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Lt. Col. James Bo Gritz (ret.)
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Verses
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Those U.S. Government Officials Whose Golden
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Triangle Heroin Trafficking Has Prevented the
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Return of Our POWs From Southeast Asia</p>
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<p>I am going to assume that you are acquainted with the seriousness of the
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matter presented herein. On a WHITE HOUSE sanctioned mission to Burma for the
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rescue of American Missing In Action I learned of a major heroin smuggling
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opperation involving past and present U.S. government officials which has
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obstructed the return of known American MIAs from Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam.
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I reported this to the WHITE HOUSE and all appropriate congressional
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committees. I am now taking to the public the information these government
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officials refuse to act upon.</p>
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<p>(The Overview File is not ready at this time. My letter to George Bush and
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Khun Sa's letter to the Justice Department may serve to introduce this subject
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until Overview is finished.)</p>
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<p>February 1988
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Sandy Valley, NV</p>
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<p>Honorable George Bush
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Vice President
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United States of America
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Washington, D.C.</p>
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<p>Sir:</p>
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<p>AWhy does it seem that you are saying "YES" to illegal narcotics in America?</p>
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<p>I turned over video tapes to your NSC staff assistant, Tom Harvey, January
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1987, wherein General KHUN SA, overlord of Asia's "Golden Triangle", offered
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to stop 900 tons of heroin/opium from entering the free world in 1987. Harvey
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told me, "...there is no interest here in doing that." General Khun Sa also
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offered to identify U.S. Government officials who, he says, have been
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trafficking in heroin for more than 20 years.</p>
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<p>November 1986, Scott Weekly and I went into Burma in coordination and
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cooperation with The White House. Tom Harvey told me you received a letter
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from Arthur Suchesk, Orange County, CA, dated 29 August 1986. Dr. Suchesk
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said that Gen Khun Sa had access to U.S. POWs. Harvey said the letter had
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received "highest attention". He gave me a copy along with other case
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documents. I was asked if it was possible to verify the information.
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According to Harvey, the CIA said Khun Sa had been assassinated some months
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before. Harvey supplied Scott and myself with language under White House and
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NSC letterhead that would help us gain access to Khun Sa. It worked.
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Unfortunately, Khun Sa knew nothing about US POWs. He did, however, offer to
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trade his nation's poppy dependence for a legitimate economy.</p>
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<p>Instead of receiving an "Atta Boy" for bringing back video tape showing Khun
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Sa's offer to stop 900 tons of illegal narcotics and expose dirty USG
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officials, Scott was jailed and I was threatened. I was told that if I didn't
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"erase and forget" all that we had discovered, I would, ~hurt the government".
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Further, I was promised a prison sentence of "15 years".</p>
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<p>I returned to Burma with two other American witnesses, Lance Trimmer, a
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private detective from San Francisco, and Barry Flynn from Boston. Gen Khun
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Sa identified some of those in government service he says were dealing in
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heroin and arms sales. We video taped this second interview and I turned
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copies over in June 1987, to the Chairman of the Select Committee on
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Intelligence; Chairman of the House on Foreign Affairs Task Force on Narcotics
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Control; Co)Chairman, Senate Narcotics Committee; Senator Harry Reid, NV;
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Representative James Bilbray, NV; and other Congressional members. Mister
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Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
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Affairs, is one of those USG officials implicated by Khun Sa. Nothing was
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done with this evidence that indicated that anyone of authority, including
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yourself, had intended to do anything more than protect Mr. Armitage. I was
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charged with "Mis)use of Passport". Seems that it is alright for Oliver north
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and Robert MacFarlane to go into Iran on Irish Passports to negotiate an
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illegal arms deal that neither you nor anyone else admits condoning, but I
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can't use a passport that brings back drug information against your friends.</p>
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<p>Lance Trimmer and I submitted a "Citizen Complaint of Wrongdoing by Federal
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Officers" to Attorney General Edwin Meese, III on 17 September 1987.
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Continuous private and Legislative inquiries to date indicate that the
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Attorney General's Office has "lost" the document. Congressional requests to
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the Government Accounting Office have resulted in additional government snares
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and stalls.</p>
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<p>January 20, 1988, I talked before your Breakfast Club in Houston, Texas. A
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distinguished group of approximately 125 associates of yours, including the
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Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, expressed assurance that you are a
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righteous man. Almost all of them raised their hand when I asked how many of
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them know you personally. If you are a man with good intent, I pray you will
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do more than respond to this letter. I ask that you seriously look into the
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possibility that political appointees close to you are guilty of by)passing
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our Constitutional process, and for purposes of promoting illegal covert
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operations, conspired in the trafficking of narcotics and arms.</p>
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<p>Please answer why a respected American Citizen like mister H. Ross Perot can
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bring you a pile of evidence of wrongdoing by Armitage and others, and you,
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according to TIME magazine (May 4, page 18), not only offer him no support,
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but have your Secretary of Defense, Frank Carlucci tell Mr. Perot to "stop
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pursuing Mr. Armitage". Why Sir, will you not look into affidavits gathered
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by The Christic Institute (Washington, D.C.), which testify that Armitage not
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only trafficked in heroin, but did so under the guise of an officer charged
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with bringing home our POWs. If the charges are true, Armitage, who is still
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responsible for POW recovery as your Assistant Secretary of Defense ISA, has
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every reason not to want these heros returned to us alive. Clearly, follow)on
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investigations would illuminate the collective crimes of Armitage and others.</p>
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<p>Several years ago a secretary working for Armitage asked me "Why would he have
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us expunge his official record of all reference to past POW/MIA assignments
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and activities?" Not knowing, I ventured a guess that maybe he was considering
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running for public office and didn't feel the POW ) Vietnam association would
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be a plus in his resume. It was about the same time a CIA agent named by Khun
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Sa turned up dead in Bangkok under "mysterious circumstances". Also about
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this time, as an agent of NSC's Intelligence Support Activity, I was told by
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ISA Chief Jerry King, "...there are still too many bureaucrats in Washington
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who don't want to see POWs returned alive". I failed to realize the fullness
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of his meaning, or these other events, until in May 1987, Gen Khun Sa, in his
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jungle headquarters, named Richard Armitage as a key connection in a ring of
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heroin trafficking mobsters and USG officials. A U.S. agent I have known for
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many years stopped by my home last month enroute to his next overseas
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assignment. He remarked that he had worked for those CIA chiefs named by Khun
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Sa, and that by his own personal knowledge, he knew what Khun Sa said was
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true. He was surprised it had taken so long to surface.</p>
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<p>I am a registered Republican. I voted for you twice. I will not do so again.
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If you have any love or loyalty in your heart for this nation; if you have not
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completely sold out, then do something positive to determine the truth of
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these most serious allegations. You were Director of the CIA in 1975, during
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a time Khun Sa says Armitage and CIA officials were trafficking in heroin. As
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Director of Intelligence you were responsible to the American people for the
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activities of your assistant ) even as you should know what some of these same
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people are doing who are close to you now as our Vice President because i feel
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these "parallel government" types will only be promoted by you, giving them
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more reason to bury our POWs.</p>
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<p>I am enclosing some documentation that supports the charges made. Chief is a
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letter from Khun Sa to the U.S. Justice Department dated 28 June 1987, wherein
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Richard Armitage is named along with Theodore Shackley (your former Deputy
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Director CIA fro Covert Operations) and others. Please also note William
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Stevenson's article, "Bank of Intrigue ) Circles of Power". You, Armitage,
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and General Richard Secord are prominently mentioned. Stevenson, you might
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remember, authored A MAN CALLED INTREPID. Also Tom Fitzpatrick's article,
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"From Burma to Bush, a Heroin Highway", should interest you. Both of these
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men are prize winning journalists. The book, CRIMES of PATRIOTS, "A True Tale
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of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA", by Jonathan Kwitny, reporter for the Wall
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Street Journal, details for you the bank connections that Khun Sa mentions.
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Finally, the basic primer that spells out exactly how this dope for covert
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operations gambit began, is Alfred McCoy's THE POLITICS OF HEROIN IN SOUTHEAST
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ASIA. All of these should be required reading for the man appointed chief cop
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by our President to safeguard America from illegal narcotics. These are just
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a sampling of many works now available that chronical disgraceful conduct by
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those sworn to protect and defend our Constitution.</p>
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<p>Parting shot Mr. Vice President: On 28 January 1988, General Khun Sa tendered
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an offer to turn over to me one metric ton (2200 pounds) of heroin. He says
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this is a good faith gesture to the American people that he is serious about
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stopping all drugs coming from the infamous Golden Triangle. I you and Nancy
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Reagan are really serious about saying "NO" to drugs, why not test Gen Khun
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Sa? I challenge you to allow me in the company of agents of your choice to
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arrange to receive this token offer worth over $4 billion on the streets of
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New York City. It will represent the largest "legal" seizure of heroin on
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record. You can personally torch it, dump it in the ocean, or turn it into
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legal medication; as I understand there is a great shortage of legal opiates
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available to our doctors. I think Gen Khun Sa's offer is most interesting.
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If you say "YES" then the ever increasing flow of heroin from Southeast Asia
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(600 tons ) '86, 900 tons ) '87, 1200 tons ) '88) may dry up ) not good for
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business in the parallel government and super CIA circles Oliver North
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mentioned. If you say "NO" to Khun Sa, you are showing colors not fit for a
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man who would be President.</p>
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<p>What is your decision? I challenge you to demonstrate exactly where you stand
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with respect to big)business)drugs, parallel government, misuse of U.S.
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tax)payer dollars in foreign drug suppression programs that don't work, no
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interest in dialogue that will stem the flow of illegal narcotics, return of
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POWs while they are still alive? I for one am not for a "USA, Inc." with you
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or anyone else as Chairman of the Board.</p>
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<p>Respecting Your Office,</p>
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<p>James "Bo" Gritz</p>
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<p>Concerned American
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Box 472 HCR)31
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Sandy Valley, NV 89019</p>
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<p>(702) 723)5266</p>
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<p>U.S. Justice Department,
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Washington, D.C. U.S.A.</p>
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<p>SUBJECT:A ' AA 8 AA AImportant fact for the Drugs Eradication
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Program to be successful.</p>
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<p>Sirs:</p>
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<p>This letter to the US Justice Department is to make it clear about our deepest
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concern in wishing to help eradicate drugs and for all the American people as
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well as the world to know the truth that for the past (15) year they have been
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misled to look upon us as the main source of all the drug problems. A A1.
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The refusal of the United State government to accept our "SIX YEARS DRUGS
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ERADICATION PLAN " presented at the Congressional Hearing by Congressman Mr.
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Lester Wolff after his visit to Thailand in April 1977, was really a great
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disappointment for us. Even after this disappointment, we continued writing
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letters to President Carter and President Reagan forwarding our sincere wish
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to help and participate in eradicating drugs. We are really surprised and
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doubtful as to "why the US government refuses our participation and help to
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make a success of the drugs eradication program. Furthermore, "why the world
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has been misled to accuse us as the main culprit for all the drug trades....
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while in reality, we are most sincere and willing to help solve the drug
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problems in South East Asia. through our own secret investigation, we found
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out that some high officials in the US government's drugs control and
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enforcement department and with the influence of corrupted persons objected to
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our active participation in the drugs eradication program of the US government
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so as to be able to retain their profitable self)interest from the
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continuation of the drug problems. Thus, the US government and the American
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people as well as the world have been hoodwinked.</p>
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<p>During the period (1965 )1975) CIA Chief in Laos, Theodore Shackley was in the
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drug business, having contacts with the Opium Warlord Lor Sing Han and his
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followers. Santo Trafficante acted as his buying and transporting agent while
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Richard Armitage handled the financial section with the Banks in Australia.
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Even after the Vietnam War ended, when Richard Armitage was being posted to
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the US Embassy in Thailand, his dealings in the drug business continued as
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before. He was then acting as the US government official concerning with the
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drugs problems in South East Asia. After 1979, Richard Armitage resigned from
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the US Embassy's posting and set up the "Far East Trading Company" as a front
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for his continuation in the drug trade and to bribe CIA agents in Laos and
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around the world. Soon After, Daniel Arnold was made to handle the drug
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business as well as the transportation of arms sales. Jerry Daniels then took
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over the drug trade from Richard Armitage. For over 10 years, Armitage
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supported his men in Laos and Thailand with the profits from his drug trade
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and most of the cash were deposited with the banks in Australia which was to
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be used in buying his way for quicker promotions to higher positions. A
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AWithin the month of July, 1980, Thailand's English newspaper "Bangkok Post:
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included a news)report that CIA agents were using Australia as a transit)base
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for their drug business and the banks in Australia for depositing,
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transferring the large sum of money involved. A AVerifications of the news
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report can be made by the US Justice Department with Bangkok Post and in
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Australia. A AOther facts given herewith have been drawn out from our Secret
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Reports files so as to present to you of the real facts as to "why the drug
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problem is being prolonged till today." A A3. Finally, we sincerely hope in
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the nearest future to be given the opportunity to actively take part in
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helping the US government, the Americans and people of the world in
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eradicating and uprooting the drug problems.</p>
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<p>Yours Respectfully,</p>
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<p>Vice Chairman
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THAILAND REVEOLUTIONARY COUNCIL</p>
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<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
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<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
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not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
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almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
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David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
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media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
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crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
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<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
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force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
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other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
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learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
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sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
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<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
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REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
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speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
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line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
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Brian Quig.</p>
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<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
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calling</p>
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<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
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<p> or writing
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Intelligence Connection
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6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
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Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
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<p>CITY OF WASHINGTON
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0</p>
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<p>AFFIDAVIT OF DANIEL P. SHEEHAN</p>
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<p> Below, the Plaintiffs' attorney, Daniel P. Sheehan, sets forth for the
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Court in the following Affidavit, the explanation of the evidence presently in
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his possession )) which evidence does, in fact, rise to the level of "probable
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cause" to believe that the Defendants named in this federal civil lawsuit are
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guilty of the commission of the federal criminal violations set forth in the
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Amended Complaint of October 4, 1986. The Plaintiffs move that this Affidavit
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of Counsel be deemed a Supplemental Filing to their October 4, 1986, Amended
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Complaint if the Court deems this to be legally required and that it be deemed
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by the Court to set forth the evidentiary basis upon which a reasonable person
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)) drawing all logical inferences from the facts adduced in the direction of
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the Plaintiffs )) would conclude that it is more probable than not that each
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of the Defendants named in this civil suit is guilty of violating the Federal
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RICO Statute and that he is civilly liable to the Plaintiffs Tony Avirgan and
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Martha Honey for having fortuitously contributed to the civil wrongs committed
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against them as charged in this Amended Complaint )) as Supplemented by the
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Affidavit of Counsel.</p>
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<p>ATTORNEY DANIEL SHEEHAN'S AFFIDAVIT</p>
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<p>Now comes Attorney Daniel P. Sheehan, and having been duly sworn hereby swears
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and affirms that the following facts are true:</p>
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<p>1. I am a duly licensed attorney at law, admitted to practice before the
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State and Federal Courts of the State of New York in both the Northern and
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Southern Districts of New York.</p>
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<p>2. I am duly licensed and have been admitted to practice before the
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Courts of the District of Columbia, both local and Federal and I am in good
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standing before both the Bar of New York and the Bar of the District of
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Columbia.</p>
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<p>3. I have practiced law before the courts of New York and numerous other
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states in our nation since 1970, having served as counsel in some 60 separate
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pieces of litigation in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina,
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Virginia, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Ohio,
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Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Mississippi.</p>
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<p>4. I graduated from Harvard college in 1967 as an Honors Graduate in
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American Government, writing my Honors Thesis in the field of Constitutional
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Law, and was the Harvard University nominee for the Rhodes Scholarship from
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New York in 1967. I graduated from Harvard School of Law in 1970, having
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served as an Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights)Civil Liberties Law Review and
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as the Research Associate of Professor Jerome Cohen, the Chair of the
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International Law Department of Harvard.</p>
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<p>5. While at Harvard School of Law, I served as a summer associate at the
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State Street law firm of Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar under the supervision of
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Senior Partner, Donald J. Hurley, the President of the Boston Chamber of
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Commerce and Massachusetts Senatorial Campaign Chairman for John F. Kennedy.
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At this firm I participated in the case of BAIRD v EISENSTAT, under Roger
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Stockey, General Counsel for the Massachusetts Planned Parenthood League
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(establishing the unconstitutionality of the Massachusetts anti)birth control
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law) and in the Nevada case, under Charles Goodhue, III (establishing the
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constitutional right to bail in criminal extradition cases, including capital
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cases). While at Harvard School of Law, I authored "The Pedestrian Sources of
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Civil Liberties" in the Harvard Civil Rights)Civil Liberties Law Review and I
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served under Professor Milton Katz, the President of the International Law
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Association, as the Chairman of the Nigerian Biafran Relief Commission
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responsible for successfully negotiating the admission of mercy flights of
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food into Biafra in 1968.</p>
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<p>6. While serving as a legal Associate at the Wall Street law firm of
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Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Rheindle and Ohio under partner Theodore Shackley and
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Thomas Clines directed the Phoenix Project in Vietnam, in 1974 and 1975, which
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carried out the secret mission of assassinating members of the economic and
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political bureaucracy inside Vietnam to cripple the ability of that nation to
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function after the total US withdrawal from Vietnam. This Phoenix Project,
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during its history, carried out the political assassination, in Vietnam, of
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some 60000 village mayors, treasurers, school teachers and other non)Viet
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Cong administrators. Theodore Shackley and Thomas Clines financed a highly
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intensified phase of the Phoenix project, in 1974 and 1975, by causing an
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intense flow of Vang Pao opium money to be secretly brought into Vietnam for
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this purpose. This Vang Pao opium money was administered for Theodore
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Shackley and Thomas Clines by a US Navy official based in Saigon's US office
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of Naval Operations by the name of Richard Armitage. However, because
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Theodore Shackley, Thomas Clines and Richard Armitage knew that their secret
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anti)communist extermination program was going to be shut down in Vietnam,
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Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand in the very near future, they, in 1973, began a
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highly secret non)CIA authorized program Thus, from late 1973 until April of
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1975, Theodore Shackley, Thomas Clines and Richard Armitage disbursed, from
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the secret, Laotian)based, Vang Pao opium fund, vastly more money than was
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required to finance even the highly intensified Phoenix Project in Vietnam.
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The money in excess of that used in Vietnam was secretly smuggled out of
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Vietnam in large suitcases, by Richard Secord and Thomas Clines )) and carried
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into Australia, where it was deposited in a secret, personal bank account
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(privately accessible to Theodore Shackley, Thomas Clines and Richard Secord).
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During this same period of time between 1973 and 1975, Theodore Shackley and
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Thomas Clines caused thousands of tons of US weapons, ammunition, and
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explosives to be secretly taken from Vietnam and stored at a secret "cache"
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hidden inside Thailand.</p>
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<p>The "liaison officer" to Shackley and Clines and the Phoenix Project in
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Vietnam, during this 1973 to 1975 period, from the "40 Committee" in the Nixom
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White House was one Eric Von Arbod )) an Assistant Secretary of State for Far
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Eastern Affairs. Von Arbod shared his information about the Phoenix Project
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directly with his supervisor Henry Kissinger.</p>
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<p>Saigon fell to the Vietnamese in April of 1975. The Vietnam War was over.</p>
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<p>Immediately upon the conclusion of the evacuation of U.S. personnel from
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Vietnam, Richard Armitage was dispatched, by Theodore Shackley and Thomas
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Clines, from Vietnam to Tehran, Iran. In Iran, Armitage (the "bursar" for the
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Vang Pao opium money for Shackley and Clines' planned "Secret Team" covert
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operations program), between May and August of 1975, set up a secret
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"financial conduit" inside Iran, into which secret Vang Pao drug funds could
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be deposited from Southeast Asia. The purpose of this conduit was to serve as
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the vehicle for secret funding by Shackley's "Secret Team," of a private,
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non)CIA authorized "Black" operations inside Iran )) disposed to seek out,
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identify, and assassinate socialist and communist sympathizers )) who were
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viewed by Shackley and his "Secret Team" members to be "potential terrorists"
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against the Shah of Iran's government in Iran. In late 1975 and early 1976,
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Theodore Shackley and Thomas Clines retained Edwin Wilson to travel to Tehran,
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Iran to head up the "Secret Team" covert "anti)terrorist" assassination
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program in Iran. This was not a U.S. government)authorized operation. This
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was a private operations supervised, directed and participated in by Shackley,
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Clines, Secord and Armitage in their purely private capacities.</p>
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<p>At the end of 1975, Richard Armitage took the post of a "Special Consultant"
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|
to the U.S. Department of Defense regarding American military personnel
|
|
Missing In Action (MIAs) in Southeast Asia. In this capacity, Armitage was
|
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posted in the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. There Armitage had top
|
|
responsibility for locating and retrieving American MIA's in Southeast Asia.
|
|
He worked at the Embassy with an associate, one Jerry O. Daniels. From 1975
|
|
to 1977, Armitage held this post in Thailand. However, he did not perform the
|
|
duties of this office. Instead, Armitage continued to function as the
|
|
"bursar" for Theodore Shackley's "Secret Team," seeing to it that secret Vang
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|
Pao opium funds were conducted from Laos, through Armitage in Thailand to both
|
|
Tehran and the secret Shackley bank account in Australia at the Nugen)Hand
|
|
Bank. The monies conducted by Armitage to Tehran were to fund Edwin Wilson's
|
|
secret anti)terrorist "seek and destroy" operation on behalf of Theodore
|
|
Shackely. Armitage also devoted a portion of his time between 1975 and 1977,
|
|
in Bangkok, facilitating the escape from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand and the
|
|
re)location elsewhere in the world, of numbers of the secret Meo tribesmen
|
|
group which had carried out the covert political assassination program for
|
|
Theodore Shackley in Southeast Asia between 1966 and 1975. Assisting Richard
|
|
Armitage in this operation was Jerry O. Daniels. Indeed, Jerry O. Daniels was
|
|
a "bag)man" for Richard Armitage, assisting Armitage by physically
|
|
transporting out of Thailand millions of dollars of Vang Pao's secret opium
|
|
money )) to finance the re)location of Theodore Shackley's Meo tribesmen and
|
|
to supply funds to Theodore Shackley's "Secret Team" operations. At the U.S.
|
|
Embassy in Bangkok, Richard Armitage also supervised the removal of arms,
|
|
ammunition and explosives from the secret Shackley)Clines cache of munitions
|
|
hidden inside Thailand between 1973 and 1975 )) for use by Shackley's "Secret
|
|
Team". Assisting Armitage in this latter operations was one Daniel Arnold,
|
|
the CIA Chief of Station in Thailand )) who joined Shackley's "Secret Team" ))
|
|
in his purely private capacity.</p>
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|
<p>One of the officers in the U.S. Embassy in Thailand, one Abranowitz came to
|
|
know of Armitage's involvement in the secret handling of Vang Pao opium funds
|
|
and caused to be initiated an internal State Department heroin smuggling
|
|
investigations directed against Richard Armitage. Armitage was the target of
|
|
Embassy personnel complaints to the effect that he was utterly failing to
|
|
perform his duties on behalf of American MIAs, and he reluctantly resigned as
|
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the D.O.D. Special Consultant on MIA's at the end of 1977.</p>
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<p>From 1977 until 1979, Armitage remained in Bangkok opening and operating a
|
|
business named The Far East Trading Company. This company had offices only in
|
|
Bangkok and in Washington, D.C. This company was, in fact, from 1977 to 1979,
|
|
merely a "front" for Armitage's secret operations conducting Vang Pao opium
|
|
money out of Southeast Asia to Tehran and the Nugen)Hand Bank in Australia to
|
|
fund the ultra right)wing, private anti)communist "anti)terrorist"
|
|
assassination program and "unconventional warfare" operation of Theodore
|
|
Shackley's and Thomas Cline's "Secret Team". During this period, between 1975
|
|
and 1979, in Bangkok, Richard Armitage lived in the home of Hynnie Aderholdt
|
|
)) the former Air Wing Commander of Shackley's "Special Operations Group" in
|
|
Laos )) who, between 1966 and 1968, had served as the immediate superior to
|
|
Richard Secord, the Deputy Air Wing Commander of MAG)SOG. Secord, in 1975,
|
|
was transferred from Vietnam to Tehran, Iran.</p>
|
|
<p>In 1976, Richard Secord moved to Tehran, Iran and became the Deputy Assistant
|
|
Secretary of defense in Iran, in charge of the Middle Eastern Division of the
|
|
Defense Security Assistance Administration. In this capacity, Secord
|
|
functioned as the chief operations officer for the U.S. Defense Department in
|
|
the Middle East in charge of foreign military sales of U.S. aircraft, weapons
|
|
and military equipment to Middle Eastern nations allied to the U.S.. Secord's
|
|
immediate superior was Eric Van Marbad )) the former 40 Committee liaison
|
|
officer to Theodore Shackley's Phoenix program in Vietnam from 1973 to 1975.</p>
|
|
<p>From 1976 to 1979, in Iran, Richard Secord supervised the sale of U.S.
|
|
military aircraft and weapons to Middle Eastern nations. However, Richard
|
|
Secord did not authorize direct nation)to)nation sales of such equipment
|
|
directly from the U.S. government to said Middle Eastern governments.
|
|
Instead, Richard Secord conducted such sales through a "middle)man", one
|
|
Albert Hakim. By the use of middle)man Albert Hakim, Deputy Assistant
|
|
Secretary of Defense Richard Secord purchased U.S. military aircraft and
|
|
weapons from the U.S. governament at the low "manufacturer's cost" )) but sold
|
|
these U.S. aircraft and weapons to the client Middle Eastern nations at the
|
|
much higher "replacement cost". Secord then caused to be paid to the U.S.
|
|
government, out of the actual sale price obtained, only the lower amount equal
|
|
to the lower manufacturer's cost. The difference, was secreted from the U.S.
|
|
government and Secord and Albert Hakim secretly transferred these millions of
|
|
dollars into Shackley's "Secret Team" operations inside Iran )) and into
|
|
Shackley's secret Nugen)Hand bank account in Australia. Thus, by 1976,
|
|
Defendant Albert Hakim had become a partner with Thomas Clines, Richard Secord
|
|
and Richard Armitage in Theodore Shackley's "Secret Team".</p>
|
|
<p>Between 1976 and 1979, Shackley, Clines, Secord, Hakim, Wilson, and Armitage
|
|
set up several corporations and subsidiaries around the world through which to
|
|
conceal the operations of the "Secret Team". Many of these corporations were
|
|
set up in Switzerland. Some of these were: (1) Lake Resources, Inc.; (2) The
|
|
Stanford Technology Trading Group, Inc.; and (3) Companie de Services
|
|
Fiduciaria. Other companies were set up in Central America, such as: (4) CSF,
|
|
Investments, Ltd. and (5) Udall research Corporation. Some were set up inside
|
|
the United States by Edwin Wilson. Some of these were: (6) Orca Supply
|
|
Company in Florida and (7) Consultants International in Washington, D.C..
|
|
Through these corporations, members of Theodore Shackley's "Secret Team"
|
|
laundered hundreds of millions of dollars of secret Vang Pao opium money
|
|
pilfered Foreign Military Sales proceeds between 1976 and 1979. named in this
|
|
federal civil suit to be placed under oath and asked about their participation
|
|
in the criminal "enterprise" alleged in this Complaint is probative of the
|
|
criminal guilt of the Defendants of some of the crimes charged in this
|
|
Complaint.</p>
|
|
<p>Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs' Counsel, The Christic Institute, possess evidence
|
|
constituting "probable cause" that each of the Defendants named in this
|
|
Complaint are guilty of the conduct charged.</p>
|
|
<p>If further detailed evidence is required by the Court to allow the Plaintiffs
|
|
to begin the standard process of discovery in this case, the failure to place
|
|
it in this Affidavit is the function of the short time allowed by the Court
|
|
for the preparation of this filing )) it is not because the Plaintiffs lack
|
|
such evidence.</p>
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|
<p> Daniel P. Sheehan</p>
|
|
<p>Subscribed and Sworn to before me this day of December, 1986</p>
|
|
<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
|
|
<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
|
|
not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
|
|
almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
|
|
David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
|
|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
|
|
crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
|
|
<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
|
|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
|
|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
|
|
learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
|
|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
|
|
<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
|
|
REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
|
|
speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
|
|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
|
Brian Quig.</p>
|
|
<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
|
|
calling</p>
|
|
<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
|
|
<p> or writing
|
|
|
|
Intelligence Connection
|
|
6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
|
|
Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
|
|
<p>James Bo Gritz</p>
|
|
<p>U.S. DRUG TRAFFICKING:
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|
BURMA REPORT</p>
|
|
<p>My team mate, Mr. Scott Weekly, and I infiltrated Burma in November-December
|
|
1986 in cooperation with the White House to ascertain whether or not heroin
|
|
"king-pin" Khun Sa had access to U.S. Prisoners of War as was reported. 1;e
|
|
found no POWs, but Khun Sa agreed to send patrols throughout western Laos to
|
|
check for POW presence. During our interview with him, he stated he wanted to
|
|
eliminate the 700-900, tons of opium/heroin that is trafficked through his
|
|
area (the Golden Triangle") each year. He stated that he would also expose
|
|
U.S. Government officials involved in the drug trafficking. Mr. Weekly and I
|
|
returned to the U.S. in December 1986. I submitted the video taped
|
|
conversations to the White House, excited about the potential dialogue on drug
|
|
suppression. I received a telephone call from my White House liaison, lauding
|
|
our successful interview with drug warlord Khun Sa who had previously been
|
|
reported killed by the CIA. When asked about the reaction and planned response
|
|
to Khun Sa's proposal to eliminate drug flow into the free world I was told,
|
|
"There is no interest here in doing that". This seemed most strange, since
|
|
Vice-President Bush is appointed as the nations top policeman for drug
|
|
control. Immediately thereafter, my partner (Mr. Weekly) was arrested. He was
|
|
told by federal agents and members of the attorney general s office that I was
|
|
the true target of an investigation connecting me with White House misdeeds
|
|
(i.e., Oliver North etc.). A proffer was made that guaranteed Mr. Weekly
|
|
probation without supervision, so that he could join me oVerseas in the
|
|
on-going POW liberation effort. Instead of this, Scott Weekly was subsequently
|
|
sentenced to 5 years in prison for a technical violation of the law, which act
|
|
several federal offices and authorities admitted having sanctioned.
|
|
Simultaneously, the U.S. Government criticized Thailand and Burma for failure
|
|
to destroy Khun Sa , and declared no mercy . The ambassador for narcotic
|
|
control went to Bangkok, Thailand and announced: "The U.S. will never
|
|
negotiate with the free world's worst enemy, Khun Sa." For 60 days, newspapers
|
|
in Thailand headlined the efforts of tens of thousands of Thai and Burmese
|
|
troops deployed against Khun Sa's stronghold.</p>
|
|
<p>I returned to Burma to visit Khun Sa in May 1987, and see if he would release
|
|
his information on corrupt and drug dealing U.S. officials. Instead of
|
|
finding a war zone in his area, I found a new road, built by the Thai
|
|
government - with heavy equipment, leading directly to Khun Sa s Shan State
|
|
headquarters. When questioned about the lack of evidence of any bomb, bullet,
|
|
damage to the heavy-duty truck route, he laughed at the headlines we d seen
|
|
and explained: "It was only a newspaper war." I observed thousands of teak
|
|
trees along the entryway on the Thai side of the border. Obviously, Khun Sa
|
|
had traded teak to the Thais'' for a 'phony' war and high-speed road. The
|
|
Thais and Burmese were praised by the U.S. Government, insuring millions in
|
|
drug suppression funds.</p>
|
|
<p>During our eight-day stay, Khun Sa and his staff gave us names of past and
|
|
present U.S. officials involved in drug buying and trafficking.</p>
|
|
<p>It is unconscionable that American tax payers are funding millions on a
|
|
suppression program infected with corrupt officials. Drug traffic has steadily
|
|
increased each year. In 1986 it was estimated at 700 tons of opium/heroin.
|
|
This year - with the new road - Khun Sa should reach his stated goal of 900
|
|
tons. Khun Sa says that for one tenth of the Burmese drug suppression money,
|
|
he will use his 40000-man army to completely eliminate all opium/heroin
|
|
traffic through the Golden Triangle and Shan territory. His desire is to
|
|
safeguard his 8 million Shan people from the Burmese spraying of "Agent
|
|
Orange" defoliant on Shan State crops, animals and people. He seeks
|
|
recognition of Shanland through politically-recognized negotiations that would
|
|
have given independence to Shanland from Burma in 1957. The Burmese refuse to
|
|
release this territory, and continue to overtly suppress the population.
|
|
Shanland (160000 square miles) comprises 40% of the Burma landmass and it is
|
|
estimated that 80% of the Burmese economy comes from the natural resources of
|
|
the Shan States.</p>
|
|
<p>The attached tapes and news copies detail this story. Additionally, 8mm sound
|
|
movies, stills, video masters and accompanying audio are available.</p>
|
|
<p>The bottom line is that Khun Sa has been besieged by corrupt U.S. ploys,
|
|
Scott Weekly has been railroaded, and I myself have been federally indicted
|
|
for use of a false passport. Now that I have been to Burma and learned who in
|
|
the U.S. Government Executive Branch have been involved with drug trafficking,
|
|
it is easy to understand the frantic efforts to prevent disclosure of this
|
|
report.</p>
|
|
<p>Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz
|
|
U.S. Army Special Forces (Ret.</p>
|
|
<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
|
|
<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
|
|
not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
|
|
almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
|
|
David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
|
|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
|
|
crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
|
|
<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
|
|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
|
|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
|
|
learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
|
|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
|
|
<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
|
|
REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
|
|
speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
|
|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
|
Brian Quig.</p>
|
|
<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
|
|
calling</p>
|
|
<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
|
|
<p> or writing
|
|
|
|
Intelligence Connection
|
|
6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
|
|
Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
|
|
<p>STATEMENT
|
|
by Lt.Col James Bo Gritz, USA (Ret)
|
|
for U.S. Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee,
|
|
International Narcotics Control Task Force.
|
|
Rayburn House Office Building
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
|
Tuesday, 30 June 1987</p>
|
|
<p>NINE HUNDRED TONS OF HEROIN & OPIUM WILL ENTER THE FREE WORLD FROM SOUTHEAST
|
|
ASIA'S "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" THIS YEAR. The reason is because U.S. taxpayer
|
|
dollars and American equipment have been used to construct a new road that
|
|
will allow narcotics to pour out of General Khun Sa's Shan Territories rather
|
|
than trickle out by horse and mule as has been the case until the beginning of
|
|
this year.</p>
|
|
<p>Last year 600 tons of Opiates trafficked from this area. Press reports
|
|
included as part of this statement argue that it is logistically impossible to
|
|
increase the output to 900 toins. The new road capable of easily handling 10
|
|
ton truck convoys signal not only the capability, but the reality. The
|
|
disappointing fact is that this new artery was constructed by the Thai
|
|
Government using money, manpower, time and materials furnished by our drug
|
|
suppression funds.</p>
|
|
<p>Moreover, there are serious implications that elements within the U.S.
|
|
Government are Khun Sa's biggest customers. The facts are that for 15 years
|
|
U.S. taxpayers through legislative bodies like this committee and executive
|
|
agencies such as have testified here today, have dumped hundres of millions of
|
|
dollars into drug suppression programs within Thailand and Burma which have
|
|
done nothing but nourish the flow of narcotics from Asia into the United
|
|
States. The proof is statistically clear. Fifteen years ago the flow of
|
|
Opiates was 60 tons; this year it will approach or exceed 900 tons. The
|
|
reasons, while multi)faceted, boil down to one word, "money".</p>
|
|
<p>Certain high level Thai and Burmese officials are packing their pockets with
|
|
U.S. supplied drug suppression funds; political pay*offs, and other spin)off
|
|
profits like the thousands of Teak trees felled during the Khun Sa road
|
|
effort. Khun Sa has no outlet for teak, but it is a protected and highly
|
|
valued commodity in Thailand. More shameful are the serious allegations
|
|
raised by General Khun Sa and his staff that corrupt U.S. officials allow this
|
|
travesty and in certain cases are directly involved.</p>
|
|
<p>After meeting with General Khun Sa and others, I am convinced that a secret
|
|
combination exists today within the U.S. Government that was officially
|
|
germinated during the Nixon ) Vietnam years and has, through illicit drug
|
|
profits, propagated itself today into a self)serving righteous monster of
|
|
global proportions. I believe Ed Wilson was a member of this combination and
|
|
that his activities represent only one of many tentacles. I believe the
|
|
Contra)Iran situation is merely another visible lesion that has emerged
|
|
from this extra)governmental organism.</p>
|
|
<p>I say "would be righteous" because those within this secret combination I
|
|
believe honestly think they are serving America by offering an established
|
|
model of sabotage, subversion, and assassination to areas threatened by
|
|
communism. They are in existence because normal government process is too
|
|
cumbersome, time consuming and oft times impotent. These persons who are
|
|
intelligent and well seeded in our governmental structure think they are
|
|
smarter than our elected officials and can expedite accomplishment of national
|
|
objectives. They have funded their efforts through drug trafficking because
|
|
of a 1960's mind set that anyone who would use opiates is animalistic and the
|
|
U.S.A. doesn't really care about them. They began their drug dealing in
|
|
Southeast Asia as a means to fund the secret war in Laos and Cambodia that
|
|
Congress was officially unaware of. Besides my personal experiences, all of
|
|
these conclusions are spelled out in the book, THE POLITICS OF HEROIN IN
|
|
SOUTHEAST ASIA.</p>
|
|
<p>I have good reason to believe that after President Nixon got the U.S. out of
|
|
Vietname "with honor", while bringing home "all the POW's" in 1973 that either
|
|
with his concurrance, or on the initiative of those "Best and Brightest"
|
|
included within the "President's 40", the war continued to be fought through
|
|
Project Phoenix. The insiders knew the North Vietnamese would not abide by
|
|
the tri)accord and continue to consolidate their position in Vietnam, Laos,
|
|
and Cambodia. Since the war was over there was no Congressional funding and
|
|
home)grown drug trafficking offered the most expedient solution. Ideally the
|
|
communist takeover in 1975 would fall like a house)of)cards since the
|
|
infrastructure would be eliminated by extreme prejudice through the Phoenix
|
|
operation. Even so, an estimated 150000 non)military persons were
|
|
terminated, the program failed to meet the expectations of those in charge.</p>
|
|
<p>Next, I believe the Phoenix model was moved to help stabilize a toppling Shaw
|
|
who happened to be close to the Administration ) and to people in the secret
|
|
combination society, many of whom held high positions within the Executive
|
|
Branch. The Shaw fell. By this time the model was self)perpetuating.</p>
|
|
<p>Rather than shut down after failing in Iran, there was a re*focus on the
|
|
building communist threat in Central America. The Contra)Iran)Oliver
|
|
North)White House disclosures are only protrusions that have become visible
|
|
because of the extent and intensity of this para)government organization.
|
|
Even as these hearings are underway, representatives of this secret
|
|
combination are at work in the "Philippines, offering "anti)communist
|
|
solutions" to that struggling democracy. I believe that.</p>
|
|
<p>As years and changing administrations have gradually thinned
|
|
the society's active duty status within the U.S. Government, I
|
|
believe those who still steer the society have become more self*serving, making huge personal profitunder the guise of fighting
|
|
worldwide communism. Further, I believe they are maximizing their\j\influence to protect those of t brotherhood who still hold active
|
|
office in the government.</p>
|
|
<p>I have been told for years that U.S. POW's would never be allowed to return
|
|
because they were directly related to illegal drug trafficking by U.S.
|
|
officials. Until May of 1987, I thought this absurd. Now, after eight years
|
|
in the POW)Southeast Asian arena, I clearly can see what was hidden except to
|
|
those more sensitive to power politics than myself. The reason we have met
|
|
the enemy and he is U.S. in our efforts to return POWs while they are still
|
|
alive is simple. When POWs are returned the first demand by the American
|
|
people will be to examine those within the government responsible for their
|
|
return. American will want to know why these individuals failed in their
|
|
official capactities; why the burden fell on the private sector; and what took
|
|
so long if the POW issue is truly "Top National Priority" as designated by
|
|
President Reagan. Upon investigation it will be revealed that responsible
|
|
officials were more interested in actuating their secret society than
|
|
accounting for our POW and MIA.</p>
|
|
<p>The fact is that all of the Heroin and Opiates could be shut off at the Golden
|
|
Triangle if America's responsible elected and appointed officials would do
|
|
their job. General Khun Sa is recognized as the drug king)pin and controls
|
|
the Golden Triangle with a well disciplined army of 40000 Shan soldiers. He
|
|
has stated to me before three other American witnesses on video tape that he
|
|
greatly desires to stop the drug trafficking, but we won't let him. He has
|
|
promised that if we will give him any economic alternative, he will not just
|
|
stem, but stop the flow of narcotics through his areas of control. He has
|
|
said for example that for one)tenth the money we now give the Burmese for drug
|
|
suppression turned into economic aid and crop substitution, he will use his
|
|
force to enforce what we cannot and have not. In addition, Khun Sa has
|
|
stipulated that the Burmese must be stopped from using the 12 Bell Helicopters
|
|
and fixed wing aircraft given them by the U.S. to spray the Shan State people,
|
|
animals, food and water with Agent Orange and herbicides. All that I have
|
|
presented thus far is backed up by written and recorded documents made
|
|
available to the Committee.</p>
|
|
<p>It has been reported to me by committee personnel that Khun Sa has made these
|
|
offers before. They say the CIA has expressed doubt and mistrust that Khun Sa
|
|
will carry out his part of the bargain. I and three other Americans have met
|
|
with Khun Sa. We all believe him to be sincere. Certainly in view of the
|
|
dismal failure of the CIA and DEA to slow, stop or even deter the flood of
|
|
drugs from the Golden Triangle, it seems that a change in dynamics is in
|
|
order. Especially since Khun Sa has directly implicated persons within the
|
|
CIA as some of his best customers. The video tapes show testimony of a
|
|
frustrated medical doctor who, under orders from Khun Sa, did everything from
|
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offer radio links to Khun Sa's headquarters to present a horse that might be
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used to alert DEA of drug movements. The low level agents supported these
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initatives, but in every case they were rejected at DEA headquarter levels.
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\j\</p>
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<p> I have strived at the invitation of the Executive Branch for eight
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years to convince political skeptics that American POWs are alive in the hands
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of Communist forces in Laos and Vietnam. I abhore drugs and dopes that are
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users, yet in the past two weeks I've been told by committee staff and others
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that "federal sources and a Los Angeles State Department employee have said
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that I am a "drug trafficker", and I will be in prison before July 4th. I
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know this level of federal employee would never make such slanderous
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statements unless encouraged by higher)ups. While following the classic model
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of "deny)defame)divert," it is disappointing that law enforcement agencies
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would reveal such low life practices as directly as they have, and then avoid
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comment when confronted.</p>
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<p>I have tried in every way to cooperate with the committee and its membership.
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I've furnished video tapes, only to be informed that the chairman has blocked
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their distribution. I've supplied the Suchesk letter to Vice President Bush,
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and requested a written transcript of the file from which Khun Sa's secretary
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read from. I received a letter in the mail last week. It was from Khun Sa.
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The stapled and sealed envelope had been opened. Inside, the pamphlet, which
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had also been stapled shut, had been opened and the contents removed. I had
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asked Khun Sa to translate his record; sign it himself with two additional
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witnesses. I was assured this document was part of the opened package. I
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have requested my contacts furnish me with a FAX of their copy. It serves to
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supplement in writing the verbal and video accounts.</p>
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<p>I'm disillusioned that this committee which represents the interest of 240
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million Americans in controling illegal drug trafficking, would take such a
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negative and skeptical position on such a critical issue as Khun Sa's proposal
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and my deliverance of the information he gave us. I've been told that I must
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"sell my case" to you. Facts are, I am a citizen who has been twice to see a
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warlord who is recognized as the world's most powerful Heroin kingpin. This
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person has shown statistically that our 15 year old drug suppression program
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is, at best, "dumb" by anyone's standards. At best we have millions of US tax
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dollars being mishandled; one recipient has made use of U.S. assets to build a
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major road, and secures that road from outside infiltration; 900 tons of
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opiates entering the free world; rampant corruption of allied officials. At
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worst in addition to the best case, we have officials within the USG who
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won't, as Khun Sa says, let him get out of the drug business, because they are
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his biggest buyers.</p>
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<p>Your business is representing American interest in drug control. You greatly
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influence how our tax dollars are used and how well the enforcement agencies
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do their job. My business is bringing home POWs while they are still alive.
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Neither one of us has been able to make much head way because I'm convinced
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there are persons within the government that are opposing us both. If POWs
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came home, the resulting investigation will expose their drug involvement; if
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the drugs are stopped, their source of income dries up. I agree that
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communism threatens the liberty of free people everywhere, but in my opinion
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drugs are even a bigger and more immediate threat. To\j\fuel these
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self)righteous freedom fighters with drug money is to steal, cheat, and
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mislead every American taxpayer, and circumnavigate the greatest governmental
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system in the world. While it may appear slow, and at times fickle and
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|
indecisive, still our's is the greatest government in the world. There aren't
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boat loads of Americans headed for the Soviet Union. I believe our system was
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divinely inspired. I believe it will work despite any shortcoming.</p>
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<p>As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter)Day Saints with Temple
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Endowments, I raise my hand to the square and swear before God, Angels, and
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you as witnesses, that this statement is the absolute truth as I know it. I
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hope you can swear before God that you will execute the responsibilities to
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your constituents with all honesty in thoroughly investigating the proposal
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for eliminating all drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle, and seeing to
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|
the objective investigation and prosecution of any American officials found to
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be guilty of maliciously dealing in drugs. I personally don't believe the
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Americans named by Khun Sa as conspiritors in traffickings could pass an
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|
honest security background check. I believe if you do your job as our
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|
representative body, you will uncover and topple those members of this secret
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|
combination like a line of dominos. If you give this hearing only a cameo
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|
appearance, the combination will be strengthened and our nation could be in
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|
for a period like the Vietnam era. Your positive attention to this matter
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|
should also speed the safe return of our POWs.</p>
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<p>I believe we can stop the heroin and opium by working with Kuhn Sa instead of
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against him. At worst we lose 10 percent of the Burmese Socialist State
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suppression funds. You don't have to be from Las Vegas to recognize Khun Sa's
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|
offer as a good bet. I believe in him and that he will keep his word. We
|
|
can't hardly afford not to take the chance. I believe the American public
|
|
would be outraged to discover we by)passed such an opportunity because people
|
|
who are suspect as traffickers say they "don't trust Khun Sa." Their line
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should be added to other greats such as, "I'm from the government, I'm here to
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help you"; and "your check is in the mail."</p>
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<p>The body of this statement contains a chronology of events. I have attached
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germain documents that attest to the allegations made in the video tapes.</p>
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<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
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<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
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not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
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almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
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David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
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|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
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crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
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<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
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|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
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|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
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learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
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|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
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<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
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REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
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speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
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|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
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Brian Quig.</p>
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<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
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calling</p>
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<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
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<p> or writing
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Intelligence Connection
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6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
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Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
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<p>THE HONORABlE GEORGE H. BUSH August 29, 1986
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VICE)PRESIDENT
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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WHITE HOUSE
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WASHINGTON D.C.</p>
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<p>DEAR SIR:</p>
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<p> ON AUGUST 12th 1986 THE UNDERSIGNED PERSONALLY MET WITH KUHN SA AT THE
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VILLAGE OF HO)MONG LOCATED NEAR THE THAI BURMA BORDER. (REFERENCE: EXHIBIT "
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A " ) " CERTIFICATION OF VISIT"). TOPICS COVERED WERE;</p>
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<p>1: A PROPOSAL TO ERADICATE OPIUM IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
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2: THE CORRUPTION OF THE THAI, BURMA AND D.E.A. OFFICIALS
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3: THE AMERICAN M.I.A./ P.O.W.'S IN LAOS
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4: THE REGISTRATION OF A TRADE MISSION
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5: A HERBAL MEDICAL CUR FOR NARCOTIC ADDICTS.</p>
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<p>1: A PROPOSAL TO ERADICATE OPIUM IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.</p>
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<p>BACKGROUND:</p>
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<p>THE SHAN STATE IN BURMA, (APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF TAIWAN) HAD
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BEEN UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION PRIOR TO 1948. THE SHAN PEOPLE, POPULATION OF 8
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MILLION, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KHUN SA SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO UNIFY WITH THE
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BURMESE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH. THE
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PINLONG AGREEMENT , REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, CONTAINED A CONTAINED
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A CONDITION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SHAN PEOPLE TO FREELY SECEDE FROM BURMA AFTER
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A TEN YEAR PERIOD AND BECOME AN INDEPENDENT STATE.</p>
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<p>WHEN GENERAL NE WIN, A SOCIALIST, TOOK OVER BURMA HE ABOLISHED THE PINLONG
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AGREEMENT AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE BURMA COMMUNIST PARTY TO GAIN A STRONG
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HOLD IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHAN REBELLION FOR INDEPENDENCE
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BEGAN.</p>
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<p>IN EARLY 1949 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES
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OF THE SHAN STATE AND ESTABLISHED MILITARY STRONGHOLDS WHILE ENGAGING IN THE
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BUSINESS OF; OPIUM CULTIVATION, PROCESSING, TRANSPORTATION AND SALE. IN 1950
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REMNANTS OF CHAING KAI)SHEK'S KMT ARMY MOVED FROM MAINLAND CHINA INTO THE SAME
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AREA. THEY ALSO ESTABLISHED STRONGHOLDS AND FREELY ENGAGED IN THE OPIUM
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BUSINESS TO SUPPORT THEIR ARMIES.</p>
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<p>tHE SHAN PEOPLE, ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION, FOUND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED AND
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OPPRESSED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA, THE KMT ARMIES AND A VARIETY OF
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RENEGADE OPIUM WARLORDS. ALL THE FACTIONS FREELY ROAMED THE SHAN TERRITORY
|
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PRESSING SHAN PEOPLE INTO THEIR SERVICE AS FARMERS, PORTERS AND GUIDES. THESE
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FORCES SHARED LITTLE OF THEIR FINANCIAL GAINS WITH THE SHAN POPULATION, BUT
|
|
WERE FREE TO DISPENSE TORTURE, RAPE AND MURDER TO ALL WHO WOULD NOT CO)OPERATE
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WITH THEM. TO PROVIDE FOOD AND FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE, KHUN SA ORGANIZED HIS
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ARMY AND TURNED TO OPIUM CULTIVATION FOR HIS INCOME.</p>
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<p>AS THE YEARS PASSED KHUN SA GAINED MILITARY SUPERIORITY IN THE SHAN STATE. HE
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BEGAN TO SLOWLY PHASE OUT THE)CULTIVATION OF OPIUM AMONG THE SHAN POPULATION.
|
|
TO REPLACE THAT BLOCK OF INCOME HE STARTED TO COLLECT TAXES WHILE PROVIDING
|
|
SAFE TRANSPORTATION AND PASSAGE THROUGH HIS TERRITORY TO THE DAILY CARAVANS OF
|
|
NARCOTIC TRAFFICKERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE SOUTHERN OUTLETS OF THAILAND.</p>
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<p>TODAY, KHUN SA STILL HAS SOME SMALL ISOLATED POCKETS OF OPIUM CULTIVATION
|
|
AMONG THE SHAN PEOPLES. HE IS ATTEMPTING TO ERADICATE THESE FIELDS AS QUICKLY
|
|
AS HE CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATE INCOME PROGRAMS FOR HIS FARMERS.</p>
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<p>PROPOSAL:</p>
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<p>KHUN SA IS PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT A PHASE OUT PROGRAM TO COMPLETELY STOP THE
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|
CULTIVATION OF OPIUM IN THE SHAN TERRITORIES. HE IS PREPARED TO ESTABLISH A
|
|
MILITARY CONTROL SYSTEM TO COMPLETELY STOP THE PASSAGE OR NARCOTIC TRAFFICKERS
|
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FROM CHINA, BURMA AND LAOS ON THEIR TRAVELS TO THE THAILAND OUTLETS THROUGH
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|
THE SHAN TERRITORIES.</p>
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<p>TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROPOSAL, KHUN SA STATES THAT HE COULD MAINTAIN MILITARY
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|
CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE IN THAT AREA FOR ABOUT HALF THE COST OF THE CURRENT
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|
U.S. BUDGET EXPENDED BY THE D.E.A. FORCES NOW STATIONED IN THAILAND. A
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PROPOSAL TO REALIZE INCOME FOR HIS PEOPLE THROUGH THE SALE OF THE TERRITORIES
|
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NATURAL RESOURCES WILL BE PRESENTED IN ITEM # FOUR, "TRADE MISSION".</p>
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<p>2: THE CORRUPTION OF THAI, BURMA AND D.E.A. OFFICIALS.</p>
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<p>BACKGROUND:</p>
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<p> THE NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONAL STAFFS OF BURMA, THAILAND AND THE U.S.
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D.E.A. HAVE FOR YEARS ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE FLOW OF NARCOTICS FROM THE GOLDEN
|
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TRIANGLE AREA. LARGE BUDGETS ARE EXPENDED BY OUR GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THESE
|
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ACTIVITIES WHICH RANGE FROM THE COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE TO THE OCCASIONAL
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BOMBING, RAIDING AND BURNING OF SOME ISOLATED OPIUM PRODUCING FIELDS. IN ALL
|
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THE TOTAL PROGRAM HAS NOT MET WITH ANY APPRECIABLE SUCCESS.</p>
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<p>tHE BURMA GOVERNMENT, FUNDED BY THE D.E.A., HAVE ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF
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INDISCRIMINATING BOMBING RAIDS ON SUSPECTED VILLAGES KILLING AND WOUNDING
|
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COUNTLESS INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THEY HAVE SPRAYED OPIUM FIELDS AND
|
|
VILLAGES WITH CHEMICAL THAT NOT ONLY KILL THE VEGETATION BUT ALSO POISON THE
|
|
SURROUNDING WATER SUPPLIES AND SUBSEQUENT NEW PLANT GROWTH. HUNDREDS OF
|
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VILLAGERS HAVE SUFFERED CRUEL AND SLOW DEATHS BY DRINKING POLLUTED
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WATERS\j\AND EATING NEWLY GROWN VEGETABLES RAISED IN POISONED FIELDS. 082986</p>
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<p>THAI AND D.E.A. CORRUPT OFFICIALS ARE USING U.S. FUNDS TO PURCHASE NARCOTICS
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FOR RE SALE, SELLING U.S. ARMS TO KHUN SA'S FORCES AND ARE INVOLVED IN A HOST
|
|
OF OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVES. AS LONG AS THESE CORRUPT OPERATIONS CONTINUE , IT
|
|
WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE THE OPIUM OPERATIONS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.</p>
|
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<p>PROPOSAL:</p>
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<p>KHUN SA IS PREPARING HARD DOCUMENTATION OF THE CORRUPT ACTS OF THE THAI AND
|
|
D.E.A. OFFICIALS CONCERNED. HE PROPOSES THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WITHDRAW THE
|
|
CORRUPT D.E.A. PERSONNEL FROM THAT OPERATIONAL AREA AND REPLACE THEM WITH A
|
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NEW CADRE OF TRUSTED U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENTS. KHUN SA WELCOMES THE CONCEPT OF
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HAVING OBSERVERS TO MONITOR HIS NARCOTIC ERADICATION ACTIVITIES IN THE SHAN
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TERRITORIES.</p>
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<p>3: AMERICAN M.I.A./P.O.W.'S IN LAOS.</p>
|
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<p>BACKGROUND</p>
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<p> DURING THE RAINY SEASON IN THE LATE 1978 KHUN SA'S FORCES FOUND 4 U.S. M/I/A/
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PERSONNEL IN THE NORTHERN JUNGLES OF LAOS. HIS FORCES ESCORTED THE 4 MEN TO
|
|
THE MEKONG RIVER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE RAIN SWOLLEN RIVER, THE 4
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|
U.S. PERSONNEL. THREE OF KHUN SA'S SOLDIERS AND TWO HORSES WERE SWEPT AWAY BY
|
|
THE RAGING WATERS AND ALL WERE DROWNED.</p>
|
|
<p>KHUN SA HAS HAD REPEATED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF THE LOCATION OF U.S. AND
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|
FOREIGN PERSONNEL HELD CAPTIVE IN LAOS. HAVING NO SPECIAL USE FOR THIS
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|
INFORMATION, IT WAS IGNORED.</p>
|
|
<p>AT MY REQUEST, KHUN SA CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF SOME 70 U.S. M.I.A./P.O.W.'S
|
|
AND APPROXIMATELY 12 KOREANS, 5 FILIPINOS AND A HOST OF LAOSIAN'S BEING
|
|
CONFINED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ONE GROUP IS WORKING AS FORCED LABORERS IN A
|
|
GOLD MINE IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF LAOS. THIS INFORMATION WAS INDEPENDENTLY
|
|
CONFIRMED IN MY MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE UNITED LAO PEOPLE FRONT FOR
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|
THE LIBERATION OF LAOS. (UFLLL).</p>
|
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<p>PROPOSAL:</p>
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<p>KHUN SA AS A GESTURE OF HIS SINCERITY AND GOODWILL TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA,
|
|
AND ESPECIALLY TO THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. IS PREPARED
|
|
TO RESCUE THE AMERICAN PERSONNEL AND DELIVER THEM SAFELY INTO OUR HANDS. HE
|
|
WILL DO THIS EMPLOYING HIS OWN TROOPS AND FUNDS, ASKING ONLY FOR SOME SMALL
|
|
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF SOME RIVER CROSSING EQUIPMENT AND AN AIR
|
|
EVACUATION FORCE TO REMOVE THE AMERICANS FROM HIS TERRITORY. \j\</p>
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|
<p> PRIOR TO MY DEPARTURE FROM HO)MONG, KHUN SA DISPATCHED RECON
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TEAMS TO OBTAIN HARD PHOTOGRAPHIC AND POSSIBLE INDIVIDUAL I.D.
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|
CONFIRMATIONS FROM THE VARIOUS PRISONER SITES.
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|
082986</p>
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<p>4: REGISTRATION OF A TRADE MISSION:</p>
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<p>BACKGROUND:</p>
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|
<p>SHANLAND HAS VAST RICH NATIONAL RESOURCES. IF PROPERLY MANAGED AND PRESENTED
|
|
TO THE WORLD MARKET, THESE RESOURCES COULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR KHUN SA'S
|
|
OPIUM ERADICATION PROGRAM AND MAINTAIN THE ONGOING ECONOMY FOR THE SHAN
|
|
POPULACE.</p>
|
|
<p>PROPOSAL:</p>
|
|
<p>KHUN SA HAS COMMISSIONED THE UNDERSIGNED TO ESTABLISH TRADE MISSIONS IN THE
|
|
FREE WORLD. A REQUEST FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES IN RECOGNIZING THE
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|
TRADE MISSION IS MADE BY KHUN SA IN A TAPED MESSAGE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT . A
|
|
COPY OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS ATTACHED. (REFERENCE: EXHIBIT " B ")"
|
|
LETTER OF APPOINTMENT", AND EXHIBIT "C" ) " TAPED MESSAGE TO VICE PRESIDENT
|
|
BUSH, FROM KHUN SA" ).</p>
|
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<p>5: HERBAL MEDICAL CURE FOR NARCOTIC ADDICTS.</p>
|
|
<p>BACKGROUND:</p>
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<p>IN THE 1800'S THE BRITISH INTRODUCED OPIUM INTO MAINLAND CHINA. A CHINESE
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|
HERB DOCTOR, ALARMED AT THE GROWING NUMBER OF NARCOTIC ADDICTS, DEVELOPED A
|
|
MIXTURE OF HERBS USED TO CURE ADDICTS OF THEIR CRAVINGS FOR NARCOTICS. THE
|
|
PROCESS STARTED WITH THE INGESTION OF A SMALL QUANTITY OF THE HERBAL MIXTURE.
|
|
THE ADDICT THEN EXPERIENCED 12 TO 15 HOURS OF SLEEP. FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS
|
|
THE ADDICT DETOXIFIED BY PASSING THE BODY POISONS THROUGH THE URINE AND SWEAT
|
|
GLANDS. AFTER LESS THAN ONE WEEK , THE ADDICT WOULD BEGIN TO EAT NORMALLY AND
|
|
BEGIN TO GAIN WEIGHT. MOST TREATMENTS TOOK BETWEEN SEVEN TO TEN DAYS TO
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|
COMPLETE. UPON COMPLETION, THE FORMER ADDICT WAS READY TO RETURN TO HIS
|
|
NORMAL LIFE DUTIES, HAVING LOST ALL CRAVINGS AND DESIRES FOR ANY DRUGS.</p>
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|
<p>THIS PROCESS IS STILL IN USE TODAY. A SPECIAL CLINIC IN BANGKOK HAS TREATED
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|
OVER 10000 ADDICTS USING THE SAME HERBAL MIXTURE AS PASSED ON BY THE OLD
|
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CHINESE DOCTOR.</p>
|
|
<p>PROPOSAL:</p>
|
|
<p>KHUN SA HAS OFFERED THIS FORMULA AND PROCESS TO THE U.S.A. AND THE FREE WORLD
|
|
AS THE FIRST OFFERING TO BE PASSED THROUGH THE TRADE MISSION. PRODUCT
|
|
VALIDITY SUPPORT OF THE TESTING OF SAMPLES AND ENDORSEMENT BY THE U.S. DEPT.
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|
OF HEALTH IS REQUESTED. 082986</p>
|
|
<p>SUMMARY:</p>
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|
<p>KHUN SA IS EXTREMELY DESIROUS TO ALIGNING HIS PEOPLE WITH THE UNITED STATES OF
|
|
AMERICA. THE RUSSIANS HAVE BOMBARDED HIM WITH OFFERS OF ECONOMIC AND MILITARY
|
|
AID. HE IS RESISTING THEIR TEMPTING OFFERS, AND WHILE HE HAS AGREED TO SEND
|
|
80 YOUNG STUDENTS TO RUSSIA FOR TRAINING, WILL STOP THE ACTIVITY UPON SEEING
|
|
ANY OVERT OR COVERT EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FROM THE U.S.A.</p>
|
|
<p>KHUN SA HAS EXPRESSED IN LENGTH HIS NEED AND CONCERNS FOR THE ORDERLY
|
|
TRANSITION OF SHANLAND INTO AN INDEPENDENT STATE. A NEW PROPOSAL PLAN WAS
|
|
DISCUSSED, AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT IN PERSON BY THE
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UNDERSIGNED.</p>
|
|
<p>IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME SOME MESSAGE BE SENT BACK TO
|
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KHUN SA REGARDING THE U.S. POSITION ON THE MATTERS LISTED HEREIN. IF WE FAIL
|
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TO RESPOND, TOTALLY IGNORE HIM,, HE WILL IN TIME, BE FORCED FOR ECONOMIC
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SURVIVAL TO TURN TO THE RUSSIANS.</p>
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<p>I AWAIT YOUR PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION OF A FULL AND
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DETAILED BRIEFING OF THE KHUN SA MEETING.</p>
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<p>RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY:</p>
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<p>AUTHUR M. SUCHESK PH.D</p>
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<p>AUGUST 29, 1986</p>
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<p>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></p>
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<p>KHUN SA TO GEORGE BUSH</p>
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<p>8)12)88</p>
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|
<p>TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED MESSAGE FROM SAO KHUN SA, SHANLAND TO GEORGE BUSH, VICE
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|
PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DATED: 08-12-1986 IN THE VILLAGE OF
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HO-MONG, SHAN TERRITORY, BURMA. TO THE HONORABLE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
|
|
STATES OF AMERICA, MR. BUSH.</p>
|
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<p>SINCE MR. SUCHESK CAME TO OUR PLACE TO MEET ME IN THE VILLAGE OF HO-MONG, WE
|
|
DISCUSSED THE SITUATION IN CHINA, BURMA AND THAILAND AND ABOUT THE D.E.A. AND
|
|
OPIUM AND ALSO THE AMERICAN P.0.W. IN LAOS.</p>
|
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<p>THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LIBERTY TO EXPRESS MY INTENTIONS AND IN
|
|
VIEW OF YOUR SITUATION TO YOUR EXCELLENCY VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
|
|
OF AMERICA, I BELIEVE YOUR EXCELLENCY IS AN HONORABLE MAN.</p>
|
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<p>WHEN MR. JOSEPH NELLIS ( U.S. CONGRESS ) CAME TO MEET ME.IN 1977, I PROPOSED A
|
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GUARANTEED SIX YEAR PLAN TO END THE OPIUM PRODUCTION IN SHAN STATE. I KNOW
|
|
THAT OPIUM IS HARMFUL TO SO MANY PEOPLE. I WANT TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I
|
|
TELL THEM (JOE NELLIS ) THAT THE METHODS THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN PURSUING SO
|
|
FAR WAS AN INEFFECTIVE PRUNING METHOD. TO CUT OFF LEAVES OF SOME ISOLATED
|
|
BRANCHES, BUT THE TREE NEVER DIES!</p>
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<p>MY SIX YEAR PLAN IN CONTRAST WAS THE UPROOTING METHOD, A SURE WAY TO END THE
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PROBLEM. SO IF D.E.A. REALLY WANT TO END IT, THEY SHOULD HAVE APPROACHED US,
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INSTEAD THEY SENT OUR OWN BROTHERS THE THAI MILITARY UNITS TO HUNT ME DOWN,
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ALL TOGETHER FOR 36 TIMES! IF THEY AIM TO GO ON DOING THE JOB THIS WAY, WE CAN
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BET THEY CAN GO ON FOR ANOTHER 60 YEARS AND NEVER SUCCEED. I HAVE SHOWN A
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DRAFT OF MY PLAN TO MR. NELLIS AND AGAIN SEND IT TO YOU THROUGH MR. SUCHESK.</p>
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<p>NOW PLEASE LET ME PRESENT A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HOW THE REBELLION AND THE OPIUM
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PROBLEM IN BURMA HAVE DEVELOPED TO THIS DATE. SHAN STATE HAS BEEN A
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PROTECTORATE STATE UNDER BRITISH RULE BEFORE 1948. SHAN PEOPLE MADE AN
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AGREEMENT TO TAKE INDEPENDENCE WITH THE BURMESE ON A CONDITION THAT SHAN STATE
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COULD SUCCEED FROM BURMA AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE AFTER 10 YEARS. THAT WAS
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WRITTEN IN THE 1948 BURMA CONSTITUTION, WHICH GENERAL NE WIN HAD ABOLISHED.
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SINCE THEN THE SHAN REBELLION BEGAN.</p>
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<p>AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE OF BURMA, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA ALSO MADE
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NORTHERN SHAN STATE ITS STRONGHOLD, AND THE KMT REMNANTS CAME IN FROM CHINA IN
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EARLY 1950. BEING OPPRESSED BY NE WIN REGIME, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA AND
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THE KMT REMNANTS, THE PEOPLE OF SHAN STATE WERE ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION SO
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THEY TURNED TO OPIUM CULTIVATION WHICH THE KMT ENCOURAGED THEM TO DO</p>
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<p>SINCE THEN, OPIUM HAS BEEN AN EVER GROWING PROBLEM. THE PEOPLE GROW.IT NEVER
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KNOW WHERE THEIR OPI0M IS HEADING FOR. THEY JUST SELL TO WHOM EVER BUY IT AND
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WITH THAT MONEYS THEY WILL BUY OTHER LIFE NECESSITIES.</p>
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<p>AS I HAVE SAID THE D.E.A. HAS TRIED SO MANY TIMES TO HUNT ME DOWN, DROVE ME
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OUT OF THAILAND AND SAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS KHUN SA WOULD BE DEAD, OR HE
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WOULD FLEE TO RANGOON, OR GO JOIN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA. IN REALITY FOR
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KHUN SA, THERE IS NO NEED TO RUN AWAY TO ANY OTHER PLACE. HE HAS HIS NATIVE
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LAND SHAN STATE. SINCE HE IS WORKING FOR HIS PEOPLE THEY SUPPORT HIM WITH WHAT
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THEY HAVE, RICE, CORN, SALT, CLOTHES, MONEY AND IF THEY ONLY HAVE OPIUM, THEY
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GIVE HIM OPIUM.</p>
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<p>CONCERNING THE OPIUM PROBLEM, DON'T THINK THAT THE BURMA, THAI AND D.E.A.
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|
REALLY WANT TO FIND THE REAL SOLUTION. .THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK MAY BE THE
|
|
BEST PROOF, AND STILL THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THEM, AND WILL NOT EVEN
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|
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MY SIX YEAR PLAN, MY GUARANTEE, INSTEAD THEY SUPPORT THOSE
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|
WHO ARE KILLING OUR PEOPLE.</p>
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|
<p>HATE FOR THE U.S.A. IS GROWING IN THE HEARTS OF OUR PEOPLE. THEY SAY THE
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|
U.S.A. IS KILLING OUR PARENTS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN, AND KILLING OUR
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|
CHILDREN FOR THE SAKE OF OUR PARENTS. WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR OPIUM TO THEM,
|
|
THEY CAN STAY AWAY FROM BUYING, WHY ALL THIS KILLING?</p>
|
|
<p>THEY USE HERBICIDES TO SPRAY ON OUR FARMS THAT KILLS NOT ONLY OPIUM PLANTS BUT
|
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ALSO OTHER VEGETABLES, INCLUDING GRASS AND LIVESTOCK. IT ALSO POISONS WATER
|
|
AROUND THE AREAS WHICH CLAIMS A THREAT TO HUMAN LIVES. IS THAT THE POLICY OF
|
|
HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE U.S.A. DO THEY THINK THAT OUR LIVES ARE NOT AS VALUABLE AS
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|
THEIRS? FOR MY PART I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF THE U.S.A. WANTS TO STOP US
|
|
FROM GROWING OPIUM, THEY SHOULD STOP GROWING WHEAT, WHERE THEN ARE THEY GOING
|
|
TO GET THEIR BREAD?. ( MONEY ) FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING THIS SIR, I'M NOT MEANING
|
|
TO BE RUDE, I ONLY WANT YOU TO BE SYMPATHETIC.</p>
|
|
<p>OUR COUNTRY IS SURROUNDED BY CHINA, LAOS, THAILAND AND THE LOW LANDS OF BURMZ.
|
|
AGAIN THEY ( OPIUM DEALERS) COME FROM THAILAND, FROM CHINA. WHEN EVER THE
|
|
THAI'S DO SOMETHING BAD TO OUR PEOPLE, THEY SAY THAT IT IS D.E.A., AND D.E.A.
|
|
IS AMERICANS! IN THIS WAY THE HATE TOWARDS AMERICAN PEOPLE GROWS.</p>
|
|
<p>YOUR EXCELLENCY, I AM SINCERE IN SAYING THAT I WANT TO HELP SOLVE THIS
|
|
PROBLEM. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, SEND ANOTHER GROUP TO ME TO COMPETE AGAINST
|
|
THE D.E.A. TO WORK TOWARDS THE SOLUTION. THE RESULTS WILL SOON BE SEEN.
|
|
WHOEVER CAN SOLVE THE NARCOTIC PROBLEM IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE WILL BE ONE OF
|
|
THE GREAT HEROES IN THE WORLD, AND I WISH TO HELP HIM.</p>
|
|
<p>I BELIEVE THAT EVERY LEADER OF HIS NATION IS WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS
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|
PEOPLE, AND THE WELFARE OF ALL MANKIND. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY WOULD
|
|
BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ALL MANKIND. IF WE ARE ABLE TO FREE OUR SHAN STATE
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|
TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT STATE, WITH THE HELP OF YOUR EXCELLENCY, WE WOULD
|
|
EVEN BE PLEASED TO BECOME ONE OF THE STATES OF THE U.S.A. AND A BASE TO
|
|
PREVENT THE SPREADING OF COMMUNISM.</p>
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|
<p>I HOPE THE VISIT OF MR. SUCHESK AND MR. DICK HSU WILL BECOME A STEPPING STONE
|
|
TO OUR CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE SALVATION OF VICTIMS OF THE
|
|
WORLD.</p>
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|
<p>I BEG YOUR EXZELLENCY TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF SHAN STATE. SHAN STATE IS A VZRY
|
|
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY RICH IN MINERALS AND FORESTS AND FREE FROM ALL KINDS OF
|
|
NATURAL DISASTERS. IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOULD WISH TO HELP US, WE BELIEVE WE
|
|
COULD PAY YOU BACK WITH OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.</p>
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|
<p>IF SHAN STATE BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT STATE I AM CERTAIN IT WOULD BE EVEN MORE
|
|
PROGRESSIVE THAN SINGAPORE AND IT CAN BECOME A PLACE WHERE UNIVERSITIES CAN BE
|
|
ESTABLISHED AND PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD WOULD WANT TO ATTEND,
|
|
BECAUSE IT IS A CALM AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH MODERATE CLIMATE AND FREE FROM
|
|
NATURAL DISASTERS.</p>
|
|
<p>AS A FIRST STEP TO FIND WAYS OF EARNING MONEYS TO SUBSTITUTE THE OPIUM
|
|
CULTIVATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO MANUFACTURE SOUVENIR COINS AND STAMPS IN GOLD
|
|
AND SILVER, AS MR. SUCHESK HAS SUGZESTED. BUT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE EDUCATED
|
|
PEOPLE TO HANDLE THIS, SO I BEG YOUR EXCELLENCY TO ALLOW MR. SUCHESK AND MR.
|
|
DICK HSU TO COME AND HELP US IN THIS FIELD.</p>
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|
<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
|
|
<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
|
|
not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
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|
almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
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|
David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
|
|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
|
|
crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
|
|
<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
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|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
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|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
|
|
learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
|
|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
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|
<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
|
|
REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
|
|
speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
|
|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
|
Brian Quig.</p>
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|
<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
|
|
calling</p>
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<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
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|
<p> or writing
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Intelligence Connection
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6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
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Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
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<p>September 17, 1987</p>
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<p>Mr. Edwin Meese, III
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Attorney General
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Main Justice Building
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10th & Constitution Avenue Northwest
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Washington, D.C. 20530</p>
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|
<p>Re: Citizen Complaint of Wrongdoing by Federal Officers</p>
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<p>Dear Mr. Meese:</p>
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<p>I am writing to you to register my complaints about certain actions that have
|
|
been carried out against me and my associates. I believe these actions
|
|
constitute violations of our civil rights as well as violations of the
|
|
criminal law in some instances. These actions are all the more reprehensible
|
|
in that they are politically motivated. I take this means to request that you
|
|
investigate these matters and, where appropriate, reprimand the individuals
|
|
involved and file criminal charges.</p>
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<p>Let me explain my situation to you. I am a veteran of the United States Army.
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I served with the Special Forces in the Vietnam War for more than two years
|
|
between 1964 and 1970. I consider myself to be a patriot and am proud of my
|
|
service to this country. Since the end of the Vietnam War, I have been
|
|
actively involved in seeking to locate and free American POW's and MIA's left
|
|
behind in Southeast Asia. I have been associated in these activities with Lt.
|
|
Col. James "Bo" Gritz and others, including Scott Weekly. I believe our
|
|
efforts have been carried out with the tacit ) if not always, overt ) approval
|
|
of certain elements within our government. These government and military
|
|
officials share our goal of freeing these forgotten Americans.</p>
|
|
<p>In the fall of 1986 Col. Gritz and Mr. Weekly went to Burma. They had
|
|
received intelligence from the "Basement of the White House", which led them
|
|
to believe certain Burmese had information about American POW's. These leads
|
|
proved to be unfounded. However, on that trip Col Gritz learned about illegal
|
|
furg trafficking directed by U.S. government)related operatives. These drup
|
|
dealing activities were on such a scale that they were used to fund covert,
|
|
para)military operations in Southeast Asia and in other parts of the world.</p>
|
|
<p>In May of 1987 I went to Burma with Col. Gritz and others. We brought back
|
|
startling evidence directly linking American officials with illegal drug
|
|
trafficking. A report on this Burma trip is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."</p>
|
|
<p>Over the years it has baffled me why the U.S. Government would not actively
|
|
and vigorously pursue the release of our POW's and MIA's. Now, the answer is
|
|
clear. Any renewed American activity in Southeast Asia, on a scale necessary
|
|
to the release of the abandoned POW's and MIA's, would attract unwanted
|
|
attention to covert activities in the are. Government)sponsored drug
|
|
trafficking is an explosive subject. Obviously, many government elements want
|
|
the story left untold.</p>
|
|
<p>Scott Weekly was charged with illegal transportation of explosives. He was
|
|
made promises by ATF Agent Thomas Hahn which induced him to plead guilty to
|
|
the charges. It is, of course, highly improper for law enforcement officials
|
|
to make promises, especially false promises, to criminal defendants to
|
|
persuade them to plead to criminal charges. This was done in Mr. Weekly's
|
|
case. Pages were extracted from his pre)sentence report which would, very
|
|
likely have mitigated his sentence. This action would have to have been known
|
|
about and approved by the Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Korotash. In
|
|
Montana, Mr. Korotash's activities would have violated the Canons of
|
|
Professional Ethics, which hold:</p>
|
|
<p>""a public prosecutor or other government lawyer in criminal litigation shall
|
|
make timely disclosure to counsel for the defendant, or to the defendant if he
|
|
has no counsel, of the existence of evidence, known to the prosecutor or other
|
|
government lawyer, that tends to negate the guilt of the accused, mitigate the
|
|
degree of the offense, or reduce the punishment." DR 7*103(b)^E^</p>
|
|
<p>""A lawyer shall not suppress any evidence that he or his client has a legal
|
|
obligation to reveal or produce." DR 7)109(A)^E^</p>
|
|
<p>I believe Agent Hahn and Attorney Korotash conspired to violate \Mr. Weekly's
|
|
rights by persuading him not to retain effective counsel and to plead guilty.</p>
|
|
<p>Thereafter, Col. Gritz was charged with a passport violation and has
|
|
registered his own complaint, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
|
|
"B." Col. Gritz recently informed me that U.S. government representatives
|
|
offered him government employment and dismissal of the charges against him if
|
|
he would cease activities relative to the POW's and stay out of Southeast
|
|
Asia. In other words, if Col. Gritz would shut up and cease his activities in
|
|
Southeast Asia everything would be all right ) for him. As usual no thought
|
|
was given to the POW's and MIA's nor their families and loved ones.</p>
|
|
<p>Following my return from Burma on June 1, 1987, Col. Gritz was charged. I set
|
|
out to investigate facts relative to the passport violation charge as well as
|
|
the Scott Weekly situation. During the course of my short investigation there
|
|
were several incidents which took place that were certainly blatant violations
|
|
of my rights as a U.S. citizen. Itt is my opinion that the reason these
|
|
violations took place is because I had in my possession\j\reports, documents
|
|
and tapes which accuse and support accusations that U.S. Government officials
|
|
deal in drugs and certain government employees have lied and obstructed
|
|
justice in order to convict perfectly innocent persons of criminal
|
|
wrongdoings.</p>
|
|
<p>I believe they have been motivated by a desire to silence myself and my
|
|
associates to keep the lid on the drug trafficking evidence we have uncovered.
|
|
Short of that, they seek to discredit us and the information we've obtained.</p>
|
|
<p>I traveled to Seattle, Washington, on June 27, 1987, to interview a U.S.
|
|
Customs Agent named James Foley. Mr. Foley's telephone number is (206)
|
|
442)1974. His address is 1580 South 156th Street, Seattle.</p>
|
|
<p>I spoke with Inspector Foley and told him I needed to locate the customs agent
|
|
who passed Col. Gritz used, which was stamped at SEA)TAC Airport by Agent
|
|
1099. Attached hereto as Exhibit "C" is a copy of the passport. I told him
|
|
that Col. Gritz had had several passports with him and the agent had taken him
|
|
to an interrogation room. There he told Col. Gritz he hoped he had a
|
|
telephone number they could call. Col. Gritz gave them a number and one of
|
|
the customs men left. Returning a few minutes later, he said "Okay Col.
|
|
Gritz, you're free to go". Inspector Foley told me he may know hwo the
|
|
customs agent was that finally cleared Col. Gritz through. He said that the
|
|
number stamped in the passport may or may not mean anything but he may
|
|
possibly recognize the handwriting.</p>
|
|
<p>The next day, June 27th, I contacted Inspector Foley at his home. He told me
|
|
he had spoken with another Inspector named Arthur Henning. He said he had
|
|
asked Henning if he could remmeber an incident about five years ago when a
|
|
Green Beret Colonel came through customs with several passports. Inspector
|
|
Foley told me Inspector Henning immediately told him, "James 'Bo' Gritz."
|
|
Henning said he remembered the incident because of the publicity Col. Gritz
|
|
received on the POW issue shortly thereafter. Henning said he had taken Col.
|
|
Gritz to an interview room along with another customs agent, John Hood. Col.
|
|
Gritz had given them a telephone number whihc Henning said was to the State
|
|
Department. Henning told Foley he handled the incident. He said Agent Hood
|
|
may have written down the telephone number Gritz had given them a telephone
|
|
number which Henning said was to the State Department. Henning told Foley he
|
|
handled the incident. He said Agent Hood may have written down the telephone
|
|
number Gritz gave them in his notes and could still possibly have it. He told
|
|
Foley the call to the State Department would have been made by a supervisor,
|
|
possibly Lynne Robson, who is now dead. Henning told Foley he remembered Col.
|
|
Gritz was carrying at least three passports. He, also, said there would be a
|
|
"Negative Search Report" on the incident. I sought this information because
|
|
we had been led by U.S. Attorney Wulfson that this type evidence should have
|
|
been sufficient to result in the dismissal of the charges against Col. Gritz
|
|
regarding the fraudulent passport. After receiving this\j\information from
|
|
me, Col. Gritz's attorney, Lamond Mills, contacted Wulfson. Wulfson told
|
|
Mills he had already talked to Customs Inspector Henning about the incident,
|
|
but that he wasn't dropping any charges, despite what he had said earlier.</p>
|
|
<p>About that same time I was contacted by an investigative reporter named Tony
|
|
Kimerey from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kimerey told me he was in the office of
|
|
the Assistant U.S. Attorney, Stephen Korotash. Jerry Bohnen, a KTOK news
|
|
reporter, was there too. Kimerey can be reached at telephone number (404)
|
|
525)6780. Jerry Bohnen can be reached at (405) 840)1948. Also present in the
|
|
office was Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Agent Tom Hahn. Kimerey said that ATF
|
|
Agent Tom Hahn told him, in the presence of Korotash and Bohnen, that he
|
|
(Hahn) had removed 9 pages from the documents that went before Federal Judge
|
|
Alley, before the sentencing of Scott Weekly. The pages that Hahn removed
|
|
were letters from several different Government agencies corroborating the
|
|
story that Scott Weekly was involved in the Afghan traiing program which was
|
|
sanctioned by the U.S. Government. If it were so, that the program was
|
|
sanctioned by the government, then no laws would have been broken in shipping
|
|
the C)4 by commercial air carrier. Kimerey also said that a U.S. Government
|
|
investigator, who has done investigations for the U.S. Attorney's Office in
|
|
Oklahoma City, told him he could not understand why ATF Agent Hahn and U.S.
|
|
Attorney Korotash were being so malicious in prosecuting and railroading Scott
|
|
Weekly.</p>
|
|
<p>On July 18th, I traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia to find a man named
|
|
Ahmad Rashid and his wife, Margaret. Ahmad was Scott Weekly and Col. Gritz's
|
|
government contact in the Afghan training program. A meeting with Ahmad,
|
|
Scott Weekly and Col. Gritz was set up in August 1986 by William Bode, then
|
|
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance.
|
|
Assistant U.S. Attorney Korotash and ATF Agent Hahn have been saying all along
|
|
that there was no Afghan traiing. They claim Weekly and Col. Gritz were
|
|
selling explosives ot the Iranians. This is utterly ridiculous. I had
|
|
thought at one time that maybe they really didn't know about the Afghan
|
|
training. Maybe they were being lied to by persons in the government. But
|
|
now I find that Agent Hahn has been in contact with William Bode since the
|
|
early days, even before Weekly was arrested in December of 1986. Hahn was
|
|
given a training schedule of the Afghan training by William Bode. Bode
|
|
admitted this to Col. Gritz.</p>
|
|
<p>Upon my arrival in Vancouver, British Columbia, I contacted Margaret Rashid,
|
|
wife of Ahmad. Margaret had assisted her husband in the briefing of Col.
|
|
Gritz and Scott Weekly. Margaret and Ahmad were to have given Gritz and
|
|
Weekly all of their knowledge on the Mujahadeen Afghan Freedom Fighters so
|
|
that they could use this knowledge in training several different factions of
|
|
Mujahadeen in hopes of unifying them. I was lucky to have reached Margaret
|
|
when I did because she was getting ready to leave Vancouver within a few days
|
|
to join her husband in\j\Montreal. Ahmad was in Montreal looking for a place
|
|
for them to live.</p>
|
|
<p>Margaret and I talked about her role in giving the information to Weekly and
|
|
Gritz about the Mujahadeen in August of 1986. Margaret told me that she and
|
|
Ahmad were in constant contact with William Bode. She said that Bode was
|
|
their U.S. Government contact. As a matter of fact Bode was the one that gave
|
|
her and Ahmad the money to move to Montreal. This evidence would provce that
|
|
this was a government)sponsored program. That being the case, Weekly should
|
|
not have been convicted of the crime he was charged with. Bode and his
|
|
associates were trying to get the Rashids out of Vancouver before Col. Gritz
|
|
or anyone tried to contact them. Margaret said she also knew of Gritz and
|
|
Weekly's problem. She knew Weekly was in jail but she did not exactly know
|
|
why. She said she had a three way telephone conversation with Bode and
|
|
another man from the U.S. Government some time ago. The man from the U.S.
|
|
Government was the one who suggested they move to Montreal away from
|
|
Vancouver. He was also the one who suggested that Bode give them the money to
|
|
move on so that we could not find them. Margaret could not remember the name
|
|
of the U.S. Government official they had the conversation with, but I found
|
|
out later it was ATF Agent Tom Hahn.</p>
|
|
<p>William Bode had called Col. Gritz about the same time I was visiting
|
|
MArgaret. He had no idea I had been talking to her. He told Col. Gritz he
|
|
had just heard of Weekly's being in jail. He told Col. Gritz he was no longer
|
|
working in Afghan studies or in the State Department. He told Gritz that he
|
|
hadn't been there since last February. He said that if someone had contacted
|
|
him before he would have at least given ATF a copy of the Afghan training
|
|
schedule to prove Weekly was working under the auspices of the Government.</p>
|
|
<p>A few days later, when Bode had found out I had talked to Margaret Rashid, he
|
|
again called Col. Gritz. He asked Col. Gritz who Lance Trimmer was. He told
|
|
Col. Gritz he had tried helping all he could. He said he had given Agent Hahn
|
|
a copy of the training schedule. In the prior converstaion he had said he may
|
|
have given him a copy. He also stated then that ATF Agent Hahn was the third
|
|
person on the three way telephone conversation with him and the Rashids.</p>
|
|
<p>The above information are all lies told by Government employees ATF Agent Hahn
|
|
and Assistant U.S. Attorney Korotash have lied from the beginning and they
|
|
continue to lie. My attorney in Oklahoma City, Frank Miskovski, who is a very
|
|
prominent attorney in that area, told me that he has not once talked to ATF
|
|
Agent Hahn that Hahn had not lied to him.</p>
|
|
<p>Hahn admitted to two reporters that he omitted several pages of documents to
|
|
be presented to a U.S. Federal Judge in recommending a long jail term for
|
|
Scott Weekly. This was a clear violation of Weekly's rights. Hahn was
|
|
instrumental in trying to hide\j\witnesses that could prove Scott Weekly's
|
|
innocence. Those witnesses could have proven that Weekly was involved in a
|
|
legitimate, U.S. Governemnt)approved, training program of Mujahadeen Afghan
|
|
Freedom Fighters. It seems very clear to me that Assistant U.S. Attorney
|
|
Korotash was also involved in the hiding of these documents.</p>
|
|
<p>I have continuously tried to determine why ATF Agent Hahn and U.S. Attorney
|
|
Korotash would want so badly to put Col. Gritz and Scott Weekly in jail. The
|
|
only conclusion that I have is that some persons or people higher up in the
|
|
Government are pressuring them to muzzle Col. Gritz. Col. Gritz is a proven
|
|
American hero, whose only goal in life is to bring home American Prisoners of
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War left behind in Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War. The government wants
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to stop him from giving to the Americna people documents and evidence that
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show U.S. Government officials are now, and have been, dealing in drugs.</p>
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<p>These are acts of governmental agents involving the obstruction of justice and
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illegal suppression of evidence, which would show the charges against both
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Weekly and Gritz to be ill)founded.</p>
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<p>Now, let me address the acts which have carried out against me.</p>
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<p>I was arrested at the U.S./Canadian Point of Entry, Blaine, Washinton, on
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August 13, 1987, by U.S. Customs officials. I was arrested on a warrant,
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issued out of the federal district court of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. There
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were no charges. I was wanted as a material witness to testify before the
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grand jury in Oklahoma.</p>
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<p>Immediately following my arrest, I was searched and placed in a holding cell.
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I was told by a Customs Agent that they were going to look in my car. Much
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later, three agents came to my cell. One of them, who appeared to be in
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charge, introduced himself as Jim Williams. He read me my rights and asked me
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a couple of questions. I would not answer his questions but told him I was
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sure he had read a report that was in my bag that would answer all the
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questions he had. He insinuated that what he had read was interesting. One
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of the agents with him asked me if I had a number that he could call. What he
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meant was, he wanted to know if I was working for some government agency. I
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told him I had none. I don't believe he would have asked that had he not read
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papers in my briefcase. I was then chained up with leg irons, belts and
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handcuffs and taken to Whatcom County Jail where I was booked in,
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finger)printed and mugged. I was told that ATF Agents would pick me up in the
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morning and take me before a magistrate in Seattle.</p>
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<p>The next day two ATF Agents, Norm Prins and Jane Heffner, picked me up for
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transfer to the Seattle U.S. Marshall's Office. Agent Prins handcuffed me
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with my hands behind my back, put me in leg irons and escorted me to his
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vehicle for the 1 1/2 hour drive to Seattle. He told me he had two of my bags
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in their trunk. He also said that he had been to the Canadian Border where
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they had picked up my bags from Customs. I asked where the other two were and
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was told he knew nothing about them. Obviously, they had searched my car and
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seized and searched my personal property.</p>
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<p>On the way in Agent Prins said he'd like me to answer some personal questions
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he had. He said they had nothing to do with my case because he knew nothing
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about it. He said his questions had to do with POW's. If he knew nothing
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|
about my case, he would not have known to ask me about POW's. I assume he had
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read the papers in my briefcase and clothes bag. We talked about POW's and
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also about my Burma Report.</p>
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<p>When we arrived at the U.S. Marshall's Office, where I had to appear before
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the Magistrate, my hands and arms were asleep from having to sit handcuffed
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with my arms behind my back. The marks and bruises were still on my hands
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from the cuffs four days later. Agent Prins got my two bags out of the trunk
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of his car. I noticed the center section of my clothes bag was still zipped
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open. I never was allowed to look in my bags. They said they had brought
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them to turn over to the U.S. Marshall's Office, but the Marshall's Office
|
|
refused to accept them. They obviously argued over them for some time until
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the ATF agents said they would take them and hold them in their office. I
|
|
asked again about my briefcase and clothes bag but was told that Customs had
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kept them. I asked why and was told that they were "doing something" with
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them. I asked what, and was told just "something, but I shouldn't worry about
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it." I said abviously they are making copies of my diary and reports. They
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said they didn't know but admitted it was possible.</p>
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<p>Before appearing before the Magistrate one of the U.S. Marshalls called the
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Customs Agent Williams and asked about my briefcase and camera case. I could
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|
not hear what Agent Williams was saying but when he hung up the Marshall told
|
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me that Williams would have my bags sent to whatever address I wanted. I told
|
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him I wanted my bags brought to me because they also contained my credit cards
|
|
and identification which the agents had kept when they took my wallet, also I
|
|
told them they had no reason to keep them. The Marshall then told me they
|
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were "doing something with them." When I asked "what," he said he had no idea.</p>
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<p>I was then taken to the Magistrate where I was admitted to a $10000 bail. I
|
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told them I could make bail immediately if I could make a phone call. This
|
|
was approximately 4:30 p.m. The Marshalls then took me from the courtroom
|
|
back up the elevator to their office. When we passed a phone I asked if I
|
|
could make that call. They said I could when I got to the office. When we
|
|
reached the office, they had me go into their little holding room and then
|
|
fooled around preparing this and that. I asked again about a call and was
|
|
told, "in a minute." It was obvious they were stalling for time since it was
|
|
close to 5:00 p.m. When I was finally allowed to call it was too late for
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|
anything to be done. This meant I was stuck in jail for the weekend.\j\</p>
|
|
<p>I was then allowed to call Custons Agent Williams. I asked him about my
|
|
briefcase and camera bag. He said he would send them somewhere for me. I
|
|
told him I had to have them in my hands. I needed my identification and
|
|
credit cards to bail out of jail. He said there was no way to get them to me
|
|
now that the weekend was there. I told him someone could surely drop them at
|
|
the ATF Office with my other bags. He said they couldn't do that until
|
|
Monday. I asked if it was going to take that long to make copies of my
|
|
personal diary and papers. He said they weren't doing that. I said what
|
|
about the phone numbers. He said we are just "doing something" with the bag.
|
|
I said I would like them right away. He said it was impossible and I would
|
|
get them on Monday or maybe Tuesday. They would be through with them then.
|
|
He stated he would not be there</p>
|
|
<p>personally himself next week but someone else would handle it. That was the
|
|
best he could do. I was then taken to Kent, Washington, to the Kent
|
|
Corrections Center. I was taken there in handcuffs and chains. I was
|
|
fingerprinted and mugged for the third time.</p>
|
|
<p>While in the Kent Corrections Center I made four written requests. The first
|
|
one was made on August 15. I requested they return my briefcase and personal
|
|
belongings being held by Customs immediately. This included my credit cards
|
|
and other identification. I was told they could do nothing. They said I must
|
|
contact the agency that had them, although those agencies wouldn't accept a
|
|
collect call. I wrote another request on August 16 and was told the same
|
|
thing. Copies of all four requests are attached as Exhibit "D." On August 17
|
|
they would not answer my request and on August 18 I was not allowed to make a
|
|
phone call. They did finally tell me that a U.S. Marshall had brought my
|
|
identification cards from Customs on that day after I had told them I would
|
|
not leave the jail without my identification even if I was bailed out, because
|
|
it was clear they could arrest me for vagrancy.</p>
|
|
<p>While in the jail there were two phone calls I made which were very important
|
|
regarding my bail. On one occasion, I was right at the point of learning a
|
|
phone number that I needed to call to have bail brought immediately, when the
|
|
conversation was cut off by whoever was monitoring the call. Several persons
|
|
called the jail with messages for me, with regard to bailing me out, but the
|
|
messages were never given to me. Finally on Tuesday afternoon, August 18, I
|
|
was allowed to bail out on a $10000 cash bond. The attorney who was
|
|
instrumental in bailing me out had to drive me to the Canadian Border at
|
|
Blaine, Washington, which was more than 125 miles away in order for me to get
|
|
my briefcase and camera bag.</p>
|
|
<p>All of the contents in those bags obviously had been removed. My notes and
|
|
papers were thrown back in completely out of order and it looked as though
|
|
several typewritten notes were missing. The Customs Agent, Joe Rydell, stated
|
|
that I either had to sign an inventory list they had made up or he would not
|
|
return my belongings. There was no way I could tell if every piece of paper
|
|
was there. I was never given an inventory list of what they took from me.
|
|
They kept my personal diary, papers, pictures, and identifications cards,
|
|
including credit cards, for six days and refused to return them. They told me
|
|
they were "doing something" with them. It was clearly an illegal search and
|
|
seizure. I was only arrested as a material witness. I have been a law
|
|
enforcement officer and understand what the term "probable cause" means.
|
|
There was no probable cause to seize my property and search it. There was no
|
|
reason to treat me like a criminal. I can understand being jailed on a
|
|
warrant. I cannot understand being handcuffed, chained, mugged and
|
|
fingerprinted on numerous occasions, being denied access to my property, and
|
|
being denied the opportunity to arrange bail. All of this was a serious
|
|
violation of my civil rights.</p>
|
|
<p>After I finally got released on bail I had to travel more that 200 miles to
|
|
retrieve my personal belongings. They forced me to personally go out of the
|
|
way which took another day. It was then too late to travel to my home in
|
|
Montana. I had to go to California to secure my automobile and then travel to
|
|
Oklahoma City where I was to appear before a Grand Jury on the Subpoena the
|
|
government had issued me upon my arrival. I called the U.S. Attorney's
|
|
Office and checked in as I was supposed to do. The man that I talked to about
|
|
transportation to Oklahoma City told me that I should pay my own way and turn
|
|
in a voucher on the day I appeared before the Grand Jury. I then left for
|
|
Oklahoma City. I needed to find a lawyer for my appearance.</p>
|
|
<p>When I appeared at the U.S. Attorney's Office with my attorney, Frank
|
|
Miskovski in Oklahoma City, we were met by ATF Agent Tom Hahn. Tom Hahn
|
|
stated that U.S. Attorney Korotash was out of town. I asked if he was also on
|
|
vacation and Hahn replied he didn't know. He told me Korotash was out of town
|
|
and could not be reached. Hahn said he had been trying to contact me for the
|
|
past ten days. I called him a liar. He said he was not lying. I told him I
|
|
called in twice to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Hahn stated that I only called
|
|
in once. I told him I called on Monday August 24 and checked in with a woman
|
|
secretary. I also called in on August 26 and told a male I would be coming to
|
|
Oklahoma City and wanted to know about travel arrangements. Hahn said he only
|
|
heard of one time I called. He said that he had called my attorney several
|
|
times in Washington. I called Mike Jordan, my attorney in Washington, on
|
|
August 30 from Oklahoma City. He told me that Hahn had called him on Friday
|
|
trying to contact me to tell me they postponed the Grand Jury Hearing.</p>
|
|
<p>On September 1st, the day of my scheduled appearance, Hahn gave me a new
|
|
subpoena for September 14. I asked if my bail would now be returned. He said
|
|
he didn't see why not. He would check. I waited for some time before Hahn
|
|
returned and told my attorney that they were going to hold my cash bail of
|
|
$10000 until I appeared on September 14.</p>
|
|
<p>I left to make a phone call and then returned with my attorney and asked for
|
|
Agent Hahn. I was told he was no longer around. My attorney asked to speak
|
|
with the U.S. Attorney Price. He was not around. This was at 11:30 a.m. We
|
|
asked to speak with any U.S. Attorney who could make a decision. We were
|
|
taken to a Chief U.S. Attorney whom I told I wanted my bail returned or to be
|
|
put back in jail. I told him the bail I received was promised to be sent back
|
|
to the person it came from on September 1 and I had appeared as promised.
|
|
This U.S. Attorney called Agent Hahn who, just a few minutes earlier, could
|
|
not be found, and had Hahn come to his office. He told Hahn I was there to be
|
|
put in jail so my bail would be returned. </p>
|
|
<p>Hahn immediately made many calls. A long time later he came out ant told my
|
|
attorney that they would either return my bail and place me in jail, return my
|
|
bail and release me on my own recognizance or schedule the hearing in the
|
|
morning. He was to call my attorney at his office. Later in the afternoon,
|
|
my attorney contacted me about 4:30 p.m. and said that Hahn was obviously a
|
|
habitual liar. He had finally talked to Hahn after 4:00 p.m. and Hahn told
|
|
him he called 4 or 5 times but couldn't reach him. My attorney's secretary
|
|
said that Hahn had called once. My attorney was not in and Hahn did not call
|
|
back. My attorney called Hahn back twice but could not find him. He finally
|
|
reached Hahn about 4:10 p.m. and Hahn told him they reset the Grand Jury
|
|
Hearing for the following morning, September 2. I appeared at 9;00 a.m. on
|
|
September 2nd before the Grand Jury. I talked about U.S. Officials dealing in
|
|
drugs., about General Khun Sa of Burma, about a statement I made of a
|
|
complaint being filed regarding charges oif wrongdoing by AFT Agent Hahn.
|
|
Halfway through the U>S> Attorney's questions, they stopped the hearing and
|
|
tol;d me there would be no more questions. It was approximately 11:00 a.m. I
|
|
was told that I was free to go and would have to return on Oct. 5. I believe
|
|
that is less than coincidental that Col. Gritz passport violation case is
|
|
scheduled for trial in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the very same date.</p>
|
|
<p>My attorney and I asked that my bail be returned along with my passport. AFT
|
|
Agent Hahn said he saw no problem with that. He said he would clear it with
|
|
U.S. Attorney Blair Watson. We waited about 45 minutes. Hahn came later and
|
|
said he would have it taken care of after lunch. My Attorney called him after
|
|
lunch but, as usual, he was not around then. He talked to the U.S. Attorney
|
|
Watson who said he didn't know about the bail and it would have to stay
|
|
whereever it was. He believed it was being held in Washington State where it
|
|
was posted. My attorney called the U.S. Attorney's office in Seattle,
|
|
Waashington and was tiold it had been sent to Oklahoma. My attorney talked
|
|
with the U.S. Attorney in Seattle later and was told Hahn had told them that
|
|
because it took so long for them to find me he didn't think they should
|
|
release my bail. There was never andy agreement to release my bail until
|
|
Sept. 14th. At this writing I still don't have it back. Since recovering my
|
|
property I have discovered that several items are missing, including typed
|
|
notes and a tape\j\of conversations with Margaret Rashid and Tony Kimerey. I
|
|
spent more than ten years of my life serving my country as a soldier. I
|
|
risked my life in combat in support of our government. I worked as a court
|
|
officer a police officer and as an investigator for a prperiod of 15 years. I
|
|
have a college degree in criminal justice. I believe in our system and have
|
|
proven my commitment by my service. I cannot tolerate nor abide the
|
|
perversion and subvertion of our system, especially by those)like me)who have
|
|
taken an oath to defend it.</p>
|
|
<p>This complaint deals with high)level government policy makers who have
|
|
sacrificed our POW'S and MIA's, and alot more, to cover)up illigal and
|
|
reprehensible drug trafficking activies. It deals with federal Justice
|
|
Department officials who have lied, silenced witnesses, discredited genuine
|
|
patriots and heroes, obstructed justice and used their power to harass and
|
|
intimidate honorable citizens. I've heard of the alleged illigal drug
|
|
trafficking, supported by the CIA, in Central America. Until my recent
|
|
experience I wouldn't have believed it. You are the top law enforcement
|
|
officer in the United States. You have a duty to investigate, vigorously, the
|
|
charges raised in this complaint. Today is the 200 anniversary of our
|
|
constitution. The greatest threat to that sacred document is being mounted
|
|
today by the lairs, obstructors of justice and other slime who believe the
|
|
ends justify the means and "plausible deniability" is a defensible standard of
|
|
conduct in an open, democratic system. The people and activites, complained
|
|
of herein, threatenour very system of laws. Do yourself proud. Deal with
|
|
these complaints vigorously.. The issue of illegal drug trafficking is now
|
|
before the publis.</p>
|
|
<p>When it becomes apparent to the public that our POW's and MIA's have been
|
|
abandoned and our youth have been exposed to drugs to protect such an
|
|
activity, the wrath of the people will be incredible. It no longer works to
|
|
try to hide this activity, too many know of it. The tactics that have been
|
|
used to produce the silence of people like me oon this issue, are
|
|
unjustifiable. Restore my faith in my government. Do your duty, as I have
|
|
sought to do mine. And as those POW's and MIA's abandoned in Southeast Asia,
|
|
have done theirs. </p>
|
|
<p>Sincerely, </p>
|
|
<p>Lance Trimmer
|
|
Suite 316, 600 Central Plaza
|
|
Great FAlls, Montana 59401</p>
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|
<p>Subscribed and Sworn to before me this day of Sept. 1987
|
|
(Linda Cooper) Notary Public for the State of Montana </p>
|
|
<p>My commision expires : 4/1/89</p>
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|
<p>cc: </p>
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|
<p>ATF, Washington,
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|
D.C ATF, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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|
U.S. Attorney William Price, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
|
U.S. Customs Service, Washington, D.C.
|
|
U.S. Customs Service, Blaine, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
|
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DEA, Washington, D.C.
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Members of the United States Congress</p>
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|
<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
|
|
<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
|
|
not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
|
|
almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
|
|
David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
|
|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
|
|
crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
|
|
<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
|
|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
|
|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
|
|
learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
|
|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
|
|
<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
|
|
REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
|
|
speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
|
|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
|
Brian Quig.</p>
|
|
<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
|
|
calling</p>
|
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<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
|
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<p> or writing
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Intelligence Connection
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|
6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
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Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
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<p>DRUG STORY HARD TO BELIEVE</p>
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|
<p>Since the earlier publication of evidence of US government officials
|
|
trafficking in drugs in SE asia, evidence has been piling up in the Digest
|
|
office. There is so much of it, from widely diverse sources ranging from
|
|
Mother Jones and the Christic Institute on the left, to Reuters and US News
|
|
and World Report, to first)hand testimony from a warlord of the Golden
|
|
Triangle, that it seems that there must be a real fire somewhere under all
|
|
this smoke. Since the evidence is massive and the trail of the players
|
|
twisted, let us attempt to summarize. Opium and heroin have been imported
|
|
into the US from SE Asia in huge quantities by US and allied government
|
|
officials since the 1940s.</p>
|
|
<p>This activity became especially heavy from the 1960s forward. A great deal of
|
|
the money generated by this drug trade, particularly after it became monstrous
|
|
in the '60s and '70s, was apparently laundered through the Nugan)Hand Bank in
|
|
Australia. Upon the failure of this bank some 7 years ago, and at the same
|
|
time as the alleged suicide of one of the partners, Frank Nugan (1980), it
|
|
became clear that CIA and US military officers were deeply involved in the
|
|
bank and its nefarious operations. A full)blown investigation by the
|
|
Australian government produced a 4)volume report. It showed that some $50
|
|
million in losses were suffered when the bank went down, but untold amounts of
|
|
illicit drug money were undoubtedly not accounted for at the time because the
|
|
owners of that money didn't want to draw attention to themselves. Strangely
|
|
enough, the whole affair of the Nugan)Hand failure was hushed up by our
|
|
government and many bank records were shredded by former US officials.</p>
|
|
<p>Now to Central America. Cocaine from this area has apparently been imported
|
|
into the US in large quantities for years by officials of the US and allied
|
|
nations. Some of the funds from these drug sales have apparently supported
|
|
the Contra's in Central America, along with funds from arms sales to Iran.
|
|
Here's the mind)blower: The central players in these arms and drug deals seem
|
|
always to be the same people: Theodore Shackley, a former high CIA official,
|
|
Thomas Clines, always Shackley's assistant, Richard Secord, retired Air Force
|
|
major general, and shifting cast of support players. With the exception of
|
|
Secord, these same people show up in the testimony of Gen. Khun Sa, the
|
|
recognized drug kingpin of the Golden Triangle (Thailand)Laos)Burma).</p>
|
|
<p>Khun Sa describes the sale of huge amounts of drugs to some of these US
|
|
officials and even notes that the funds were run through Australian banks.
|
|
Lt. Col. "Bo" Gritz, who first exposed this story on a radio talkshow in
|
|
southern California, has continued his campaign on talkshows throughout the
|
|
United States. In almost every show, says Gritz, he will get one or more
|
|
calls from Vietnam vets who describe how they participated or knew of drugs
|
|
being shipped either under US auspices or at a minimum with a "wink and a nod"
|
|
from officials on the scene.</p>
|
|
<p>We should note here that Gen. Khun Sa has offered to stop this drug traffic in
|
|
his part of the world but says that for 15 years, he can get "no interest"
|
|
from our government. In the videotaped interview with Gritz, Khun Sa even
|
|
agreed to provide security for the US and/or UN inspection teams if
|
|
they\j\wanted to come in to verify his efforts. Khun Sa's offer is connected
|
|
to his request for help for his people in the form of agricultural
|
|
instruction, etc. His point is that if he stops the growing of opium, his 8
|
|
million people will need help in replacing the income that crop is generating.</p>
|
|
<p>To date, his offer has stirred not one iota of interest in Washington.
|
|
Unbeknownst to Gritz, H. Ross Perot had been working on this same story since
|
|
some time in late 1986. Perot took the evidence to Washington, presented it
|
|
to the Vice President, the FBI, and to the White House, and got no help
|
|
whatsoever. He even received a call from Frank Carlucci, now head of the
|
|
National Security Council, telling him to "stop pursuing" Richard Armitage,
|
|
whom Gen Khun Sa named as a big buyer of drugs in Burma.</p>
|
|
<p>Armitage is now Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security.
|
|
Former Chief of Special Operations for the US Air Force L. Fletcher Prouty
|
|
says many CIA officials knew all about the use of drugs to pay some troops in
|
|
Burma during WW II. One who knew was Sam Wilson who ended up as head of the
|
|
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Prouty also states that this drug trade
|
|
was the reason for the start of the Nugan)Hand Bank in Australia, and further
|
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states that Michael Hand (one of the partners in the bank) worked out of his
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office in the Pentagon before he went to Vietnam and Laos where he met the
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Nugan brothers. Prouty, by the way, assisted Alfred McCoy in the preparation
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of his monumental book The Politics of Heroin in SouthEast Asia (Harper & Row,
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1972). A lawsuit filed by the leftist Christic Institute alleges many of the
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above events, naming these and other players. The Institute alludes to a
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"Secret Team" that was/is running many of the arms/drug deals.</p>
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<p>Much of the outline of this informal organization (if that's what it is) is
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also fully covered in US News and World Report (8/10/87, p. 16), with only a
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casual mention of the drug trade in the last paragraph. But at least it was
|
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mentioned. An article by the Wall Street Journal reporter Jonathan Kwitny
|
|
appears in the August)September issue of Mother Jones. Both the reporter and
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the magazine are leftist, to say the least. However, Kwitny's recounting of
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the Nugan)Hand Bank failure was accurate so far as we can tell.</p>
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<p>Among the names mentioned by Kwitny are (brace yourself): Shackley, Clines,
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Secord, Eric von Marbod (another Pentagon official), 3)star US Gen. LeRoy
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Manor (former chief of staff for the entire US Pacific Command), Gen. Edwin
|
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Black (high)ranking intelligence officer and Assistant Army chief of staff for
|
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the Pacific), Gen. Earl Cocke, Jr. (former commander of the American Legion),
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William Colby (former CIA director), Adm. Earl "Buddy Yates, Michael Hand (CIA
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veteran), and numerous bit)part players. Then there's the strange story of
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former CIA agent Edwin Wilson, currently serving a 55)year sentence in
|
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solitary confinement for arms dealing. Wilson has consistently asserted that
|
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his own questionable activities were part of a larger pattern of corruption
|
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and subversion among high CIA and Pentagon officials. According to Wilson, 5
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conspirators ) Shackley, Clines, Secord, von Marbod, and Wilson himself ) met
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secretly in 1978, setting up a partnership to run arms, using the power of
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these top bureaucrats. Wilson himself put up $500000 for the operation, and
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he says he has a tape recording of the whole transaction. Not only did he
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lose his investment, he ended up in the dungeon."</p>
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<p>When I saw that I was the only one among all our partners to be indicted and
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convicted, I realized that I was being buried for the rest of my life in a
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solitary cell so that my former partners could shut me up. I was afraid to
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talk," he said. To add to this mystery, it appears clear that the Mafia
|
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serves as the retail distribution for the drugs. Richard Armitage, Santo
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Trafficante (Mafia chieftain, now deceased), Shackley, Daniel Arnold, and
|
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Jerry Daniels (said by Khun Sa to have taken over Armitage's drug duties) are
|
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listed by Khun Sa as handling the enormous drug trade from the Golden
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Triangle, and he says, they used Australian banks to launder the money. Khun
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Sa also notes that Thailand's English)language newspaper Bangkok Post reported
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|
that CIA agents were using Australia as a transit base for the drug business
|
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and using banks in Australia for the funds.</p>
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<p>Finally, in this strange line up of sources, it's of interest to note that the
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US Communist Party newspapers, People's Daily World, and the communist
|
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Guardian, have been playing up this story for months. We can attribute this
|
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interest in our "drug problem" by the Reds as an attempt to divert attention
|
|
from the fact that since 1962 it has been official Communist policy to use
|
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drugs to help being down the United States. Nicaragua, Cuba, Bulgaria, etc.,
|
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have all been working from an edict issued by Nikita Khrushchev at a secret
|
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Warsaw Pact meeting in Moscow in 1962.</p>
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<p>It may be only coincidence that involvement by our government officials seemed
|
|
to pick up steam at about the same time. Several aspects of this story are
|
|
appalling to us. First, we are dismayed that we find material in far)left
|
|
publications with which we agree. But even a stopped clock is right twice a
|
|
day. Second, there is an enormous amount of corroborative material being sent
|
|
to our office nearly every day. It supports the conclusion that a formal or
|
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informal organization of high CIA and US military officers, some former, some
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present, exists which has for decades been a major ) if not the major )
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importer of heroin and cocaine into the US.</p>
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|
<p>Third, the same players show up nearly everywhere where drugs and arms are
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|
involved. The only place Gen. Secord's name has not appeared is in connection
|
|
with the Khun Sa story in Burma. It's also of interest that much of this
|
|
activity occurred while Vice President George Bush was in charge of the CIA.
|
|
It's strange that Bush does not seem to be interested (based on the lack of
|
|
cooperation given Perot when he visited him) in stopping this drug business.
|
|
And Bush is "the top cop" appointed by President Reagan to handle this drug
|
|
problem.</p>
|
|
<p>The mere fact that the mass media has completely ignored this abundance of
|
|
evidence is further indication of the probability that very high members of
|
|
the Establishment are deeply involved. Only CBS TV in the "West 57th Street"
|
|
broadcasts have dealt with the Central American connection and that show ranks
|
|
at the bottom in the ratings. The Golden Triangle connection has yet to be
|
|
looked into. We were told by a Washington reporter for the Christian
|
|
Broadcast Network (CBN) that one reason the major TV networks have not touched
|
|
the Gritz story is that lawyers for Richard Armitage called each of them\j\and
|
|
said: "If you run the story, we'll sue". With the Westmoreland case still
|
|
vividly imprinted on the minds of network executives, the threat has
|
|
apparently worked. We have heard that a major overseas network is planning a
|
|
story sometime in the next 6 months. If this story is correct in it's broad
|
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outline ) and there is strong evidence for this ) we are looking at the worst
|
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scandal in government corruption in US history.</p>
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<p>There is simply no other way to describe it. In brief, here is what appears
|
|
to be factual: The US government has outlawed various drugs since 1914 with
|
|
the explicit intent of driving up the price to make them more difficult to
|
|
obtain. Then this same government has for decades actually participated in
|
|
the importation of these very same drugs! The Mafia has served as the retailer
|
|
for our government. In the latter years of this decadent operation, drug
|
|
monies have allegedly been used to fund some Freedom Fighter operations,
|
|
particularly in Laos and Central America. It's very possible that the
|
|
recipients of this dirty money didn't know of its origins. It's even more
|
|
likely that huge amounts of money from these illicit operations stuck to the
|
|
hands of the major players. We also think it's possible, although we've seen
|
|
little evidence to support it, that there is an involvement by the big
|
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international banks.</p>
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|
<p>The closest we've come to proof is in the book The Underground Empire: Where
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|
Crime and Government Embrace, by James Mills (Doubleday, $22.95). Perhaps the
|
|
most discouraging aspect of this whole grimy situation is that there is so
|
|
little interest among government officials and the mass media. It seems that
|
|
only a demand from the grass)roots, reaching some critical mass of mail, can
|
|
stir an investigation into this dirty business and bring it to a halt. Your
|
|
congressman must hear from you. You must demand action. You must demand the
|
|
major TV networks get on this story. You must demand that your newspaper
|
|
conduct its own investigation and print the results. You, dear friend, hold
|
|
the key. You, by your actions, will determine whether this practice continues
|
|
or is stopped.</p>
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<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
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<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
|
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not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
|
|
almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
|
|
David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
|
|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
|
|
crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
|
|
<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
|
|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
|
|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
|
|
learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
|
|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
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<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
|
|
REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
|
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speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
|
|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
|
Brian Quig.</p>
|
|
<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
|
|
calling</p>
|
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<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
|
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<p> or writing
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Intelligence Connection
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6950 E. Continental Blvd Ste. 7000
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Scottsdale AZ 85257 </p>
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<p>THE DEATH IN ARIZONA OF THE KEMPER MARLEY MACHINE</p>
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<p>I expected the sky to fall after my July article linking the activities of
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Charles Keating and General Singlaub. Nothing happened. The reaction to my
|
|
September article exposing Terry Burke, former top DEA in Arizona as a
|
|
possible key element in the illegal narcotics network in Arizona, however, was
|
|
immediate and unmistakable. Within days of my FAXing this story I was served
|
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with a court summons, a nasty death threat was left on my answering machine
|
|
and my offices were entered, my files, book cases and furniture dumped and
|
|
overturned.</p>
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|
<p>The last few days there has been a 6 foot 6 inch Latino following myself and
|
|
an associate. He makes the top hit man for the Medellin cartel look like a
|
|
sissy. Since Terry Burke, the former CIA station chief in Laos who
|
|
administered the Phoenix Assassination Program has been closely associated
|
|
with Theodore Shackley since 1962, this revelation coming in the wake of the
|
|
unsolved Buddhist murders must have sent shock waves far and wide. Ted
|
|
Shackley was George Bush's number 2 man at CIA when Bush was CIA Director.
|
|
Among those in the know, Ted Shackley and an operative named Richard Armitage
|
|
are the weakest points in the armor of George Bush and the New World Order.</p>
|
|
<p>More significantly, I am tempted to speculate that this revelation, coupled
|
|
with my suggestion of a probable heroin connection to the military style
|
|
execution of the 9 Buddhist monks, lead to the panic arrest of five innocent
|
|
Tucson kids for the murder of the monks. Supposedly, on the basis of a tip
|
|
received Sept. 3 from a patient in a mental hospital, the deputies of Maricopa
|
|
County Sheriff, Tom Agnos, arrested and charged four hispanic and one black
|
|
youth, all selected from the poorest neighborhoods of Tucson. It was apparent
|
|
from the start that this action was bogus.</p>
|
|
<p>First, law enforcement alleged that these youths stole a late model Bronco and
|
|
a Blazer that were seen at the Temple the day of the crime. These vehicles
|
|
were never reported stolen! Where are these vehicles today? If these kids were
|
|
in fact criminal elements, wouldn't they have driven these four wheeled all
|
|
terrain vehicles across the border to Mexico where they would have been worth
|
|
more than in the U.S.? They could have made a quick $15000 doing this. I
|
|
visited the Temple. It is more than obvious that there was nothing of value
|
|
there.</p>
|
|
<p>Rapidly the case against the kids began disintegrating. One suspect was
|
|
working at a dog track during the murders and was video taped performing his
|
|
duties. He had to be released. It soon became clear that there was no
|
|
physical evidence linking the youths to the crime ))) only their confessions
|
|
)))), confessions that the Dean of the Law School at ASU says can not be used
|
|
in court because they were so obviously coerced. It turns out that the
|
|
deputies worked on the youths for 12 hours in separate rooms with no windows
|
|
))) no food or water ))) in the midst of serious threats.</p>
|
|
<p>One youth was told that he would be "found in a lake with an anchor wrapped
|
|
around his neck if he did not cooperate". This precess took place not at
|
|
police headquarters but in separate rooms of a hotel. The attorney for Dante
|
|
Parker, said to be the ringleader, has submitted a list of 25 witnesses that
|
|
say the suspect never left Tucson the night in question.</p>
|
|
<p>The Thai ambassador "just happened to be in Phoenix" for the arrests. During
|
|
one short sound byte he repeated three times that his being in Phoenix was
|
|
just coincidence. His praise for Arizona law enforcement sounded a bit too
|
|
lavish for the circumstances. All readers can be assured that the smiling
|
|
Thai ambassador is no stranger to the politics of heroin in Southeast Asia.
|
|
Equally as disingenuous was the statement of the Sheriff that there was no
|
|
racism involved in the crime )))) (but only in the selection process of the
|
|
scapegoats.)</p>
|
|
<p>When Lt. Col. James Bo Gritz returned to the Golden Triangle of Burma in 1987
|
|
to video tape the drug overlord, General Khun Sa, naming the names of the U.S.
|
|
officials who were the general's largest customers for heroin, he was startled
|
|
to find that a two lane highway had been constructed in the 5 months since he
|
|
was last there. This highway, which went right to the general's front door,
|
|
was built by the Thai government using Rome plows left over from the Vietnam
|
|
war. Coming out, as the Colonel went in, were 10 ton trucks, covered and
|
|
loaded, with the Thai Army insignia on the side. There is only one product
|
|
that comes out of the Golden Triangle )))) heroin! It is a certainty that the
|
|
smiling Thai ambassador has an accounting of every truck.</p>
|
|
<p>The importance of the discovery of this heroin highway lies in the fact that
|
|
what had trickled out on the backs of horses and mules now flows out in 10 ton
|
|
trucks. This highway, which is easily verifiable with satellite imaging, is
|
|
to this day denied by our government. When Col. Gritz's team lead Tom
|
|
Jerrills of CBS 20\20 in to meet with Khun Sa, none of the trucks seen in the
|
|
Colonel's video tapes were seen by American viewers. There was even phoney
|
|
footage of Jarrells riding on a mule and no shot of the Toyota pick)up that
|
|
actually carried him there.</p>
|
|
<p>It so happens that the people associated with the Temple think there was a
|
|
narcotics connection. Fong Miller lost both her mother and daughter in the
|
|
massacre. When I told her that I thought the Phoenix\Bangkok heroin
|
|
connection factored into the slayings, her words were, "That is what we think
|
|
also." Absolutely no speculation to this effect has surfaced in newspapers
|
|
here.</p>
|
|
<p>Last year Phoenicians were shocked to find that the state government had
|
|
committed to a $30 million toxic waste incinerator which was well under
|
|
construction by the time anyone learned of it. The selected management
|
|
company, ENSCO, had an abysmal safety record everywhere they had existed.</p>
|
|
<p>In order to satisfy the public hearing requirement, a remote hearing site
|
|
located 40 miles outside Phoenix was selected. The deputies of Tom Agnos were
|
|
issued stun guns and pictures of GREENPEACE toxics expert, Brad Angel, and
|
|
instructed to respond with "maximum force" to "environmental terrorism".</p>
|
|
<p>In order to further stifle public outcry, the high school auditorium was
|
|
partitioned so that only 25% was useable. Frictions developed when most of
|
|
the 400 people who showed up were told to go home there was not enough room
|
|
for them. TV viewers that night were horrified at the spectacle of a 65 year
|
|
old lady being repeatedly zapped by the deputies with the stun guns. She was
|
|
not even one of the environmentalists. This incident coupled with the arrests
|
|
of the innocent Tucson kids would insure a speedy trip down the toilet for
|
|
Agnos and his top confederates in any other municipality in the nation.</p>
|
|
<p>The previous sheriff distinguished himself by placing an ad in the classified
|
|
section of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC for truck drivers, then busting two
|
|
respondents for trucking cargos arranged by the sheriff. He also had one of
|
|
his informers fly a plane load of marijuana in from Mexico so that he could
|
|
have members of the press available at the landing site to witness the arrest
|
|
of those meeting the plane. He survived both incidents. Hopefully Agnos will
|
|
not be as lucky.</p>
|
|
<p>The reader is probably asking how could such things happen. For the answer to
|
|
this we must do what Col. Fletcher Prouty advises, "Go back and examine the
|
|
beginnings." Arizona is Kemper Marley territory. Kemper Marley was the big
|
|
man in Arizona.</p>
|
|
<p>In 1948 fifty two employees of Kemper Marley's Arizona liquor monopoly, UNITED
|
|
LIQUOR, went to prison on federal liquor violations, including Jim Hensley,
|
|
the father)in)law of Senator John McCain. Hensley was the General Manager of
|
|
UNITED LIQUOR. On the basis of this, some people might feel UNITED LIQUOR
|
|
could be described as organized crime. The slick attorney who kept Marley out
|
|
of this trial and out of prison and sent McCain's father)in)law to prison in
|
|
his place was William Rendquist )))) currently the Chief Justice of the U.S.
|
|
Supreme Court!</p>
|
|
<p>It was the judgement of this court that Jim Hensley would be prohibited from
|
|
working in the liquor industry from then on. Of course such judgments meant
|
|
nothing to Marley. After Jim Hensley got out of prison, Marley arranged a
|
|
BUDWIESSER distributorship for Hensley which is now in the hands of Senator
|
|
John McCain and reported to be worth $200 million.</p>
|
|
<p>The best source for an introduction to the environment of total corruption
|
|
which exists in Arizona is THE ARIZONA PROJECT: HOW A TEAM OF INVESTIGATIVE
|
|
REPORTERS GOT REVENGE ON DEADLINE. This expose was written by Michael
|
|
Wendland who was part of the group called INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
|
|
that came to Phoenix in the aftermath of the car bombing of the ARIZONA
|
|
REPUBLIC's investigative reporter, Don Bolles. It was the conclusion of this
|
|
group that Marley, by far the wealthiest man in Arizona, was behind this
|
|
murder.</p>
|
|
<p>There are many reasons to believe that Don Bolles was not killed because he
|
|
was a white knight. When Bolles testified before the HOUSE ORGANIZED CRIME
|
|
COMMITTEE, he required immunity. Why? The best clue to his death lies in his
|
|
last words ))) "Adamson, EMPRISE the mafia". John Adamson was the hit man
|
|
contracted by the establishment attorney, Neal Roberts. EMPRISE was a dog
|
|
track interest which had changed its name from SPORTSERVICE. There existed
|
|
the Maricopa County Superior Court Case # C)286651 SPORTSERVICE v. JARVIS,
|
|
STEIGER which was available to anyone interested in the motive for this crime.
|
|
Exhibits in this case allege that Bolles, who was visibly living beyond his
|
|
means, was wheeling and dealing with the gangsters. Today the EMPRISE
|
|
CORPORATION continues to flourish in Arizona under the name DELAWARE NORTH.
|
|
John McCain has been observed visiting the principals.</p>
|
|
<p>A good companion reader to the ARIZONA PROJECT is THE LAST RAMPAGE OF GARY
|
|
TYSON. Written by a journalism professor from the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, this
|
|
book documents how top authorities in Arizona let Gary Tyson escape from
|
|
prison after he succeeded in carrying out a contract hit on another inmate,
|
|
Tony Sera. Sera was giving affidavits regarding the land fraud of Ned Warren.
|
|
It is the thesis of this book that this contract was given by establishment
|
|
attorney, Neal Roberts, who was described in the ARIZONA PROJECT as the murder
|
|
broker in the Bolles killing.</p>
|
|
<p>According to intelligence sources of the Phoenix police, who prepared a
|
|
background profile of Kemper Marley the week following the Bolles murder,
|
|
Marley was at one time directly connected to the remnants of the old Al Capone
|
|
mob, operating the TRANSAMERICA WIRE SERVICE. This betting service was
|
|
originally established in 1941 for Capone's heirs by Gus Greenbaum. Greenbaum
|
|
was a Phoenix socialite seen at all the society balls in Phoenix, usually in
|
|
the company of the Barry Goldwaters and Harry Rosenzweigs. In 1958 Greenbaum
|
|
and his wife were found dead in their bed )))) their throats cut. This
|
|
inaugurated a series of grisly gangland)style slayings.</p>
|
|
<p>When Marley died, July 1990, he owned 5 square miles of Carefree ))) the
|
|
highest priced real estate in Arizona. The smallest lot in this most
|
|
exclusive township is zoned for one acre. By some coincidence the Tax
|
|
Accessors made the same mistake evaluating Marley's properties as he did on
|
|
Charlie Keating's properties. This oversight was saving Marley a million
|
|
dollars a year. Of course the official investigation showed no wrongdoing in
|
|
either case.</p>
|
|
<p>For the last 40 years Marley bankrolled Harry Rosenzweig who doled out
|
|
Marley's great wealth to a slate of Republican candidates who were almost
|
|
universally successful in obtaining high political office. Marley was able to
|
|
control the Democratic party as well. Every congressman and every senator in
|
|
Arizona currently owes his position to the Marley machine.</p>
|
|
<p>Dennis DeConcini was facing a tough reelection in 1990, seeing as how he was
|
|
nailed creaming off a cool $5 million with his family on an Arizona land deal
|
|
dependent on the Senator's inside senatorial knowledge. The last thing in the
|
|
world the Republicans wanted was to loose DeConcini's seniority. Before any
|
|
other Republicans could announce, the party hierarchy formally announced their
|
|
support for the weakest candidate that one could imagine. The opponent, Keith
|
|
DeGreen, had ties to the Republican Party that were so weak he had not even
|
|
voted in the last 2 elections.</p>
|
|
<p>At one point Marley served as Chairman of the Board of the VALLEY NATIONAL
|
|
BANK. When Bugsy Siegel, on instructions from Meyer Lansky, built the
|
|
FLAMINGO CLUB, Las Vegas's first casino, the money was borrowed from the
|
|
VALLEY NATIONAL BANK. Involvements in narcotics trafficking on the part of
|
|
VALLEY NATIONAL BANK are hinted in the ARIZONA PROJECT.</p>
|
|
<p>Al Lizanetz, who served as Kemper's public relations man for 25 years, is one
|
|
of the richest sources for background on the liquor magnate. The Bolles
|
|
murder was part of a package deal that was to include a hit on Lizanetz.
|
|
According to Lizanetz, the Marley machine placed the highest priority on
|
|
placing lawyers in all the key state and municipal positions. Former Attorney
|
|
General Bob Corbin, who accepted a $55000 campaign contribution from Charles
|
|
Keating in a race where he was unopposed, worked for Marley (in the insurance
|
|
industry) in the 50s as did the preceding 2 AGs.</p>
|
|
<p>Marley placed his people in the top positions of the Department of Public
|
|
Safety. The county prosecutor was also key to him. Lizanetz claims that
|
|
Marley recruited Eugene Pullium to come to Phoenix to start the ARIZONA
|
|
REPUBLIC/PHOENIX GAZZETT, the monopoly newspaper here which has succeeded in
|
|
covering up these matters. Pullium then started the PHOENIX 40 a group of the
|
|
largest business interests who virtually run the state. Eugene Pullium is the
|
|
grandfather of Dan Quayle. The ARIZONA REPUBLIC/PHOENIX GAZZETT together with
|
|
the INDIANAPOLIS STAR are reported to be worth $5 billion. Lizanetz claims
|
|
that Ned Warren, responsible for half a billion dollars of land fraud in
|
|
Arizona, was another agent of Kemper Marley.</p>
|
|
<p>Marley's mentor was Sam Bronfman, the progenitor of the SEAGRAMS empire. When
|
|
Bronfman visited Marley in Arizona he came in the company of Al Capone.
|
|
Lizanetz claims that Jack Ruby, assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald, was also on the
|
|
Bronfman payroll.</p>
|
|
<p>Perhaps by now readers are beginning to understand how a phenomena like
|
|
Charles Keating could arise in such a political climate. It is not necessary
|
|
to mention how lavishly Keating paid off the local politicians. DeConcini
|
|
$72000 ))) McCain $112000 ))) a shopping center deal with McCain's wife that
|
|
netted almost a half million in 6 months ))) a $200 million dollar unsecured
|
|
load to DeConcini's campaign manager, Ron Ober. This only scratches the
|
|
surface. All cannot be told in so short an article. With this background let
|
|
us examine more in more detail.</p>
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<p>There is a certain law firm in Phoenix which includes as principals two former
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Arizona U.S. Attorneys, Melvin Mcdonald and Mike Hawkins. One was appointed
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by Democrats and the other by Republicans )) giving them a lock on political
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leverage here. Like Robert Peloquin, former head of the Organized Crime
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Strike Force of the Justice Department, they learned quickly that they could
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make 20 times as much money working for the criminals. Melvin McDonald was
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chief council for Charles Keating. Whenever anything of particularly bad odor
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needed to happen in Arizona one of these slimebags was called in.</p>
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<p>A case in point was the scandal surrounding the sale of the BIG BOQUEUS RANCH
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to the Navajo nation. This matter was so stinky it called for the diligence
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of Mike Hawkins and Melvin Mcdonald. It so happened that back in Washington
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D.C. Dennis DeConcini and John McCain were getting heat from their colleagues
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about all the swindles of the indian lands. As a matter of fact McCain and
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DeConcini were leading the charge of these swindlers. Keating's acquisition
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of his Estrella property, in a round about way, involved a swindle of indian
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lands.</p>
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<p>The definition of a politician: Anyone, who, when being tared and feathered
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and ridden out of town on a rail can make it appear as if they are leading a
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parade. In true fashion, McCain and DeConcini, got themselves appointed
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co)chairman of a senate investigative committee to delve into these crimes
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against the indians. Enter McDonald and Hawkins.</p>
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<p>The BIG BOQUEUS RANCH was purchased in the mourning by developers Bud Brown
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and his partner for $19 million and sold that afternoon for $27 million to
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Tribal Chief Peter McDonald (no relation) on behalf of the Navajo nation. Bud
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Brown and his partner made a quick $8 million. In order to explore this
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corruption, McCain and DeConcini granted immunity to Bud Brown and his partner
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so that they could give testimony about the $10000 and the BMW that they gave
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as a bribe to the corrupt indian chief. Meanwhile the ARIZONA REPUBLIC
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repeatedly hammered the indian chief day after day while not mentioning Bud
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Brown. The indian chief was removed from office. The Pulitzer Prize winning
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journalist, Tom Fitzpatric, in a Feb. 15, 1989 NEW TIMES article called this
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"the best real estate deal between white men and red men since the purchase of
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Manhattan."</p>
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<p>Another example is the Bartel Cocaine case. Dr. William Bartel was caught
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with 81 pounds of cocaine after police observed him meeting with Stan Akers,
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Jr., a notorious cocaine broker. Akers was the son of the former Arizona
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Speaker of the House of Representatives. Here is an example of how the
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narcotics industry is politically protected in Arizona. Akers was previously
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convicted of possession of 6 pounds of cocaine and sentenced to 5 years in
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prison. After being sentenced, Akers told the D.A. he would testify about the
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unsolved drug murder of Greg Case which he had witnessed. On Akers' testimony
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Paul Brookover was sent to prison and Akers walked free. Knowledgeable people
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close to this case believe Akers ordered the hit.</p>
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<p>The police found $3 million in bonds in the safe deposit box of Dr. Bartel.
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Bartel's father)in)law, Al Burke, came forward to claim that the $3 million
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was his and that his son)in)law was only keeping it safe for him. Naturally
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Burke retained former U.S. Attorney, Mike Hawkins, to represent him in this
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matter and in a few days the U.S. Attorney's office "returned" the bonds.
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Anyone having to establish their financial affairs for the IRS over a 20 year
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period knows that this can not be done in a few days.</p>
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<p>Like the saber toothed tiger, the Kemper Marley machine will die of its own
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success. Having harnessed all of society's watch dogs on its tightly held
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leash there remains no restraint upon the unbounded greed of its members.
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Eventually it will be beyond the powers of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC to keep
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matters covered up. The largess of Charles Keating pushed greed past the
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point of no return. This accelerating stealing contest can have only one
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conclusion. Some day soon the voters of Arizona will take possession of the
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government here. They came very close to doing this with Governor Ev Mecham.</p>
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<p>For the documentation upon which this article relies send a $10 check or money
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order payable to INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION, 6950 East Continental, Scottsdale,
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Arizona 85257.</p>
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<p>THE DEATH OF THE KEMPER MARLEY MACHINE</p>
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<p>In 1948 fifty two employees of Kemper Marley's Arizona liquor monopoly, UNITED
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LIQUOR, went to prison on federal liquor violations, including Jim Hensley,
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the father)in)law of Senator John McCain. Hensley was the general manager of
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UNITED LIQUOR. On the basis of this some people might feel UNITED LIQUOR
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could be described as organized crime. The slick attorney who kept Marley out
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of this trial and sent McCain's father)in)law to prison in his place was
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William Rendquist )))) currently the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court!</p>
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<p>It was the judgement of the court that Jim Hensley would be prohibited from
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working in the liquor industry ever again. Of course such judgments meant
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nothing to Marley. When Jim Hensley got out of prison Marley arranged a
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BUDWIESSER distributorship for Hensley which is now in the hands of John
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McCain and reported to be worth $200 million.</p>
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<p>The best source for an introduction to the environment of total corruption in
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Arizona is THE ARIZONA PROJECT: HOW A TEAM OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS GOT
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REVENGE ON DEADLINE, a book written by Michael Wendland. Wendland was part of
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the group called INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS who came to Phoenix in
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the wake of the car bombing of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC's investigative reporter,
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Don Bolles. It was the conclusion of this group that Marley, by far the
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wealthiest man in Arizona, was behind this murder.</p>
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<p>There are many reasons to believe that Don Bolles was not killed because he
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was a white knight. When Bolles testified before the HOUSE ORGANIZED CRIME
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COMMITTEE he required immunity. Why? The best clue to his death lies in his
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last words ))) "Adamson, EMPRISE the mafia". John Adamson was the hit man
|
|
arranged by the establishment attorney, Neal Roberts. EMPRISE was a dog track
|
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interest which had changed its name from SPORTSERVICE. There was a court case
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#xxxxxx SPORTSERVICE V JARVIS STIEGER available to anyone interested in the
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motive which contained all the plausible reasons for this hit. Exhibits in
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this case aligadge that Bolles, who was visibly living beyond his means, was
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wheeling and dealing with the gangsters.</p>
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<p>A good companion reader to this is THE LAST RAMPAGE OF GARY TYSON. Written by
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a journalism professor from the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, this book documents how
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authorities here let Tyson escape from prison after he succeeded in carrying
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|
out a contract on another inmate, Tony Sera, who was giving affidavits
|
|
regarding the land fraud of Ned Warren. It is the thesis of this book that
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this contract was given by establishment attorney, Neal Roberts, who was
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described in the ARIZONA PROJECT as the murder broker in the Bolles killing.</p>
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<p>According to intelligence sources of the Phoenix police, who prepared a
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|
background profile of Kemper Marley the week followingT h) Tthe Bolles murder,
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Marley was at one time directly connected to the remnants of the old Al Capone
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|
mob, operating the TRANSAMERICA WIRE SERVICE. This betting service was
|
|
originally established in 1941 for Capone's heirs by Gus Greenbaum. Greenbaum
|
|
was a Phoenix socialite seen at all the society balls in Phoenix, usually in
|
|
the company of the Barry Goldwaters and Harry Rosenzweigs. In 1958 Greenbaum
|
|
and his wife were found dead in their bed )))) their throats cut. This
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inaugurated a series of grisly gangland)style slayings here.</p>
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<p>When Marley died July 1990 his wealth was considered to be second only to Fife
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Symington who was a new comer to Arizona. Marley owned 5 square miles of
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|
Carefree ))) the highest priced real estate in Arizona. The smallest lot in
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|
this most exclusive township is zoned for one acre. By some coincidence the
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|
Tax Accessors made the same mistakes evaluating Marley's properties as he did
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|
on Charlie Keating's properties. This oversight was saving Marley a million
|
|
dollars a year. Of course the official investigation showed no wrongdoing in
|
|
either case.</p>
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<p>For the last 40 years Marley bankrolled Harry Rosenzweig who doled out
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Marley's great wealth to a slate of Republican candidates who were almost
|
|
universally successful in obtaining high political office. Marley was able to
|
|
control the Democratic party as well. Every congressman and every senator in
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|
Arizona currently owes his position to the Marley machine. Dennis DeConcini
|
|
was facing a tough reelection in 1990 seeing as how he was nailed creaming off
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a cool $5 million with his family on a land deal dependent on the Senator's
|
|
inside senatorial knowledge. The last thing in the world the Republicans
|
|
wanted was to loose DeConcini's seniority. Before any other Republicans could
|
|
announce the party hierarchy formally announced their support for the weakest
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candidate that one could imagine. Keith DeGreen had ties to the Republican
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party that were so weak he had not even voted in the last 2 election ))) and
|
|
this was a senate race!</p>
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<p>At one point Marley served as Chairman of the Board of the VALLEY NATIONAL
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BANK. When Bugsy Siegel, on instructions from Meyer Lansky, built the
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|
FLAMINGO CLUB, Las Vegas's first casino, the money was borrowed from the
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|
VALLEY NATIONAL BANK (VNB). Involvements in narcotics trafficking on the part
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|
of VNB are hinted in the ARIZONA PROJECT.</p>
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<p>Al Lizanetz, who served as Kemper's public relations man for 20 years is one
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|
of the richest sources for background on the liquor magnate. The Bolles
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|
murder was part of a package deal that was to include a hit on Lizanetz.
|
|
According to Lizanetz, the Marley machine placed the highest priority on
|
|
placing lawyers in all the key state and municipal positions. Former Attorney
|
|
General Bob Corbin, who accepted a $55000 campaign contribution from Charles
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|
Keating in a race where he was unopposed, worked for Marley in the insurance
|
|
industry in the 50s.</p>
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|
<p>Marley placed his people in the top positions of the DepartmentT h) Tof Public
|
|
Safety. The county prosecutor was also key to him. Lizanetz claims that
|
|
Marley recruited Eugene Pullium to come to Phoenix to start the ARIZONA
|
|
REPUBLIC/PHOENIX GAZZETT, the monopoly newspaper here which has succeeded in
|
|
covering up these matters. Pullium then started the PHOENIX 40 a group of the
|
|
largest business interests who virtually run the state. Eugene Pullium is the
|
|
grandfather of Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle grew up in Paradise Valley next door to
|
|
Robert Welsh, the founder of the JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY. The ARIZONA
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REPUBLIC/PHOENIX together with the INDIANAPOLIS STAR are reported to be worth
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|
$5 billion.</p>
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|
<p>Marley's mentor was Sam Braufman, the progenitor of the SEAGRAMS empire. When
|
|
Braufman visited Marley in Arizona he came in the company of Al Capone.
|
|
Lizanetz claims that Jack Ruby, assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald, was also on the
|
|
Braufman payroll.</p>
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<p>Perhaps by now readers are beginning to understand how a phenomena like
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|
Charles Keating could arise in such a climate. I don't need to mention how
|
|
lavishly Keating paid off the local politicians here. DeConcini $72000.
|
|
McCain $112000. A shopping center deal with McCain's wife that netted almost
|
|
a half million in 6 months. A $200 million dollar unsecured load to
|
|
DeConcini's campaign manager, Ron Ober. This only scratches the surface. All
|
|
cannot be told is so short an article. With this as background let me now
|
|
provide some detail.</p>
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<p>There is a certain law firm which includes as principals two former Arizona
|
|
U.S. Attorneys, Melvin Mcdonald and Mike Hawkins. One man was appointed by
|
|
Democrats and the other by Republicans giving them a lock on political
|
|
leverage here. Like Robert Peloquin, former head of the Organized Crime
|
|
Strike Force of the Justice Department they learned that they could make 20
|
|
times as much money working for the criminals. Melvin McDonald was the chief
|
|
council for Charles Keating. When ever anything of particularly bad odor
|
|
needs to happen one of these slimebags is called in.</p>
|
|
<p>A case in point was the scandal surrounding the sale of the BIG BOQUES RANCH
|
|
to the Navajo nation. This matter was so stinky it called for the diligence
|
|
of both Mike Hawkins and Melvin Mcdonald. It so happened that back in
|
|
Washington D.C. Dennis DeConcini and John McCain were getting heat from their
|
|
colleagues about all the swindles of the indian lands. As a matter of fact
|
|
McCain and DeConcini were leading the charge of the swindlers. Keating's
|
|
acquisition of his Estrella property in a round about way involved a swindle
|
|
of indian lands.</p>
|
|
<p>The definition of a politician: Anyone who, when they are being tared and
|
|
feathered and ridden out of town on a rail can make it appear as if they are
|
|
leading a parade. In true fashion, McCain and DeConcini, got themselves
|
|
appointed co)chairman of a senate investigative committee to delve into these
|
|
crimes against the indians. Enter McDonald and Hawkins. The big Boq ranch
|
|
was purchased in the mourning by developers Bud Brown and his partnerT h) Tfor
|
|
$19 million and sold that afternoon for $27 million to Peter McDonald (no
|
|
relation to Melvin) on behalf of the Navajo nation. Bud Brown and his partner
|
|
made a quick $8 million. In order to explore this corruption, McCain and
|
|
DeConcini granted immunity to Bud Brown and his partner so that they could
|
|
give testimony about the $10000 and the BMW that gave as a bribe to the
|
|
corrupt indian chief. Meanwhile the ARIZONA REPUBLIC repeatedly hammered the
|
|
indian chief day after day while not mentioning Bud Brown. The Pulitzer Prize
|
|
winning journalist, Tom Fitzpatric, in a Feb. 15, 1989 NEW TIMES article
|
|
called this "the best real estate deal between white men and red men since the
|
|
purchase of Manhattan."</p>
|
|
<p>Another example is the Bartel Cocaine case. Dr. William Bartel was caught
|
|
with 81 pounds of cocaine after police observed him meeting with Stan Akers,
|
|
Jr., a notorious cocaine broker here. Akers was the son of the former Arizona
|
|
Speaker of the House of Representatives. As an example of how the narcotics
|
|
industry is politically protected Akers was convicted of possession of 6
|
|
pounds of cocaine and sentenced to 5 years in prison. After being sentenced,
|
|
Akers told the D.A. he would testify about an unsolved drug murder of Greg
|
|
Case which he had witnessed. On Akers' testimony Paul Brookover was sent to
|
|
prison and Akers walked free. Knowledgeable people close to this case believe
|
|
Akers ordered the hit.</p>
|
|
<p>The police found $3 million in bonds in the safe deposit box of Dr. Bartel.
|
|
Bartel's father)in)law, Al Burke, came forward to claim that the $3 million
|
|
was his and that his son)in)law was only keeping it safe for him. Naturally
|
|
Burke retained former U.S. Attorney, Mike Hawkins to represent him in this
|
|
matter and in a few days the U.S. Attorney's office "returned" the bonds.
|
|
Anyone having to establish their financial affairs for the IRS over a 20 year
|
|
period knows that this can not be done in a few days.</p>
|
|
<p>I spoke with Jim Lacey, Assistant U.S. Attorney responsible for all
|
|
prosecutions of large narcotics cases in Arizona. He admitted the
|
|
irregularities of the AMERICA WEST pilots case and the $300 million dollars
|
|
LAGUANA ARMY AIR FORCE BASE cocaine incident. He expressed his regret that
|
|
the statute of limitations had run out. Checking the dates I find that there
|
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is still 8 weeks before these cases are dead. If the U.S. Attorney's office
|
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will not respond I propose empaneling a Citizen's Investigative Committee.</p>
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<p>A good example</p>
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<p> THE SILENT WAR</p>
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<p> We are engaged in a silent war. Those waging this brutal conflict have
|
|
not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
|
|
almost everyone we know. Their standard bearers include George Bush and
|
|
David Rockefeller. As the high priced professional liars in the mass
|
|
media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
|
|
crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.</p>
|
|
<p> And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
|
|
force fed ignorance. Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
|
|
other, the Monopolists have no power. If a critical mass of people can
|
|
learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
|
|
sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.</p>
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<p> These articles are taken from my monthly column in MONETARY AND ECONOMIC
|
|
REVIEW. I am also the Director of Research for INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION a
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speakers agency that arranges events on university campuses for front
|
|
line researchers, like those mentioned in these articles. My name is
|
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Brian Quig.</p>
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<p> You can arrange speaking events with any of these legendary people by
|
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calling</p>
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<p> (602) 945-3858</p>
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<p> or writing
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