SENDER: Steve Veltman
POSITION: CEO of =DSE-
TO: William Hawthorne, Secretary of State for Trade and Economics
Secretary of State.
By *USI*'s own disclosure we see the evidence that the whole arrangement was only concerned with a LEASE arrangement,
Here is an example of this.
Sender: Nicole Burton
Recipient: Sirius Base Construction Co LTD
Subject: Base Leasing Contract
Not ONCE was there any discussion of ownership. Indeed in my discussions with my co-equal partner I had agreed to allow the *USI* to use the base on a lease arrangement only.
I wish to again point out that the ownership of Sirius Base Construction (SBC) is not owned by *USI* and that they are tenants only. The very contract they agreed to talks about leasing for a long term. You cannot "own" SBC and "lease" SBC - it is one or the other.
*USI* gave 60 days notice, and before that was up, they suffered "sellers regret". That is just too bad. They must vacate.
This was on January -07, and therefore they MUST vacate by March-04.
Mr Secretary. =DSE- holds firm that the intent for *USI* to use SBC was for lease only. As co-owner of SBC =DSE- has been mislead and is a victim in this very... "strange" development. We ask for action on this.