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To: 24karat who wrote (247)	2/7/1999 7:45:00 AM
From: Bob Fairchild	Respond to of 413

From the Sierra Leone web page sierra-leone.org RUF legal representative Omrie Michael Golley said Friday that the RUF had become "increasingly concerned" about British role in the Sierra Leone conflict. Golley said reports by RUF military intelligence that military personnel had disembarked from the British frigate HMS Norfolk "fly in the face of British assurances that the reason for the frigate being sent to our country was an has been for humanitarian purposes only." While the British Foreign Office in January ruled out any direct intervention military intervention by the Norfolk in Sierra Leone, Foreign Office sources said that the frigate might provide logistical support for ECOMOG, as well as assist in humanitarian operations. "The RUF military High Command believe that the real reason for the frigate being in Freetown, particularly with the disembarkation of British troops, is to protect British Commercial interests, particularly the extensive Diamond kimberlite mineral concessions owned by British Compan

To: 24karat who wrote (247)	2/7/1999 7:57:00 AM
From: Bob Fairchild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 413

Cont'd: "The RUF military High Command believe that the real reason for the frigate being in Freetown, particularly with the disembarkation of British troops, is to protect British Commercial interests, particularly the extensive Diamond kimberlite mineral concessions owned by British Companies, including DiamondWorks, the Company who also has a mercenary subsidiary company, Sandline International, involved in mercenary activities in Sierra Leone and actively supported by the British Government," Golley said in a statement. DiamondWorks Ltd. is a Canadian-based public corporation whose stock is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It holds diamond concessions in Sierra Leone and Angola through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Branch Energy.