Kebba:

Reading your narration, I can now conclude that you are
Kebba Jallow.  It is disservice to the list members for
you to hide, while releasing damaging stories.  I welcome
your criticism of Jammeh, but you will be doing us a favor
if you come out of the closet.

Be a man and reveal your identity.  You do not have to fear
anyone, but God.

Naphiyo,

Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
Greensboro, NC/Kombo East Constituency

N

Original Message:
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From: Dampha Kebba [log in to unmask]
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:49:35 -0400
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Bombshell ....Yaya's Corruption


Culled from the Independent

As dollar-for-diplomat status deal is struck External funds for Jammeh's
election campaign 100 tractors, 5000 Tee shirts, $1million promised

An American referring to himself as The Gambia's Ambassador-At-Large and
Trade Attaché was quoted in a letter to Buba Baldeh and Baba Jobe as saying
that his company was on the verge of releasing one million US dollars for
President Jammeh's election campaign, 5000 campaign Tee-shirts and shipping
hundred new tractors to the country. A September 4 2001 letter from Mr.
Enslin bearing the letterhead and official stamp of The Republic of The
Gambia and addressed to Mr. Baldeh also indicated that "several millions of
US dollars would be made available to the APRC within weeks". "We will
expedite the process and get the funds into the account as soon as possible.

The funds are being transferred from our bank in Europe to the Greatmore
account in Texas and then to New Jersey into Gotham's account and from there
to your account in New York" Enslin's letter explained. Mr. Enslin also made
a request to the Gambian Ambassador in Washington "to start looking for a
new location for the embassy as we would like to purchase the building next
month". He assured Mr. Baldeh that "money is not a problem". However he was
also worried over an apparent delay to send them their identification cards
and contracts from the State Department as employees of the Gambian Embassy
in New Jersey. He told Mr. Baldeh that he consulted with John P. Bojang the
Gambian Ambassador to the US who told him (Enslin) that no instruction was
forthcoming from The Gambia to process their contracts as Trade Attaches.

"It is becoming very difficult for us to plan our trip to The Gambia because
no one will give us answers to our questions relating to our contracts and
our identification cards from the State Department" Enslin noted to Mr.
Baldeh. Meanwhile an earlier letter from the American to one Mansong Jagne
dated August 27 2001 and bearing The Gambia's official letterhead detailed
his company's readiness to buy and ship one hundred new tractors to The
Gambia two weeks later (September 10). The letter referred to a meeting
Enslin's deputy Big Joe Siderowicz was supposed to have held with the John
Deere Tractor Company on August 28 to that effect. "We will begin the
process of releasing the funds this afternoon after we confirm the office of
protocol has instructions to expedite our credentials" it said.

However it also requested Mr. Jagne to confirm the members of his group's
appointment as Ambassadors and Trade Attaches and whether they have full
Gambian diplomatic immunity and status. Another confidential letter Enslin
addressed to Baba Jobe on August 6 referred to instruction "Gotham of Gambia
Ltd" issued to its bank to transfer five million dollars to the Central Bank
of The Gambia for use to set up an Agricultural and Housing Bank here. It
also quoted Mr. Enslin as thanking Baba Jobe "for your role in helping us
with our appointments and we intend to deliver whatever we have promised for
The Gambia". "Also please notify us of your needs with respect to the
required funding of the presidential campaign in October" the letter pointed
out, making it clear that as soon as President Jammeh's photograph and full
colour coat of arms were provided "Gotham Gambia Ltd" would order five
thousand Tee shirts for the October 18 election campaign.

Mr. Enslin's communiqué also complained about the effort of an undisclosed
number of people to thwart them from helping The Gambia. It could be
recalled that The Independent carried a story in March quoting sources as
saying that Mr. Enslin was "roaming" the sub-region as an ambassador for The
Gambia. Sources had indicated that Mr. Enslin who was referred to as the
Chief executive officer of Gotham Financial Group Ltd had promised that his
organization would be making a monthly deposit of 2 million dollars to The
Gambia in addition to depositing monthly 2 million dollars to finance The
Gambia's diplomatic activities at the United Nations. Source said Mr. Enslin
was hoping to be reciprocated with a diplomatic license to operate around
West Africa. They claimed he was also offering the same
dollar-for-diplomatic status deal to Guinea Conakry. Although a Foreign
Affairs official had earlier confirmed that Mr. Enslin lobbied the
government for diplomatic status without success the official had also said
The Gambia never received any money from him and his company in exchange for
a diplomatic status of any kind.



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