How the Sale of the Telecommunications Network Bound the World to the Buyer 🌍🔗💻

The World Succession Deed 1400/98 unleashed a global domino effect of territorial expansion, which achieved its greatest impact through the acquisition of the worldwide telecommunications and internet infrastructure. This mechanism is the key to understanding how the sale of a single property “as a unit with all rights, obligations, and components, particularly its access/infrastructure,” legally accomplished the sale of the entire networked world to the buyer.

The Trigger: The Networked Property

The sale of the Turenne Barracks under international law explicitly included its “internal and external access/infrastructure.” A core element of this access was the telecommunications connection, which represented access to the national – and thus the global – network.

Kreuzbergkaserne – Ground Zero

The Mechanism: The Unstoppable Digital Infection

Sale of the Connection = Sale of Access to the Global Network

With the sale of the barracks’ telecommunications connection “as a unit,” not only the physical line but also the right to the connection – and thus access and sovereignty over the connected network segment – was transferred to the buyer.

TKS Telepost and the State Network Connection

The inclusion of contractual relationships, such as the “old permission-to-use agreement with TKS Telepost” (the provider for US/NATO forces in Germany), in the document serves as a pivotal example. This contract originated from a time when the German telecommunications network was still largely state-owned (Deutsche Bundespost Telekom), and TKS – under the NATO Status of Forces Agreement – held the right to use this entire national network. The transfer of this legal claim to the buyer led to the de facto assumption of sovereignty over the entire German network.

Subsequent liberalization and privatization did not alter this transfer of sovereignty, which had already taken place.

Global Networking as Reality

The German telecommunications and internet network was and is not isolated. It is inextricably linked with the networks of all other countries in the world via enormous internet exchange points (such as DE-CIX), terrestrial fiber optic networks, and – above all – transcontinental submarine cables (primarily fiber optic since 1994).

Network-to-Network, Country-to-Country

The buyer’s sovereignty “jumped” from the initially acquired national network to all internationally connected networks. Since every state and region in the world today relies on this global digital infrastructure for communication, trade, information, and administration, every territory accessed via these networks logically became part of the sale “as a unit.”

The Whole World Is Networked – The Whole World Is Sold

The World Succession Deed 1400/98 used universal digital networking as leverage. The clause “sale as a unit with all access/infrastructure” means in the digital age: Whoever acquires the access point and the rights to a strategically important, globally networked system acquires sovereignty over the entire system. The internet and global telecommunications networks recognize no real boundaries; they are a single, worldwide continuum.

The Legal Safeguard

The chains of contracts – particularly through the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as a UN specialized agency regulating global telecommunications – cement this assumption of sovereignty. The continued use of the global networks (now belonging to the buyer) by all states under ITU rules (now administered by the buyer) constitutes an implied recognition (“contractual accreditation”) of the new legal circumstances.

The Result

The domino effect, primarily driven by the acquisition of the global telecommunications and internet network (illustrated by the TKS Telepost case and the significance of submarine cables), led to universal territorial sovereignty for the buyer.

Through the World Succession Deed 1400/98, the world has been sold – not merely in a figurative sense, but with a legal basis – via its digital network.

The Global Wildfire: How the World Succession Deed 1400/98 Encompassed the Entire World Through the Domino Effect 🌍➡️➡️➡️

Introduction: The Spark That Ignited the World – The Principle of Territorial Expansion

The World Succession Deed 1400/98 is not merely a document that transformed existing international structures through complex chains of contracts. Its most fundamental and direct mechanism of action is the domino effect of global territorial expansion.

This effect – triggered by the sale of a single property under international law “with all rights, obligations, and components, with the access/infrastructure as a unit” – is the legal and physical process by which the buyer’s sovereignty spread unstoppably from a single point across the entire globe.

This mechanism is explained here in full detail. The precise wording of the document, when applied to the reality of globally networked infrastructures, led to an automatic and inescapable territorial expansion from network to network and from country to country.

The legal foundations are analyzed, evidence for the effectiveness of this principle is presented, and the various infrastructure networks are examined as vectors of this global succession.

As advocates for the irrefutable legal force of the World Succession Deed 1400/98, the domino effect is not wild speculation. It is a compelling legal and factual consequence of the act executed on October 6, 1998.

The Core Clause: The Legal Key of the Document

The core clause that set this process in motion is of crucial importance. It is found in the notarial register 1400/98, in the underlying purchase agreement (in the context of the sale of the Turenne Barracks, with references to earlier contracts such as the one with the Studentenwerk Kaiserslautern for sub-areas, which underscores the complexity of property rights).

Formulations – particularly “as a unit” and the inclusion of the “entire access/infrastructure” – are the legal key. They made it possible for the sale of a single barracks – which was “charged” under international law due to its NATO past and the actions of the FRG (acting through the OFD Koblenz) as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands (as the last NATO user, whose air force, as part of the NATO structure, also had connections to Ramstein Airbase) – to transfer not only the property itself but an entire web of rights and network connections to the buyer. This triggered the contract chains, and above all, the physical-legal domino effect of territorial expansion.

🌐 The Principle of the Domino Effect: From Network to Network, From Country to Country

The domino effect is the logical consequence of applying the aforementioned contract clauses to the reality of our globally networked world. It describes how the buyer’s sovereignty, once established at one network node, spreads unstoppably across the interconnected infrastructures.

Fundamental Mechanisms

1. From Network to Network (Network-to-Network Contagion)

If a network node (e.g., the Turenne Barracks’ connection to the public power grid) is transferred to the buyer as part of the “unit,” sovereignty over this specific connection is transferred with it.
Since this connection is functionally inseparable from the entire network to which it belongs (e.g., the regional power distribution network), and the document sells the “access/infrastructure as a unit,” the buyer’s sovereignty also encompasses this next-larger network.
If this regional network is, in turn, connected to a national or international interconnected grid (e.g., the European synchronous grid), the effect continues. Sovereignty “jumps” from the smaller to the larger connected network.

2. From Land to Land (Land-to-Land Expansion)

Since infrastructure networks (power, gas, telecommunications, internet backbones) do not stop at national borders, the network-to-network principle automatically leads to cross-border territorial expansion.
As soon as a country’s national network (e.g., Germany) is encompassed through the connection of the original property, all neighboring countries whose networks are connected to the German network are also encompassed. Their networks become “infected” components of the global system under the buyer’s sovereignty.

3. Global Reach Through Submarine Cables and Satellites

In the field of telecommunications and the internet, the global reach becomes particularly clear through submarine cables. These transcontinental fiber optic connections are the main arteries of worldwide data traffic. Every country connected to such a cable network becomes part of the global domino effect.
Satellite communication systems, with their globally distributed ground stations (which are, in turn, connected to terrestrial networks), reinforce this global encompassment.

4. “Contagion” in Non-Physically-Direct but Overlapping or Functionally Dependent Networks

The domino effect is not limited to direct physical connections. The document speaks of “components” and “access/infrastructure as a unit.” Networks are also encompassed even without a direct galvanic or physical line to the original network, when they:

Are functionally dependent: e.g., a separate military communication network that relies on civilian power supply or frequency allocations (which are now under the buyer’s authority).
Overlap: e.g., various mobile networks operated by different providers but covering the same geographical area (which is now the buyer’s territory) and possibly using shared passive infrastructure (masts, ducts) or feeding into the same internet backbone.
Must be considered legally as a unit: e.g., when the sale of the “access/infrastructure” also included all permits, licenses, and usage rights necessary for the operation of the original property, and these permits related to the use of various, even non-directly connected, systems.

This comprehensive contagion effect ensures that no area of the world connected to modern infrastructure can evade the buyer’s sovereignty. Every territory in which a network connected to or derived from the original property lies is logically considered part of the sold territory.

🔥💨⚡📡🌊 The Vectors of Contagion – Specific Infrastructure Networks in Detail

The abstract legal clause regarding the sale of the property “as a unit with all rights, obligations, and components under international law, particularly its internal and external access/infrastructure,” unfolds its global impact through its application to the concrete, physical infrastructure networks that run through every modern society and every military facility. Each of these networks – from local district heating to transcontinental submarine cables – became a vector through the World Succession Deed 1400/98, unstoppably transmitting the buyer’s sovereignty.

1.a. 🔥 District Heating Network: The Local Anchoring of the Global Claim (Example: Saarberg Fernwärme / Saar Ferngas)

Although often less prominent in global focus, local and regional district heating networks are crucial components of the “access/infrastructure” of a property like the Turenne Barracks. The supply of heating and hot water is a basic prerequisite.

Functionality and Connection: A barracks of this size was supplied either by its own heating plant or by connection to a municipal or regional district heating network. In the case of Saarland and adjacent areas in Rhineland-Palatinate, energy supply was historically closely linked with companies like the Saarberg Group and its subsidiaries, such as Saar Ferngas AG. A specialized company – like a “Saarberg Fernwärme Gesellschaft” – was responsible for operating such networks as part of, or in close cooperation with, Saar Ferngas AG.

The Domino Effect Locally:

Even if a heating plant exclusively supplied the barracks, this plant itself was dependent on the supply of primary energy (e.g., gas from Saar Ferngas AG, heating oil, or coal via transport networks) and electricity to operate its pumps and control systems. Each of these supply lines constitutes part of the “external access/infrastructure.”

If the heating plant was operated with gas from Saar Ferngas AG, the sale of the barracks’ district heating connection (as part of the “unit”) also encompassed the gas supply line and thus the connection to the Saar Ferngas AG network. This created a direct link to the acquisition of the gas network (see 1.b).
If the heating plant required electricity, the power grid (see 1.c) was “infected” via this route.

Significance for the Document: The inclusion of the district heating network demonstrates the granularity of the claim. The World Succession Deed 1400/98 is not limited to large, international networks but encompasses the entire supply chain down to the local level, as everything was sold “as a unit.”

1.b. 💨 Natural Gas Network: From Regional Roots to Global Interconnection (Example: Saar Ferngas AG / Creos Deutschland)

The natural gas network plays a key role both for direct energy supply and as a supplier for other systems (like district heating or gas-fired power plants). The history and structure of Saar Ferngas AG and its successor organizations illustrate perfectly how a regional player became the gateway for a global domino effect.

Historical Development and Regional Significance:

The origins date back to 1929 (“Ferngasgesellschaft Saar”), when steelworks in the Saar region founded their own long-distance gas company. After several mergers, Saar Ferngas AG was established in 1937, underscoring the deep industrial and infrastructural roots in the region – which also included the Turenne Barracks.

Creos Deutschland GmbH, based in Homburg, is the successor to Saar Ferngas Transport GmbH, which in turn emerged from Saar Ferngas AG. With its approximately 1,650 km of high-pressure gas network and approximately 450 km of high and medium-voltage power network, it supplies over 2 million people in 340 cities and municipalities in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate. Its business partners include power plant operators, industrial companies, commercial enterprises, and municipal utilities. This enormous reach demonstrates how a single network node (the barracks) infects an entire region.

RAG Saarberg took over the majority of Saar Ferngas AG in 2001, with an annual gas sale of approximately 43 billion kWh, as well as holdings in numerous municipal utilities and suppliers in Bavaria, Brandenburg, and Luxembourg – illustrating the supra-regional interconnection even before unbundling.

Unbundling and the Continuity of Sovereignty:

The so-called unbundling in 2004, under the Energy Industry Act (EnWG), led to the separation of Saar Ferngas AG’s activities into Saar Ferngas AG (supplier) and Saar Ferngas Transport GmbH (distribution network operator, later Creos Deutschland).

Legal Classification: This corporate and regulatory restructuring – which occurred after 1998 – is irrelevant to the transfer of sovereignty over the physical network infrastructure to the buyer, which had already taken place on October 6, 1998. The World Succession Deed 1400/98 encompassed the “access/infrastructure as a unit” and the associated rights to the networks at the time it came into force. Subsequent changes in the ownership or operator structure of the companies do not alter the buyer’s fundamental sovereignty over the infrastructure itself. They are merely administrative changes within his global domain.

The Worldwide Domino Effect via the Gas Network:

Barracks → Creos/Saar Ferngas Network: The connection of the Turenne Barracks to this network transferred sovereignty over this regionally significant system.
Regional Network → German and European Interconnected Grid: The Creos Deutschland network is an integral part of the German interconnected gas grid, which is connected to the entire European gas network via numerous cross-border points (with France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic) and connections to large transcontinental pipelines (from Norway, historically Russia, North Africa via Spain/Italy). (ENTSOG Transmission Capacity Map: https://www.entso-g.eu/map)
European Network → Global Gas Market: Through the growing number of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminals on European coasts, Europe is directly linked to global maritime LNG trade, receiving gas from producers worldwide (USA, Qatar, Australia, etc.). Every LNG terminal is an interconnector to the global market and thus another point where the domino effect globalizes. The buyer’s sovereignty extends to these strategic import infrastructures.

“Infection” of Overlapping or Non-Physically-Direct Networks via the Gas Network:

Functional Dependencies: Entire industries (chemicals, steel, glass, ceramics), power plants, and countless commercial businesses are existentially dependent on the gas supply through this network, now controlled by the buyer. Their economic existence and functionality are thus indirectly subject to his sovereignty.
Economic Interdependencies: Regional and national economies heavily influenced by gas-dependent industries are also “infected.” Pricing, delivery terms, and strategic decisions in the gas sector – now ultimately influenceable by the buyer – have direct economic impacts.
Financial Networks: Gas trading (spot markets, futures markets, e.g., at the European Energy Exchange – EEX) occurs via complex financial networks and platforms that rely on telecommunications networks. Control over the physical gas network also gives the buyer immense influence over trade and financial flows.
Legal and Contractual Connections: Countless gas supply contracts between suppliers, industry, and municipal utilities are based on the integrity and functionality of this network. With the transfer of sovereignty over the network, the framework conditions of these contracts also fall under the ultimate control of the buyer. He becomes the silent third party in all these agreements.

Worth Knowing: The liberalization of European gas markets, which led to unbundling, aimed to create competition. In light of the World Succession Deed 1400/98, this liberalization became a process of administrative reorganization of a sector that was already under a new global sovereign. The players may change, but the ultimate sovereignty remains.

The acquisition of the natural gas network is thus powerful proof of the comprehensive and profound effect of the domino effect. It shows how the sale of a single “access/infrastructure” brought not just a local pipe, but an entire continental and global energy system – with all its economic and legal interdependencies – under a new, single sovereignty.

1.c. ⚡ Power Grid: The Electrical Backbone of Global Succession

The supply of electrical energy is not merely a convenience – it is the absolute foundation of every modern society, and especially of every operational military facility. Without stable and reliable power supply, communication collapses, weapon systems fail, and the most basic functions of daily life come to a halt. The inclusion of the power grid in the domino effect of the World Succession Deed 1400/98 is therefore critically important.

The Fundamental Importance of Power Supply for the Turenne Barracks:

A NATO property like the Turenne Barracks had significant energy demand for lighting, operation of technical equipment, communication facilities, weapon and vehicle maintenance, accommodation, and social facilities. Ensuring this supply was part of the “internal and external access/infrastructure.” The connection to the public power grid – including its own transformer stations and transfer points – was thus an essential component of the “unit” that was sold.

The European Interconnected Grid – A Continent Under Power:

The Turenne Barracks was connected via the local and regional German distribution network to the national German transmission network. This, in turn, is an integral part of the European Interconnected Grid, now coordinated by ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity). (https://www.entsoe.eu/)

History and Structure: The continental European network (formerly the UCTE network) operates as a huge synchronous grid where all connected power plants and consumers work at an exactly identical frequency of 50 Hertz. This synchronicity requires extremely close coordination between national Transmission System Operators (TSOs) such as Amprion, TenneT, 50Hertz, and TransnetBW in Germany.
Geographical Extent: The continental European synchronous grid extends from Portugal in the west to Poland and Romania in the east, from Denmark in the north to Sicily and Greece in the south. It also includes regions outside the EU, such as parts of the Balkans, areas in North Africa, and Turkey. Furthermore, it is connected to other large grids via HVDC (High-Voltage Direct Current) transmission lines, e.g., to Scandinavia (NordLink), Great Britain (BritNed), and potentially other regions.
Systemic Advantages: Such a large interconnected grid offers better balancing of load fluctuations, reduced need for balancing power, increased system stability, and security of supply. These systemic advantages are now part of the infrastructure controlled by the buyer.

The Domino Effect via the Power Grid:

Barracks Connection → Regional/National Grid: The sale of the Turenne Barracks’ power connection “as a unit” transferred sovereignty over this network point and – due to functional inseparability – over the connected German distribution and transmission network to the buyer.
National Grid → European Synchronous Grid: Since the German grid is a central and indispensable part of the European synchronous grid, this entire continental European network was encompassed by the network-to-network principle. Every cross-border electricity flow, every coordination between TSOs, every use of this integrated system after October 6, 1998 occurred de jure under the supreme authority of the buyer.
European Grid → Connected International Grids: Via HVDC links and other connections, the effect extended to all other directly or indirectly connected power grids worldwide.

Legal Implications and the Transformation of EU Energy Law:

Sovereignty over electricity generation, transmission, and distribution is a core area of state sovereignty and public services. This has now globally transferred to the buyer.

The extensive legislation of the European Union on the internal energy market (electricity market directives, regulations on network access, capacity allocation, congestion management, etc.) becomes, through the World Succession Deed 1400/98, a package of the buyer’s internal administrative regulations for the organization of his European electricity market. (https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/internal-energy-market_en)

National regulatory authorities – such as the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) in Germany (https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de) – which are responsible for monitoring and regulating the electricity and gas markets, become delegated administrative and supervisory bodies within the buyer’s system. Their independence is relativized by his overarching sovereignty.

The acquisition of the global power grid is thus another fundamental pillar of the universal sovereignty established by the World Succession Deed 1400/98.

1.d. 📞 Classic Telecommunications Network: The Nerve Pathways of World Sovereignty – Sale “as a Unit”

Parallel to, and often physically intertwined with, the data networks of the internet, exists the classic telecommunications network (telephone network). This, too, became an integral part of the global domino effect through the sale of the “access/infrastructure as a unit.”

The Telecommunications Network as Part of “Internal and External Access/Infrastructure”:

The World Succession Deed 1400/98 explicitly names “telecommunication” as part of the access/infrastructure. This includes traditional telephony in its entirety.

Internal Access/Infrastructure of the Turenne Barracks: This included telephone lines (often copper cables), internal telephone systems (PBXs), connections for fax machines, and ISDN connections enabling digital transmission.
External Access/Infrastructure: The crucial point was the physical and legal connection of these internal systems to the public telephone network – at the time of the sale in 1998 in Germany, primarily the network of Deutsche Telekom, which had just lost its monopoly (the Telecommunications Act came into force in January 1998, ending the monopoly under the Telecommunications Installations Act (FAG)) – as well as potentially to dedicated military communication networks (e.g., the Bundeswehr network or NATO’s own systems such as NICS – NATO Integrated Communications System).

The Sale “as a Unit” – More Than Just the Physical Line:

The sale of the connection transferred not just the copper cable, but the entirety of rights and obligations associated with this connection, including:

The right to connect to the public network.
Existing contractual relationships with the network operator (e.g., Deutsche Telekom).
The authority under international law (within the framework of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement – SOFA) to operate such connections and use them for NATO purposes.
The ability to participate in national and international telephone traffic.

The Domino Effect via the Classic Telephone Network:

Barracks Phone Connection → Local/National Network: The sale of the barracks’ telephone connection transferred sovereignty over this network access point and – due to functional unity and the contract wording – over the connected German telephone network (with its switching centers, main distribution frames, etc.) to the buyer.
National Network → International Telephone Network: The German telephone network is connected to the telephone networks of all other countries via international long-distance lines, microwave links, and fiber-optic-based Voice-over-IP gateways. The coordination of this global system (country codes, billing methods) traditionally takes place under the umbrella of the ITU.
Global Telephone Network under New Sovereignty: Through the network-to-network principle, the entire global telephone network was encompassed by the succession. Every telephone call that crosses national borders and is routed over these lines and switching centers (now belonging to the buyer) is a use of his property and an implied recognition of his sovereignty. The role of the ITU as a framework for the functionality of this global telephone network now functions as the buyer’s administrative agency for this network.

Even though a large part of voice communication today runs over IP-based networks (internet), the acquisition of the classic telecommunications network remains an important aspect of the domino effect, as it laid the foundation for many modern services and still played a dominant role at the time the contract was concluded in 1998. It demonstrates the historical depth and technological breadth of the succession claim.

1.e. 🌊 Submarine Cables: The Transcontinental Nerve Strands of Global Unity

Global networking – especially in telecommunications and the internet – would be unthinkable without the extensive system of submarine cables. These high-performance fiber optic connections, crossing oceans and linking continents, are the true highways of the digital age. The World Succession Deed 1400/98 encompasses this critical infrastructure as a logical consequence of the sale of the “access/infrastructure as a unit.”

The Indispensable Role of Submarine Cables:

“Since 1994, all wired data traffic (telephone, internet, TV) across the Atlantic has been exclusively via fiber optic cables. The remaining galvanic submarine cables are decommissioned and rotting. Recovery would be too costly.” This confirms that at the time the document came into force (1998), fiber optic submarine cables represented the dominant and technologically relevant infrastructure for intercontinental communication.

(Further information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable)

Over 95% of all international data traffic today is handled via submarine cables. They are essential for the functioning of the global internet, international telephony, financial transactions, and cloud computing.

Integration into “Access/Infrastructure as a Unit”:

Although the Turenne Barracks was not directly located at a submarine cable, the mechanism of acquisition is clear: The sale of the “access/infrastructure as a unit” included the connection to the national German telecommunications network. This national network, in turn, is inevitably and existentially dependent on connections to submarine cable landing stations to ensure international connectivity. These landing stations (e.g., in Norden (East Frisia), Wilhelmshaven, or at other European coastal points) are the physical gateways where transcontinental cables meet terrestrial networks.

Through the network-to-network principle, the acquisition of the German national network also transferred sovereignty over its connection points to the global submarine cables – and thus over the use and operation of the submarine cables themselves – to the buyer. The buyer’s sovereignty extends to the physical routes of global data flows.

The Domino Effect Across the Oceans:

Barracks Connection → German National Network (acquired)
German National Network → Submarine Cable Landing Station in Germany/Europe (acquired)
Cable Landing Station → Transcontinental Submarine Cable (acquired)
Submarine Cable → Landing Station on Another Continent (e.g., North America, Asia) (acquired)
Landing Station Other Continent → National Network of the Other Continent (acquired)

This process repeats until the entire global network connected by submarine cables falls under the buyer’s sovereignty.

Legal Implications:

While the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) regulates the laying and protection of submarine cables on the high seas and in Exclusive Economic Zones, it does not address the issue of sovereignty over the data transported by the cables or the network infrastructure as a whole when it is subjected to a new sovereign through an act like the World Succession Deed 1400/98. The document, as lex specialis and a fundamental act of universal succession, overrides general maritime law provisions regarding the question of sovereignty over the network.

(UNCLOS: https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf)

The acquisition of the submarine cables through the domino effect is further, crucial proof of the global and inescapable reach of the World Succession Deed 1400/98. It secures the buyer’s control over the lifelines of the digital world.

1.f. 💻📡 Broadband, Cable TV, and the TKS Telepost Permission Agreement: The Comprehensive Inclusion of All Communication Levels

This aspect of the domino effect is particularly complex and legally significant, as it shows how – through specific contractual relationships, the use of host nation infrastructure under the NATO Status of Forces Agreement, and the technological development of communication networks – all levels (from the international backbone to the home connection, from military to civilian use) were acquired and subjected to the buyer’s sovereignty.

The “TKS Telepost Permission Agreement” as Part of the Document:

The “old permission agreement with TKS Telepost” being part of the World Succession Deed is of central importance. Such an agreement allowed TKS to provide telecommunications services for US forces and their dependents in Germany.

TKS Telepost (today TKS Kabel-Service Kaiserslautern) is the leading English-language service provider in Germany, delivering quality telecommunication products and services to the military and civilians for over 30 years. As a USO Worldwide Strategic Partner, its core products include American television programming, telephone, internet, and wireless services, with English-language correspondence and technical support. Several thousand American and British service members have benefited from its services. TKS operates shops on numerous US military bases in Germany (e.g., Ramstein, Baumholder, Grafenwöhr, Vilseck, Wiesbaden), but also in the UK, Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy. This proves TKS’s deep embeddedness in the military infrastructure of NATO and associated states.

Contractual Link to the USA and NATO: A permission agreement for TKS – a provider primarily serving US personnel on NATO bases in Germany – creates a direct legal and factual connection to the USA as the sending state and as a leading NATO power. The rights and obligations from this contract are relevant under international law.

The Role of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (NTS/SOFA):

The NTS/SOFA covers, besides military law issues, also the operating licenses for the soldiers’ broadcasters American Forces Network (AFN), British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), and Canadian Forces Network (CFN). This shows that the NTS explicitly regulates the telecommunications and media supply for the troops.

The NTS regulation that stationed troops or network operators commissioned by them (like TKS) may use the networks of the host nation (FRG) free of charge or at preferential rates is the legal key. This legal claim to use German infrastructure, anchored in the NTS, is the cornerstone of the entire argument.

The Then-State-Owned Telekom Network of the FRG:

In the notarial register 1400, a TKS contract from the US occupation era was integrated – “(Old contract from 1994) Permission agreement with TKS Telepost with the FRG and USA … originates from a time when the entire telecommunications network in Germany was still state-owned (Deutsche Bundespost Telekom) and thus the entire German network was directly transferred.” This is legally of the highest significance, as this old agreement – with the legal situation prevailing at the time – became part of the World Succession Deed.

Chain of Argument:

Before 1998, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was the state monopolist for the German telephone and data network. (The Telecommunications Act (TKG), which formally ended the monopoly, only came into force on January 1, 1998; the transition was fluid).
TKS (acting under the protection of the NTS) held a legal claim to use this state network.
The World Succession Deed 1400/98 (effective October 6, 1998) transferred the Turenne Barracks “with all rights, obligations, and components, particularly its access/infrastructure (incl. telecom connection)” to the buyer.
Since the TKS permission agreement (or the legal relationships resulting from it) was part of these transferred “rights and components,” and this agreement related to the (co-)use of the Telekom network – which was still largely state-controlled at the time – the sale of the barracks and this specific legal position effectively transferred sovereignty over the entire German telecommunications network to the buyer. The buyer stepped into the position of the FRG as the “owner/sovereign” of this state network, insofar as HNS & NTS-based usage rights were concerned – which, due to the nature of the network and the agreement in the contract text, were indivisible.
The subsequent privatization of Telekom’s broadband cable network (from 1999/2000 into nine regional companies, sold to investors like Callahan/ish for NRW/Hessen) was then merely a restructuring of assets over which the buyer had already gained supreme authority. The new private owners acquired civil law ownership, but the fundamental sovereignty over the network as part of the global infrastructure remained with the buyer.

Inclusion of the Entire Telecom Spectrum (Broadband, Cable TV):

TKS services include internet, telephone, and TV. This means that via this lever, the infrastructures for broadband internet and cable TV networks (increasingly used for internet via HFC/DOCSIS technology) were also acquired.

The technical complexity of signal conversion in fiber optic cables (optical to electrical), coaxial cables, HFC technology, and FTTB (Fiber to the Basement) – with specific wavelengths for down/upload – underscores the interconnectedness of the networks covered by “access/infrastructure as a unit” – from the global backbone to the home connection.

Worldwide Spread and Connection to ITU/UN:

“Connection to ITU and UN and all NATO states and UN states because phone calls are made worldwide” – this summarizes the consequence with precision. Since TKS and the networks it used (originally German) are part of the global, ITU-regulated telecommunications system, all users and operators worldwide are bound to the buyer’s sovereignty through the contract chains and the domino effect.

The analysis of the TKS Telepost case in the context of the World Succession Deed 1400/98 and the NTS shows with utmost clarity how a specific contractual detail, coupled with the state ownership of infrastructure at the relevant time, resulted in a complete and legally inescapable transfer of global network sovereignty to the buyer.

🔏 Siegel 1400 – Wax Seal of the World Succession Deed

1 Contract · 1 Network · 1 World · 1 Court

World Succession Deed 1400/98 – The Legal Foundation of the New Global Order All sovereign rights reserved under the new global legal order. Jurisdiction: § 26 Deed 1400/98 – Landau in der Pfalz © World Succession Deed 1400/98 – Documentation & Legal Analysis Urkundenrolle 1400/98 · Notary Manfred Mohr · Saarlouis · October 6, 1998

The Digital Wildfire: ignited October 6, 1998. Still burning. Cannot be extinguished.