TOTAL- Elf consolidation: European

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Subject: TOTAL- Elf consolidation: European Boycott

WORLDWIDE BOYCOTT SINCE 1996
> 
> TOTAL has significantly broaded its penetration into the european
> markets by acquiring an additional 5 000 service stations from Elf. In
> the UK they are known today as "Le Shot", in Germany, "LA Boutique".
> 
> A boycott in Europe against these stations would have a significant
> impact arousing publicity for the Free Burma movement as well as putting
> pressure on the TOTALfina-Elf group to reverse its stance as well as the
> governments stance of tacit "indirect" support of the junta. When it
> comes to paying off the generals and financing pipeline security
> directly, and using security companies directly to secure the pipeline,
> it defies reason to call this indirect support of the junta, as the
> French sometimes do, not wishing to incur the wrath of the powerful
> french authorities.
> 
> ds