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A.D.Dirkzwager, manager Rotterdam Branch
Lloyds Bank Plc, Weena 141, Rotterdam
24the June 1991
Mr Mehdi Sarrafzadeh
℅ Niktex Consulting Ltd
P.O. Box 14155-5341
TEHRAN
Dear Mehdi,
First of all we enjoyed the pleasure of your company here in Rotterdam.
You practiced the great art of giving me pistachios and a tin of caviar, something that used to be reserved for the royal family.
Whenever an opportunity arises to engage your good services, I will not hesitate to contact you.
Allow me to make a few comments, bearing in mind that I am a layman on the Gulf crisis:
Clearly there are two truths. An Arab truth and a Western truth. When communication becomes frustrated and eventually stops, that's when the opposing parties come start fighting over which of the both truths are the real truth. The truth of the winning side prevails. Both parties have asked for God's help. So God wins and God loses.
Mehdi, it's nothing but madness! Especially you, as a citizen of Iran, must be surprised how the West initially sided with Iraq and how the latter has become the root of all evil. Very confusing indeed.
Allow me to end this scribble with some wisdom from Irish poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972):
" When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs, I am compelled to conclude that man is the superior animal. When I consider the curious habits of man, I confess, my friend, I am puzzled."
KInd regards, Adriaan D. Dirkzwager
Clearly, there are two truths. An Arab truth and a Western truth. When communications are frustrated and eventually stop, then the opposing parties
are going to fight about which truths is rhe real truth. The truth of the winning side prevails. Both parties have invoked the help of God. Thus God wins and God looses.
