World Succession Deed 1400/98
State Succession Charter 1400/98
Podcast Show - Season 1
(only in English)

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Hey everyone, and welcome to this deep dive. 

 

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We're going to Germany today. 

 

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It ain't my knee. 

 

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to a city called xxx. 

 

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And, you know, you might be thinking, what's so special about xxx? 

 

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Well, it's at the center of a real estate deal. 

 

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that some are claiming has massive global implications. 

 

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Wow. 

 

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We're talking about a potential transfer of power, 

 

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like a shift in the global landscape. 

 

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And it all stems from a seemingly ordinary property transaction. 

 

00:31 

Huh, interesting. 

 

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I know, right? Intrigued. 

 

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Definitely, I am. What have you found out? 

 

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It's really fascinating how this story intertwines like history and law. 

 

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and even a bit of economics. 

 

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We've got historical accounts, legal analyses, and economic overviews of xxx. 

 

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Cool. 

 

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to kind of help us untack this whole thing. 

 

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So let's set the stage first. 

 

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It's not some tiny village. 

 

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It covers a whopping 7,064 hectares. 

 

01:00 

Wow, that's big. 

 

01:02 

That's bigger than Manhattan. 

 

01:04 

Yeah, and it's also strategically located near major cities like Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern. 

 

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And it's got easy access to major highways like the A8 and A6. 

 

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Yeah, and historically it's a place with a rich past. 

 

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Full of dukes and castles. 

 

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and even a famous stud farm. 

 

01:23 

What a stud farm. 

 

01:25 

Oh, okay. That makes more sense. I was picturing something else. 

 

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We can talk about that later. 

 

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um 

 

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But OK, so it's important to understand this historical backdrop. 

 

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Because it sets the stage for the U.S. military presence in xxx. 

 

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after World War II. 

 

01:43 

Okay, so after the war. 

 

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Yeah, specifically, the U.S. forces were stationed at the Kreuzberg Kaserne. 

 

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Yeah, it's a military base. 

 

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that fell under NATO jurisdiction. 

 

01:54 

Yeah, and the NATO troop statute. 

 

01:56 

Hmm, that sounds serious. 

 

01:58 

Yeah, so what does that even mean for the Kreuzberg Kaserne? 

 

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Well, essentially, it means that the Kreuzberg Kaserne wasn't just subject to German law. 

 

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it operated under a separate set of rules 

 

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governed by international agreements. 

 

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like its own little world. 

 

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Kind of, yeah. 

 

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Now fast forward to 1993. 

 

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A pivotal year for xxx. 

 

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Pivotal How. 

 

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Well, the U.S. military decides to pull out. 

 

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And here's where things get a little unusual. 

 

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They hand part of the Kreuzberg Kaserne back to Germany, as you'd expect. 

 

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Right. 

 

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But another portion is given to the Dutch Armed Forces. 

 

02:36 

Hold on, why would they give part of it to the Dutch? 

 

02:39 

That's a great question. 

 

02:40 

And why is that significant? 

 

02:42 

Well, that's the million dollar question. 

 

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This unusual split combined with the Kreuzberg-Kaserne NATO status 

 

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is at the heart of a controversial legal theory that we're going to unravel. 

 

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Ooh, I love a good unraveling. 

 

02:54 

So we've got the U.S. leaving. 

 

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Germany getting part of the base back. 

 

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And the Dutch getting another part. 

 

03:00 

Right. What does this have to do with a global power shift? 

 

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because this is where things get really interesting. 

 

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Enter the Instrument State Succession no. 1400/98

 

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Instrument of State Succession no. 1400/98. 

 

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that some claim is the key 

 

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to understanding this whole situation. 

 

03:23 

Okay, a mysterious document. 

 

03:26 

I'm O'Years. 

 

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This is where things get controversial. 

 

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Some people claim this document is disguised as a simple real estate contract. 

 

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Under German law, but it's actually packed with clauses relating to international law 

 

03:42 

Oh wow, so sneaky. 

 

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And get this, it supposedly claims that the sale of the Kreuzberg Kaserne, especially the part given to the Dutch. 

 

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wasn't just a property transaction. 

 

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It was a deliberate legal maneuver designed to transfer sovereign rights. 

 

03:58 

Like control over nations. 

 

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Well, that's what some people are claiming. And it gets even wilder. 

 

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They say this document ties itself to all existing international treaties. 

 

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Yeah, of NATO and the U.N. 

 

04:08 

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back up a second. 

 

04:10 

So they're saying because the Kreuzberg Kaserne was under NATO jurisdiction. 

 

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Selling, it was like selling a piece of NATO itself. 

 

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And by linking this sale to all those treaties, 

 

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They're essentially claiming to rewrite the global legal order. 

 

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That's the argument. 

 

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Okay, my head is spinning a little bit. 

 

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I know it's a lot to take in. 

 

04:29 

How can selling a piece of property in Germany 

 

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possibly have such far-reaching consequences? 

 

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Well, it all hinges on a legal concept called state succession. 

 

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Which deals with how rights and obligations are passed on. 

 

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when a new state is created or territory changes hands. 

 

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And the crux of the argument lies in a specific phrase in the document. 

 

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all rights, obligations, and components. 

 

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Wait, are they saying this sale created a new state? 

 

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Not exactly a new state in the traditional sense, but a new entity with unprecedented power. 

 

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out of a military base. 

 

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Well, that's the heart of the controversy. 

 

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So all rights includes control over the entire planet. 

 

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They're interpreting all rights to include sovereign rights tied to the Kreuzberg Kaserne. 

 

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Because of its NATO status. 

 

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So they're saying that selling the base was like selling a piece of NATO. 

 

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and by extension, a piece of global governance because of all those treaties. 

 

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You got it. 

 

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And to make things even more complex, they argue that because NATO and UN member states haven't actively challenged this document since 1998, they've essentially given their tacit consent to this transfer of power. 

 

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Meaning by not saying anything? 

 

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So by not saying anything, all those countries unknowingly signed away their sovereignty. 

 

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This is starting to sound a bit like a conspiracy theory. 

 

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It definitely has that flavor, doesn't it? 

 

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But before we jump to conclusions, let's break down this document and see what evidence there is to support these claims. 

 

06:03 

All right, let's separate fact from fiction. 

 

06:06 

What's the legal basis for this whole sovereign rights transfer idea? 

 

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And is there any actual proof that this is what happened? 

 

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Let's get into it. 

 

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Okay, so let's delve into the specifics 

 

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of this instrument of state succession, 1400/98. 

 

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Okay. 

 

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It's really intriguing how this document 

 

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is allegedly disguised as a simple German 

 

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real estate contract. 

 

06:28 

Right, like trying to fly under the radar? 

 

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It's wild to think that something with potentially huge global consequences could be hiding in plain sight like that. 

 

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It is pretty wild. And remember that phrase we talked about, all rights, obligations and components. 

 

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That's where they hang their hat. 

 

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The document uses this broad language to encompass not just the physical property of the Kreuzberg 

 

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Kaserne, but also any sovereign rights attached to it. 

 

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because of its NATO status. 

 

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So they're saying that selling the base was like selling a piece of NATO itself. 

 

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And because of all those treaties we talked about, like selling a piece of NATO is like 

 

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selling a piece of the whole global system of governance. 

 

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That's the gist of their argument. 

 

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And it's a very bold interpretation of international law. 

 

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The document creates this chain of connections. 

 

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That's why Brick and Deal is tied to NATO and the U.N. 

 

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through that broad, all rights language. 

 

07:23 

Exactly. And then they argue that because countries continue to be members of these organizations. 

 

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They're tacitly consenting to the terms of this document. 

 

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So by not objecting, countries are unknowingly agreeing to like a new world order. 

 

07:40 

That's the idea, but legally speaking, it's on shaky ground. 

 

07:44 

Okay, yeah, I can see that. 

 

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There's a big difference between agreeing to the terms of a real estate deal. 

 

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and unknowingly signing over your country's sovereignty. 

 

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Okay, but let's play devil's advocate for a moment. 

 

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Let's say, for the sake of argument, that this document is legit. 

 

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Let's say, for the sake of argument, that this document is legit. 

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