is from the wikileaks cable and provides powerful background on the aar partners, in attackers herman khan said he had a complicated and difficult relationship with khan. he was a difficult person to work with. they had flown out to khan's hunting lodge was like a four seasons hotel. at dinner khan told a stunned summers his favorite movie was "god father" and watched it every few months because he considered it to be a manual for life and came to dinner armed with a chrome plated pistol. he got a copy of "god father" and watched it himself. so he could better understand khan and his aggressive business tactics. but simple business style was russian where multi million dollar deals were made in smoky rooms and later turned over to accountants to see if it made sense. it was not a style that meshed well with b.p. khan never felt bp treated him with sufficient respect and that apparently ends up being a dangerous thing. bp employees part of this joint venture started getting harassed. more than 100 of them had their visas revoked. the ceo of the enterprise was managing things on the bp side,

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