Washington World Group

Washington World Group (previously "Van Kloberg & Associates") was a Washington, DC, public relations firm headed by Edward J. von Kloberg III. Many of the firm's clients were notorious tyrants who eventually met with violent death at the hands of their countrymen.

Some clients

 * Idi Amin, Uganda, died in exile
 * Desi Bouterse, Suriname
 * Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania, executed by firing squad
 * Samuel Doe, Liberia, executed
 * Saddam Hussein, Iraq, imprisoned.
 * Laurent-Desire Kabila, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), successor to Mobutu, also deceased
 * Mobutu Sese Soko, Zaire, deceased
 * Juvenal Habyarimana, SLORC, the military junta of Myanmar (also known as Burma), fired Van Kloberg & Associates

Other countries represented

 * Bahrain
 * Gambia
 * Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA), which calls itself a "foundation sponsored by the Guatemala private sector" but is more accurately described as a group of conservative Guatemalan businessmen who work closely with their government.
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Slovakia

Contact
Van Kloberg and Associates Limited 1129 20th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 202-463-7920