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European TOTAL boycott



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> Subject:  TOTAL- Elf consolidation: European Boycott
> Date: 1999-10-15 15:50
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> 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