- Willem Oltmans
Willem Oltmans (born on
June 10 ,1925 inHuizen , diedSeptember 30 ,2004 inAmsterdam ) was a Dutchjournalist . The Dutch government conspired to keep him out of work, for which it had to pay him 8 million guilders in damages in 2000 (approx. 4 million in 2000 US dollars, 3.6 million euro's, over 5.6 million dollar these days).Dutch state conspiracy
Against the will of the Dutch government, Oltmans interviewed Indonesian president
Sukarno in 1956. In 1957 he pleaded for the transfer ofNew Guinea to Indonesia while in Indonesia. He claimed to have prevented a Dutch war against Indonesia over New Guinea by sending a memo to US president Kennedy. Since thenJoseph Luns , minister of foreign affairs, covertly tried everything to sabotage Oltmans' career, with much success: for a long time, Oltmans was forced to live off welfare.He fought a long law suit against the Dutch state, which he won. In 2000 a commission awarded him eight million guilders (four million dollars) in damages, after taxes. Having paid two million in lawyer's fees, Oltmans bought a penthouse on a canal in Amsterdam and a Steinway piano.
Kennedy conspiracy
Oltmans was based in the USA in the 1960's, where he worked as a reporter for Dutch TV broadcaster NOS. After US president John Kennedy was assassinated in
Dallas in 1963, Oltmans developed an alternative theory as to who was responsible for the murder. In his opinion, baronGeorge de Mohrenschildt was the architect behind the killing.Ironically, Oltmans played de Mohrenschildt in
Oliver Stone 's 1991 film about the assassination, "JFK".
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.