives, to a third State acceptable to the receiving State;

(c) the sending State may entrust the protection of its interests and those of its nationals to a third

State acceptable to the receiving State.

2.In the event of the temporary or permanent closure of a consular post, the provisions of 

subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 of this article shall apply. In addition,

(a) if the sending State, although not represented in the receiving State by a diplomatic mission, has

another consular post in the territory of that State, that consular post may be entrusted with the custody

of the premises of the consular post which has been closed, together with the property contained therein

and the consular archives, and, with the consent of the receiving State, with the exercise of consular 

functions in the district of that consular post; or 

(b) if the sending State has no diplomatic mission and no other consular post in the receiving State,

the provisions of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of this article shall apply.

CHAPTER II.

FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

R ELATING TO CONSULAR POSTS, CAREER CONSULAR 

OFFICERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF A CONSULAR POST

SECTION I. FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES RELATING

TO A CONSULAR POST

 Article 28

 Facilities for the work of the consular post 

The receiving State shall accord full facilities for the performance of the functions of the consular 

 post.

 Article 29

Use of national flag and coat-of-arms

1.The sending State shall have the right to the use of its national flag and coat-of-arms in the

receiving State in accordance with the provisions of this article.

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2.The national flag of the sending State may be flown and its coat-of-arms displayed on the

 building occupied by the consular post and at the entrance door thereof, on the residence of the head of 

the consular post and on his means of transport when used on official business.

3.In the exercise of the right accorded by this article regard shall be had to the laws, regulationsand usages of the receiving State.

 Article 30

 Accommodation

1.The receiving State shall either facilitate the acquisition on its territory, in accordance with its

laws and regulations, by the sending State of premises necessary for its consular post or assist the latter in

obtaining accommodation in some other way.

2.It shall also, where necessary, assist the consular post in obtaining suitable accommodation for 

its members.

 Article 31

 Inviolability of the consular premises

1.Consular premises shall be inviolable to the extent provided in this article.

2.The authorities of the receiving State shall not enter that part of the consular premises which is

used exclusively for the purpose of the work of the consular post except with the consent of the head of 

the consular post or of his designee or of the head of the diplomatic mission of the sending State. The

consent of the head of the consular post may, however, be assumed in case of fire or other disaster 

requiring prompt protective action.

3.Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this article, the receiving State is under a special

duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to

 prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity.

4.The consular premises, their furnishings, the property of the consular post and its means of 

transport shall be immune from any form of requisition for purposes of national defence or public utility.

If expropriation is necessary for such purposes, all possible steps shall be taken to avoid impeding the

 performance of consular functions, and prompt, adequate and effective compensation shall be paid to the

sending State.

 Article 32

 Exemption from taxation of consular premises

1.Consular premises and the residence of the career head of consular post of which the sending

State or any person acting on its behalf is the owner or lessee shall be exempt from all national, regional

or municipal dues and taxes whatsoever, other than such as represent payment for specific services

rendered.

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2.The exemption from taxation referred to paragraph 1 of this article shall not apply to such dues

and taxes if, under the law of the receiving State, they are payable by the person who contracted with the

sending State or with the person acting on its behalf.

 Article 33

 Inviolability of the consular archives and documents

The consular archives and documents shall be inviolable at all times and wherever they may be.

 Articl e 34

 Freedom of movement 

Subject to its laws and regulations concerning zones entry into which is prohibited or regulated

for reasons of national security, the receiving State shall ensure freedom of movement and travel in its

territory to all members of the consular post.

 Article 35

 Freedom of communication

1.The receiving State shall permit and protect freedom of communication on the part of the

consular post for all official purposes. In communicating with the Government, the diplomatic missions

and other consular posts, wherever situated, of the sending State, the consular post may employ all

appropriate means, including diplomatic or consular couriers, diplomatic or consular bags and messages

in code or cipher. However, the consular post may install and use a wireless transmitter only with the

consent of the receiving State.

2.The official correspondence of the consular post shall be inviolable. Official correspondence

means all correspondence relating to the consular post and its functions.

3.The consular bag shall be neither opened nor detained. Nevertheless, if the competent

authorities of the receiving State have serious reason to believe that the bag contains something other 

than the correspondence, documents or articles referred to in paragraph 4 of this article, they may

request that the bag be opened in their presence by an authorized representative of the sending State. If 

this request is refused by the authorities of the sending State, the bag shall be returned to its place of 

origin.

4.The packages constituting the consular bag shall bear visible external marks of their character 

and may contain only official correspondence and documents or articles intended exclusively for official

use.

5.The consular courier shall be provided with an official document indicating his status and the

number of packages constituting the consular bag. Except with the consent of the receiving State he

shall be neither a national of the receiving State, nor, unless he is a national of the sending State, a

  permanent resident of the receiving State. In the performance of his functions he shall be protected by

the receiving State. He shall enjoy personal inviolability and shall not be liable to any form of arrest or 

detention.

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6.The sending State, its diplomatic missions and its consular posts may designate consular 

couriers ad hoc. In such cases the provisions of paragraph 5 of this article shall also apply except that

the immunities therein mentioned shall cease to apply when such a courier has delivered to the

consignee the consular bag in his charge.

7.A consular bag may be entrusted to the captain of a ship or of a commercial aircraft scheduled

to land at an authorized port of entry. He shall be provided with an official document indicating the

number of packages constituting the bag, but he shall not be considered to be a consular courier. By

arrangement with the appropriate local authorities, the consular post may send one of its members to

take possession of the bag directly and freely from the captain of the ship or of the aircraft.

 Article 36 

Communication and contact with nationals

of the sending State

1.With a view to facilitating the exercise of consular functions relating to nationals of the sending

State:

(a) consular officers shall be free to communicate with nationals of the sending State and to have

access to them. Nationals of the sending State shall have the same freedom with respect to

communication with and access to consular officers of the sending State;

(b) if he so requests, the competent authorities of the receiving State shall, without delay, inform the

consular post of the sending State if, within its consular district, a national of that State is arrested or 

committed to prison or to custody pending trial or is detained in any other manner. Any communication

addressed to the consular post by the person arrested, in prison, custody or detention shall be forwarded

  by the said authorities without delay. The said authorities shall inform the person concerned withoutdelay of his rights under this subparagraph;

(c) consular officers shall have the right to visit a national of the sending State who is in prison,

custody or detention, to converse and correspond with him and to arrange for his legal representation.

They shall also have the right to visit any national of the sending State who is in prison, custody or 

detention in their district in pursuance of a judgement. Nevertheless, consular officers shall refrain from

taking action on behalf of a national who is in prison, custody or detention if he expressly opposes such

action.

2.The rights referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be exercised in conformity with the

laws and regulations of the receiving State, subject to the proviso, however, that the said laws andregulations must enable full effect to be given to the purposes for which the rights accorded under this

article are intended.

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 Article 37 

 Information in cases of deaths, guardianship or trusteeship,wrecks and air accidents

If the relevant information is available to the competent authorities of the receiving State, such

authorities shall have the duty:

(a) in the case of the death of a national of the sending State, to inform without delay the consular 

 post in whose district the death occurred;

(b) to inform the competent consular post without delay of any case where the appointment of a

guardian or trustee appears to be in the interests of a minor or other person lacking full capacity who is a

national of the sending State. The giving of this information shall, however, be without prejudice to the

operation of the laws and regulations of the receiving State concerning such appointments;

(c) if a vessel, having the nationality of the sending State, is wrecked or runs aground in the

territorial sea or internal waters of the receiving State, or if an aircraft registered in the sending State

suffers an accident on the territory of the receiving State, to inform without delay the consular post

nearest to the scene of the occurrence.

 Article 38

Communication with the authorities of the receiving State

In the exercise of their functions, consular officers may address:

(a) the competent local authorities of their consular district;

(b) the competent central authorities of the receiving State if and to the extent that this is allowed by

the laws, regulations and usages of the receiving State or by the relevant international agreements.

 Article 39

Consular fees and charges

1.The consular post may levy in the territory of the receiving State the fees and charges provided

 by the laws and regulations of the sending State for consular acts.

2.The sums collected in the form of the fees and charges referred to in paragraph 1 of this article,

and the receipts for such fees and charges, shall be exempt from all dues and taxes in the receiving State.

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SECTION II.

FACILITIES, PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

RELATING TO CAREER CONSULAR OFFICERS AND

OTHER MEMBERS OF A CONSULAR POST

 Article 40

 Protection of consular officers

The receiving State shall treat consular officers with due respect and shall take all appropriate

steps to prevent any attack on their person, freedom or dignity.

 Article 41

 Personal inviolability of consular officers

1.Consular officers shall not be liable to arrest or detention pending trial, except in the case of a

grave crime and pursuant to a decision by the competent judicial authority.

2.Except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this article, consular officers shall not be

committed to prison or be liable to any other form of restriction on their personal freedom save in

execution of a judicial decision of final effect.

3.If criminal proceedings are instituted against a consular officer, he must appear before the

competent authorities. Nevertheless, the proceedings shall be conducted with the respect due to him by

reason of his official position and, except in the case specified in paragraph 1 of this article, in a manner 

which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible. When, in the circumstances

mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, it has become necessary to detain a consular officer, the

 proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of delay.

 Article 42

 Notification of arrest, detention or prosecution

In the event of the arrest or detention, pending trial, of a member of the consular staff, or of 

criminal proceedings being instituted against him, the receiving State shall promptly notify the head of 

the consular post. Should the latter be himself the object of any such measure, the receiving State shall

notify the sending State through the diplomatic channel.

 Article 43

 Immunity from jurisdiction

1.Consular officers and consular employees shall not be amenable to the jurisdiction of the

 judicial or administrative authorities of the receiving State in respect of acts performed in the exercise of 

consular functions.

2.The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall not, however, apply in respect of a civil

action either:

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(a) arising out of a contract concluded by a consular officer or a consular employee in which he did

not contract expressly or impliedly as an agent of the sending State; or 

(b) by a third party for damage arising from an accident in the receiving State caused by a vehicle,

vessel or aircraft.

 Article 44

 Liability to give evidence

1.Members of a consular post may be called upon to attend as witnesses in the course of judicial

or administrative proceedings. A consular employee or a member of the service staff shall not, except in

the cases mentioned in paragraph 3 of this article, decline to give evidence. If a consular officer should

decline to do so, no coercive measure or penalty may be applied to him.

2.The authority requiring the evidence of a consular officer shall avoid interference with the

  performance of his functions. It may, when possible, take such evidence at his residence or at theconsular post or accept a statement from him in writing.

3.Members of a consular post are under no obligation to give evidence concerning matters

connected with the exercise of their functions or to produce official correspondence and documents

relating thereto. They are also entitled to decline to give evidence as expert witnesses with regard to the

law of the sending State.

 Article 45

Waiver of privileges and immunities

1.The sending State may waive, with regard to a member of the consular post, any of the privileges and immunities provided for in articles 41, 43 and 44.

2.The waiver shall in all cases be express, except as provided in paragraph 3 of this article, and

shall be communicated to the receiving State in writing.

3.The initiation of proceedings by a consular officer or a consular employee in a matter where he

might enjoy immunity from jurisdiction under article 43 shall preclude him from invoking immunity

from jurisdiction in respect of any counterclaim directly connected with the principal claim.

4.The waiver of immunity from jurisdiction for the purposes of civil or administrative

  proceedings shall not be deemed to imply the waiver of immunity from the measures of executionresulting from the judicial decision; in respect of such measures, a separate waiver shall be necessary.

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 Article 46 

 Exemption from registration of aliens and residence permits

1.Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their 

households shall be exempt from all obligations under the laws and regulations of the receiving State in

regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits.

2.The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall not, however, apply to any consular employee

who is not a permanent employee of the sending State or who carries on any private gainful occupation

in the receiving State or to any member of the family of any such employee.

 Article 47 

 Exemption from work permits

1.Members of the consular post shall, with respect to services rendered for the sending State, be

exempt from any obligations in regard to work permits imposed by the laws and regulations of the

receiving State concerning the employment of foreign labour.

2.Members of the private staff of consular officers and of consular employees shall, if they do not

carry on any other gainful occupation in the receiving State, be exempt from the obligations referred to

in paragraph 1 of this article.

 Article 48

Social security exemption

1.Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this article, members of the consular post with

respect to services rendered by them for the sending State, and members of their families forming part of 

their households, shall be exempt from social security provisions which may be in force in the receivingState.

2.The exemption provided for in paragraph 1 of this article shall apply also to members of the

 private staff who are in the sole employ of members of the consular post, on condition:

(a) that they are not nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State; and

(b) that they are covered by the social security provisions which are in force in the sending State or a

third State.

3.Members of the consular post who employ persons to whom the exemption provided for in  paragraph 2 of this article does not apply shall observe the obligations which the social security

 provisions of the receiving State impose upon employers.

4.The exemption provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall not preclude voluntary

  participation in the social security system of the receiving State, provided that such participation is

 permitted by that State.

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 Article 49

 Exemption from taxation

1.Consular officers and consular employees and members of their families forming part of their 

households shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal,

except:

(a) indirect taxes of a kind which are normally incorporated in the price of goods or services;

(b) dues or taxes on private immovable property situated in the territory of the receiving State,

subject to the provisions of article 32;

(c) estate, succession or inheritance duties, and duties on transfers, levied by the receiving State,

subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of article 51;

(d ) dues and taxes on private income, including capital gains, having its source in the receiving State

and capital taxes relating to investments made in commercial or financial undertakings in the receivingState;

(e) charges levied for specific services rendered;

( f ) registration, court or record fees, mortgage dues and stamp duties, subject to the provisions of 

article 32.

2.Members of the service staff shall be exempt from dues and taxes on the wages which they

receive for their services.

3.Members of the consular post who employ persons whose wages or salaries are not exemptfrom income tax in the receiving State shall observe the obligations which the laws and regulations of 

that State impose upon employers concerning the levying of income tax.

 Article 50

 Exemption from customs duties and inspection

1.The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit

entry of and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for 

storage, cartage and similar services, on:

(a) articles for the official use of the consular post;

(b) articles for the personal use of a consular officer or members of his family forming part of his

household, including articles intended for his establishment. The articles intended for consumption shall

not exceed the quantities necessary for direct utilization by the persons concerned.

2.Consular employees shall enjoy the privileges and exemptions specified in paragraph 1 of this

article in respect of articles imported at the time of first installation.

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3.Personal baggage accompanying consular officers and members of their families forming part

of their households shall be exempt from inspection. It may be inspected only if there is serious reason

to believe that it contains articles other than those referred to in subparagraph (b) of paragraph 1 of this

article, or articles the import or export of which is prohibited by the laws and regulations of the

receiving State or which are subject to its quarantine laws and regulations. Such inspection shall be

carried out in the presence of the consular officer or member of his family concerned.

 Article 51

 Estate of a member of the consular post 

or of a member of his family

In the event of the death of a member of the consular post or of a member of his family forming

 part of his household, the receiving State:

(a) shall permit the export of the movable property of the deceased, with the exception of any such

 property acquired in the receiving State the export of which was prohibited at the time of his death;

(b) shall not levy national, regional or municipal estate, succession or inheritance duties, and duties

on transfers, on movable property the presence of which in the receiving State was due solely to the

 presence in that State of the deceased as a member of the consular post or as a member of the family of a

member of the consular post.

 Article 52

 Exemption from personal services and contributions

The receiving State shall exempt members of the consular post and members of their families

forming part of their households from all personal services, from all public service of any kind

whatsoever, and from military obligations such as those connected with requisitioning, military

contributions and billeting.

 Article 53

 Beginning and end of consular privileges and immunities

1.Every member of the consular post shall enjoy the privileges and immunities provided in the

 present Convention from the moment he enters the territory of the receiving State on proceeding to take

up his post or, if already in its territory, from the moment when he enters on his duties with the consular 

 post.

2.Members of the family of a member of the consular post forming part of his household and

members of his private staff shall receive the privileges and immunities provided in the present

Convention from the date from which he enjoys privileges and immunities in accordance with paragraph

1 of this article or from the date of their entry into the territory of the receiving State or from the date of 

their becoming a member of such family or private staff, whichever is the latest.

3.When the functions of a member of the consular post have come to an end, his privileges and

immunities and those of a member of his family forming part of his household or a member of his

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CHAPTER III.

R EGIME R ELATING TO HONORARY CONSULAR 

OFFICERS AND CONSULAR POSTS HEADED BY SUCH OFFICERS

 Article 58

General provisions relating to facilities, privileges

and immunities

1.Articles 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39, paragraph 3 of article 54 and paragraphs 2 and 3

of article 55 shall apply to consular posts headed by an honorary consular officer. In addition, the

facilities, privileges and immunities of such consular posts shall be governed by articles 59, 60, 61 and

62.

2.Articles 42 and 43, paragraph 3 of article 44, articles 45 and 53 and paragraph 1 of article 55

shall apply to honorary consular officers. In addition, the facilities, privileges and immunities of such

consular officers shall be governed by articles 63, 64, 65, 66 and 67.

3.Privileges and immunities provided in the present Convention shall not be accorded to members

of the family of an honorary consular officer or of a consular employee employed at a consular post

headed by an honorary consular officer.

4.The exchange of consular bags between two consular posts headed by honorary consular 

officers in different States shall not be allowed without the consent of the two receiving States

concerned.

 Article 59

 Protection of the consular premises

The receiving State shall take such steps as may be necessary to protect the consular premises of a

consular post headed by an honorary consular officer against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any

disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity.

 Article 60

 Exemption from taxation of consular premises

1.Consular premises of a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer of which the

sending State is the owner or lessee shall be exempt from all national, regional or municipal dues and

taxes whatsoever, other than such as represent payment for specific services rendered.

2.The exemption from taxation referred to in paragraph l of this article shall not apply to such

dues and taxes if, under the laws and regulations of the receiving State, they are payable by the person

who contracted with the sending State.

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 Article 61

 Inviolability of consular archives and documents

The consular archives and documents of a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer 

shall be inviolable at all times and wherever they may be, provided that they are kept separate from

other papers and documents and, in particular, from the private correspondence of the head of a consular   post and of any person working with him, and from the materials, books or documents relating to their 

 profession or trade.

 Article 62

 Exemption from customs duties

The receiving State shall, in accordance with such laws and regulations as it may adopt, permit

entry of, and grant exemption from all customs duties, taxes, and related charges other than charges for 

storage, cartage and similar services on the following articles, provided that they are for the official use

of a consular post headed by an honorary consular officer: coats-of-arms, flags, signboards, seals and

stamps, books, official printed matter, office furniture, office equipment and similar articles supplied byor at the instance of the sending State to the consular post.

 Article 63

Criminal proceedings

If criminal proceedings are instituted against an honorary consular officer, he must appear before

the competent authorities. Nevertheless, the proceedings shall be conducted with the respect due to him

  by reason of his official position and, except when he is under arrest or detention, in a manner which

will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible. When it has become necessary to

detain an honorary consular officer, the proceedings against him shall be instituted with the minimum of 

delay.

 Article 64

 Protection of honorary consular officers

The receiving State is under a duty to accord to an honorary consular officer such protection as

may be required by reason of his official position.

 Article 65

 Exemption from registration of aliens and residence permits

Honorary consular officers, with the exception of those who carry on for personal profit any

 professional or commercial activity in the receiving State, shall be exempt from all obligations under the

laws and regulations of the receiving State in regard to the registration of aliens and residence permits.

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 Article 66 

 Exemption from taxation

An honorary consular officer shall be exempt from all dues and taxes on the remuneration and

emoluments which he receives from the sending State in respect of the exercise of consular functions.

 Article 67 

 Exemption from personal services and contributions

The receiving State shall exempt honorary consular officers from all personal services and from

all public services of any kind whatsoever and from military obligations such as those connected with

requisitioning, military contributions and billeting.

 Article 68

Optional character of the institution of honorary consular officers

Each State is free to decide whether it will appoint or receive honorary consular officers.

CHAPTER IV.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 Article 69

Consular agents who are not heads of consular posts

1.Each State is free to decide whether it will establish or admit consular agencies conducted by

consular agents not designated as heads of consular post by the sending State.

2.The conditions under which the consular agencies referred to in paragraph 1 of this article may

carry on their activities and the privileges and immunities which may be enjoyed by the consular agents

in charge of them shall be determined by agreement between the sending State and the receiving State.

 Article 70

 Exercise of consular functions by diplomatic missions

1.The provisions of the present Convention apply also, so far as the context permits, to the

exercise of consular functions by a diplomatic mission.

2.The names of members of a diplomatic mission assigned to the consular section or otherwise

charged with the exercise of the consular functions of the mission shall be notified to the Ministry for 

Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry.

3.In the exercise of consular functions a diplomatic mission may address:

(a) the local authorities of the consular district;

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(b) the central authorities of the receiving State if this is allowed by the laws, regulations and usages

of the receiving State or by relevant international agreements.

4.The privileges and immunities of the members of a diplomatic mission referred to in paragraph

2 of this article shall continue to be governed by the rules of international law concerning diplomatic

relations.

 Article 71

 Nationals or permanent residents of the receiving State

1.Except insofar as additional facilities, privileges and immunities may be granted by the

receiving State, consular officers who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State

shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction and personal inviolability in respect of official acts

 performed in the exercise of their functions, and the privileges provided in paragraph 3 of article 44. So

far as these consular officers are concerned, the receiving State shall likewise be bound by the obligation

laid down in article 42. If criminal proceedings are instituted against such a consular officer, the

  proceedings shall, except when he is under arrest or detention, be conducted in a manner which willhamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible.

2.Other members of the consular post who are nationals of or permanently resident in the

receiving State and members of their families, as well as members of the families of consular officers

referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, shall enjoy facilities, privileges and immunities only insofar as

these are granted to them by the receiving State. Those members of the families of members of the

consular post and those members of the private staff who are themselves nationals of or permanently

resident in the receiving State shall likewise enjoy facilities, privileges and immunities only insofar as

these are granted to them by the receiving State. The receiving State shall, however, exercise its

 jurisdiction over those persons in such a way as not to hinder unduly the performance of the functions of 

the consular post.

 Article 72

 Non-discrimination

1.In the application of the provisions of the present Convention the receiving State shall not

discriminate as between States.

2.However, discrimination shall not be regarded as taking place:

(a) where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively

 because of a restrictive application of that provision to its consular posts in the sending State;

(b) where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treatment than is

required by the provisions of the present Convention.

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 Article 73

 Relationship between the present Convention

and other international agreements

1.The provisions of the present Convention shall not affect other international agreements in

force as between States Parties to them.

2.Nothing in the present Convention shall preclude States from concluding international

agreements confirming or supplementing or extending or amplifying the provisions thereof.

CHAPTER V.

FINAL PROVISIONS

 Article 74

Signature

The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States Members of the United Nations

or of any of the specialized agencies or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by

any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to the

Convention, as follows: until 31 October 1963 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the

Republic of Austria and subsequently, until 31 March 1964, at the United Nations Headquarters in New

York.

 Article 75

 Ratification

The present Convention is subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be

deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

 Article 76 

 Accession

The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State belonging to any of the four 

categories mentioned in article 74. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-

General of the United Nations.

 Article 77 

 Entry into force

1.The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit

of the twenty-second instrument of ratification or accession with the Secretary-General of the United

 Nations.

2.For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twenty-second

instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after 

deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.

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 Article 78

 Notifications by the Secretary-General 

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of the four 

categories mentioned in article 74:

(a) of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or 

accession, in accordance with articles 74, 75 and 76;

(b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with article 77.

 Article 79

 Authentic texts

The original of the present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and

Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations,

who shall send certified copies thereof to all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned inarticle 74.

I  N WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their 

respective Governments, have signed the present Convention.

DONE at Vienna this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.

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ofthe same.4. On February 19,2009 1 visited the Coast General hospital in

Mombasa, Kenya

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born citizen of theDemocratic Republic of Congo formerly known as

"Zaire" and before indepmdence as the "Belgian Congo").

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obtainthe original bklh aertificate of Barack Hussein Obama, s I was

told previously that it was on file in the hospital and under seal, due to the

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FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

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fact that the prime minister of Kenya Raela Odinga is Barack Hussein

Obama's cousin.

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duty to look the other way, while I obtained the copy of the birth

certificate of Barack Hussein Obama.

8. The copy was signed by the hospital administrator.

9. The copy contain the embossed seal.

10. The true and correct photocopy of the Birth certificate obtained, is

attached to this affidavit as Exhibit A.

11. I declare, certify, verify, state, and affirm under penalty of perjury

under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing

statements of fact and descriptions of circumstances and events are true

and correct.

12. I have not received any compensation for making this affidavit.

Further, Declarant saith naught.

Signed and executed in ____________, ___________ on this _____

day of September, 2009.

By:_____________________________Lucas Daniel Smith

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28 U.S.C. §1746 Declaration of Lucas Smith, September 3, 2009   - 6   

  

DR. ORLEY TAITZ

FOR THE PLAINTIFF

26302 LA PAZ SUITE 21

MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA 9269(949) 683-541

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Exhibit A:  

Birth Certificate from theCoastal Hospital; District of Mombasa

Kenya, obtained inFebruary 2009

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28 U.S.C. §1746 Declaration of Lucas Smith, September 3, 2009  - 6 –  

 Notices of Filing Declaration & Attorney’s Change of Address 

DR. ORLEY TAITZ

FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

26302 LA PAZ SUITE 211

MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA 92691

(949) 683-5411

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Exhibit A:Lucas Daniel Smith’s Photocopy of  

Birth Certificate from theCoastal Hospital; District of MombasaKenya, obtained in

February 2009

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I hink that the C02caused Global Warming theory is blse and unproven unk science.

But let's suppose for a moment that the C02 equals Global Warming equation is real. The wealthy elitistsJames Hansen, Al Gore, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, and the other high-profile cheerleaders for C02reduction are asking the poor and middle classes to suffer the consequences of a radical shutdown ofglobal commerce and energy production in order to 'save the planet' from Global Warming. They want tomake serfs of the masses of working people, while a privileged elite will be permitted to continue living inhigh style with a much larger 'carbon footprint' than the un-entitled lower classes.

We should never let that happen. The only way that 'carbon rationing' should be allowed is by assigningthe exact same carbon limit to all people everywhere. Al Gore, Barack Obama, a London cabbie, and aKalahari Bushman should all be assigned exactly the same number of 'carbon credits', period. Let them

trade their credits with each other, but everyone should be restricted to the same limited 'carbon credit'allowance. The long-term ultimate effect of this would be an economic leveling of society; essentiallyglobal Communism. Under such a system, no one would be able to accumulate an excess of personalproperty or wealth because they could never accumulate enough 'carbon credits' to do so.

When Hansen, Gore, Blair, and Obama give up their patrician incomes and lifestyles and restrict theirown 'carbon footprint' to the levelof the common labourer or office worker, Iwill begin to believe that theyare sincere about preventing Global Warming. Their obvious unwillingness to do what they are askingthe rest of us to do proves that they are not sincere. They want the common people to sacrifice their livesto prevent Global Warming, while the wealthy retain their high-carbon consuming and producingprivileges.

We cannot permit a privileged elite to enjoy a 'highcarbon' lifestyle while the poor are restricted by law toa 'low-carbon' lifestyle. Any effort by any government to impose carbon rationing with preferential

treatment to any class of people should be seen as sufficient reason for an all-out French-style revolutionin which the majority population dispossess the elitists of their wealth, their positions of power, and theirprivilege. In a world that is constantly threatened by Global Warming, we cannot allow a greedy few toconsume or produce in excess of the average 'carbon footprint' of the world's population as a whole.

Barack Obama keeps the temperature at 78 degrees Fahrenheit in the Oval Office while telling the restof us to turn our thermostats down. James Hansen has received grants amounting to hundreds ofthousands of dollars to promote the Global Warming theory. A1 Gore has invested heavily in the 'carbontrading' brokerage business. All of these men jet around the world, live in oversized houses, and ride inlimousines. If the common people are to be required by law to reduce our 'carbon footprint', we need todemand that our leaders and the wealthy elite be restricted to exactly the same carbon allowance aseveryone else.

We are not all together in the fight against Global Warming unless everyone is required to make the

same sacrifices by sharing an equal 'carbon footprint' and an equal 'carbon ration', which should beassigned equally to every living person in the entire world. We need to hold the elitists' feet to the fire andrequire them to make exactly the same sacrifices as the rest of humanity.

Individual carbon limits and carbon rationing? Bring them on. Viva la Revolucion!

Gregory fegel

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Sowing the Seeds of

Global Government:

The Vatican's Quest for

a World Political

Authority

By Carl Teichrib

--I Published by America's Survival, Inc. www.usasurvival.org 443-964-82081

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This report, Sowing the Seeds of Global Government: 

The Vatican’s Quest for a World Political Authority, explainshow the Roman Catholic Church has taken a prominent rolein the unfolding plan to establish a world government.

Researcher Carl Teichrib examines how and why:

The Vatican is fully engaged in what former Vatican-insider and author Malachi Martin described in his bookThe Keys of This Blood as a battle for control over anemerging world government.

Pope Benedict, the leader of 1.2 billion Catholics,

endorsed a "World Political Authority," a form of worldgovernment, in his recent encyclical “Caritas inVeritate.”

This world authority, in the Vatican view, is supposed to“manage the economy,” bring about “timelydisarmament,” and ensure “food security and peace.”

In practice, the Vatican plan means expanding thepower and authority of such global institutions as theBank for International Settlements, the InternationalMonetary Fund, the United Nations, and the WorldTrade Organization.

Despite the hope that “subsidiarity” or local control canbe incorporated into this emerging world system, apossible or even likely result is global tyranny.

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Introduction

By Carl Teichrib*

“Most of us are not competitors… We are the stakes. For the competition

is about who will establish the first one-world system of government... Noone can be exempted from its effects. No sector of our lives will remainuntouched.”i – Malachi Martin.

In 1990, a former Vatican-insider claimed that a titanic struggle wasbeing waged to bring about a world political system. This contest, the nowdeceased Jesuit explained, was primarily between three players: internationalLeninism, transnational business elites, and the hand of the Vatican.

Almost twenty years have passed since Malachi Martin drew attention tothis three-way quest. At the time his assertions seemed over-the-top. Granted,

the idea of a world government via communism wasn’t new as decades of ColdWar posturing still played in our minds. And the writing was on the wall in respectto the growing power of international corporate and financial elites, exemplifiedby the likes of David Rockefeller and the Trilateral Commission.

But the Vatican?

For many, the belief that the Holy See was pursing a vision of worldgovernment was simply too much. After all, this ancient hub of RomanCatholicism had a reputation – especially among Europe’s agnostic youth – asan institution of old men, steeped in tradition, procession and ceremony. Nevermind that the history of the Continent, more often than not, revolved around theVatican’s political prowess.

In the summer of 2009, the Holy See’s political cards were revealedin a major papal document. Harkening back to Malachi Martin’s talk ofworld government, the most powerful religious office on the planet hadpromoted a world political authority to manage the global economy. Foodsecurity, disarmament, and peace would follow suit.

A sound global economy and world peace are noble sounding goals, to besure. But the danger lurks in that the seeds of tyranny are often buried in the soilof good intentions.

 ________________ * Carl Teichrib is a Canadian-based researcher and the editor of Forcing Change (www.forcingchange.org), a monthly digest on global affairs from aChristian perspective.

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On July 7th, Pope Benedict released his new encyclical titled Caritas in Veritate , or “Charity in Truth.” Two years in the making, this document wasdisclosed on the eve of the G8 Summit in Italy and the Pope’s meeting with USPresident Barack Obama. Some 30,000 words long, this encyclical outlined thePope’s concerns regarding globalization and economics, corporate ethics, and

the role of the Catholic Church in promoting social doctrine.

Commenting on the encyclical, The New York Times noted that,“sometimes Benedict sounds like an old-school European socialist…”ii And The San Francisco Chronicle explained that,

“Caritas in Veritate addresses very modern issues such asglobalization, market economy, hedge funds, outsourcing, and alternativeenergy, calling for people to put aside greed and let their consciencesguide them in economic and environmental decisions. Many of the ideasput forward would likely rankle conservatives…”iii

E.J. Dionne, a columnist for The Washington Post , gushed that Benedictis “well to Obama’s left on economics.”iv

While Pope Benedict’s perspective on the global economy was aperplexing blend of free-market and social welfare ideals, what raisedeyebrows were his thoughts on international politics. In section 67 ofCaritas in Veritate , the Pope dropped an ideological bombshell – a worldauthority to “manage the economy,” bring about “timely disarmament,”and ensure “food security and peace.”

Here is a major part of section 67. The reference to a “world politicalauthority” is very clear, and Pope Benedict explains that this international agencyshould be given the power of enforcement... “real teeth.” 

“In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence,there is a strongly felt need, even in the midst of a global recession, for areform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economicinstitutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family ofnations can acquire real teeth. One also senses the urgent need to findinnovative ways of implementing the principle of the responsibility toprotect and of giving poorer nations an effective voice in shared decision-making. This seems necessary in order to arrive at a political, juridical andeconomic order which can increase and give direction to internationalcooperation for the development of all peoples in solidarity. To managethe global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid anydeterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that wouldresult; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security andpeace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulatemigration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political

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authority. Essentially, where issues can be dealt with at the local ornational level, let them be handled in this domain. And where issues areglobal and cannot be adequately addressed at a lower level, then a worldauthority is necessary.

Pope Benedict also suggested that subsidiarity could be a safety valuethat checks the power of a universal government against taking on tyrannicaltraits. But to propose that subsidiarity is a counter to tyranny is unconvincing – itcan’t even check the expansion of over-government today.

John Laughland, author of The Tainted Source: The Undemocratic Origins of the European Idea , noted that, “…the German constitution has becomeincreasingly centralised as a result of its subsidiarity clause.” The EuropeanUnion also incorporates this concept, yet that hasn’t stopped the EU fromcentralizing political power and amassing a super-bloated bureaucracy.Subsidiarity, according to Laughland, is a model that assumes a “unitarian,

pyramidal hierarchy of executive functions” with a decidedly corporatist doctrine.

vi

Subsidiarity can even be found in the UN system. Professor Robert Araujoexplains that, “the principle of subsidiarity is recognized as a fundamentalprinciple of the United Nations Organization.”vii Here, the concept is centered onself-determination under article 1, paragraph 2 of the UN Charter . Yet thisdoesn’t stop the UN from seeking empowered international jurisdiction under thebanner of “reform.”

It’s important to note that subsidiarity does allow for grassroots decision-making and self-direction, but it’s within the context of a broader perspective.Professor Araujo explains that it’s a “a concept synthesizing the interests of theindividual with those of the community.” Hence, it’s not difficult to see how thisprinciple can align itself with a world authority – you can pursue local politicaldirection, but where local involvement ends then other levels of government stepup for the “common good.”

To say that Pope Benedict opposes world government because he evokedsubsidiarity misses the point: subsidiarity plays a functioning role in a hierarchy ofincreasing political powers. What paragraph 57 demonstrates is not an aversionto world government, but the order of decision-making Benedict believes itshould be based upon.

Reform And World Authority

Paragraph 67 of Caritas in Veritate is overtly political in nature. Here’s abreakdown of some key points.

“Reform the United Nations” – UN reform centers on more than just“voting changes” or “transparency.” Rather, reform is connected to world

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taxation, a global enforcement component, and the creation of an internationalparliament. A small mountain of reports and documents that support this versionof reform already exist, supported by the United Nations, national governments,and pro-UN groups such as the World Federalist Movement and the Club ofRome.viii In fact, this platform of international taxation, enforcement, and a world

parliament were major discussion points at the UN Millennium Forum – particularly during the sessions hosted by the working group on “Strengtheningand Democratizing the United Nations.”ix

Cliff Kincaid, the President of America’s Survival, Inc. and editor ofAccuracy in Media , noted the linkages between reform and global governance insection 67 of the papal text.

“…the ‘reform’ of the U.N. is designed to strengthen it. Hence, theU.N. is clearly destined, from the Vatican point of view, to become theWorld Political Authority.”x

“Responsibility to protect” – Known as R2P, this is a world federalistideal that would give the UN a mandate to intervene domestically when a nationcommits human rights violations. It sounds good on the surface, but critics – andeven some advocates – realize that such a mandate may open Pandora’s Box.

José E. Alvarez, President of the American Society of International Law,recognized this situation while addressing a conference on international law atThe Hague in 2007. R2P, he suggested, could be used as a pretext to engage inall sorts of questionable, interventionist actions.xi

Nobody in their right mind wishes for any people group to experiencegenocide or gross injustices. R2P, however, is a seriously flawed concept thathas the potential for grave abuses. From a world management perspective, theRight to Protect becomes the legal justification for a world political authority to actmilitarily. The danger lurks in that the seeds of tyranny are often buried in the soilof good intentions.xii

“To manage the global economy…” – This is already being discussed

within the international community, and it’s looking like the new world financialorder will be a top-down power structure that will greatly empower existing globalinstitutions:

Bank for International Settlements – to become the global bankingregulator. The BIS is fast setting itself up as the international banking manager, abody that will oversee the world’s banks and financial system, including theregulation of international capital. An entity of this kind would be equivalent to abanker’s “king of the hill.” The Los Angeles Times wrote last year that,

“…such a system would force countries to give up a measure of

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national sovereignty over banks operating within their borders. It also couldlead to international bureaucrats trying to shape financial policy andpossibly taking punitive action.”xiii

International Monetary Fund – to become the world reserve currency

bank. Under this scheme, the IMF would be charged with regulating a new globalcurrency to be used in world trade, including the energy sector. Collaboratingwith the World Bank, the IMF would likewise use this new currency unit forinternational loans and debt obligations. National and regional currencies wouldstill exist, at least for the interim, but values would react and adjust according tonew global benchmarks.

World Trade Organization – becoming the global trade regulator. TheWTO would establish the rules for the trading of goods and services via aglobally organized set of standard, a process it’s currently working through.National trade policies would hereafter line up with accepted world practices. All

of this is already happening, but there’s a further link between global free tradeand a new international financial system. Richard Cooper, while advocating asingle global reserve currency, noted the following in a 1984 conferencesponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,

“It would be logical if free [world] trade accompanied this singlecurrency regime. That would also be consistent with the collaborativepolitical spirit that would be required to establish the single currency regime.Free trade would insure one market in goods as well as in financialinstruments.”xiv

United Nations – fast becoming the global ethics and governanceagency. The UN would give moral input and political guidance to the newlymanaged world economy. In essence, this body would become the “planetaryconsciousness,” shaping consumer and political attitudes, values, and behaviors.This too is already happening. At the end of June, the UN hosted a conferencethat outlined an accepted social norm for the global economy: an Earth-centricworldview, international socialism, and a New Age vision of planetary evolution.

Remember, Benedict’s world political authority is supposed to manage theglobal economy. How will the execution of this mandate happen? Will the worldauthority operate as an umbrella to the above-mentioned groups? Can the UnitedNations reform to the point of being this global economic manager?

Caritas in Veritate gave us a glimpse into the world authority’s directives,but it didn’t give operational specifics. Has the Holy See actually fleshed out thedetails: maybe outlining the process through an internal working document? If so,it would be a very interesting read! Or, in only offering generalities, does theVatican expect other major players – such as the United Nations or WorldFederalist Movement – to hammer out the particulars? If so, where does that

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place the Vatican in this world government framework? Observer? Advisor?Overseer?

A lot of perplexing questions arise, and so they should.“An authority…regulated by law” – Governments the world over areregulated by internal laws and accountability measures, yet this doesn’t stop

abuses, corruption, or even tyranny from entering the picture. The idea that aworld authority could be kept in check by a system of world law doesn’t holdwater.

“True world political authority” – This isn’t a moral or spiritual idealpropagated by the Holy See, but the vision of an actual world government. This isevident in the overall context of section 67 and in the wording itself: a “worldpolitical authority.”

No doubt the papal office desires to see a spiritual standardincorporated into this political entity, based in large part on the socialteachings of the Catholic Church. However, this in no way guarantees thata world authority will act in good will. As history bears out, the Vaticanitself is far from immune in this regard, and “holders of power” tend toamass power.

Remember the words of Lord Acton, a Catholic historian who penned thefollowing in response to the Vatican’s unquestioning authority: “Power corrupts,and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”xv

Following A Tradition

Pope Benedict’s promotion of world government didn’t happen in avacuum. Since the 1950s the Holy See has consistently moved to support anempowered United Nations and world political authority.

Pope Pius XII: On April 6, 1951, Pope Pius XII had a meeting in theVatican with the World Movement for World Federal Government – a precursor tothe World Federalist Movement. During that meeting, Pope Pius encouraged his“world government” audience to continue in this quest.

“Your movement, Gentlemen, has the task of creating an effective

political organization of the world. There is nothing more in keeping withthe traditional doctrines of the Church, or better adapted to her teachingson the rightful or unjust war, especially in the present world situation. Anorganization of this nature must, therefore, be set up…”

The Pope then explained, rightly so, that the “deadly germs ofmechanical totalitarianism” might infect this “world political organization.”

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However, in noting this possibility, he reminded the attendees to pursue a morallyfirm world federalist approach. Ending his meeting, the Pope encouraged hisaudience to pursue this grand idea.

“…you have the courage to give yourself to this cause. We

congratulate you. We would express to you Our wishes for your entiresuccess and with all Our heart We will pray to God to grant you Hiswisdom and help in the performance of your task.”xvi

Pope John XXIII: In his 1963 encyclical, Pacem in Terris , Pope John XXIIIcalled for an international public authority with a “world-wide sphere of activity” todeal with global problems. This authority would be “equipped with world-widepower and adequate means for achieving the universal common good,” althoughit could not establish itself through force: “it must be set up with the consent of allnations.”

In contemplating how this system would work, John XXIII called upon theprinciple of subsidiarity, saying that this should be applied “to the relationsbetween the public authority of the world community and the public authorities ofeach political community.”

Subsidiarity here, like Benedict’s use of the term, doesn’t negate a worldauthority – it simply imposes a hierarchical structure that recognizes each level,from the bottom-to-the-top, as a key to the process.xvii

Pope Paul VI: While speaking at the United Nations in 1965, the adulationcoming from the pope was palatable. During his talk he praised the UN systemas “the obligatory path of modern civilization and world peace.”

“The edifice which you have constructed must never fall; it must beperfected, and made equal to the needs which world history will present.You mark a stage in the development of mankind, from which retreat mustnever be admitted… Advance always! ...Let unanimous trust in thisInstitution grow, let its authority increase.”

Alas, Pope Paul VI called for a world government.

“Is there anyone who does not see the necessity of coming thusprogressively to the establishment of a world authority, able to actefficaciously on the juridical and political levels?xviii

Pope John Paul II: In his 1995 speech to the UN, John Paul reflected onthe historical connections between the Vatican and the world body.

“The Holy See, in virtue of its specifically spiritual mission, whichmakes it concerned for the integral good of every human being, has

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supported the ideals and goals of the United Nations Organization fromthe very beginning. Although their respective purposes and operativeapproaches are obviously different, the Church and the United Nationsconstantly find wide areas of cooperation on the basis of their commonconcern for the human family.”xix

Although Pope John Paul II butted heads with the United Nations overfamily issues, he did place enormous importance on pursuing political systems ofworld law. In 1985 he spoke to judges at the International Court of Justice, tellingthem that,

The Holy See attaches great importance to its collaboration with the United Nations Organization and the various organisms which are a vitalpart of its work. The Church's interest in the International Court of Justicegoes back to the very beginnings of this Tribunal and to the events thatwere linked to its establishment….

The Church has consistently supported the development of aninternational administration of justice and arbitration as a way of peace fully resolving conflicts and as part of the evolution of a world legal system …

Strictly speaking, the present Court is no more – but it is also noless – than an initial step towards what we hope will one day be a totally effective judicial authority in a peaceful world.xx [italics in original]

In other speeches and writings, such as his encyclical Sollicitudo rei Socialis , John Paul called for a strengthening of world law and a “greater degreeof international ordering.”xxi None of this has the same blatancy as PopeBenedict’s recommendation for a “world political authority,” but it does follow acommon political theme – enlarged and enhanced global governance.

Pope Benedict’s idea of a “world political authority” didn’t spring out of thinair. Rather, through successive papal offices stretching back to at least PiusXII,xxii the Holy See has nurtured visions of an international politic.

Influencing Princes and Paupers

The fact that a religious leader has called for a world authority isinteresting in itself, but because this emanates from the papal office, an extrameasure of attention is warranted.

We cannot overlook the influence wielded by the Holy See. The Popeis vastly different in relation to other religious figures when it comes toglobal significance. It’s true that some Protestant and evangelical leadersare consulted by political elites; and government officials often court the

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heads of other religions, such as the Dalai Lama. But all of this pales to thehistorical and contemporary powers of the papal office.

For centuries the Holy See has been the centerpiece of European politicalaffairs. Its history is replete with geo-political intrigues, papal wars, and the rise

and fall of national powers. Royalty from every corner of the Continent havetraveled to Rome seeking an audience with the Pope, hoping for papal favor.Moreover, the Vatican has been a hub for banking interests, espionage, andtransnational business dealings.xxiii And today, just as in the past, Presidents andPrime Ministers bow before the Pope, seeking his counsel, and privatelydiscussing matters of great political, economic, and social importance.

Eric Frattini, the author of The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage , gives us a window into this geo-political world.

“The papacy, the supreme authority at the head of the Catholic

Church, is the oldest established institution in the world. It was the onlyinstitution to flourish during the Middle Ages, a leading actor in theRenaissance, and a protagonist in the battles of the Reformation, theCounter-Reformation, the French Revolution, the industrial era, and therise and fall of communism. For centuries, making full use of their famous‘infallibility,’ popes brought their centralized power to bear on the socialoutcomes of unfolding historical events…

…throughout history, the papacy has always displayed two faces:that of the worldwide leadership of the Catholic Church and that of one ofhe planet’s best political organizations. While the popes were blessingtheir faithful on the one hand, on the other, they were receiving foreignambassadors and heads of states and dispatching legates and nuncios onspecial missions.”xxiv

And standing behind the Pope is a worldwide following of devoutCatholics, who may not agree with world government, but who arenevertheless committed to the Roman Catholic Church – thus supportive ofthe Pontiff.

Avro Manhattan, a critic of the Holy See, correctly made the correlationbetween the Vatican’s power and it’s faithful.

“What gives the Vatican its tremendous power is not its diplomacyas such, but the fact that behind its diplomacy stands the Church, with allits manifold world-embracing activities…

…Vatican diplomacy is so influential and can exert such greatpower in the diplomatic-political field because it has at its disposal thetremendous machinery of a spiritual organization with ramifications in

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every country of the planet. In other words, the Vatican, as a politicalpower, employs the Catholic Church as a religious institution to assist theattainment of its goals. These goals, in turn, are sought mainly to furtherthe spiritual interests of the Catholic Church.

…the Catholic Hierarchy automatically reacts upon thoseinnumerable religious, cultural, social, and finally political, organizationsconnected with the Catholic Church, which although tied to the Churchprimarily on religious grounds, can at given moments be made eitherdirectly or indirectly to serve political ends.”xxv

The point is this: No other religious leader on the planet holds suchpolitical and economic influence within a religious framework. Consider just thenumber of adherents that make up the backbone of the Church of Roman: In theUS, Catholics make up approximately 22% of the populace, and of the world’stotal, 17% – or about 1.14 billion people.xxvi That’s why Pope Benedict’s call for a

“world political authority” is so significant; what he says influences leaders andlaymen alike by the hundreds of millions.

If the local Baptist pastor or Mennonite preacher, with a flock of a fewdozen or a few hundred, appealed for a UN-styled “world political authority” itwouldn’t mean much beyond the pews of that particular church. The congregantswould either cheer the minister or, hopefully, challenge his assumptions. Butgenerally speaking it wouldn’t cause a ripple beyond the local community.However, when the “Holy Father” – a Catholic title that denotes more than just a“leader” – makes such a recommendation, and has the backing of earlier papalappeals, the waves of influence travel worldwide.

Conclusion

- That the Holy See has, for at least six decades, supported the quest for aglobal political structure.

- That Pope Benedict has, through his recent encyclical, explicitlysupported the idea of a world political authority; and that this world governmentshould be designed to incorporate the principle of subsidiarity. Further point: Thatsubsidiarity in a universal political structure would be akin to the slogan, “thinkglobal, act local.”

- That the influence of the Holy See upon the international community issubstantial, and that the Papacy has the backing and general support ofhundreds of millions around the world, adding “local-to-global” support for theVatican’s geo-political visions.

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- That advocates for world government – such as the World FederalistMovement – will pick up on Pope Benedict’s recommendations and use it toparade the idea of world management.

- That many Roman Catholics and Catholic organizations will

subsequently endorse the proposal for a world political authority, and hencesupport various movements for global governance.

- That individuals and organizations within and outside the CatholicChurch will defend the Pope’s encyclical by seeking to spiritualize or moralize thetext, thereby attempting to soften the controversy. Yet, the Pope’s intent for aworld political authority remains.

- That a minority of Catholics will vocally oppose the Vatican’s call for UNempowerment and international government (many more will be indifferent).Ridicule may occur for those who publically speak against Benedict’s political

ideals. Expect rifts between those who oppose and those who advocate globalgovernance.

- That non-Catholic faith groups will support Pope Benedict’s encyclical.Already an evangelical response document has been issued by a group ofprofessors and national evangelical leaders. Titled, Doing the Truth in Love , thistext agrees that new forms of global authority are necessary, but that it “mustsecure increased participation, transparency and accountability, and helpstrengthen the nation state relative to the power of global finance.”xxvii Such aview is more utopian than practical, as few real incentives would compel a worldgovernment to operate this openly.

- That new alliances and networks will be formed to increase political andsocial pressure in support of world management, and that these networks willincorporate Catholic/Vatican groups, non-governmental organizations, andelements from the United Nations.

When the Holy See raises the specter of world government itshould jolt Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Even if a world politicalauthority doesn’t come to fruition, such advocacy is stunning. Here wehave the planet’s most influential religious office – itself politicallystructured as a top-down authority – promoting a top-down system ofinternational management. The perception alone is deeply troubling.

And if a world political authority does come into play, what will keep itfrom morphing into an autocratic regime? Even in this we are assuming that theglobal authority will be introduced as a limited government. The ultimatecontradiction, of course, is a toothless world authority. Without enforcement capabilities it would be little more than an advisory board. To be effective,

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therefore, it must be a centralist power with clout: Anything less would bemeaningless.

But is this what the world needs to ensure global order?

Consider for a moment the last one hundred years, a century rife withexamples of “well-meaning” centralist governments – they were always wellmeaning to somebody. In the name of “peace and security” these regimescrushed domestic opponents, often liquidating their own supporters in theprocess. From Chile to China the unofficial motto, “peace is the destruction of allopposition,” was translated into action. And in the case of Nazi Germany, thegovernment rose to power through the democratic process. Sadly, in some casesthe Vatican itself held the hands of those who perpetrated such crimes, as inCroatia during the 1940s.xxviii

Does all of this mean that the Holy See supports a dictatorial world

regime? Not according to Pope Benedict’s encyclical, as he openlyrecognized the dangerous possibility of a “universal power of a tyrannicalnature.” His hope, as outlined in Caritas in Veritate , is a world politicalauthority checked by legal boundaries so as not to “infringe uponfreedom.” Government overstep would be offset by accountabilitymeasures.

A fine concept in theory, but it rests on a shaky assumption: That theworld political authority will remain content to live within prescribed limitations;satisfied to operate within tight social, economic, and political constraints. Here’sthe snag: our advanced, democratic nations – and even the Vatican – haven’tand can’t live up to this basic standard.

While Pope Benedict tries to soft-sell Catholics and national leaders onthe idea of world government, the sobering words of Lord Acton drift-in from anearly forgotten past: “Power corrupts…”

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Endnotes:

iMalachi Martin, The Keys of This Blood (Touchstone, 1990), p.15.

iiThe New York Times , “Pope Urges Forming New World Economic Order to Work for the

‘Common Good’,” July 8, 2009. Online edition.iii

David Ian Miller, “The Pope pays the economy some attention,” The San Francisco Chronicle ,

July 13, 2009. Online edition.ivE.J. Dionne Jr. “To the Right of the Pope,” The Washington Post , July 8, 2009, online edition.

vJohn-Henry Westen, “Pope’s New Encyclical Speaks Against, not for On-World Government

and New World Order,” LifeSiteNews.com, July 8, 2009.vi

John Laughland, The Tainted Source: The Undemocratic Origins of the European Idea (Little,Brown & Company, 1997), pp.154-155.vii

Robert John Arujo, “International Law Clients: The Wisdom of Natural Law,” Fordham Urban Law Journal , August, 2001.viii

For a few examples among many, see the following reports: Our Global Neighborhood (TheCommission on Global Governance, Oxford University Press, 1995 – directly supported andendorsed by the UN Secretary General); Toward a Rapid Reaction Capability for the United Nations (Government of Canada, 1995); Rethinking Basic Assumptions About the United Nations (World Federalist Association, 1992); Reshaping the International Order (Club of Rome, 1976).ix

UN Millennium Forum, May 22-26, 2000. See the final document,Millennium Forum Declaration and Agenda for Action .

xCliff Kincaid, “Who Will Probe the UN-Vatican Connection?” Accuracy in Media , August 4, 2009.

(www.aim.org).xi

José E. Alvarez, The Schizophrenias of R2P, Panel Presentation at the 2007 Hague JointConference on Contemporary Issues of International Law: Criminal Jurisdiction 100 Years Afterthe 1907 Hague Peace Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 30, 2007.xii

For more on the R2P concept see Volume 2, Issue 7 of Forcing Change (www.forcingchange.org) – “Kosovo and the International Community: Just Another Pawn in theGame.”xiii

Jim Puzzanghera, “Calls grow for global banking regulator,” Los Angeles Times , October 17,2008 (online archived edition).xiv

Richard N. Cooper, “Is There a Need to Reform?” The International Monetary System: Forty Years After Bretton Woods (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1984), p.33.xv Reprinted in Eric Frattini’s book, The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage (St.Martin’s Press, 2008), p.2.xvi

Address by His Holiness Pope Pius XII During an Audience with Delegates of the Fourth Congress of the World Movement for World Federal Government, 6 April 1951. A copy of thisspeech is in the author’s library. It is reprinted in its entirety in The Power Puzzle: A Compilation of Documents and Resources on Global Governance (2004, can be obtained at the Forcing Change website, www.forcingchange.org).xvii

Pope John XXIII, Pacem in Terris , paragraphs 137 to 141.xviii

Holy Father’s Talk at United Nations, October 4, 1965. Reprinted in its entirety in The Power Puzzle: A Compilation of Documents and Resources on Global Governance (www.forcingchange.org).xix

Address of His Holiness John Paul II , United Nations Headquarters, Thursday, 5 October 1995.xx

Address of John Paul II to the International Court of Justice during the Meeting at the Peace

Palace, The Hague, 13 May 1985.xxiSollicitudo rei socialis , paragraph 43.

xxiiPope John Paul I was in office for only 33 days before being murdered in 1978. During that

time he made a number of speeches, but I have found none that directly support globalgovernance.xxiii

Volumes have been published on the role of the Holy See in global dealings, includingbanking, espionage, and international diplomacy. One of the most recent books on this subject isThe Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage , by Eric Frattini (St. Martin’s Press, 2008).

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Eric Frattini The Entity: Five Centuries of Secret Vatican Espionage (St. Martin’s Press, 2008),p.1.xxv

Avro Manhattan, The Vatican in World Politics (Gaer Associates, 1949), pp.28-29.xxvi

“Frequently Requested Catholic Church Statistics,” Center for Applied Research in theApostolate, Georgetown University, statistics are for 2009;

http://cara.georgetown.edu/bulletin/index.htm.xxviiDoing the Truth in Love . A copy of the document, along with signers, can be found at

www.cpjustice.org/doingthetruthxxviii

The Croat liquidation of Orthodox Serbs was one of the most horrific examples of genocide inmodern history. So gruesome were the attacks that “even hardened German troops registeredtheir horror.” See John Cornwell, Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII (Viking, 1999),pp.248-260. See also Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, the Nazis, and the Swiss Banks by MarkAarons and John Loftus (St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998); and Avro Manhattan, The Vatican’s Holocaust (Ozark Books, 1986). Mark Aarons and John Loftus attest to Manhattan’s credibility, explaining;“he was very well informed, having worked for British intelligence during the war” (Unholy Trinity ,p.86).

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Vatican Backs Obama's

Global AgendaBy Cliff Kincaid I October 12,2009

Some pro-life Catholics are acting shocked that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding ofthe Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They don't seem tounderstand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues. This is theuntold story-how Obama and the Vatican accept major ingredients of what has been called aNew World Order.

Another untold story is how, despite a disagreement overabortion, the U.S. Catholic Bishops and the ObamaAdministration agree on major aspects of so-called health carereform.

These topics are mostly taboo in the liberal and conservativemedia. Liberal and conservative Catholics alike would prefer not

to discuss how the Catholic Church, here and abroad, functionslike a liberal/left-wing political lobby.

But the fads should not be much of a surprise.

A majority of Catholics voted for Obarna, despite the fad that his pro-abortion record was wellknown, and when he was honored at Notre Dame, the premier Catholic University in the U.S.,only about one-third of U.S. Catholic Bishops publicly objected.

The Nobel Committee's award to Obama has been viewed by many, on the left and right, as asurprise. But it makes perfect sense. The committee noted that Obama "has as Presidentcreated a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a centralposition, with emphasis on the rote that the United Nations and other international institutionscan play." All of this is true. Obama has built up the power of global institutions at the

expense of the United States.

While the Vatican statement congratulating Obama was also seen by some as a surprise, it

too makes sense. The Vatican expressed the hope that "this most important recognition will

ultimately encourage such a difficult but fundamental commitment for the future of humanity,so that it might bring the expected results."

The "expected results" are evident when one considers that Pope Benedid, the leader of 1.2billion Catholics, had endorsed a "World Political Authority," a form of wortd government, in

his recent encyclical "Caritas in Veritate." This world political authority, in the Vatican view, issupposed to "manage the economy," bring about "timely disarmament," and ensure "food,security and peace."

However, researcher Carl Teichrib points out in a new study (PDF) that some Catholic writersare reluctant to face up to the Vatican's embrace of global government.--.

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On domestic matters, it is frequently reported that the Roman Catholic Bishops in the U.S.

oppose the Obama health care plan. In fact, the bishops believe that "health care is a basichuman right," which is the premise of the Obama plan and it is driving the campaign to have

the federal government take over the health care sector.

The Bishops disagree with Obama on tax-funding of abortion, but on other matters-such ashealth care for immigrants and the poor-the Bishops are to the left of the plans introduced by

Congressional Democrats.

The Bishops also agree with the Obama Administrationand Congressional Democrats on what is

euphemistically called "immigration reform." OnOctober 8, Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick told

the Senate that a new bill should help bring illegalaliens "out of the shadows" and give them permanent

residency and citizenship. Such a bill figures to be oneof the next major Obama initiatives.

On the matter of a cap-and-trade energy bill, which would raise energy prices supposedly to

combat global warming, the Catholic Bishops believe that the U.S. should adopt "mitigationand adaptation" approaches that mean "shifting behavior now to adjust to the near-term

impacts of climate change." The Bishops explain that "Mitigation means cutting back on theemissions of harmful global warming pollutants and taking action to prevent further harm to

the atmosphere."

Again, this is the Obama Administration position.

The Bishops have launched a "Climate Change Justice and Health Initiative" that promotes

"legislative action," including "the transfer of such technologies and technical assistance thatmay be appropriate and helpful to developing countries in meeting the challenges of global

climate change." This, too, is accepted and being promoted by the Obama Administration.

On the controversial matter of what to do in Afghanistan, left-wing pressure is being applied

on the Obama Administration by Pax Christi, a Catholic group which insists that the U.S.military presence has "fueled the spiral of violence and further destabilized the region." It

says that the solution lies in "reducing the U.S. military footprint" and favors ending the useof air strikes and drones on terrorist targets. Its "solution" is more diplomacy and foreign aid.

On an equally serious matter, Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, Dave Robinson, executive

director of PaxChristi USA, recently signed a letter endorsing "the administration's intent toengage Iran diplomatically..." Robinson favors more talking with Iran, not more sanctions andcertainly not military action against the fanatical regime.

What's interesting is that you find the same Catholic personnel working on domestic andforeign policy issues.

For example, the executive committee on the Pax Christinational council includes figures such as Donna Toliver Grimes,

a "Poverty Education and Outreach Manager" for the bishopswho also serves on the staff of the Catholic Campaign for

Human Development (CCHD). This is the entity that haspoured millions of dollars into ACORN and related organizations

over the years. Funding of ACORN was recently suspended

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because of corruption allegations.

In an October 2 memorandum (PDF), Bishop Roger P. Morin acknowledged that the CCHD hadalso been funding several groups promoting public policy positions in violation of Catholic

moral teaching. These were groups promoting homosexual rights and abortion. Morin claimedthat the funding had been cut off.

However, Bellarmine Veritas Ministry, which uncovered the scandal, says that Morin'sresponse is unsatisfactory and "factually deficient in several areas."

In response to one of my previous columns on the Catholic connection to ACORN, a

conservative Catholic blog called CatholicCulture.org agreed with my point that some in themedia are reluctant to raise the issue because they fear being accused of having an anti-

Catholic bias. The blog said, however, that the matter must be thoroughly probed becausewhile funding for ACORN has been suspended, the ties that CCHD has to other radical groups

remain.

My column also noted evidence that Obama's community organizing days in Chicago began inan organization funded by the Catholic Church.

This has been confirmed by several sources. Obama "worked in several Catholic parishes,

supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, helping to address severe joblessness and housing needs in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of Chicago,"

noted the group calling itself Catholic Democrats. Another group, Catholics for Obama, saysthat "President Barack Obama reflects core values of Catholic Social Teaching, which informs

how we live our faith in the world."

The president of Catholic Democrats, Patrick Whelan, serves on the board of Catholics for

Obama and as co-director of Pax Christi in Massachusetts.

In the newsletter (PDF) of Pax Christi Massachusetts, Whelan writes about flying to Chicago in

May of this year, "where I attended a reunion of Catholic Priests and community activists whohired a young Barack Obama in 1985." Whelan says that Obama, in his book, Dreams from

My Father, "created a character named Marty Kaufmann, based on two real-life communityorganizers who attended this gathering on May 16, 2009."

Whelan also writes about Obama's meeting with the Pope. "Overall," he says, "it was clear

that the common ground between the US Government and the Holy See-on poverty, theenvironment, international armed conflict and peace in the Middle East-far outweighed their

differences."

Read our special report: Sowing the Seeds of Global Government: the Vatican’s Quest forWorld Political Authority 

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Progressives Back Obama

in Push for Trillion DollarGlobal Tax

BY CLIFF KINCAID I OCTOBER 6,2009

While policymakers debate a few million dollars for ACORN and a few hundred billion dotlarsmore for health care reform, those committed to one-world government are moving aheadwith plans for a global tax that could extract trillions of dollars out of Americans' alreadydepleted IRAs and stock holdings.

One can't exclude the possibility of such a tax being slipped into a health care or cap-and-trade bill that the Congress or the public could not have time to read before passage.

Bob Davis of the Wall Street Journal deserves a journalism prize for taking the time to readthe recent communique issued by the G-20 countries meeting in Pittsburgh. He found theyhad assigned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) he job of studying how to implement aglobal tax on America and the rest of the world.

"The IMF assignment from the G-20 has been widely overlooked," Davis noted. His article ranunder the headline, "IMF Mulls Global Bank Tax."

For a history of global taxation efforts, please go to our web site

www.stovaloba~taxes.orq

The "Leader's Statement" endorsed by President Obama and released at the event declareson page 10 that "We task the IMF to prepare a report for our next meeting with regard to therange of options countries have adopted or are considering as to how the financial sectorcould make a fair and substantial contribution toward paying for any burdens associated withgovernment interventions to repair the banking system."

The term "fair and substantial contribution" is code for a global tax. Other misleading termsfor global taxes include "innovative sources of financen and "Solidarity Levies."

While the global tax would affect the savings of ordinary Americans and be passed on to

consumers,it

is being packaged by the international left and its progressive allies in the U.S.as an assault on Wall Street and the big banks.

One proposal, popular at the United Nations for decades and long-advocated by Fidel Castro,is the Tobin Tax, named after Yale University economist James Tobin. Such a tax, which couldaffect stocks, mutual funds, and pensions, could generate hundreds of billions of dollars ayear. Indeed, Steven Solomon, a former staff reporter at Forbes, says in his book, TheConfidence Gam e, that such a proposal "might net some $13 trillion a year .." because it is

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based on taking a percentage of money from the trillions of dollars exchanged daily in globalfinancial markets.

Such transactions are commonplace on behalf of Americans who have stock in mutual fundsor companies that invest or operate overseas.

Meanwhile, President Obama used his recent speech to the United Nations to declare, "We

have fully embraced the Millennium Development Goals." He left unsaid what this means. Ithas been calculated that this will cost the U.S. $845 billion to meet U.N. demands for acertain percentage of Gross National Product to go for official foreign aid to the rest of theworld. Compliance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was incorporated into theGlobal Poverty Act that Obama had introduced as a U.S. senator but which never passed.

A global tax of the kind envisioned in the G-20 document could help provide the revenue tofulfill Obama's promise to comply with the MDGs.

One of the leading cheerleaders for the global tax is economist Joseph Stiglitz, an Obamasupporter and former Clinton official who has been working with the Socialist InternationalCommission on Global Financial Issues. We analyzed his key behind-the-scenes role in the

June United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis. He was selectedas a U.N. adviser by the then-president of the U.N. General Assembly, Communist CatholicPriest Miguel D'Escoto.

Over at the Huffington Post, a voice of the Obama-supporting left, Kyle G. Brown advises thatsuch a tax is doable and that "a modest fee on every stock, every bond-in short, everyfinancial transaction" could generate $100 billion a year at a rate of just 0.5 percent. Heexplains, "That would defray health care costs, and help struggling states restore socialservices that have been axed over the past two years."

Brown is not a policy maker but rather a self-described writer and broadcast journalist at theBBC and CBC.

The progressives know that such a rate could be ratcheted up quickly, bringing in hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars.

The AFL-CIO, the giant labor federation backing Obama, has already endorsed the Tobin Tax,as has Robert Kuttner, a leading liberal thinker who serves as co-editor of The AmericanProspect and a senior fellow at Demos. This is a pro-Democratic Party think tank that stillincludes ousted Obama green jobs czar Van Jones on its board. 

As reported by The Hill newspaper, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), chairman of the Highwaysand Transit Transportation Subcommittee, has "seized on the idea as a way to help pay for anew massive surface transportation reauthorization bill, estimated to cost $450 billion over six

years," but wants to tax oil-based derivatives rather than stock transactions. DeFazio hadpreviously introduced a House resolution to pass a Tobin Tax.

What is driving the global taxation agenda is a Marxist view that the U.S. is exploiting thepeople and natural resources of the world. According to this perspective, internationalinstitutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and even the U.N. mustbe restructured and provided with new financial resources to supervise and manage theredistribution of the world's wealth. The United States, being the leading capitalist state, hasto pay the largest price.

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Their attitude was expressed at a non-governmental organization forum in Monterrey, Mexico,associated with the U.N.'s International Conference on Financing for Development, thatChristopher Columbus "invaded, destroyed and pillaged" the hemisphere and that a global taxwas necessary to pay for the damage.

In his 2001 speech to the U.N. World Conference on Racism, Castro advocated the Tobin Taxspecifically in order to generate U.S. financial reparations to the rest of the world. He

declared, "May the tax suggested by Nobel Prize Laureate James Tobin be imposed in areasonable and effective way on the current speculative operations accounting for trillions of US dollars every 24 hours, then the United Nations, which cannot go on depending onmeager, inadequate, and belated donations and charities, will have one trillion US dollarsannually to save and develop the world."

The only thing that has changed is that the U.S. now has a president who agrees with Castro,and he and his progressive backers believe that they can obtain a slice of the revenue fortheir socialist projects here as well.

Please go to www.stopglobaltaxes.org 

Read Cliff Kincaid’s book for free “Global Taxes for W orld Government” 

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United States District Court for the District of Columbia

In Case - Strunkv New York Province of the Society of Jesus et al. DCD 09-cv-1249

CERTIFICATEOF SERVICE

On October 24,2009, I, Christopher Earl Strunk, declare and certify under penalty of perjury

pursuant to 28 USC 1746,

That I caused the service of six (6) copies of Christopher-Earl: StrunkQ in esse, PLAINTIFF'S

RESPONSE AFFIDAVIT INOPPOSITION TO THE MOTION TO DISMISSTHECOMPLAINT

AS TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS AND SECRETARIES IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND4-INDIVIDUALLY in 09-cv-1249 with supporting affidavit and exhibits annexed affirmed Ocober @23,2009, and each complete set was placed in a sealed folder properly addressed with proper

postage for United States Postal Service Delivery by mail upon:

Wynne P. Kelly

Assistant United States Attorney

555 4th St., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20530

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WILLIAMS& CONNOLLY, LLP

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Washington, DC 20005

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Deputy Attorney General

California Department of Justice

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New York City Law Department