04-17-2004, 05:40 PM
`Your Prime Minister's wife does not trust you, gets her security
from Italians'
Saturday April 17 2004 17:07 IST
S. Gurumurthy
This is what this investigation reveals. Sonia arranges a clandestine
meeting between the RAW, Indian spy network, and Italian spies. This
was when she was just a housewife and Rajiv was just the general
secretary of the Congress.
When Sonia was still an Italian and had not applied yet to become an
Indian citizen. Are you surprised? Go further.
Her brother-in-law, that is Sonia's sister's husband, Walter Winci,
arranges bullet-proofing of Indira Gandhi's car in a German factory.
Are you shocked? Wait. Later the same Winci arranges the training of
SPG commandos by Italian security personnel who even slap the SPG
trainees. Are you embarrassed? Go further.
When Sonia travels to France with Rajiv in 1985, without the
knowledge of the Indian security agency, SPG, she gets the security
of Rahul and Priyanka arranged by Italian and Spanish officials. Are
you ashamed? It is not over yet. In 1986 when Rahul and Priyanka go
to Geneva and Italy, Sonia directly gets their security organised
through the Italian foreign office.
The Swiss police official taunts the Indian RAW officer in
Geneva, ``Your Prime Minister's wife does not trust you; she trusts
only the Italians.'' You feel humiliated?
Whether you feel humiliated or not, the RAW official did feel
extremely humiliated. Italian officials are the ones she trusts.
Italian embassy is her official embassy. Italian security is her
security.
This is the Sonia who now shouts from election platforms day in and
day out that she will die for her motherland. The only issue is which
is her motherland. That she does not trust India is known to the
whole western world, but not India. Read this humiliating story.
The expose is based on oral testimony of retired officials, including
the RAW officials.
http://newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?
ID=IEH20040417012336&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0&
Election News Article: New Indian Express, April 17, 2004
Unmasking Sonia Gandhi
S. Gurumurthy
There is no time for side shows. Let us go straight to the heart of
the issue. The Indian spy agency, RAW, formed in 1968, had
established a clandestine network with its counterparts in different
countries __ with the USA, UK, Israel, France, West Germany and other
countries which possessed the capability for exchange of information
on terrorism, insurgency, China and similar subjects.
The RAW did not consider Italian spy agencies as worthy of such
association, as they did not have any capability. So India did not
bother about them.
Rajiv Gandhi entered active politics after Sanjay's death in 1980. He
began to participate in the classified briefings of the RAW even
though he held no position in the government. Not just he, he wanted
Arun Nehru and Arun Singh too to participate in such briefings. The
agency protested saying that they had no official position. But
Indira Gandhi stepped in and asked RAW to allow them to be present.
The agency agreed reluctantly, but told Indira that their names would
remain unrecorded in the briefing.
This was when Rajiv was not in the government and was just a general
secretary of the Congress party. Soon, even though he had nothing to
do with the Government or the RAW, Rajiv began insisting that the RAW
should liaise with the Italian spy agencies. Why Rajiv should have
insisted on Italy? Did he study the importance of Italian assistance
to India? Nothing of that sort. The reason is Obvious. Sonia.
Rajiv had married her in 1968. The RAW felt that it would be a waste
of time and money. But Rajiv would not relent. The agency finally
gave in. So after more than a decade, the RAW was forced into
accepting liaison with the Italian spy agencies whom they considered
not worthy of association. Want to know who acted as the go-between
for the RAW with the Italian spy agencies and arranged the first
clandestine meeting between RAW spies and Italian spies? Believe it:
Sonia!
Obviously, she was in touch with Italian spies. An innocent and
devout housewife, unconcerned about politics and state, was deep in
her contact with the Italian spy agencies. This was when she was
still an Italian national, had not yet accepted Indian nationality
which she reluctantly did much later. Being in the Prime Minister's
household, she was in touch with the spies in Italy. So even when she
was just a housewife and Rajiv was not yet in the government, she was
linking the Italian spies to India.
An aside. One of the reasons why the RAW would not touch the Italian
agencies could be the presence of Sonia in the PM's house. If they
officialised the liaison with the Italian agencies, their reach would
not be limited to RAW, but may extend to the PM's house.
Next, when after terrorism broke out in Punjab and the security
agencies advised Indira Gandhi to travel in bullet-proof car, she
wanted the Ambassador car made bullet-proofed. As India developed
this capability only much later in 1985, a German company was chosen
for the job.
Want to know who brokered the contract with the German company?
Walter Winci, the husband of one of Sonia's sisters, Anushka! The RAW
suspected that he got a small commission out of it. But the more
critical was that a sensitive security work was given through Sonia's
brother. Look at the Italian influence Sonia had brought in even when
Indira was alive.
It is the same Walter Winci who, two years later, in 1986, insisted
and received cash payment made by the Indian government. This was for
arranging training by Italian security for SPG which had been
established in 1984 for the protection of Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi.
The cash payment was first attempted through the RAW official posted
at Geneva. Walter Winci refused to come to Geneva to receive that
cash and wanted the RAW official to send it to Milan in Italy.
Winci 'assured' the RAW official that that he had 'good contacts'
in 'Swiss' and 'Italian' customs and he would not be checked. The RAW
official would not budge.
The recalcitrant official was finally told to tell Winci that the
operation had been cancelled. But the money was delivered to Winci
through the Indian Embassy in Rome.
Want to know what for the cash was to be sent? For funding the
traveling expenses of the Italian security officials to come to India
and train Indian SPG commandos. This is the payment B.G Deshmukh, who
was then the cabinet secretary, has mentioned in his latest book. But
this training ended in a fiasco.
The Italian trainers treated the SPG trainees rudely, and even
slapped one of them. The RAW brought this to the notice of Rajiv and
told him such ill-treatment may develop a grudge in the minds of the
SPG against Rajiv which might be a security risk. Panicked Rajiv
forthwith called off the training by Italians arranged by Walter
Winci.
After Rajiv was assassinated, Sonia began openly relying on Italian
and western security for Rahul and Priyanka when they travelled to
Europe. When Rajiv went to Paris in the year 1985 along with Sonia, a
RAW official proficient in French was asked to go to France to liaise
with the French security agencies.
At Leon in France, the SPG officials panicked as Rahul and Priyanka
were missing. But Winci told them not to worry. He told them that
they were in the safe care of Jose Valdemaro, the husband of another
sister of Sonia, Nadia. Winci told them that the two had been taken
to Madrid in Spain, where Valdemaro hails from, by train and the
Spanish authorities were taking care of them.
The Indian security officials were stunned that, not they, but the
Spanish and Italian security agencies were aware of the Madrid visit
of Rahul and Priyanka. It is not just that Sonia did not want to
trouble the Indian security system, or take the favour of Narasimha
Rao who was the Prime Minister then. It was simply that she did not
trust them.
You want more clear evidence of her distrust of India? Here it is: In
1986, the RAW official stationed at Geneva was told by Jack Kunzi,
the Commissioner of Police at Geneva, that the VIP children had
returned safely to Italy after their visit to Geneva. Who were the
VIP children? The RAW official had no clue. He knew nothing about
their visit.
The Swiss police official who was the RAW official's good friend told
him their names. You have any doubt who they could be? They were
Rahul and Priyanka. They had come to Geneva by car with Walter Winci,
said the Swiss official. He also informed the RAW official he was in
the picture and the RAW official was not. He said that the Italian
foreign office was the co-ordinator. It had informed the Swiss
foreign office, who in turn informed the Swiss police.
Jack Kunzi taunted the RAW official who was his friend, ''Your Prime
Minister's wife does not seem to trust you or your embassy. She gets
the security for her children co-ordinated by Italians.'' Humiliated,
the RAW official makes the usual complaint to his boss. The boss
files the complaint. There ends the story of humiliation of India in
Switzerland and Italy.
Remember this kind of information spreads like wildfire in geo-
politics through global spy network. That Sonia did not trust the
Indian officials, or the Indian embassies, or the Indian security is
now a matter of global geo-political information. Want to know more
on this? Read on.
After Rajiv's assassination, the RAW official who was in charge of
security arrangements abroad for SPG protectees which included Sonia,
Rahul and Priyanka, knew less about her and her children's travel
plans than western intelligence and security agencies. The Indian
agencies knew nothing or very little.
George, her secretary, used to directly communicate to western
agencies through Italian Embassy in Delhi and the Italian foreign
office in Rome. The upright officer informed the RAW chief before he
retired that the western agencies were better informed of Sonia's and
her children's travel plans than the Indian agencies. He charged that
this had created the unfortunate impression that Sonia did not trust
the Indian agencies. His complaint went to Narasimha Rao who was the
Prime Minister then. He felt unhappy that George, that is Sonia, was
informing the Italian embassy, not the Indian agencies, but he could
do nothing about it. You ask him now. Even now he will not tell the
truth. But the RAW official would.
So she was linked to the Italian spies and was familiar with bringing
about spy connections, a highly skilled and scary business, as early
as the early 1980s. Yet she pretended, even now does, to be an
innocent housewife.
She brought her family into the security matters of India even when
Indira was alive. She forced Italian security on India even when
Rajiv Gandhi was alive. She openly distrusted Indian security and
diplomatic system and privately liaised with the Italian diplomatic
system for her security. If she did this when Indira was alive; if
she went as far when Rajiv was alive; if she did this when she was
just out of the Congress and out of power, what will she do when put
in power?
Or what she will not? Yet she pretends to die for India. This is not
real Sonia. The whole western world, not exactly the friends of
India, knows about her. But not we, in India. We do not know the real
Sonia.
from Italians'
Saturday April 17 2004 17:07 IST
S. Gurumurthy
This is what this investigation reveals. Sonia arranges a clandestine
meeting between the RAW, Indian spy network, and Italian spies. This
was when she was just a housewife and Rajiv was just the general
secretary of the Congress.
When Sonia was still an Italian and had not applied yet to become an
Indian citizen. Are you surprised? Go further.
Her brother-in-law, that is Sonia's sister's husband, Walter Winci,
arranges bullet-proofing of Indira Gandhi's car in a German factory.
Are you shocked? Wait. Later the same Winci arranges the training of
SPG commandos by Italian security personnel who even slap the SPG
trainees. Are you embarrassed? Go further.
When Sonia travels to France with Rajiv in 1985, without the
knowledge of the Indian security agency, SPG, she gets the security
of Rahul and Priyanka arranged by Italian and Spanish officials. Are
you ashamed? It is not over yet. In 1986 when Rahul and Priyanka go
to Geneva and Italy, Sonia directly gets their security organised
through the Italian foreign office.
The Swiss police official taunts the Indian RAW officer in
Geneva, ``Your Prime Minister's wife does not trust you; she trusts
only the Italians.'' You feel humiliated?
Whether you feel humiliated or not, the RAW official did feel
extremely humiliated. Italian officials are the ones she trusts.
Italian embassy is her official embassy. Italian security is her
security.
This is the Sonia who now shouts from election platforms day in and
day out that she will die for her motherland. The only issue is which
is her motherland. That she does not trust India is known to the
whole western world, but not India. Read this humiliating story.
The expose is based on oral testimony of retired officials, including
the RAW officials.
http://newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?
ID=IEH20040417012336&Page=H&Title=Top+Stories&Topic=0&
Election News Article: New Indian Express, April 17, 2004
Unmasking Sonia Gandhi
S. Gurumurthy
There is no time for side shows. Let us go straight to the heart of
the issue. The Indian spy agency, RAW, formed in 1968, had
established a clandestine network with its counterparts in different
countries __ with the USA, UK, Israel, France, West Germany and other
countries which possessed the capability for exchange of information
on terrorism, insurgency, China and similar subjects.
The RAW did not consider Italian spy agencies as worthy of such
association, as they did not have any capability. So India did not
bother about them.
Rajiv Gandhi entered active politics after Sanjay's death in 1980. He
began to participate in the classified briefings of the RAW even
though he held no position in the government. Not just he, he wanted
Arun Nehru and Arun Singh too to participate in such briefings. The
agency protested saying that they had no official position. But
Indira Gandhi stepped in and asked RAW to allow them to be present.
The agency agreed reluctantly, but told Indira that their names would
remain unrecorded in the briefing.
This was when Rajiv was not in the government and was just a general
secretary of the Congress party. Soon, even though he had nothing to
do with the Government or the RAW, Rajiv began insisting that the RAW
should liaise with the Italian spy agencies. Why Rajiv should have
insisted on Italy? Did he study the importance of Italian assistance
to India? Nothing of that sort. The reason is Obvious. Sonia.
Rajiv had married her in 1968. The RAW felt that it would be a waste
of time and money. But Rajiv would not relent. The agency finally
gave in. So after more than a decade, the RAW was forced into
accepting liaison with the Italian spy agencies whom they considered
not worthy of association. Want to know who acted as the go-between
for the RAW with the Italian spy agencies and arranged the first
clandestine meeting between RAW spies and Italian spies? Believe it:
Sonia!
Obviously, she was in touch with Italian spies. An innocent and
devout housewife, unconcerned about politics and state, was deep in
her contact with the Italian spy agencies. This was when she was
still an Italian national, had not yet accepted Indian nationality
which she reluctantly did much later. Being in the Prime Minister's
household, she was in touch with the spies in Italy. So even when she
was just a housewife and Rajiv was not yet in the government, she was
linking the Italian spies to India.
An aside. One of the reasons why the RAW would not touch the Italian
agencies could be the presence of Sonia in the PM's house. If they
officialised the liaison with the Italian agencies, their reach would
not be limited to RAW, but may extend to the PM's house.
Next, when after terrorism broke out in Punjab and the security
agencies advised Indira Gandhi to travel in bullet-proof car, she
wanted the Ambassador car made bullet-proofed. As India developed
this capability only much later in 1985, a German company was chosen
for the job.
Want to know who brokered the contract with the German company?
Walter Winci, the husband of one of Sonia's sisters, Anushka! The RAW
suspected that he got a small commission out of it. But the more
critical was that a sensitive security work was given through Sonia's
brother. Look at the Italian influence Sonia had brought in even when
Indira was alive.
It is the same Walter Winci who, two years later, in 1986, insisted
and received cash payment made by the Indian government. This was for
arranging training by Italian security for SPG which had been
established in 1984 for the protection of Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi.
The cash payment was first attempted through the RAW official posted
at Geneva. Walter Winci refused to come to Geneva to receive that
cash and wanted the RAW official to send it to Milan in Italy.
Winci 'assured' the RAW official that that he had 'good contacts'
in 'Swiss' and 'Italian' customs and he would not be checked. The RAW
official would not budge.
The recalcitrant official was finally told to tell Winci that the
operation had been cancelled. But the money was delivered to Winci
through the Indian Embassy in Rome.
Want to know what for the cash was to be sent? For funding the
traveling expenses of the Italian security officials to come to India
and train Indian SPG commandos. This is the payment B.G Deshmukh, who
was then the cabinet secretary, has mentioned in his latest book. But
this training ended in a fiasco.
The Italian trainers treated the SPG trainees rudely, and even
slapped one of them. The RAW brought this to the notice of Rajiv and
told him such ill-treatment may develop a grudge in the minds of the
SPG against Rajiv which might be a security risk. Panicked Rajiv
forthwith called off the training by Italians arranged by Walter
Winci.
After Rajiv was assassinated, Sonia began openly relying on Italian
and western security for Rahul and Priyanka when they travelled to
Europe. When Rajiv went to Paris in the year 1985 along with Sonia, a
RAW official proficient in French was asked to go to France to liaise
with the French security agencies.
At Leon in France, the SPG officials panicked as Rahul and Priyanka
were missing. But Winci told them not to worry. He told them that
they were in the safe care of Jose Valdemaro, the husband of another
sister of Sonia, Nadia. Winci told them that the two had been taken
to Madrid in Spain, where Valdemaro hails from, by train and the
Spanish authorities were taking care of them.
The Indian security officials were stunned that, not they, but the
Spanish and Italian security agencies were aware of the Madrid visit
of Rahul and Priyanka. It is not just that Sonia did not want to
trouble the Indian security system, or take the favour of Narasimha
Rao who was the Prime Minister then. It was simply that she did not
trust them.
You want more clear evidence of her distrust of India? Here it is: In
1986, the RAW official stationed at Geneva was told by Jack Kunzi,
the Commissioner of Police at Geneva, that the VIP children had
returned safely to Italy after their visit to Geneva. Who were the
VIP children? The RAW official had no clue. He knew nothing about
their visit.
The Swiss police official who was the RAW official's good friend told
him their names. You have any doubt who they could be? They were
Rahul and Priyanka. They had come to Geneva by car with Walter Winci,
said the Swiss official. He also informed the RAW official he was in
the picture and the RAW official was not. He said that the Italian
foreign office was the co-ordinator. It had informed the Swiss
foreign office, who in turn informed the Swiss police.
Jack Kunzi taunted the RAW official who was his friend, ''Your Prime
Minister's wife does not seem to trust you or your embassy. She gets
the security for her children co-ordinated by Italians.'' Humiliated,
the RAW official makes the usual complaint to his boss. The boss
files the complaint. There ends the story of humiliation of India in
Switzerland and Italy.
Remember this kind of information spreads like wildfire in geo-
politics through global spy network. That Sonia did not trust the
Indian officials, or the Indian embassies, or the Indian security is
now a matter of global geo-political information. Want to know more
on this? Read on.
After Rajiv's assassination, the RAW official who was in charge of
security arrangements abroad for SPG protectees which included Sonia,
Rahul and Priyanka, knew less about her and her children's travel
plans than western intelligence and security agencies. The Indian
agencies knew nothing or very little.
George, her secretary, used to directly communicate to western
agencies through Italian Embassy in Delhi and the Italian foreign
office in Rome. The upright officer informed the RAW chief before he
retired that the western agencies were better informed of Sonia's and
her children's travel plans than the Indian agencies. He charged that
this had created the unfortunate impression that Sonia did not trust
the Indian agencies. His complaint went to Narasimha Rao who was the
Prime Minister then. He felt unhappy that George, that is Sonia, was
informing the Italian embassy, not the Indian agencies, but he could
do nothing about it. You ask him now. Even now he will not tell the
truth. But the RAW official would.
So she was linked to the Italian spies and was familiar with bringing
about spy connections, a highly skilled and scary business, as early
as the early 1980s. Yet she pretended, even now does, to be an
innocent housewife.
She brought her family into the security matters of India even when
Indira was alive. She forced Italian security on India even when
Rajiv Gandhi was alive. She openly distrusted Indian security and
diplomatic system and privately liaised with the Italian diplomatic
system for her security. If she did this when Indira was alive; if
she went as far when Rajiv was alive; if she did this when she was
just out of the Congress and out of power, what will she do when put
in power?
Or what she will not? Yet she pretends to die for India. This is not
real Sonia. The whole western world, not exactly the friends of
India, knows about her. But not we, in India. We do not know the real
Sonia.