SOBERI study of feed plant and feedlot abattoir

Project sketch to potential investors Includes: (Jan 66).

Presentation of program for the industrial development of Morondava

Copy letter from Secretary General of Government reporting the approval of the Viande project by the Council of Ministers (Feb 4, 1996)

Copy of letter from Ministry of Agriculture confirming the cabinet's resolution to approve project (Feb 21 66)

Various document on project presentation

Application to Malagasy Government for approval of US loan (content same as presentation of project above)

Cattle ranch and slaughtering operation, Investment Proposal, Revised June 21 1968 July 10 1968.

Draft of application loan

Proposal for plant construction and detailed design for abattoir facility by FMC, San Jose, California

Summary of a beef slaughtering operation in Morondava. Appendix E is ground breaking ceremony with several translated speeches by Malagasy officials and articles on newspapers

Application for AID extended risk guaranty July 1967

Plant blueprint and picture

SOBERI correspondence signature of contract 1968:

SOBERI correspondence discussions about delays and drafts 1970:

SOBERI study of feedlot and feed plant

Correspondence with Ministry of Industry, request for exoneration of taxes 1970:

SOBERI correspondence 1969, 1971, 1972

Chart of accounts

Correspondence OPIC for expiration and renewal of policy: 1969-71

copy of foreign claims settlement commission document Dec 31, 1974

copy of letter from OPIC informing of expiration and cancellation of policy

request for re-registration to OPIC for a total of $2,115,000 July 13, 1971

application for insurance Feb 12, 1969

handbook: OPIC coverage Sept 1970

USDA approved documents

4540.25 contracts with SOBERI:

SOBERI contract avenant no. 1, 2, 3, (no. 4 missing) and no. 5 unsigned

abattoir: specifications techniques

4540 SOBERI:

proces-verbal of temporary quantitative reception of abattoir Nov 3, 4, 1971

copy drafts for SOBERI

various correspondence with SOBERI

Meetings: report on meetings with SOBERI

SOBERI technical reports

Plant engineering documents

Correspondence with Nobel Peelman, SOBERI sub-contractor

Draft memoire

Draft memoire

Draft memoire

Christos Karkantzos correspondence plus few with SOBERI

Bernard Pigny correspondence

Mc Kinsey & Co. correspondence 1968

Telex and Cable correspondence of AGM

Newspapers and magazines:

Newsweek article on Marshall's recall

Various Madagascar articles on AGM construction and contract signature

articles in international news about Madagascar politics, cattle industry, other cattle project in Madagascar and more.

Correspondence Dr. Pas

General engineering study of plant 1971

General documents.

attorneys working paper on suit against Swift and Morgan

copy application for land purchase to Malagasy State

Keslo Cotton: draft for amendment to agreement with Morgan and Correspondence and invoices

Correspondence with:

Honorine Ravony

Tsiranana (letter of 21 Mars 1972)

Resampa (letter of 19 June 72)

Proposal to Malagasy State: letter to General Ramanantsoa (8 June 1972)

Letter from Ministry of Finance telling that Madagascar will pay the SOBERI drafts

Letter from Directeur Tresor authorizing loan with Morgan

Decrees:

Application for land and copy of Journal Officiel

Copies of decrees for international fund transfer and investment code regulations

Decree for SOBERI contract guaranty

Malagasy meat inspection regulation

Correspondence with Ministry of Finance, decrees and various documents on legislation and regulations

Morgan letters following Releve de Conclusion to Ministry of Finance, Tsiranana on various programs to reorganize AGM (May 1971)

Madagascar income tax files: balance sheet of AGM 1971

OPIC extended risk division: OPIC correspondence on renewal of policy, various correspondence between OPIC and AGM 1972

Letter to Christos in Prison for cooperation

Copy telexes of San Francisco from Brad Jeffries to Maitre Lebel

Ranch runaway study:

Various correspondence related to Viande, Dev, SOBERI, drafts and bank 1967-69

Societe Melas engineering agreement

Correspondence between George and Bacopoulos for capital augmentation and contractor payment July 19, 1972

Memo from George S. Reppas to Christos Bacopoulos on European transactions, draft payments, etc. Aug 25, 1972

FMC preliminary design and proposal for abattoir Feb 68

Hellaby, New Zealand correspondence and profitability study 1972

Blueprint

Correspondence with various insurance company (personal)

AGM Telephone message book

Insurance policy

Ledgers for fixed assets

Business card collection-various

Telephone logs

Credit card charges and daily expenses receipts

Insurance company invoices and correspondence (personal)

Accounting reports from Tananarive

Correspondences for meat regulation and standard

Copy canceled checks AGM Viande San Francisco from (Wells Fargo B.) 1966 to Oct 14, 1968

Various accounting documents

Canceled checks from AGM Viande San Francisco, Wells Fargo Sep 13, 66 to January 31, 1972,

Canceled checks, Marathon Trade and Reppas Ranch

Canceled checks AGM Development 1968 to Sep. 30, 1971

Marathon fixed assets

AGM accounting documents, files, banks, tax, correspondence, invoices, marketing data, contacts, etc.

AGM accounting documents, files, banks, tax, correspondence, invoices, marketing data, contacts, etc.

AGM accounting documents, files, banks, tax, correspondence, invoices, marketing data, contacts, etc.

Documents of suit against Swift

Claude Piveteau's financial expertise report

Apologia to JDI and expertise

Correspondence with Morgan

Correspondence with Hellaby, New Zealand

Wellaby project: letters of approval from Honorine and Raparison, correspondence

Misc. check, copies of letter from Ray Sherwood

Reppas correspondence with de Roux, Paris

Proceedings in the AGM case appeal (translation notes taken by Embassy)

Bradford letters to and from

Correspondence from George S. Reppas to Bradford

U.S. Court decision on AGM and Morgan 1980

Letters of support for George S. Reppas through Bradford

Copy letters to Malagasy officials

Doc. of Reppas vs. Morgan

Doc. of Reppas vs. Swift

Company documents: tax returns, banks, partnership, accounting, etc.

Company documents: tax returns, banks, partnership, accounting, etc.

Company documents: tax returns, banks, partnership, accounting, etc.

Telex correspondence San Francisco, Tana and Athens

Telex correspondence San Francisco, Tana and Athens

Telex correspondence San Francisco, Tana and Athens

Administrative files on staff

The Support Materials folder contains (other folders uninteresting):

Various personal letters, letters from State Dep. to Mom, Bradford Jeffries, etc.

Pictures of Madagascar

various script for book writing

Madagascar Matin of Choral group departure for the US May 16 1974

Various bay area articles

Madagascar Matin of period after Ratsimandarava and on AGM airplane theft

Fake French ID for escape

Certificat d'Identite delivered in Comorros

Articles about Andriatsitohaina 2 meat packing company in a Malagasy magazine

Copies of Roulleau letters

Sketches of table-bed

Ministry of Justice/ commissariat central daily check-in note pad

Doc. contains copy of Cour de cassation decision, copy of foreign claim settlement commission of the U.S. 1975:

Doc. contains declaration by Anthony Manikom about Bacopoulos' fund embezzlement, Apologia to JDI 1974:

Doc. contains translation of Temporary Administrator Olivier Raparison's recount of the AGM affair, problems, and his actions 1973:

Doc. contains bankruptcy decision of the Commercial Court 1972:

Copies of various project documents

Various correspondence from 1972 to 75

Company documents: taxes, accounting, banks, etc.

Paid invoices

Status AGM, correspondence

Various correspondence with OPIC, State Dep., AID for Viande

Correspondence with OPIC 1971-1972

Viande correspondence with Dep. of Commerce

Correspondence with Dep. of Agriculture, Dep. of Labors, about regulations, etc.

Correspondence with suppliers

Correspondence and telexes AGM 1968-69

Bacopoulos letters, memos and correspondences

Tana telex

Various correspondence

Tax return files

Morgan loan agreement

Swift sales representative agreement

Management contract

Swift and AID correspondence for OPIC coverage

Correspondence

Swift correspondence

Morgan correspondence and loan

Documents of Malagasy Ministry of Finance approving loan

Verbal note from Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs providing government guaranties for political risks of AGM

Option agreement

Loan agreement

Copy of Madagascar Courrier and other articles on Madagascar in international press

Pigny correspondence

Greece correspondence

Misc. correspondence

Documents on the potential of various projects in Madagascar

Correspondence with suppliers

Files on SOMADELVA

General correspondence and copy of demande d'agrement

Misc. products and equipment presentation

Swift and Morgan documents

Aircraft and insurance documents and correspondence

Letters to General Ramanantsoa

Report of 1st appearance with JDI

Report on meeting and discussions with Ranohisoa at the Bohemian Club

Copy of Liebig proposal to Ramanitra

Audited financial statements of AGM by Peat Marvick July 1970

Statement of Conclusion

Letter to Dr. Roux providing evidences of US investment in Madagascar

Articles of limited partnership

Reppas general correspondence Nov 72 to 1974

Copy correspondence AGM San Francisco 71-72

Misc. documents

Swift and Bank of America Management documents (oct 1971)

Sacet-Simmenthal-Ultrochi investment proposal in AGM

Bank of America AGM financial statement report

Ward Food files and joint-venture proposal

Administrative files and correspondence for Viande Tana 67-68

Administrative files and correspondence for Viande Tana (customers, suppliers, etc.)

Administrative files and correspondence for Viande Tana (customers, suppliers, etc.)

Administrative files and correspondence for Marathon Trade (customers, suppliers, etc.)

Administrative files and correspondence for Marathon Trade (customers, suppliers, etc.)

Administrative files and correspondence for Marathon Trade (customers, suppliers, etc.)

Corporate documents: investors, shareholders, etc.

Correspondence with shareholders and investors

Correspondence with shareholders and investors

California Commissioner of Corporation

Warrants

AGM vs. Westinghouse

Swift vs. Viande

Viande vs. Swift and Morgan

Morgan vs. GSR (72)

Swift management contract and other contracts

OPIC application for Swift

Power of attorney for individual investors

Qualification to do business in California (Viande)

Distributor contract with South Western Petroleum Corporation

Purchase agreement Marathon and Viande-Development

Baker and McKenzie, attorneys: Memo on legal implication of drafts

Correspondence with OPIC

OPIC superseded application

AGM California documents

Other legal documents: individuals, ranch, etc.

Correspondence, reports, meetings, documents about contractors, suppliers, customers, individuals, etc.

Correspondence, reports, meetings, documents with Swift, ADL, George Fraise and other

Correspondence, reports, meetings, documents with various individuals

Amendment to partnership articles

Correspondence, contracts and other documents about Malagasy Associates

Limited partnership

Malagasy associates

Schedule of claims for principal and interests

Creditor's claims

Warrants

Investors, creditors, notes

Drafts of memoire

Drafts of memoire

Drafts of memoire

Stock certificates

Marathon Trade's statement of charges to AGM Viande (Aug 71 to 5 Sept 72)

Viande accounts payable invoices

Ward Food files

Various records and general correspondence 66-68

Various records and general correspondence 66-68

Various records and general correspondence 66-68

Staff files

Inactive investors files

Various correspondence

Inactive investors files

Misc. correspondence with US attorneys

SOBERI technical documents and plans for abattoir construction

Copy Dossier d'Agrement presented to Ministry of Finance

Swift agreement

Supporting documents for memoire

Corporate seals

Minutes, articles, bi-laws

AGM financial statements July 70

Confidential report to investors 1970

Investment proposal documents

Various correspondence

Notes payable San Francisco

Investment proposal documents (shares, loans, mortgages)

Cattle ranch and slaughtering operations: investment proposal, version and version January 3 1969 March 15 1970

Copy document submitted for Dossier d'Agrement: Indicatif

Application for extended risk guaranty, OPIC/USAID

Ledgers

Administrative documents

Various AGM schedules and financial statements for startup Oct 71

Law offices of Howard: legal documents about suit George S. Reppas and shareholders against Swift/Morgan. Contains:

Shareholder claim against Swift/Morgan

Swift management contract

Minutes of meeting of the board nominating Swift and ADL as members

Letters from Morgan to Tsiranana presenting reorganization plans (May 6 1971 May 18, 1971)

Letter from Reppas commenting reorganization plan (Oct 8, 1971)

Letter of reaction of Morgan following Reppas comments (Oct 15 71)

Morgan letter to Rabenoro, Emile Ramarosoana about reorganization (Oct 15 71)

Copy of Swift study

Telexes about board meeting and shareholder meeting in San Francisco

Staff files and applications for employment

First mortgage documents

Documents and drafts of investment proposal (Swift and Morgan)

Plan manuals, Morondava

Several schedules of AGM

AGM Viande: principal and background materials, ADL

Plans for Fermes and Usines, SOBERI

Abattoir plans, technical specifications, blueprint, SOBERI

Ledger MARATHON TRADE Co., Inc.

Stock certificates

OPIC application for individual investors

Ledgers

AGM Dev. minutes for board authorization to borrow money from Wells Fargo

Stock certificates

Stock certificates

Stock certificates

Stock certificates

Stock certificates

Marathon Production Inc.: articles, by-laws, minutes, journal, ledgers

Viande: request for authorization for loan from AID. Contains note presenting the project to the Assembly of Madagascar, letters from Government approving the project and presentation of the plans. (Feb 1966)

AID-OPIC application

Feedlot project in Majunga area

Barges prospectus and project

Protocol of the agreement passed in Tana between Sacet and Ultrocchi with AGM for exports to Italy. (Jan 28, 1971)

Kaiser: correspondence, meetings, reports, proposal to Madagascar for road construction

ADL principal background materials for AGM

Investment proposal, Viande, cattle ranching and slaughtering operation

Financing proposal Feb 1972

Report first appearance with JDI

Assignments, summons, requests, etc.:

Commercial court bankruptcy decision after trial, pronouncing bankruptcy of Viande, Dev, and Bacopoulos, no. 2594, Madagascar's claim: 4 first drafts to SOBERI paid (total 244,559,209 Fmg) plus taxes and duties unpaid (total 125,289,313 Fmg) for a total of 369,848,522 Fmg. Sept 5, 1972.

Request by Ministry of Finance to replace TA, followed by ordinance 2366 of appointing new TA with same court order as previous TA. July 5, 1972

Request by new TA for experts assistance followed by ordinance no. 2367 nominating OCCR INTERG and Claude Piveteau, both from France as experts Ordinance presents their mission and order that a report be presented by Sept 15 1972. (July 5, 1972) (July 5, 1972).

Summons and assignment in payment issued to AGM (Aug 7, 1972)

Assignment in bankruptcy to appear in court (Aug 11, 1972)

Acte d'affectation hypothecaire and Acte d'affectation en nantissement, unsigned, Estimated established after July 71, intended to be signed by AGM and Victor Miadana. undated.

Summons, assignation en refere, to appear in court, asking for the nomination of a TA, and proposing his mission (July 9, 1971)

Van Ommeslagh files, attorney, Belgium: working documents about bankruptcy matters, Contains: 1972.

Request to extend the power of TA to Development, to have access to all archives and records of the two companies, and for an extension of 3 months, followed by ordinance no. 2830 of granting that. Oct 11, 1972

Commercial decision contesting the power of Maitre Boitard to represent AGM and stating that that power could only be exercised by the TA. (August 29, 1972)

Arbitration request against SOBERI presented by Van Ommeslagh in front of the Cour d'Arbitrage of the Chamber de Commerce International This document mentioned that: (undated).

4 avenants were made to the SOBERI contract: The 5th avenant was intended for but apparently was not signed. Nov 21 68 May 6 69 July 8 69 1970 Aug. 28, 69. Nov 5, 1970

Reception provisiore quantitative by both parties effected between 26 April to May 7, 1971.

SOBERI required nomination of expert by the Malagasy court on Sept 17, 1971.

Malagasy court nominated 2 experts by ordinance no. 3111 on Oct 11 1971.

Reception quantitative des batiments et du materiel installe by the two experts and the parties on Nov. 3 1971 Nov 4, 1971

Presentation of report by the experts on Jan 12, 1972

Report of the audit of the abattoir by the court appointed experts Aime Andriamanantena and Jacques Bompas (Jan 12, 1972)

Several letters and correspondences with Van Ommeslagh

Boitard, Prompt, De Roux and Sherwood letters. Letters to Paul Prompt, Boitard's recommendation and counsel about the SOBERI drafts

Judgment Tana: Ordinance 2274 on Sept 19, 1972 nominating TA as co-receiver and copy of commercial judgment pronouncing bankruptcy (Sept 5, 1972)

Legal Tana Office: letters from TA and Honorine about Hellaby, letters to new TA, letters to Resampa, General Ramanantsoa, memo informing Malagasy government about Morgan Swift suit, original letter from Roulleau refusing access to Tsiranana, letters and reports to TA about various prospecting in Europe, etc.

Several correspondence from TA, note to Henry Rakotoarivelo, U. of Calgary, Canada for financial plans to reinstate the AGM Viande operations, letters to Honorine to new TA, to Tsiranana, to General Ramanantsoa etc.

Technical specifications, production standards, blueprints

Correspondence with sudax suppliers

Correspondence with TA and Ramaholimiaso, TWA, IFC, etc., invitation to TA to attend meeting in San Francisco in Dec 71

Application for OPIC July 1967

Fish project in Madagascar

Glass project in Madagascar

Meat project in Ethiopia

Personal letters, family letters

AGM Projet de developpement industriel:

Note on startup of the project

Note from the Secretariat General du Gouvernement to the Ministry of Agriculture, Interior and Industry confirming the Council of Minister's decision to approve the Viande project and granting authorization to proceed following their meeting on (dated February 4, 1966) February 2, 1966

Letter from Jacques Rabemananjara, Minister of Agriculture confirming the Council of Minister's decision (dated February 21, 1966).

AGM Viande and Swift contracts: folder containing copy of all contracts and agreements

First mortgage doc July 1971

Info Madagascar Magazine: various economic news about Madagascar

Prison correspondence from Jan 1974 to 1975

Prison correspondence from Nov 1972 to Dec 1973

various correspondence between Copy of 3 Roulleau letters, copy of letter to Ramananstoa correspondence with Raymond Haizlip (68-69), commercial judgment. 1968 71. (June 8, 1972),

Copy of typed prison dairies

Raivo: A romance of Madagascar

Madagascar Matin newspapers clippings and copies:

L'usine AGM en Conseil des Ministres Oct 26, 1972:

Le scandale AGM devant le tribunal aujourd'hui Nov 9, 1973:

Le scandale financier de l'AGM Nov 10, 1973:

Une negligence coupable de la part du Gouvernement? Nov 12, 1973:

Proces AGM, 4e jour hier Nov 13, 1973:

Proces AGM Nov 14, 1973:

Affaire AGM, toutes les parties ont interjete l'appel Dec 1, 1973:

Le pouvoir judiciaire mecontent Dec 22, 1973:

Affaire AGM en appel. Un temoignage tres attendu Mar 8, 1974:

Le scandale financier de l'AGM (3e jour), plus article on the abattoir Mar 11, 1974:

Mise en vente de l'abattoir AGM Mar 19, 1974:

Peines plus lourdes Mar 23, 1974:

L'avion de l'AGM a mysterieusement decolle dans la nuit Nov 13, 1974:

Victor Ramanitra removed from his position. Mar 4, 1975.

Several photos, slides and negatives taken during trip to and in Comorros

Negatives home coming in SF

Black and white 4" photos with several unidentified officials

Negatives and photos of road to Majunga

BW photos of FRS and Ratsimandrava cerceuil 1975:

Personal photos

Plant construction photos in BW and in color

Copy articles in the San Jose Mercury News Sunday Magazine California Today: Escape from Malagasy Sept. 7, 1975

Article in the Oakland Sunday Tribune June 26, 1977

Loan contract papers between AGM and Morgan Guaranty Bank. Includes:

Contract agreements

Status AGM viande and development

Letters from Administrative secretary of AGM confirming authority of AGM officers

Letters from Bernard Pigny

Compte rendu loan to Direction du Tresor, Malagasy Government

Sales representative agreement between AGM and Swift worldwide

Loan agreement with Wells Fargo and Pledge agreement involving Swift

Copy application to Malagasy Government for the acquisition of the Morondava propriety

Copy decree giving the Malagasy Government guaranty to SOBERI loan (decree no. 68.490)

Copy contract between SOBERI and AGM

Option agreement and escrow agreement between Arthur D. Little, Morgan, and AGM

Consulting advisory agreement between Arthur D. Little and Viande

Letter from Resampa as a representative of SOMADELVA to Potamianos urging the starting of activities

Statuts of SOMADELVA

Balance sheet of AGM as of July 31, 1969

Prison diaries, typed and bound. Vol 2, Part 1 and 2

Album photo from Madagascar: prison, escape, construction, family...

Several maps of Madagascar, including the property in Morondava

Original prison diaries

Prison diaries, typed and bound. Volume 2, Part 1 & 2

Several tapes of speeches

Tapes of speeches

Tapes of speeches

Tapes of speeches

Tapes of speeches

Fiche on each character and individual in the story

Copy of strange letter from FAKRA

Suggestion de compromis entre AGM & Etat Malagasy

Cahier des charges sell off of abattoir by Malagasy Government

Societe AGM proposal to the Malagasy State on cattle national policy March 7, 1974

Several letter on bankruptcy

Letters to potential leases of the abattoir: Auckland, New Zealand

Several copies of typed and handwritten letters, receipts, invoices... in prison

Folder of Mike Reppas' letters

Folder of several correspondence of AGM, Reppas and local management

Vasiliky's letters and responses obtained

Accounting and invoices in prison

Old Mad. research data

Correspondence with the State Department for updated info about characters

Plot summaries: 1st attempts for book

Misc. correspondence (Rabenjamina...)

Memo: background of principal individual shareholders and creditors of AGM

Several letters and correspondence for Newsweek and copy Newsweek magazine

Articles in the San Francisco Chronicle

Letters of support from various people

Copy of 3 letters from Rouleau: Refusing AGM access to Tsiranana; Instructing policy to get land back from AGM; requesting meeting between AGM & SOBERI

Report on 1st appearance with JDI

Court decision for bankruptcy after trial

Study of the viability of a beef slaughter and ranching operation. Submitted to the Malagasy Government by Girton and Proops, Swift Co. (Oct 26, 1971)

Reppas letter inviting TA and creditors for a meeting for a study of the AGM situation and financing.

Extrait minute cour de cassation. Court decision.

Statement of conclusion between Malagasy Gov., Swift, Morgan, Arthur D. Little and SOBERI stopping financing of AGM.

Presentation of the abattoir to potential buyers by Syndic.

Swift interactions with AGM: Board position, Management contract, resignation, report study.

Various articles in US magazines and newspapers on Reppas and Madagascar, and following Ratsimandrava assassination.

Madagascar photos (1975)

Several copies and articles in Madagascar Matin on AGM and Ratsimandrava assassination

Copy of cast of character in the story

Madagascar photo of 1975

Reppas' escape in Bay Area newspapers

Articles on Madagascar political background. Includes:

Ambassador Marshall article in San Francisco Chronicle April 14, 1981

Article on recall of Marshall: The egg on uncle Sam's face 1971

Article on Indian Ocean importance by Marshall June 3, 1981