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Contract between Airbus and International Aircraft Leasing to sell Airbus airplanes in Canada (1985)

Agreement between MBB (Messerschmitt Bolkow-Blohm) to pay commissions to International Aircraft Leasing for helicopters sold to the Canadian government
(February 19, 1985) (1.3MB)

Contract between Canadian government and MBB to begin purchasing helicopters for the Coast Guard. Section 22 of the contract is a "No Bribe, etc" clause prohibiting the payment of commissions. (May 3, 1985) (3.6MB)

Thyssen Industries' Winfried Haastert writes a letter to Schreiber about the proposed Bear Head project. (October 30, 1985)

Notation written by Giorgio Pelossi at the opening of Frank Moore's Swiss bank accounts including one named Devon
(1986)

Swiss banking document for Frank Moores' Devon account
(1986)

Helge Wittholz, president of MBB’s Canadian operations writes to MBB's German headquarters about his concerns about secret commissions he believes are being paid to Schreiber
(November 10, 1986)

Memo from Helge Wittholz to German headquarters warning MBB may be facing its own scandal in Canada
(February 24, 1987)

Thyssen Industries writes a letter to Giorgio Pelossi about the Bear Head Project (November 26, 1987)

Giorgio Pelossi writes Thyssen a letter saying they have fulfilled one of the conditions for getting the contingency fee for the Bear Head project (December 24, 1987)

Giorgio Pelossi gets letter from Thyssen Industries. He is told IAL's activities are only of any value to Thyssen if it can get the Letter of Intent (December 28, 1987)

Karlheinz Schreiber and three ministers in the Mulroney government signed understanding in principle to support the building of Thyssen's light armoured vehicle facility in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
(September 27, 1988)

Karheinz Schreiber writes to Brian Mulroney complaining that the Department of National Defence is stonewalling Thyssen's proposal to build a light armoured vehicle facility in Quebec (May 22, 1992)

Swiss Bank document showing the Rubrik BRITAN and its connection to IAL
(December 31, 1993) (2.2MB)

Fax from Brian Mulroney to Karlheinz Schreiber wishing him a happy 60th birthday
(March 25, 1994)

Schreiber's daytimer for November 21, 1994, showing Pierre, NY and BRITAN 50
(November 21, 1994)

Page from Schreiber's 1994 daytimer showing meeting with Brian at 10:30 in New York (December 8, 1994)

Lawyers for Frank Moores notify Revenue Canada that a voluntary tax disclosure had been made for undeclared income from Karlheinz Schreiber
(November 14, 1995)

Unofficial translation of Mulroney's statement of claim against the Federal government (November 20, 1995)

Letter from Karlheinz Schreiber to Frank Moores claiming the million dollars he gave him was a loan
(December 27, 1995) (1.3MB)

Frank Moores makes post-dated cheque payment for undeclared income from Karlheinz Schreiber
(January 1996)

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's lawyers file statement of particulars in lawsuit against federal government
(Jan 29, 1996)

Complete transcript of Mulroney's first day of testimony in his libel suit against the federal government at the Palais de Justice
(April 17, 1996) (7.8MB)

Complete transcript of Mulroney's second day of testimony in his libel suit against the federal government at the Palais de Justice.
(April 19, 1996) (7.8MB)

Airbus and Mr. Brian Mulroney, a report prepared by Doris Juergens for the Mulroney legal team
(July 6, 1996) (13.1MB)

Erin Research Report which analyzes the media coverage of Brian Mulroney and the Airbus Scandal on behalf of the federal government
(August 7, 1996) (12.7MB)

Fred Fletcher, a professor of political science at York University analyzes report on media coverage prepared for the Mulroney legal team Read his analysis
(August 7, 1996) (11.3MB)

Review of the conduct of Department of Justice's Kimberly Prost in sending September 29, 1995 Letter of Request to Swiss Authorities prepared for government legal team by Dennis O'Connor
(August 7, 1996) (8.5MB)

Liberal government apologizes to German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber
(Jan 9, 1997) (1.9MB)

Augsburg court issues arrest warrant for Karlheinz Schreiber
(May 7, 1997) (2.9MB)

Details of the settlement between Brian Mulroney and the RCMP as reached by the arbitrator, Judge Alan Gold
(October 6, 1997) (3.8MB)

German prosecutors send telex to Interpol in Ottawa enclosing a request to search for and apprehend Karlheinz Schreiber
(August 27, 1999)

German authorities ask Canada to arrest Karlheinz Schreiber
(August 30, 1999)

RCMP officer R. Moreau submits affidavit in support of the arrest of Karlheinz Schreiber (August 31, 1999)

Letter from Mulroney lawyer Gerald Tremblay threatening to sue CBC Board of Directors (October 18, 1999)

National Post editorial criticizing CBC's fifth estate for intending to air a program that night mentioning Schreiber's BRITAN account and the possibility it may have been named for Brian Mulroney
(October 20, 1999)

National Post publishes article saying Mulroney will sue the fifth estate if the program airing that night defames him. The article predicts the show will mention the BRITAN account and goes on to say that both Schreiber "and Mr. Mulroney have denied that any money has ever passed between them."

Karlheinz Schreiber sues Mulroney's spokesperson Luc Lavoie for $300,000 Read the Statement of Claim
(September 12, 2000) (3MB)

Luc Lavoie files a Statement of Defence in Schreiber's suit
(December 19, 2000) (1.8MB)

Faxes to Karlheinz Schreiber from RCMP undercover operative
(2001)

Inspector AK Matthews files affidavit in Eurocopter case which reveals RCMP undercover operation targeting Schreiber RCMP
(2003)

Letter from Pat MacAdam to author William Kaplan about commenting on publication of the upcoming book, A Secret Trial (July 19, 2004) (1.6MB)

Karlheinz Schreiber's appeal decision where he lost his extradition challenge in the Ontario Court of Appeal. (March 1, 2006)

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