In 1930, [Fred Koch's] company then called Winkler-Koch, began training Russian engineers and helping Stalin's regime set up fifteen modern oil refineries under the first of Stalin's five-year plans. The program was a success, forming the backbone of the future Russian petroleum industry. (34)
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After leaving the USSR, Fred Koch turned to Adolph Hitler's Third Reich...During the 1930's, Fred Koch traveled frequently to Germany on oil business. Archival records document that in 1934 Winkler-Koch Engineering of Wichita, Kansas...provided the engineering plans and began overseeing the construction of a massive oil refinery owned by a company on the Elbe River in Hamburg. (35)
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Under Fred Koch's direction, the refinery was finished in 1935...Significantly, it was also one of the few refineries in Germany...that could "produce the high-octane gasoline needed to fuel fighter planes." ... Thus, he concludes, the American venture became "a key component of the Nazi war machine." (36-37)
I am developing this blog to raise awareness of how dark money is damaging the US. It is based primarily on the books Dark Money by Jane Mayer and Kochland by Christopher Leonard. In summary: stealth fascism of the rich radical right is trying to take over our country, they have been making this effort long before Trump & will keep at it no matter what happens to him, they have made real progress towards their goal, and why they must be stopped...hope you keep reading!