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@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fact it did not.</p>
 <p> the following appeared in the 7/75 issue of "<ent type='ORG'>Genesis</ent>:"
 _____________________________________________________________________
 How the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> Controls President <ent type='PERSON'>Ford</ent>
-By L. <ent type='PERSON'>Fletch</ent>er <ent type='PERSON'>Prouty</ent>
+by L. <ent type='PERSON'>Fletch</ent>er Prouty
 reprinted here with permission of the author</p>
 
 <p> In this monstrous U.S. government today, it's not so much what
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ that time I did not reveal his name; but a small item in a recent
 obituary column stated that:</p>
 
 <p> "<ent type='PERSON'>Frank Hand</ent>, 61, a former senior official of the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, died in
-<ent type='PERSON'>Marshall</ent>, Minn. . . . (he was) a graduate of Harvard Law
+<ent type='PERSON'>Marshall</ent>, Minn. . . . (he was) a graduate of <ent type='ORG'>Harvard</ent> Law
 School. He had served with the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> from 1950 until
 retirement in 1971."</p>
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ popularized the <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> term "across the river" and the "Ac
 Plumbers" nickname for agents of the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>. (A term later to be
 confused by <ent type='PERSON'>Colson</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>John Ehrlichman</ent>, among others, with the use
 of the term "<ent type='ORG'>White House</ent> Plumbers" of <ent type='EVENT'>Watergate</ent> fame. Someone knew
-that <ent type='PERSON'>Hunt</ent>, McCord, the <ent type='NORP'>Cubans</ent>, Haig, <ent type='PERSON'>Butterfield</ent> and others all had
+that Hunt, McCord, the <ent type='NORP'>Cubans</ent>, Haig, <ent type='GPE'>Butterfield</ent> and others all had
 <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> backgrounds and connections and therefore were "Plumbers."
 Only the insiders knew about the real "<ent type='ORG'>Acme Plumbers</ent>.")
 <ent type='PERSON'>Frank</ent> was as much at home with <ent type='PERSON'>Allen Dulles</ent> as he was with the
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ helicopters were actually U.S. <ent type='ORG'>Marine Corps</ent> property on "l
 <ent type='GPE'>Okinawa</ent> to the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> for clandestine operations in <ent type='GPE'>Laos</ent>.
 At that time my immediate superior was General <ent type='PERSON'>Graves</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Erskine</ent>,
 the Assistant to the Secretary of <ent type='ORG'>Defense</ent> for Special (Clandestine)
-<ent type='ORG'>Operations</ent>, and the man then responsible for all military support
+Operations, and the man then responsible for all military support
 of clandestine operations of the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>. Also at that time, <ent type='PERSON'>Frank</ent>
 Hand, "worked for" <ent type='PERSON'>Erskine</ent>. Of course, this was a cover
 assignment--"cover slot" as it was known to us and to the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>.
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ The special ability he possessed was best evidenced by the
 process he would set in motion once he discovered a problem that
 affected the ambitions of the agency. He would talk about the
 choppers with <ent type='PERSON'>Erskine</ent>. Then he would drop in to see the Chief of
-Naval <ent type='ORG'>Operations</ent> and perhaps the Commandant of the <ent type='ORG'>Marine Corps</ent>.
+Naval Operations and perhaps the Commandant of the <ent type='ORG'>Marine Corps</ent>.
 He would talk with some of the other civilian Assistant
 Secretaries. In other words, he would go from office to office
 like a bee spreading pollen, titillating only the most senior
 officers and civilian officials with the most "highly sensitive"
-tidbits about the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>'s plans for <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>. In this manner he would
+tidbits about the CIA's plans for <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>. In this manner he would
 find out what the real thinking in the <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent> might be, and where
 there might be real opposition to such an idea--such as in the
 <ent type='ORG'>Marine Corps</ent>, which knew it would never get compensation for those
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ discovery until it is too late."
 beneath and behind the <ent type='ORG'>White House</ent> to effect policies that could
 influence the survival of the nation and the world. "Gold Key"
 operatives are, at this very moment, carrying out <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> game plans
-entirely outside the power of President <ent type='PERSON'>Ford</ent>'s ability to affect
+entirely outside the power of President Ford's ability to affect
 their activities. He is totally without knowledge of most of them,
 and therefore powerless to stop or alter them.
 In the case of the helicopters, <ent type='PERSON'>Frank Hand</ent> was able to convince
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ And at that time the large-scale (large for <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>) war in <e
 become such a disaster that the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> wanted no more of it. Dick
 Bissell, the chief of the Clandestine Services, had written strong,
 personal letters to <ent type='PERSON'>Tom Gates</ent>, the Secretary of <ent type='ORG'>Defense</ent>, wondering
-openly what to do about the 50000 or more miserable <ent type='NORP'>Laotian</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Meo</ent>
+openly what to do about the 50000 or more miserable <ent type='NORP'>Laotian</ent> <ent type='NORP'>Meo</ent>
 tribesmen the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> had moved into the battle zones of <ent type='GPE'>Laos</ent> and then
 had deserted with no plans for their protection, resupply, care or
 feeding. The <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> badly wanted to be relieved of the war that they
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ helicopters, to the bigger prospects in <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>.
 So, in 1960, if <ent type='PERSON'>Allen Dulles</ent> dropped the idea of moving his
 assets from <ent type='GPE'>Laos</ent>, he would not only have lost those helicopters
 back to the <ent type='ORG'>Marine Corps</ent> but he would have seriously jeopardized
-the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>'s undercover leadership role in the development of the war
+the CIA's undercover leadership role in the development of the war
 in <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>, which it had been fanning since 1954.
 This was a crucial decision for both the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> and for those who
 wished to contain the agency. If those who wished to put the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ important in that decade.
 Typically, in his unwitting <ent type='LOC'>Mother Superior</ent>-style, which
 included bulldog tenacity, <ent type='GPE'>Dulles</ent> chose the route to the White
 <ent type='ORG'>House</ent>. Here again he could rely strongly on <ent type='PERSON'>Frank Hand</ent>. Working
-with Hand in <ent type='PERSON'>Erskine</ent>'s office was the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>'s other best agent, Major
+with Hand in Erskine's office was the CIA's other best agent, Major
 General <ent type='PERSON'>Edward</ent> G. <ent type='PERSON'>Lansdale</ent>, who had long served in the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>. Like
 Hand, he had unequalled contacts in <ent type='ORG'>the Department</ent> of State and in
 the <ent type='ORG'>White House</ent>. In support of <ent type='GPE'>Dulles</ent>, they contacted their
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ entered with assurance. Somehow he knew what my work was and he
 knew that I might be able to help him.
 In 1959 there were very few helicopters in all of the services,
 and military procurement of those expensive machines was at an
-all-time low. The <ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopter</ent> Company was all but out of
+all-time low. <ent type='ORG'>The Bell Helicopter Company</ent> was all but out of
 business, and its parent company, <ent type='ORG'>Bell Aerospace Corp</ent>., was having
 trouble keeping it financially afloat. Meanwhile, the shrewd Royal
-Little, President of the <ent type='GPE'>Providence</ent>-based <ent type='ORG'>Textron Company</ent>, had a
+Little, President of the Providence-based <ent type='ORG'>Textron Company</ent>, had a
 good cash position and could well afford the acquisition of a
 loser. <ent type='ORG'>Textron</ent> and <ent type='ORG'>the First National Bank</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Boston</ent> got together
 to talk helicopters. Neither one knew a thing about them. But men
@@ -349,18 +349,18 @@ even newspapers had reported anything like the operation of such
 large and expensive aircraft in that remote war. We had a rather
 thorough discussion and then he left. He called me several times
 after that and visited my office a month or two later.
-As the record will show, <ent type='ORG'>Textron</ent> did acquire the <ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopter</ent>
+As the record will show, <ent type='ORG'>Textron</ent> did acquire the <ent type='ORG'>Bell</ent> Helicopter
 Company and the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> did step up use of helicopters to the extent
-that one of the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>'s own proprietary companies, Asia Aeronautics
+that one of the CIA's own proprietary companies, Asia Aeronautics
 Inc., had more than four thousand men on each of two bases where
 helicopters were maintained. Most of those men were involved in
-their maintenance--<ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopter</ent>s, no less!
+their maintenance--<ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopters</ent>, no less!
 Orders for Bel Helicopters for use in <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent> exceeded $600-million. Anyone wanting to know more about how the U.S. got so
 heavily ($200-billion and the loss of 58000 <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> lives)
 involved in <ent type='GPE'>Indochina</ent> need look no further. This was the pattern
 and the plan.
 At the present time, when the <ent type='ORG'>White House</ent>, the <ent type='ORG'>House</ent>, and the
-<ent type='ORG'>Senate</ent> are all investigating the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, it is important to understand
+Senate are all investigating the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, it is important to understand
 the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> and to put it all in the proper perspective. It is not the
 President who instructs the <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> concerning what it will do. And in
 many cases it is *not* even the Director of <ent type='ORG'>Central Intelligence</ent>
@@ -402,12 +402,12 @@ President <ent type='PERSON'>Ford</ent> who is the unwitting accessory.</p>
 
 <div> * * * * * * * *</div>
 
-<p> the following is taken from an article <ent type='PERSON'>Fletch</ent>er <ent type='PERSON'>Prouty</ent> wrote
+<p> the following is taken from an article <ent type='PERSON'>Fletch</ent>er Prouty wrote
 for the February 1986 issue of "Freedom" magazine, entitled,
 "Why <ent type='GPE'>Vietnam</ent>? <ent type='ORG'>The Selection and Preparation</ent> of the
-Battlefield For <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>'s Entry into the <ent type='GPE'>Indochina</ent> War," Part
+Battlefield For America's Entry into the <ent type='GPE'>Indochina</ent> War," Part
 7 in a <ent type='EVENT'>Series</ent> on the <ent type='ORG'>Central Intelligence</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent>. i include
-it to amplify on the curious visit Colonel <ent type='PERSON'>Prouty</ent> received in
+it to amplify on the curious visit Colonel Prouty received in
 1959 from the vice president of <ent type='ORG'>the First National Bank</ent> of
 <ent type='GPE'>Boston</ent> and how it demonstrates that</p>
 
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ National Bank of <ent type='GPE'>Boston</ent> could have come directly to my
 office in the <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent>. The <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> had sent him there.
 This is one of the most important "truly confidential"
 roles of the agency. The <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> is the best friend of the top
-executives of <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>'s biggest businesses, and it works for
+executives of America's biggest businesses, and it works for
 them at home and abroad. It is always successful in the
 highest echelons of government and finance. . . .
-Translated into everyday terms, <ent type='PERSON'>Casey</ent>'s <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, as was Allen
+Translated into everyday terms, Casey's <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, as was Allen
 <ent type='GPE'>Dulles</ent>' <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, is one of the true bastions of power as a
 servant of the <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> and transnational business and
 financial community.</p>
@@ -432,16 +432,16 @@ financial community.</p>
 helicopters made their appearance in military operations.
 During the costly battle for <ent type='GPE'>Okinawa</ent>, in the summer of 1945,
 General <ent type='PERSON'>Joseph Stilwell</ent>--famed for his role as commander in
-the <ent type='GPE'>China</ent>-<ent type='GPE'>Burma</ent>-<ent type='GPE'>India</ent> theater of the war--began to use an
+the <ent type='GPE'>China</ent>-<ent type='GPE'>Burma</ent>-India theater of the war--began to use an
 early model of the Sikorsky helicopter as a"command car."
-During the early 1950s, the <ent type='EVENT'>Korean War</ent> gave the
+During the early 1950s, <ent type='EVENT'>the Korean War</ent> gave the
 helicopter industry a much needed boost and several models
-were used there. After the <ent type='EVENT'>Korean War</ent>, the use of
+were used there. After <ent type='EVENT'>the Korean War</ent>, the use of
 helicopters in all services was severely curtailed by high
 costs of procurement and by the enormous amounts of time and
 money required to keep them in operation. By 1959 almost
 all helicopter manufacturers were broke, or at least on very
-hard times. This included the <ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopter</ent> Company in
+hard times. This included <ent type='ORG'>the Bell Helicopter Company</ent> in
 <ent type='GPE'>Buffalo</ent>, New York.
 The helicopters used on operational missions into <ent type='GPE'>Laos</ent>,
 mentioned in this article, were the only military
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ this was an infrequent event. Outside the door of the
 office there was a small blue card that read:
 | <ent type='ORG'>Air Force</ent> Plans
 "Team B"
-Chief--Lt. Col. L. F. <ent type='PERSON'>Prouty</ent>
+Chief--Lt. Col. L. F. Prouty
 | That card by the door drew little attention, and it was
 meant to be that way. Then how did this civilian visitor
 from the outside world know that "Team B" was the place he
@@ -474,13 +474,13 @@ My visitor knew quite a bit about the helicopters in
 helicopters on tactical missions was a harbinger of more
 helicopters or was it simply a make-work project? Then he
 got to the reason for his visit.
-He said that the <ent type='ORG'>Textron Company</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Providence</ent>, Rhode
+He said that the <ent type='ORG'>Textron Company</ent> of Providence, Rhode
 Island, was a major customer of his bank. <ent type='ORG'>Textron</ent> was in a
 good cash position and the bank was advising them to
 diversify and acquire a marginally viable company for tax
 purposes and with an eye to future value.
 To <ent type='ORG'>the First National Bank</ent> of <ent type='GPE'>Boston</ent> the helicopter
-business and specifically the <ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopter</ent> Company in
+business and specifically <ent type='ORG'>the Bell Helicopter Company</ent> in
 <ent type='GPE'>Buffalo</ent> appeared to be a prime prospect on both counts.
 <ent type='ORG'>Textron</ent> was interested. The only problem was the market.
 Would there ever be an interest in and a need for
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ helicopters by the military, meaning in big numbers? The
 Because of the role being played by my office in support
 of the use of helicopters in <ent type='LOC'>Southeast Asia</ent>, I already knew
 the <ent type='ORG'>Bell</ent> people well both in <ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent>, D.C., and <ent type='GPE'>Buffalo</ent>.
-I knew <ent type='PERSON'>Bill Gesel</ent>, the president of <ent type='ORG'>Bell Helicopter</ent>. I knew
+I knew <ent type='PERSON'>Bill Gesel</ent>, the president of <ent type='ORG'>Bell</ent> Helicopter. I knew
 they were competent, but in trouble for lack of orders.
 I described the helicopter as a useful vehicle of limited
 potential, but rather well suited for covert operations. In
@@ -520,22 +520,22 @@ National Bank of <ent type='GPE'>Boston</ent> could have come directly to my
 office in the <ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent>. The <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> had sent him there.
 This is one of the most important "truly confidential"
 roles of the agency. The <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> is the best friend of the top
-executives of <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>'s biggest businesses, and it works for
+executives of America's biggest businesses, and it works for
 them at home and abroad. It is always successful in the
 highest echelons of government and finance.
 This is the way things were more than 25 years ago. You
 may be assured these successes have not diminished under the
-current director of central intelligence, William J. <ent type='PERSON'>Casey</ent>,
+current director of central intelligence, William J. Casey,
 a true friend of business.
 During a speech, delivered in December 1979 before an
 <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> Bar Association workshop on "Law, <ent type='ORG'>Intelligence</ent> and
-National Security," <ent type='PERSON'>Casey</ent> said that he would like to see the
-<ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> be a place "in the <ent type='ORG'>United States government</ent> to
+National Security," Casey said that he would like to see the
+<ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent> be a place "in the United States government to
 systematically look at the economic opportunities and
 threats in a long-term perspective, . . . [to] recommend, or
 act on the use of economic leverage, either offensively or
 defensively for strategic purposes."
-Translated into everyday terms, <ent type='PERSON'>Casey</ent>'s <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, as was Allen
+Translated into everyday terms, Casey's <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, as was Allen
 <ent type='GPE'>Dulles</ent>' <ent type='ORG'>CIA</ent>, is one of the true bastions of power as a
 servant of the <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> and transnational business and
 financial community.