"You should not touch weapons." "You should not touch diamonds." "And don't touch the wives of the staff." "Everything besides that is green." "As soon as you have decided, Mr. Mads will contact Europe." "Now we're talking about the contract." "We have already fixed the primary deal." "...You can have a lot of diamonds." "It's about the water." "It has rained so much that..." "Did you understand that?" "..." "No." "He's saying that the work with one of the mines has progressed so much that when the water disappears it is just about digging up the diamonds as quickly as possible." "He needs a sum of 10 million CAF." "That would suffice to get the diamonds up in a couple of weeks." "Actually I'd prefer to cooperate with businessmen, but I do trust you." "Who framed this picture?" "Done down here?" "...Yes." "Slanted..." "Very slanted." "You got the business cards, right?" "...Yeah, I'll go get them." "A gin tonic?" "Vodka tonic?" "...Vodka." "I am the representative of the secretary of state and I am in charge of domestic security issues." "I am responsible for areas like espionage and counterintelligence." "And he has been in the French Foreign Legion?" "...Yes, for 26 years." "He was in the Foreign Legion for 26 years." "France gave me citizenship in 1986 as a thank you for my duty." "They confiscated my passport in 2006." "...Aha!" "That says it all." "In December 2006 I was prosecuted for mercenary." "France considers the CAR as its piggy bank." "They consider everything underground as belonging to France." "Nobody else." "It is like savings that we are not allowed to touch." "It belongs to France, and that seems to be the opinion still, he says." "And underground there is copper, iron manganese, cobalt, uranium, cinnabar..." "He says that they have all sorts of minerals underground." "We know where... but every time we ask for a contribution to start the mining... there are problems." "...Are they obstructing you?" "But how?" "What do they do?" "When one wants to prevent someone from running, they may put a stone in the runner's shoe." "[France] puts stones in their shoes..." "If one wants to prevent a country's development... all its resources will be used to hunt rebels." "Then the country ceases to develop." "The bulldozer or the 10 millions?" "...The millions." "We thought about making a preliminary investment... with a man named Gilbert Dalkia." "Do you know him?" "Yes." "Do you think it is a good idea?" "It depends whether you are controlling him or vice versa." "What should we do to control him in order to prevent him from taking control?" "Here you need to know what relations people have with one another." "If he believes that you know people who are mightier than himself, he will contain himself." "But if he believes otherwise you will lose everything." "Then we end up losing everything." "Mr. Cortzen, perhaps you can ...?" "[Minister for public administration]" "You educate people so that they become productive." "Even pygmies." "He says that you are touching an issue that is close to his heart... that is thinking of the human development, and the fact that you educate." "That is very important, especially with the pygmies, that you seek to high-en their level." "I am currently moving to a city where the indigenous people are pygmies." "They are in the are where I live, so it is easy to get hold of them if you want." "I can try to arrange a meeting with the city leaders." "The baguettes." "This is a frenchman." "And this is a Chinese." "Chinese have narrow eyes..." "And the Frenchman's hair should be more spiky." "Then the Chinese should have smaller eyes." "But it's pretty, isn't it?" "With this contract, if M. Dalkia finds diamonds that he wishes to export... he can take them out legally, using the contract." "Then I can take the stones to Europe." "Definitely." "They dance to conjure up the spirits... in the shape of a whirlwind." "They have made a whirlwind by taking off their clothes and swinging them." "Now you will get a chance to meet them." "And then he gave me a driver's license... indicating that I live on Clay Street in Monrovia." "We have a Danish businessman... who for many years has shown an interest in Liberia." "We find it appropriate to apply... for the [inaudible.] privilege of serving as our honorary consul in Bangui in CAR." "Put your phone over there." "Then you'll have an excuse if it starts ringing." "Mr. Gilbert!" "How is it going?" "...Very well." "Long time no see!" "Is it good?" "..." "Lt is not good." "Companionship and law is not in my competency." "Can you ask Girad who of these two will be my assistant?" "It is him." "He represents the chief tan." "They move about in pairs." "Never alone." "Can they both participate on Saturday?" "Come on, let's go to the boat." "When Bokassa was overthrown, the French reinstalled Dacko and by their order he gave the people permission to plunder at will." "The French soldiers had orders to just stand idly." "They were only to protect the French embassy and Dacko's residence." "So there was violence?" "...Everything was destroyed." "Did the French want it to collapse?" "Yes..." "But why?" "If the country kept Bokassa it would be the Switzerland of Africa today." "Instead of exporting raw material, we were to export refined goods." "But when I talk to other business diplomats I often hear the same story." "The companies that try to establish fly the country immediately." "The French taught the people a nasty habit, that is corruption." "When a minister is exposed as corrupt... he automatically gets visa, passport and residency in France." "My business card..." "Thanks." "Why is it heating up in Birao?" "Now and then the trampling of boots can be heard." "Because there is oil." "And the forces..." "The forces... that fight for the oil from Birao... they are creating the problems." "It is not a Central African problem, it is other forces standing behind." "And who are these forces?" "...Forces that you know very well." "Two French planes, one in the morning, one in the evening, fly over CAR every day." "Two military reconnaissance planes." "For three years we have requested insight into their reports, but we'll never get it." "Where are the planes headed?" "...They just overfly the country." "They take photos and sweep the area with heat and movement sensors." "They know who is moving there but they never tell us anything." "The column that attacked Birao consisted of 27 vehicles... and came out of Sudan, 400 kilometers away, three days before the attack." "The French knew about it, but they never told us." "There is your stone in the shoe." "Hello!" "How is it going?" "Is that a government soldier?" "...Yes." "All of them." "How much time do we have left?" "...An hour and ten minutes." "Let's go." "What is that?" "..." "The mine." "There it is." "The diamonds." "My workforce." "Like this." "The biggest stones in CAR are from here." "I love you..." "The mine." "We need to keep the time." "...lt is OK." "We have 35 minutes to go." "Then let's take a greeting round." "How long will it take to go to the plane?" "Don't force her!" "...No one is forcing her." "Leave her..." "Open!" "How can you say that we are forcing her?" "Should we go?" "..." "No!" "She wants me to go ." "Don't ridicule us in front of the white men." "The plane." "Yes, that is it." "99 percent of all matches sold here come from Cameroon." "The brand Le Boxeur?" "..." "Yes." "And the real owner... is a Lebanese with a French diplomatic passport... who in secrecy works for the previous French tobacco monopoly." "Can I expect him trying to hamper me if I try to open a factory here?" "It depends on your will to go through with this." "Charles Massi was a minister." "He exploited his position... to embezzle state money, procure weapons and start a rebellion." "He tried to carry out a coup d'etat with the help of France." "If he disappears he disappears." "No one is exactly crying over that." "He looks like a person of progression, as a pioneer." "And I think the most important thing to remember about the CAR is... that it is a young country with many possibilities." "Thank you for the visit." "...Thank you." "Cortzen Group will pay to Gilbert Dalkia a sum of 10 million CAF." "Additional five millions?" "I need to translate this into Danish." "Are you aware that they want us to pay five millions in addition?" "How much is that?" "Besides the 10 millions you have already agreed on... you have consented to paying five millions extra... to facilitate Mr. Gilbert's paying of taxes and fees." "That was included in the ten millions." "How much can we afford to pay him?" "I need to have a look at that." "I cannot say anything conclusively." "But we need to conclude this now." "...Yes, yes, but... it is completely ridiculous that they now claim five millions that was never discussed." "I heard that if we went to Zako yesterday... we could have bought 17 carat diamonds worth 90 million." "With five million we can get hold of a large stone." "Or what?" "So pay me." "He is talking bullshit." "He says that we can find diamonds for 80 millions, blah blah." "I feel like telling him "Shut up." "If you have that much money you can pay yourself."" "It is bullshit." "It is all bullshit." "But he wants ten millions now." "Otherwise there is no agreement." "The only thing I want to say that when there are this many changes to a contract... it is quite common to re-read it thoroughly and think about it before signing it." "I know that we're in Africa and there is momentum now, I'm just saying that..." "I would never sign this if I were you." "I simply would not." "I found one stone worth 34 billion." "But they took it from me." "Sodiam and Catadiam was owned by a Lebanese, Hassan Al-Baqaash... who by the way is on USA's list of known terrorists... because he has supported Hamas." "Do Gilbert and Sodiam still cooperate?" "...Yes." "When he has left, I am to meet the president." "Who?" "..." "Him." "No, it is for MP's." "With this I conduct diamond politics." "When I become a member I can negotiate for him." "When I get a diplomatic passport..." "The brother of the consul of Senegal." "No problem." "I'm thinking of sending Liberia's consul-to-be in Bangui to you." "Treat him as you would me." "Thank you!" "Thank you, your excellence." "Bye." "Cortzen Group disperses a sum of 10 million franc... according to the agreement that was signed in Bangui on November 212010." "How can it be that when we were to sign the contract... then you tell us that we must sign the other contract?" "I have made four copies." "One for the notary, one for Mr. Gilbert, one for the archive." "I said I cannot do anything about it." "And by the way it is no problem." "Gilbert!" "How are you doing?" "...Well, thanks!" "If they find those and the papers aren't in order, you will be fined 50-100 millions." "There's one there if you lift your foot." "Look under your shoes." "Just stuff them down like this, then it is done and he can go." "And so many!" "And there are more where they come from."