China - The War Next Time

[Ralph McGehee]

[Edward]

In some circles it is believed that the CIA sanitized the and leaked the Pentagon Papers and Ellsberg was just a patsy. This belief is based on part by the fact that the area from 1943 to 1953 is(not missing), but very incomplete. Why would Ellsberg leave such an important time area out. especially when this time area would embarrass the administration badly? And now the CIA is going to use these papers as SOURCE DOCUMENTS? ............................... Ralph McGehee <rmcg...@igc.org> wrote in message news:375D19C9...@igc.org... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > China/Vietnam & the War Next Time > In June the Indochina Newsletter publishes a Special Teachers' > Issue -- The ABC's of the Vietnam War. It contains a more realistic > view of the war -- presented by scholars who have long studied that > conflict. > "The following narrative presents a perspective on the > Vietnam War which at times challenges standard views of the > war. It draws heavily on U.S. government sources -- particularly > the Pentagon Papers -- and primary sources not readily available...." > THE ABC's OF THE VIETNAM WAR > "...many people think the Vietnam war was between two countries, > North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with the United States fighting on > the side of South Vietnam. This view, however, ignores the history > of the conflict and the history of the people of Vietnam." > To me the "ABC's" is also a lessen in the operations of the CIA > and how it, and later also the U.S. military, distorted what was > happening. I am particularly concerned now as I see the media hype > about Chinese "espionage," aimed at creating a new Cold War. This > could lead to a new Vietnam-type war -- this time with China. > Many might think that this is impossible or improbable -- they > should be advised that at least until the early 1960's the CIA ran > paramilitary and guerrilla operations against China. It was not > until Nixon visited China that the U.S. adopted -- for a while a > -- more rational policy. How long this can last, given current > political realities, is questionable. > DCI George Tenet announced in 1998 that he wanted to build more > CIA overseas stations, run more operations, and he named China as > one of the targets for those operations. > As part of this build up, Congress has the CIA re-creating > the "Mighty Wurlitzer," a massive worldwide media asset capable > of distorting reality with misinformation, planted evidence and > other techniques to distort and heat up world opinion about any > CIA operational plan. > Along with the Mighty Wurlitzer the CIA builds stronger > paramilitary capabilities while downgrading analysis -- which > challenge its own lies/intelligence. > I should note my experience in CIA was in Vietnam. > Ralph McGehee > http://come.to/CIABASE > The Asia Resource Center publishes The Indochina Newsletter, > and is located at 2161 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140.