Fellow Investors and Friends:

For the many friends and acquaintances of John Manners, we are pleased to tell you that John is now back in Costa Rica after spending several months in the States undergoing further medical evaluation.  The good news is that studies failed to disclose any progression of his neoplasm or need for additional treatment at this time. We can tell you that his creative thinking and feisty nature have not diminished, and he is once again immersed in the affairs of the UCCR.

We have engaged a Costarican attorney to conduct an in depth review of the Villalobos case and to recommend any legal measures we might take that would lead to recovery of our investments. This attorney has had success in cases brought against the CR government.  He began his study several weeks ago and we anticipate having his analysis and recommendations by the end of this month.  We do not plan to release his name until we have received his report and have examined its conclusions. He knows and understands that our goal is to enable Enrique to access his accounts and to keep his promises.

Finally, we are obliged to acknowledge an error made in our last message to you on Oct. 23rd.  We identified the promoter of the “VB Recovery” plan as Roger Guilder, because it was the only last name that was used in any of the correspondence that was forwarded to us by investors.  A fellow investor later notified us that the true name is Roger Gallo.  We were able to verify this by Googling  that name -- which you can do as well.

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