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Lt. Col. James Bo Gritz (ret.)VersesThose U.S. Government Officials Whose GoldenTriangle Heroin Trafficking Has Prevented theReturn of Our POWs From Southeast Asia

I am going to assume that you are acquainted with the seriousness of thematter presented herein. On a WHITE HOUSE sanctioned mission to Burma for therescue of American Missing In Action I learned of a major heroin smugglingopperation involving past and present U.S. government officials which hasobstructed the return of known American MIAs from Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam.I reported this to the WHITE HOUSE and all appropriate congressionalcommittees. I am now taking to the public the information these governmentofficials refuse to act upon.

(The Overview File is not ready at this time. My letter to George Bush andKhun Sa's letter to the Justice Department may serve to introduce this subjectuntil Overview is finished.)

February 1988Sandy Valley, NV

Honorable George BushVice PresidentUnited States of AmericaWashington, D.C.

Sir:

AWhy does it seem that you are saying "YES" to illegal narcotics in America?

I turned over video tapes to your NSC staff assistant, Tom Harvey, January1987, wherein General KHUN SA, overlord of Asia's "Golden Triangle", offeredto stop 900 tons of heroin/opium from entering the free world in 1987. Harveytold me, "...there is no interest here in doing that." General Khun Sa alsooffered to identify U.S. Government officials who, he says, have beentrafficking in heroin for more than 20 years.

November 1986, Scott Weekly and I went into Burma in coordination andcooperation with The White House. Tom Harvey told me you received a letterfrom Arthur Suchesk, Orange County, CA, dated 29 August 1986. Dr. Suchesksaid that Gen Khun Sa had access to U.S. POWs. Harvey said the letter hadreceived "highest attention". He gave me a copy along with other casedocuments. I was asked if it was possible to verify the information.

According to Harvey, the CIA said Khun Sa had been assassinated some monthsbefore. Harvey supplied Scott and myself with language under White House andNSC letterhead that would help us gain access to Khun Sa. It worked.Unfortunately, Khun Sa knew nothing about US POWs. He did, however, offer totrade his nation's poppy dependence for a legitimate economy.

Instead of receiving an "Atta Boy" for bringing back video tape showing KhunSa`s offer to stop 900 tons of illegal narcotics and expose dirty USGofficials, Scott was jailed and I was threatened. I was told that if I didn't"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".

I returned to Burma with two other American witnesses, Lance Trimmer, aprivate detective from San Francisco, and Barry Flynn from Boston. Gen KhunSa identified some of those in government service he says were dealing inheroin and arms sales. We video taped this second interview and I turnedcopies over in June 1987, to the Chairman of the Select Committee onIntelligence; Chairman of the House on Foreign Affairs Task Force on NarcoticsControl; Co)Chairman, Senate Narcotics Committee; Senator Harry Reid, NV;Representative James Bilbray, NV; and other Congressional members. MisterRichard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International SecurityAffairs, is one of those USG officials implicated by Khun Sa. Nothing wasdone with this evidence that indicated that anyone of authority, includingyourself, had intended to do anything more than protect Mr. Armitage. I wascharged with "Mis)use of Passport". Seems that it is alright for Oliver northand Robert MacFarlane to go into Iran on Irish Passports to negotiate anillegal arms deal that neither you nor anyone else admits condoning, but Ican't use a passport that brings back drug information against your friends.

Lance Trimmer and I submitted a "Citizen Complaint of Wrongdoing by Federal

Officers" to Attorney General Edwin Meese, III on 17 September 1987.Continuous private and Legislative inquiries to date indicate that theAttorney General's Office has "lost" the document. Congressional requests tothe Government Accounting Office have resulted in additional government snaresand stalls.

January 20, 1988, I talked before your Breakfast Club in Houston, Texas. Adistinguished group of approximately 125 associates of yours, including theChief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, expressed assurance that you are arighteous man. Almost all of them raised their hand when I asked how many ofthem know you personally. If you are a man with good intent, I pray you willdo more than respond to this letter. I ask that you seriously look into thepossibility that political appointees close to you are guilty of by)passing

our Constitutional process, and for purposes of promoting illegal covertoperations, conspired in the trafficking of narcotics and arms.

Please answer why a respected American Citizen like Mister H. Ross Perot canbring you a pile of evidence of wrongdoing by Armitage and others, and you,according to TIME magazine (May 4, page 18), not only offer him no support,but have your Secretary of Defense, Frank Carlucci tell Mr. Perot to "stoppursuing Mr. Armitage". Why Sir, will you not look into affidavits gatheredby The Christic Institute (Washington, D.C.), which testify that Armitage notonly trafficked in heroin, but did so under the guise of an officer chargedwith bringing home our POWs. If the charges are true, Armitage, who is stillresponsible for POW recovery as your Assistant Secretary of Defense ISA, hasevery reason not to want these heros returned to us alive. Clearly, follow)on

investigations would illuminate the collective crimes of Armitage and others.

Several years ago a secretary working for Armitage asked me "Why would he haveus expunge his official record of all reference to past POW/MIA assignmentsand activities?" Not knowing, I ventured a guess that maybe he was consideringrunning for public office and didn't feel the POW ) Vietnam association wouldbe a plus in his resume. It was about the same time a CIA agent named by KhunSa turned up dead in Bangkok under "mysterious circumstances". Also aboutthis time, as an agent of NSC's Intelligence Support Activity, I was told byISA 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 fullnessof his meaning, or these other events, until in May 1987, Gen Khun Sa, in hisjungle headquarters, named Richard Armitage as a key connection in a ring ofheroin trafficking mobsters and USG officials. A U.S. agent I have known formany years stopped by my home last month enroute to his next overseasassignment. He remarked that he had worked for those CIA chiefs named by KhunSa, and that by his own personal knowledge, he knew what Khun Sa said wastrue. He was surprised it had taken so long to surface.

I am a registered Republican. I voted for you twice. I will not do so again.If you have any love or loyalty in your heart for this nation; if you have notcompletely sold out, then do something positive to determine the truth ofthese most serious allegations. You were Director of the CIA in 1975, duringa time Khun Sa says Armitage and CIA officials were trafficking in heroin. AsDirector of Intelligence you were responsible to the American people for theactivities of your assistant ) even as you should know what some of these samepeople are doing who are close to you now as our Vice President because i feelthese "parallel government" types will only be promoted by you, giving themmore reason to bury our POWs.

I am enclosing some documentation that supports the charges made. Chief is aletter from Khun Sa to the U.S. Justice Department dated 28 June 1987, whereinRichard Armitage is named along with Theodore Shackley (your former DeputyDirector CIA fro Covert Operations) and others. Please also note WilliamStevenson's article, "Bank of Intrigue ) Circles of Power". You, Armitage,and General Richard Secord are prominently mentioned. Stevenson, you mightremember, authored A MAN CALLED INTREPID. Also Tom Fitzpatrick's article,"From Burma to Bush, a Heroin Highway", should interest you. Both of thesemen are prize winning journalists. The book, CRIMES of PATRIOTS, "A True Taleof Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA", by Jonathan Kwitny, reporter for the WallStreet Journal, details for you the bank connections that Khun Sa mentions.Finally, the basic primer that spells out exactly how this dope for covertoperations gambit began, is Alfred McCoy's THE POLITICS OF HEROIN IN SOUTHEAST

ASIA. All of these should be required reading for the man appointed chief copby our President to safeguard America from illegal narcotics. These are justa sampling of many works now available that chronical disgraceful conduct bythose sworn to protect and defend our Constitution.

Parting shot Mr. Vice President: On 28 January 1988, General Khun Sa tenderedan offer to turn over to me one metric ton (2,200 pounds) of heroin. He saysthis is a good faith gesture to the American people that he is serious aboutstopping all drugs coming from the infamous Golden Triangle. I you and NancyReagan are really serious about saying "NO" to drugs, why not test Gen KhunSa? I challenge you to allow me in the company of agents of your choice toarrange to receive this token offer worth over $4 billion on the streets ofNew York City. It will represent the largest "legal" seizure of heroin on

record. You can personally torch it, dump it in the ocean, or turn it intolegal medication; as I understand there is a great shortage of legal opiatesavailable to our doctors. I think Gen Khun Sa's offer is most interesting.If you say "YES" then the ever increasing flow of heroin from Southeast Asia(600 tons ) '86, 900 tons ) '87, 1200 tons ) '88) may dry up ) not good forbusiness in the parallel government and super CIA circles Oliver Northmentioned. If you say "NO" to Khun Sa, you are showing colors not fit for aman who would be President.

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with respect to big)business)drugs, parallel government, misuse of U.S.tax)payer dollars in foreign drug suppression programs that don't work, nointerest in dialogue that will stem the flow of illegal narcotics, return ofPOWs while they are still alive? I for one am not for a "USA, Inc." with youor anyone else as Chairman of the Board.

Respecting Your Office,

James "Bo" Gritz

Concerned AmericanBox 472 HCR)31Sandy Valley, NV 89019

(702) 723)5266

U.S. Justice Department,Washington, D.C. U.S.A.

SUBJECT: Important fact for the Drugs EradicationProgram to be successful.

Sirs:

This letter to the US Justice Department is to make it clear about our deepestconcern in wishing to help eradicate drugs and for all the American people as

well as the world to know the truth that for the past (15) year they have beenmisled to look upon us as the main source of all the drug problems. A A1.The refusal of the United State government to accept our "SIX YEARS DRUGSERADICATION PLAN " presented at the Congressional Hearing by Congressman Mr.Lester Wolff after his visit to Thailand in April 1977, was really a greatdisappointment for us. Even after this disappointment, we continued writingletters to President Carter and President Reagan forwarding our sincere wishto help and participate in eradicating drugs. We are really surprised anddoubtful as to "why the US government refuses our participation and help tomake a success of the drugs eradication program. Furthermore, "why the worldhas been misled to accuse us as the main culprit for all the drug trades....while in reality, we are most sincere and willing to help solve the drugproblems in South East Asia. through our own secret investigation, we found

out that some high officials in the US government's drugs control andenforcement department and with the influence of corrupted persons objected toour active participation in the drugs eradication program of the US governmentso as to be able to retain their profitable self)interest from thecontinuation of the drug problems. Thus, the US government and the Americanpeople as well as the world have been hoodwinked.

During the period (1965 )1975) CIA Chief in Laos, Theodore Shackley was in thedrug business, having contacts with the Opium Warlord Lor Sing Han and hisfollowers. 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.Even after the Vietnam War ended, when Richard Armitage was being posted tothe US Embassy in Thailand, his dealings in the drug business continued asbefore. He was then acting as the US government official concerning with thedrugs problems in South East Asia. After 1979, Richard Armitage resigned fromthe US Embassy's posting and set up the "Far East Trading Company" as a frontfor his continuation in the drug trade and to bribe CIA agents in Laos andaround the world. Soon After, Daniel Arnold was made to handle the drugbusiness as well as the transportation of arms sales. Jerry Daniels then tookover the drug trade from Richard Armitage. For over 10 years, Armitagesupported his men in Laos and Thailand with the profits from his drug tradeand most of the cash were deposited with the banks in Australia which was tobe used in buying his way for quicker promotions to higher positions. AAWithin the month of July, 1980, Thailand's English newspaper "Bangkok Post:included a news)report that CIA agents were using Australia as a transit)basefor their drug business and the banks in Australia for depositing,transferring the large sum of money involved. A AVerifications of the newsreport can be made by the US Justice Department with Bangkok Post and inAustralia. A AOther facts given herewith have been drawn out from our SecretReports files so as to present to you of the real facts as to "why the drug

problem is being prolonged till today." A A3. Finally, we sincerely hope inthe nearest future to be given the opportunity to actively take part inhelping the US government, the Americans and people of the world ineradicating and uprooting the drug problems.

Yours Respectfully,

Vice ChairmanTHAILAND REVEOLUTIONARY COUNCIL

CITY OF WASHINGTONDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0

AFFIDAVIT OF DANIEL P. SHEEHAN

Below, the Plaintiffs' attorney, Daniel P. Sheehan, sets forth for theCourt in the following Affidavit, the explanation of the evidence presently inhis possession )) which evidence does, in fact, rise to the level of "probablecause" to believe that the Defendants named in this federal civil lawsuit areguilty of the commission of the federal criminal violations set forth in theAmended Complaint of October 4, 1986. The Plaintiffs move that this Affidavitof Counsel be deemed a Supplemental Filing to their October 4, 1986, AmendedComplaint 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)) drawing all logical inferences from the facts adduced in the direction ofthe Plaintiffs )) would conclude that it is more probable than not that eachof the Defendants named in this civil suit is guilty of violating the FederalRICO Statute and that he is civilly liable to the Plaintiffs Tony Avirgan andMartha Honey for having fortuitously contributed to the civil wrongs committedagainst them as charged in this Amended Complaint )) as Supplemented by theAffidavit of Counsel.

ATTORNEY DANIEL SHEEHAN'S AFFIDAVIT

Now comes Attorney Daniel P. Sheehan, and having been duly sworn hereby swearsand affirms that the following facts are true:

1. I am a duly licensed attorney at law, admitted to practice before theState and Federal Courts of the State of New York in both the Northern andSouthern Districts of New York.

2. I am duly licensed and have been admitted to practice before theCourts of the District of Columbia, both local and Federal and I am in goodstanding before both the Bar of New York and the Bar of the District ofColumbia.

3. I have practiced law before the courts of New York and numerous otherstates in our nation since 1970, having served as counsel in some 60 separatepieces of litigation in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina,Virginia, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Oklahoma, Ohio,Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Mississippi.

4. I graduated from Harvard college in 1967 as an Honors Graduate in

American Government, writing my Honors Thesis in the field of ConstitutionalLaw, and was the Harvard University nominee for the Rhodes Scholarship fromNew York in 1967. I graduated from Harvard School of Law in 1970, havingserved as an Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights)Civil Liberties Law Review andas the Research Associate of Professor Jerome Cohen, the Chair of theInternational Law Department of Harvard.

5. While at Harvard School of Law, I served as a summer associate at theState Street law firm of Goodwin, Proctor and Hoar under the supervision ofSenior Partner, Donald J. Hurley, the President of the Boston Chamber ofCommerce and Massachusetts Senatorial Campaign Chairman for John F. Kennedy.At this firm I participated in the case of BAIRD v EISENSTAT, under RogerStockey, General Counsel for the Massachusetts Planned Parenthood League

(establishing the unconstitutionality of the Massachusetts anti)birth controllaw) and in the Nevada case, under Charles Goodhue, III (establishing theconstitutional right to bail in criminal extradition cases, including capitalcases). While at Harvard School of Law, I authored "The Pedestrian Sources ofCivil Liberties" in the Harvard Civil Rights)Civil Liberties Law Review and Iserved under Professor Milton Katz, the President of the International LawAssociation, as the Chairman of the Nigerian Biafran Relief Commissionresponsible for successfully negotiating the admission of mercy flights offood into Biafra in 1968.


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6. While serving as a legal Associate at the Wall Street law firm ofCahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Rheindle and Ohio under partner Theodore Shackley andThomas Clines directed the Phoenix Project in Vietnam, in 1974 and 1975, whichcarried out the secret mission of assassinating members of the economic andpolitical bureaucracy inside Vietnam to cripple the ability of that nation tofunction after the total US withdrawal from Vietnam. This Phoenix Project,during its history, carried out the political assassination, in Vietnam, ofsome 60,000 village mayors, treasurers, school teachers and other non)VietCong administrators. Theodore Shackley and Thomas Clines financed a highlyintensified phase of the Phoenix project, in 1974 and 1975, by causing anintense flow of Vang Pao opium money to be secretly brought into Vietnam forthis purpose. This Vang Pao opium money was administered for TheodoreShackley and Thomas Clines by a US Navy official based in Saigon's US officeof Naval Operations by the name of Richard Armitage. However, becauseTheodore Shackley, Thomas Clines and Richard Armitage knew that their secretanti)communist extermination program was going to be shut down in Vietnam,Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand in the very near future, they, in 1973, began ahighly secret non)CIA authorized program Thus, from late 1973 until April of1975, Theodore Shackley, Thomas Clines and Richard Armitage disbursed, fromthe secret, Laotian)based, Vang Pao opium fund, vastly more money than was

required to finance even the highly intensified Phoenix Project in Vietnam.The money in excess of that used in Vietnam was secretly smuggled out ofVietnam in large suitcases, by Richard Secord and Thomas Clines )) and carriedinto Australia, where it was deposited in a secret, personal bank account(privately accessible to Theodore Shackley, Thomas Clines and Richard Secord).During this same period of time between 1973 and 1975, Theodore Shackley andThomas Clines caused thousands of tons of US weapons, ammunition, andexplosives to be secretly taken from Vietnam and stored at a secret "cache"hidden inside Thailand.

The "liaison officer" to Shackley and Clines and the Phoenix Project inVietnam, during this 1973 to 1975 period, from the "40 Committee" in the NixomWhite House was one Eric Von Arbod )) an Assistant Secretary of State for Far

Eastern Affairs. Von Arbod shared his information about the Phoenix Projectdirectly with his supervisor Henry Kissinger.

Saigon fell to the Vietnamese in April of 1975. The Vietnam War was over.

Immediately upon the conclusion of the evacuation of U.S. personnel fromVietnam, Richard Armitage was dispatched, by Theodore Shackley and ThomasClines, from Vietnam to Tehran, Iran. In Iran, Armitage (the "bursar" for theVang Pao opium money for Shackley and Clines' planned "Secret Team" covertoperations program), between May and August of 1975, set up a secret"financial conduit" inside Iran, into which secret Vang Pao drug funds couldbe deposited from Southeast Asia. The purpose of this conduit was to serve asthe vehicle for secret funding by Shackley's "Secret Team," of a private,

non)CIA authorized "Black" operations inside Iran )) disposed to seek out,identify, and assassinate socialist and communist sympathizers )) who wereviewed by Shackley and his "Secret Team" members to be "potential terrorists"against the Shah of Iran`s government in Iran. In late 1975 and early 1976,Theodore Shackley and Thomas Clines retained Edwin Wilson to travel to Tehran,Iran to head up the "Secret Team" covert "anti)terrorist" assassinationprogram in Iran. This was not a U.S. government)authorized operation. Thiswas a private operations supervised, directed and participated in by Shackley,Clines, Secord and Armitage in their purely private capacities.


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At the end of 1975, Richard Armitage took the post of a "Special Consultant"to the U.S. Department of Defense regarding American military personnelMissing In Action (MIAs) in Southeast Asia. In this capacity, Armitage wasposted in the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. There Armitage had topresponsibility for locating and retrieving American MIA's in Southeast Asia.He worked at the Embassy with an associate, one Jerry O. Daniels. From 1975to 1977, Armitage held this post in Thailand. However, he did not perform theduties of this office. Instead, Armitage continued to function as the"bursar" for Theodore Shackley's "Secret Team," seeing to it that secret VangPao opium funds were conducted from Laos, through Armitage in Thailand to bothTehran and the secret Shackley bank account in Australia at the Nugen)HandBank. The monies conducted by Armitage to Tehran were to fund Edwin Wilson'ssecret anti)terrorist "seek and destroy" operation on behalf of TheodoreShackely. Armitage also devoted a portion of his time between 1975 and 1977,in Bangkok, facilitating the escape from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand and there)location elsewhere in the world, of numbers of the secret Meo tribesmengroup which had carried out the covert political assassination program forTheodore Shackley in Southeast Asia between 1966 and 1975. Assisting RichardArmitage in this operation was Jerry O. Daniels. Indeed, Jerry O. Daniels wasa "bag)man" for Richard Armitage, assisting Armitage by physically

transporting out of Thailand millions of dollars of Vang Pao's secret opiummoney )) to finance the re)location of Theodore Shackley's Meo tribesmen andto 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 munitionshidden inside Thailand between 1973 and 1975 )) for use by Shackley's "SecretTeam". 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.

One of the officers in the U.S. Embassy in Thailand, one Abranowitz came toknow of Armitage's involvement in the secret handling of Vang Pao opium fundsand caused to be initiated an internal State Department heroin smuggling

investigations directed against Richard Armitage. Armitage was the target ofEmbassy personnel complaints to the effect that he was utterly failing toperform his duties on behalf of American MIAs, and he reluctantly resigned asthe D.O.D. Special Consultant on MIA's at the end of 1977.

From 1977 until 1979, Armitage remained in Bangkok opening and operating abusiness named The Far East Trading Company. This company had offices only inBangkok 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 opiummoney out of Southeast Asia to Tehran and the Nugen)Hand Bank in Australia tofund the ultra right)wing, private anti)communist "anti)terrorist"assassination program and "unconventional warfare" operation of TheodoreShackley'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" inLaos )) who, between 1966 and 1968, had served as the immediate superior toRichard Secord, the Deputy Air Wing Commander of MAG)SOG. Secord, in 1975,was transferred from Vietnam to Tehran, Iran.

In 1976, Richard Secord moved to Tehran, Iran and became the Deputy AssistantSecretary of defense in Iran, in charge of the Middle Eastern Division of theDefense Security Assistance Administration. In this capacity, Secordfunctioned as the chief operations officer for the U.S. Defense Department in


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the Middle East in charge of foreign military sales of U.S. aircraft, weaponsand military equipment to Middle Eastern nations allied to the U.S.. Secord'simmediate superior was Eric Van Marbad )) the former 40 Committee liaisonofficer to Theodore Shackley's Phoenix program in Vietnam from 1973 to 1975.

From 1976 to 1979, in Iran, Richard Secord supervised the sale of U.S.military aircraft and weapons to Middle Eastern nations. However, RichardSecord did not authorize direct nation)to)nation sales of such equipmentdirectly from the U.S. government to said Middle Eastern governments.Instead, Richard Secord conducted such sales through a "middle)man", oneAlbert Hakim. By the use of middle)man Albert Hakim, Deputy AssistantSecretary of Defense Richard Secord purchased U.S. military aircraft andweapons from the U.S. governament at the low "manufacturer's cost" )) but soldthese U.S. aircraft and weapons to the client Middle Eastern nations at themuch 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 equalto the lower manufacturer's cost. The difference, was secreted from the U.S.government and Secord and Albert Hakim secretly transferred these millions ofdollars into Shackley's "Secret Team" operations inside Iran )) and intoShackley's secret Nugen)Hand bank account in Australia. Thus, by 1976,

Defendant Albert Hakim had become a partner with Thomas Clines, Richard Secordand Richard Armitage in Theodore Shackley's "Secret Team".

Between 1976 and 1979, Shackley, Clines, Secord, Hakim, Wilson, and Armitageset up several corporations and subsidiaries around the world through which toconceal the operations of the "Secret Team". Many of these corporations wereset up in Switzerland. Some of these were: (1) Lake Resources, Inc.; (2) TheStanford Technology Trading Group, Inc.; and (3) Companie de ServicesFiduciaria. Other companies were set up in Central America, such as: (4) CSF,Investments, Ltd. and (5) Udall research Corporation. Some were set up insidethe United States by Edwin Wilson. Some of these were: (6) Orca SupplyCompany 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 moneypilfered Foreign Military Sales proceeds between 1976 and 1979. named in thisfederal civil suit to be placed under oath and asked about their participationin the criminal "enterprise" alleged in this Complaint is probative of thecriminal guilt of the Defendants of some of the crimes charged in thisComplaint.

Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs' Counsel, The Christic Institute, possess evidenceconstituting "probable cause" that each of the Defendants named in thisComplaint are guilty of the conduct charged.

If further detailed evidence is required by the Court to allow the Plaintiffsto 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 Courtfor the preparation of this filing )) it is not because the Plaintiffs lacksuch evidence.

Daniel P. Sheehan


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Subscribed and Sworn to before me this day of December, 1986

James Bo Gritz

U.S. DRUG TRAFFICKING:BURMA REPORT

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;efound no POWs, but Khun Sa agreed to send patrols throughout western Laos tocheck for POW presence. During our interview with him, he stated he wanted toeliminate the 700- 900, tons of opium/heroin that is trafficked through hisarea (the Golden Triangle") each year. He stated that he would also exposeU.S. Government officials involved in the drug trafficking. Mr. Weekly and Ireturned to the U.S. in December 1986. I submitted the video tapedconversations to the White House, excited about the potential dialogue on drugsuppression. I received a telephone call from my White House liaison, laudingour successful interview with drug warlord Khun Sa who had previously beenreported killed by the CIA. When asked about the reaction and planned responseto 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, sinceVice-President Bush is appointed as the nations top policeman for drugcontrol. Immediately thereafter, my partner (Mr. Weekly) was arrested. He wastold by federal agents and members of the attorney general s office that I wasthe true target of an investigation connecting me with White House misdeeds(i.e., Oliver North etc.). A proffer was made that guaranteed Mr. Weeklyprobation without supervision, so that he could join me oVerseas in theon-going POW liberation effort. Instead of this, Scott Weekly was subsequentlysentenced to 5 years in prison for a technical violation of the law, which actseveral federal offices and authorities admitted having sanctioned.Simultaneously, the U.S. Government criticized Thailand and Burma for failureto destroy Khun Sa , and declared no mercy . The ambassador for narcoticcontrol went to Bangkok, Thailand and announced: "The U.S. will never

negotiate with the free world's worst enemy, Khun Sa." For 60 days, newspapersin Thailand headlined the efforts of tens of thousands of Thai and Burmesetroops deployed against Khun Sa's stronghold.

I returned to Burma to visit Khun Sa in May 1987, and see if he would releasehis information on corrupt and drug dealing U.S. officials. Instead offinding a war zone in his area, I found a new road, built by the Thaigovernment - with heavy equipment, leading directly to Khun Sa s Shan Stateheadquarters. 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


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and explained: "It was only a newspaper war." I observed thousands of teaktrees along the entryway on the Thai side of the border. Obviously, Khun Sahad traded teak to the Thais'' for a 'phony' war and high-speed road. TheThais and Burmese were praised by the U.S. Government, insuring millions indrug suppression funds.

During our eight-day stay, Khun Sa and his staff gave us names of past andpresent U.S. officials involved in drug buying and trafficking.

It is unconscionable that American tax payers are funding millions on asuppression program infected with corrupt officials. Drug traffic has steadilyincreased 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 900tons. Khun Sa says that for one tenth of the Burmese drug suppression money,he will use his 40,000-man army to completely eliminate all opium/herointraffic through the Golden Triangle and Shan territory. His desire is tosafeguard his 8 million Shan people from the Burmese spraying of "AgentOrange" defoliant on Shan State crops, animals and people. He seeksrecognition of Shanland through politically-recognized negotiations that wouldhave given independence to Shanland from Burma in 1957. The Burmese refuse to

release this territory, and continue to overtly suppress the population.Shanland (160,000 square miles) comprises 40% of the Burma landmass and it isestimated that 80% of the Burmese economy comes from the natural resources ofthe Shan States.

The attached tapes and news copies detail this story. Additionally, 8mm soundmovies, stills, video masters and accompanying audio are available.

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 indictedfor use of a false passport. Now that I have been to Burma and learned who inthe 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.

Lt. Col. James "Bo" GritzU.S. Army Special Forces (Ret.


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STATEMENTby Lt.Col James Bo Gritz, USA (Ret)for U.S. Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee,International Narcotics Control Task Force.Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C.Tuesday, 30 June 1987

NINE HUNDRED TONS OF HEROIN & OPIUM WILL ENTER THE FREE WORLD FROM SOUTHEASTASIA'S "GOLDEN TRIANGLE" THIS YEAR. The reason is because U.S. taxpayerdollars and American equipment have been used to construct a new road thatwill allow narcotics to pour out of General Khun Sa's Shan Territories ratherthan trickle out by horse and mule as has been the case until the beginning ofthis year.

Last year 600 tons of Opiates trafficked from this area. Press reportsincluded as part of this statement argue that it is logistically impossible toincrease the output to 900 toins. The new road capable of easily handling 10ton truck convoys signal not only the capability, but the reality. Thedisappointing fact is that this new artery was constructed by the Thai

Government using money, manpower, time and materials furnished by our drugsuppression funds.

Moreover, there are serious implications that elements within the U.S.Government are Khun Sa's biggest customers. The facts are that for 15 yearsU.S. taxpayers through legislative bodies like this committee and executiveagencies such as have testified here today, have dumped hundres of millions ofdollars into drug suppression programs within Thailand and Burma which havedone nothing but nourish the flow of narcotics from Asia into the UnitedStates. The proof is statistically clear. Fifteen years ago the flow ofOpiates was 60 tons; this year it will approach or exceed 900 tons. Thereasons, while multi)faceted, boil down to one word, "money".

Certain high level Thai and Burmese officials are packing their pockets withU.S. supplied drug suppression funds; political pay*offs, and other spin)offprofits like the thousands of Teak trees felled during the Khun Sa roadeffort. Khun Sa has no outlet for teak, but it is a protected and highlyvalued commodity in Thailand. More shameful are the serious allegationsraised by General Khun Sa and his staff that corrupt U.S. officials allow thistravesty and in certain cases are directly involved.

After meeting with General Khun Sa and others, I am convinced that a secretcombination exists today within the U.S. Government that was officiallygerminated during the Nixon ) Vietnam years and has, through illicit drugprofits, propagated itself today into a self)serving righteous monster ofglobal proportions. I believe Ed Wilson was a member of this combination and

that his activities represent only one of many tentacles. I believe theContra)Iran situation is merely another visible lesion that has emergedfrom this extra)governmental organism.

I say "would be righteous" because those within this secret combination Ibelieve honestly think they are serving America by offering an establishedmodel of sabotage, subversion, and assassination to areas threatened bycommunism. They are in existence because normal government process is toocumbersome, time consuming and oft times impotent. These persons who areintelligent and well seeded in our governmental structure think they are


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smarter than our elected officials and can expedite accomplishment of nationalobjectives. They have funded their efforts through drug trafficking becauseof a 1960's mind set that anyone who would use opiates is animalistic and theU.S.A. doesn't really care about them. They began their drug dealing inSoutheast Asia as a means to fund the secret war in Laos and Cambodia thatCongress was officially unaware of. Besides my personal experiences, all ofthese conclusions are spelled out in the book, THE POLITICS OF HEROIN INSOUTHEAST ASIA.

I have good reason to believe that after President Nixon got the U.S. out ofVietname "with honor", while bringing home "all the POW's" in 1973 that eitherwith his concurrance, or on the initiative of those "Best and Brightest"included within the "President's 40", the war continued to be fought throughProject Phoenix. The insiders knew the North Vietnamese would not abide bythe tri)accord and continue to consolidate their position in Vietnam, Laos,and Cambodia. Since the war was over there was no Congressional funding andhome)grown drug trafficking offered the most expedient solution. Ideally thecommunist takeover in 1975 would fall like a house)of)cards since theinfrastructure would be eliminated by extreme prejudice through the Phoenixoperation. Even so, an estimated 150,000 non)military persons were

terminated, the program failed to meet the expectations of those in charge.

Next, I believe the Phoenix model was moved to help stabilize a toppling Shawwho happened to be close to the Administration ) and to people in the secretcombination society, many of whom held high positions within the ExecutiveBranch. The Shaw fell. By this time the model was self)perpetuating.

Rather than shut down after failing in Iran, there was a re*focus on thebuilding communist threat in Central America. The Contra)Iran)OliverNorth)White House disclosures are only protrusions that have become visiblebecause of the extent and intensity of this para)government organization.Even as these hearings are underway, representatives of this secretcombination are at work in the "Philippines, offering "anti)communist

solutions" to that struggling democracy. I believe that.

As years and changing administrations have gradually thinnedthe society's active duty status within the U.S. Government, Ibelieve those who still steer the society have become more self*serving, making huge personalprofitunder the guise of fightingworldwide communism. Further, I believe they are maximizing their\j\influence to protect those of tbrotherhood who still hold activeoffice in the government.

I have been told for years that U.S. POW's would never be allowed to returnbecause 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 tothose more sensitive to power politics than myself. The reason we have metthe enemy and he is U.S. in our efforts to return POWs while they are stillalive is simple. When POWs are returned the first demand by the Americanpeople will be to examine those within the government responsible for theirreturn. American will want to know why these individuals failed in theirofficial capactities; why the burden fell on the private sector; and what tookso long if the POW issue is truly "Top National Priority" as designated byPresident Reagan. Upon investigation it will be revealed that responsibleofficials were more interested in actuating their secret society than


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accounting for our POW and MIA.

The fact is that all of the Heroin and Opiates could be shut off at the GoldenTriangle if America`s responsible elected and appointed officials would dotheir job. General Khun Sa is recognized as the drug king)pin and controlsthe Golden Triangle with a well disciplined army of 40,000 Shan soldiers. Hehas stated to me before three other American witnesses on video tape that hegreatly desires to stop the drug trafficking, but we won't let him. He haspromised that if we will give him any economic alternative, he will not juststem, but stop the flow of narcotics through his areas of control. He hassaid for example that for one)tenth the money we now give the Burmese for drugsuppression turned into economic aid and crop substitution, he will use hisforce to enforce what we cannot and have not. In addition, Khun Sa hasstipulated that the Burmese must be stopped from using the 12 Bell Helicoptersand 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 havepresented thus far is backed up by written and recorded documents madeavailable to the Committee.

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 Sawill carry out his part of the bargain. I and three other Americans have metwith Khun Sa. We all believe him to be sincere. Certainly in view of thedismal failure of the CIA and DEA to slow, stop or even deter the flood ofdrugs from the Golden Triangle, it seems that a change in dynamics is inorder. Especially since Khun Sa has directly implicated persons within theCIA as some of his best customers. The video tapes show testimony of afrustrated medical doctor who, under orders from Khun Sa, did everything fromoffer radio links to Khun Sa's headquarters to present a horse that might beused to alert DEA of drug movements. The low level agents supported theseinitatives, but in every case they were rejected at DEA headquarter levels.\j\

I have strived at the invitation of the Executive Branch for eightyears to convince political skeptics that American POWs are alive in the handsof Communist forces in Laos and Vietnam. I abhore drugs and dopes that areusers, yet in the past two weeks I've been told by committee staff and othersthat "federal sources and a Los Angeles State Department employee have saidthat I am a "drug trafficker", and I will be in prison before July 4th. Iknow this level of federal employee would never make such slanderousstatements unless encouraged by higher)ups. While following the classic modelof "deny)defame)divert," it is disappointing that law enforcement agencieswould reveal such low life practices as directly as they have, and then avoidcomment when confronted.

I have tried in every way to cooperate with the committee and its membership.

I've furnished video tapes, only to be informed that the chairman has blockedtheir distribution. I've supplied the Suchesk letter to Vice President Bush,and requested a written transcript of the file from which Khun Sa's secretaryread from. I received a letter in the mail last week. It was from Khun Sa.The stapled and sealed envelope had been opened. Inside, the pamphlet, whichhad also been stapled shut, had been opened and the contents removed. I hadasked Khun Sa to translate his record; sign it himself with two additionalwitnesses. I was assured this document was part of the opened package. Ihave requested my contacts furnish me with a FAX of their copy. It serves tosupplement in writing the verbal and video accounts.


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I'm disillusioned that this committee which represents the interest of 240million Americans in controling illegal drug trafficking, would take such anegative and skeptical position on such a critical issue as Khun Sa's proposaland my deliverance of the information he gave us. I've been told that I must"sell my case" to you. Facts are, I am a citizen who has been twice to see awarlord who is recognized as the world's most powerful Heroin kingpin. Thisperson has shown statistically that our 15 year old drug suppression programis, at best, "dumb" by anyone's standards. At best we have millions of US taxdollars being mishandled; one recipient has made use of U.S. assets to build amajor road, and secures that road from outside infiltration; 900 tons ofopiates entering the free world; rampant corruption of allied officials. Atworst in addition to the best case, we have officials within the USG whowon't, as Khun Sa says, let him get out of the drug business, because they arehis biggest buyers.

Your business is representing American interest in drug control. You greatlyinfluence how our tax dollars are used and how well the enforcement agenciesdo their job. My business is bringing home POWs while they are still alive.Neither one of us has been able to make much head way because I'm convinced

there are persons within the government that are opposing us both. If POWscame home, the resulting investigation will expose their drug involvement; ifthe drugs are stopped, their source of income dries up. I agree thatcommunism threatens the liberty of free people everywhere, but in my opiniondrugs are even a bigger and more immediate threat. To\j\fuel theseself)righteous freedom fighters with drug money is to steal, cheat, andmislead every American taxpayer, and circumnavigate the greatest governmentalsystem in the world. While it may appear slow, and at times fickle andindecisive, still our's is the greatest government in the world. There aren'tboat loads of Americans headed for the Soviet Union. I believe our system wasdivinely inspired. I believe it will work despite any shortcoming.

As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter)Day Saints with Temple

Endowments, I raise my hand to the square and swear before God, Angels, andyou as witnesses, that this statement is the absolute truth as I know it. Ihope you can swear before God that you will execute the responsibilities toyour constituents with all honesty in thoroughly investigating the proposalfor eliminating all drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle, and seeing tothe objective investigation and prosecution of any American officials found tobe guilty of maliciously dealing in drugs. I personally don't believe theAmericans named by Khun Sa as conspiritors in traffickings could pass anhonest security background check. I believe if you do your job as ourrepresentative body, you will uncover and topple those members of this secretcombination like a line of dominos. If you give this hearing only a cameoappearance, the combination will be strengthened and our nation could be infor a period like the Vietnam era. Your positive attention to this matter

should also speed the safe return of our POWs.

I believe we can stop the heroin and opium by working with Kuhn Sa instead ofagainst him. At worst we lose 10 percent of the Burmese Socialist Statesuppression funds. You don't have to be from Las Vegas to recognize Khun Sa'soffer as a good bet. I believe in him and that he will keep his word. Wecan't hardly afford not to take the chance. I believe the American publicwould be outraged to discover we by)passed such an opportunity because peoplewho are suspect as traffickers say they "don't trust Khun Sa." Their lineshould 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."

The body of this statement contains a chronology of events. I have attachedgermain documents that attest to the allegations made in the video tapes.


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THE HONORABlE GEORGE H. BUSH August 29, 1986VICE)PRESIDENTUNITED STATES OF AMERICAWHITE HOUSEWASHINGTON D.C.

DEAR SIR:

ON AUGUST 12th 1986 THE UNDERSIGNED PERSONALLY MET WITH KUHN SA AT THEVILLAGE OF HO)MONG LOCATED NEAR THE THAI BURMA BORDER. (REFERENCE: EXHIBIT "A " ) " CERTIFICATION OF VISIT"). TOPICS COVERED WERE;

1: A PROPOSAL TO ERADICATE OPIUM IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE2: THE CORRUPTION OF THE THAI, BURMA AND D.E.A. OFFICIALS3: THE AMERICAN M.I.A./ P.O.W.'S IN LAOS4: THE REGISTRATION OF A TRADE MISSION5: A HERBAL MEDICAL CUR FOR NARCOTIC ADDICTS.

1: A PROPOSAL TO ERADICATE OPIUM IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.

BACKGROUND:

THE SHAN STATE IN BURMA, (APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF TAIWAN) HADBEEN UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION PRIOR TO 1948. THE SHAN PEOPLE, POPULATION OF 8MILLION, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KHUN SA SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO UNIFY WITH THEBURMESE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH. THEPINLONG AGREEMENT , REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, CONTAINED A CONTAINEDA CONDITION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SHAN PEOPLE TO FREELY SECEDE FROM BURMAAFTERA TEN YEAR PERIOD AND BECOME AN INDEPENDENT STATE.

WHEN GENERAL NE WIN, A SOCIALIST, TOOK OVER BURMA HE ABOLISHED THE PINLONGAGREEMENT AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR THE BURMA COMMUNIST PARTY TO GAIN ASTRONGHOLD IN THE COUNTRY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT SHAN REBELLION FOR INDEPENDENCEBEGAN.

IN EARLY 1949 THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN TERRITORIESOF THE SHAN STATE AND ESTABLISHED MILITARY STRONGHOLDS WHILE ENGAGING IN THEBUSINESS OF; OPIUM CULTIVATION, PROCESSING, TRANSPORTATION AND SALE. IN 1950REMNANTS OF CHAING KAI)SHEK'S KMT ARMY MOVED FROM MAINLAND CHINA INTO THESAMEAREA. THEY ALSO ESTABLISHED STRONGHOLDS AND FREELY ENGAGED IN THE OPIUMBUSINESS TO SUPPORT THEIR ARMIES.

tHE SHAN PEOPLE, ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION, FOUND THEMSELVES SURROUNDED ANDOPPRESSED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA, THE KMT ARMIES AND A VARIETY OFRENEGADE OPIUM WARLORDS. ALL THE FACTIONS FREELY ROAMED THE SHAN TERRITORYPRESSING SHAN PEOPLE INTO THEIR SERVICE AS FARMERS, PORTERS AND GUIDES. THESEFORCES SHARED LITTLE OF THEIR FINANCIAL GAINS WITH THE SHAN POPULATION, BUTWERE FREE TO DISPENSE TORTURE, RAPE AND MURDER TO ALL WHO WOULD NOTCO)OPERATEWITH THEM. TO PROVIDE FOOD AND FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE, KHUN SA ORGANIZED HISARMY AND TURNED TO OPIUM CULTIVATION FOR HIS INCOME.


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AS THE YEARS PASSED KHUN SA GAINED MILITARY SUPERIORITY IN THE SHAN STATE. HEBEGAN TO SLOWLY PHASE OUT THE)CULTIVATION OF OPIUM AMONG THE SHAN POPULATION.TO REPLACE THAT BLOCK OF INCOME HE STARTED TO COLLECT TAXES WHILE PROVIDINGSAFE TRANSPORTATION AND PASSAGE THROUGH HIS TERRITORY TO THE DAILY CARAVANSOFNARCOTIC TRAFFICKERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE SOUTHERN OUTLETS OF THAILAND.

TODAY, KHUN SA STILL HAS SOME SMALL ISOLATED POCKETS OF OPIUM CULTIVATIONAMONG THE SHAN PEOPLES. HE IS ATTEMPTING TO ERADICATE THESE FIELDS AS QUICKLYAS HE CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATE INCOME PROGRAMS FOR HIS FARMERS.

PROPOSAL:

KHUN SA IS PREPARED TO IMPLEMENT A PHASE OUT PROGRAM TO COMPLETELY STOP THECULTIVATION OF OPIUM IN THE SHAN TERRITORIES. HE IS PREPARED TO ESTABLISH AMILITARY CONTROL SYSTEM TO COMPLETELY STOP THE PASSAGE OR NARCOTICTRAFFICKERSFROM CHINA, BURMA AND LAOS ON THEIR TRAVELS TO THE THAILAND OUTLETS THROUGHTHE SHAN TERRITORIES.

TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROPOSAL, KHUN SA STATES THAT HE COULD MAINTAIN MILITARYCONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE IN THAT AREA FOR ABOUT HALF THE COST OF THE CURRENTU.S. BUDGET EXPENDED BY THE D.E.A. FORCES NOW STATIONED IN THAILAND. APROPOSAL TO REALIZE INCOME FOR HIS PEOPLE THROUGH THE SALE OF THE TERRITORIESNATURAL RESOURCES WILL BE PRESENTED IN ITEM # FOUR, "TRADE MISSION".

2: THE CORRUPTION OF THAI, BURMA AND D.E.A. OFFICIALS.

BACKGROUND:

THE NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONAL STAFFS OF BURMA, THAILAND AND THE U.S.D.E.A. HAVE FOR YEARS ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE FLOW OF NARCOTICS FROM THE GOLDEN

TRIANGLE AREA. LARGE BUDGETS ARE EXPENDED BY OUR GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORTTHESEACTIVITIES WHICH RANGE FROM THE COLLECTION OF INTELLIGENCE TO THE OCCASIONALBOMBING, RAIDING AND BURNING OF SOME ISOLATED OPIUM PRODUCING FIELDS. IN ALLTHE TOTAL PROGRAM HAS NOT MET WITH ANY APPRECIABLE SUCCESS.

tHE BURMA GOVERNMENT, FUNDED BY THE D.E.A., HAVE ENGAGED IN A SERIES OFINDISCRIMINATING BOMBING RAIDS ON SUSPECTED VILLAGES KILLING AND WOUNDINGCOUNTLESS INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THEY HAVE SPRAYED OPIUM FIELDS ANDVILLAGES WITH CHEMICAL THAT NOT ONLY KILL THE VEGETATION BUT ALSO POISON THESURROUNDING WATER SUPPLIES AND SUBSEQUENT NEW PLANT GROWTH. HUNDREDS OFVILLAGERS HAVE SUFFERED CRUEL AND SLOW DEATHS BY DRINKING POLLUTEDWATERS\j\AND EATING NEWLY GROWN VEGETABLES RAISED IN POISONED FIELDS. 082986

THAI AND D.E.A. CORRUPT OFFICIALS ARE USING U.S. FUNDS TO PURCHASE NARCOTICSFOR RE SALE, SELLING U.S. ARMS TO KHUN SA'S FORCES AND ARE INVOLVED IN A HOSTOF OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVES. AS LONG AS THESE CORRUPT OPERATIONS CONTINUE , ITWILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE THE OPIUM OPERATIONS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.

PROPOSAL:

KHUN SA IS PREPARING HARD DOCUMENTATION OF THE CORRUPT ACTS OF THE THAI ANDD.E.A. OFFICIALS CONCERNED. HE PROPOSES THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WITHDRAW THE


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CORRUPT D.E.A. PERSONNEL FROM THAT OPERATIONAL AREA AND REPLACE THEM WITH ANEW CADRE OF TRUSTED U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENTS. KHUN SA WELCOMES THE CONCEPTOFHAVING OBSERVERS TO MONITOR HIS NARCOTIC ERADICATION ACTIVITIES IN THE SHANTERRITORIES.

3: AMERICAN M.I.A./P.O.W.'S IN LAOS.

BACKGROUND

DURING THE RAINY SEASON IN THE LATE 1978 KHUN SA'S FORCES FOUND 4 U.S. M/I/A/PERSONNEL IN THE NORTHERN JUNGLES OF LAOS. HIS FORCES ESCORTED THE 4 MEN TOTHE MEKONG RIVER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE RAIN SWOLLEN RIVER, THE 4U.S. PERSONNEL. THREE OF KHUN SA'S SOLDIERS AND TWO HORSES WERE SWEPT AWAY BYTHE RAGING WATERS AND ALL WERE DROWNED.

KHUN SA HAS HAD REPEATED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS OF THE LOCATION OF U.S. ANDFOREIGN PERSONNEL HELD CAPTIVE IN LAOS. HAVING NO SPECIAL USE FOR THISINFORMATION, IT WAS IGNORED.

AT MY REQUEST, KHUN SA CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF SOME 70 U.S. M.I.A./P.O.W.'SAND APPROXIMATELY 12 KOREANS, 5 FILIPINOS AND A HOST OF LAOSIAN'S BEINGCONFINED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ONE GROUP IS WORKING AS FORCED LABORERS IN AGOLD MINE IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR OF LAOS. THIS INFORMATION WAS INDEPENDENTLYCONFIRMED IN MY MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE UNITED LAO PEOPLE FRONT FORTHE LIBERATION OF LAOS. (UFLLL).

PROPOSAL:

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 PREPAREDTO RESCUE THE AMERICAN PERSONNEL AND DELIVER THEM SAFELY INTO OUR HANDS. HEWILL 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 AIREVACUATION FORCE TO REMOVE THE AMERICANS FROM HIS TERRITORY. \j\

PRIOR TO MY DEPARTURE FROM HO)MONG, KHUN SA DISPATCHED RECONTEAMS TO OBTAIN HARD PHOTOGRAPHIC AND POSSIBLE INDIVIDUAL I.D.CONFIRMATIONS FROM THE VARIOUS PRISONER SITES.082986

4: REGISTRATION OF A TRADE MISSION:

BACKGROUND:

SHANLAND HAS VAST RICH NATIONAL RESOURCES. IF PROPERLY MANAGED AND

PRESENTEDTO THE WORLD MARKET, THESE RESOURCES COULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR KHUN SA'SOPIUM ERADICATION PROGRAM AND MAINTAIN THE ONGOING ECONOMY FOR THE SHANPOPULACE.

PROPOSAL:

KHUN SA HAS COMMISSIONED THE UNDERSIGNED TO ESTABLISH TRADE MISSIONS IN THEFREE WORLD. A REQUEST FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES IN RECOGNIZING THETRADE MISSION IS MADE BY KHUN SA IN A TAPED MESSAGE TO THE VICE PRESIDENT . A


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COPY OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS ATTACHED. (REFERENCE: EXHIBIT " B ")"LETTER OF APPOINTMENT", AND EXHIBIT "C" ) " TAPED MESSAGE TO VICE PRESIDENTBUSH, FROM KHUN SA" ).

5: HERBAL MEDICAL CURE FOR NARCOTIC ADDICTS.

BACKGROUND:

IN THE 1800'S THE BRITISH INTRODUCED OPIUM INTO MAINLAND CHINA. A CHINESEHERB DOCTOR, ALARMED AT THE GROWING NUMBER OF NARCOTIC ADDICTS, DEVELOPED AMIXTURE OF HERBS USED TO CURE ADDICTS OF THEIR CRAVINGS FOR NARCOTICS. THEPROCESS 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 DAYSTHE ADDICT DETOXIFIED BY PASSING THE BODY POISONS THROUGH THE URINE AND SWEATGLANDS. AFTER LESS THAN ONE WEEK , THE ADDICT WOULD BEGIN TO EAT NORMALLY ANDBEGIN TO GAIN WEIGHT. MOST TREATMENTS TOOK BETWEEN SEVEN TO TEN DAYS TOCOMPLETE. UPON COMPLETION, THE FORMER ADDICT WAS READY TO RETURN TO HISNORMAL LIFE DUTIES, HAVING LOST ALL CRAVINGS AND DESIRES FOR ANY DRUGS.

THIS PROCESS IS STILL IN USE TODAY. A SPECIAL CLINIC IN BANGKOK HAS TREATED

OVER 10,000 ADDICTS USING THE SAME HERBAL MIXTURE AS PASSED ON BY THE OLDCHINESE DOCTOR.

PROPOSAL:

KHUN SA HAS OFFERED THIS FORMULA AND PROCESS TO THE U.S.A. AND THE FREE WORLDAS THE FIRST OFFERING TO BE PASSED THROUGH THE TRADE MISSION. PRODUCTVALIDITY SUPPORT OF THE TESTING OF SAMPLES AND ENDORSEMENT BY THE U.S. DEPT.OF HEALTH IS REQUESTED. 082986

SUMMARY:

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 MILITARYAID. HE IS RESISTING THEIR TEMPTING OFFERS, AND WHILE HE HAS AGREED TO SEND80 YOUNG STUDENTS TO RUSSIA FOR TRAINING, WILL STOP THE ACTIVITY UPON SEEINGANY OVERT OR COVERT EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FROM THE U.S.A.

KHUN SA HAS EXPRESSED IN LENGTH HIS NEED AND CONCERNS FOR THE ORDERLYTRANSITION OF SHANLAND INTO AN INDEPENDENT STATE. A NEW PROPOSAL PLAN WASDISCUSSED, AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT IN PERSON BY THEUNDERSIGNED.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME SOME MESSAGE BE SENT BACK TOKHUN SA REGARDING THE U.S. POSITION ON THE MATTERS LISTED HEREIN. IF WE FAILTO RESPOND, TOTALLY IGNORE HIM,, HE WILL IN TIME, BE FORCED FOR ECONOMIC

SURVIVAL TO TURN TO THE RUSSIANS.

I AWAIT YOUR PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION OF A FULL ANDDETAILED BRIEFING OF THE KHUN SA MEETING.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY:

AUTHUR M. SUCHESK PH.D

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KHUN SA TO GEORGE BUSH

8-12-88

TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED MESSAGE FROM SAO KHUN SA, SHANLAND TO GEORGE BUSH,VICEPRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DATED: 08-12-1986 IN THE VILLAGE OFHO-MONG, SHAN TERRITORY, BURMA. TO THE HONORABLE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA, MR. BUSH.

SINCE MR. SUCHESK CAME TO OUR PLACE TO MEET ME IN THE VILLAGE OF HO-MONG, WEDISCUSSED THE SITUATION IN CHINA, BURMA AND THAILAND AND ABOUT THE D.E.A. ANDOPIUM AND ALSO THE AMERICAN P.0.W. IN LAOS.

THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE LIBERTY TO EXPRESS MY INTENTIONS AND INVIEW OF YOUR SITUATION TO YOUR EXCELLENCY VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATESOF AMERICA, I BELIEVE YOUR EXCELLENCY IS AN HONORABLE MAN.

WHEN MR. JOSEPH NELLIS ( U.S. CONGRESS ) CAME TO MEET ME.IN 1977, I PROPOSED AGUARANTEED SIX YEAR PLAN TO END THE OPIUM PRODUCTION IN SHAN STATE. I KNOWTHAT OPIUM IS HARMFUL TO SO MANY PEOPLE. I WANT TO HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. ITELL THEM (JOE NELLIS ) THAT THE METHODS THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN PURSUING SOFAR WAS AN INEFFECTIVE PRUNING METHOD. TO CUT OFF LEAVES OF SOME ISOLATEDBRANCHES, BUT THE TREE NEVER DIES!

MY SIX YEAR PLAN IN CONTRAST WAS THE UPROOTING METHOD, A SURE WAY TO END THEPROBLEM. SO IF D.E.A. REALLY WANT TO END IT, THEY SHOULD HAVE APPROACHED US,INSTEAD THEY SENT OUR OWN BROTHERS THE THAI MILITARY UNITS TO HUNT ME DOWN,ALL TOGETHER FOR 36 TIMES! IF THEY AIM TO GO ON DOING THE JOB THIS WAY, WE CANBET THEY CAN GO ON FOR ANOTHER 60 YEARS AND NEVER SUCCEED. I HAVE SHOWN A

DRAFT OF MY PLAN TO MR. NELLIS AND AGAIN SEND IT TO YOU THROUGH MR. SUCHESK.

NOW PLEASE LET ME PRESENT A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HOW THE REBELLION AND THE OPIUMPROBLEM IN BURMA HAVE DEVELOPED TO THIS DATE. SHAN STATE HAS BEEN APROTECTORATE STATE UNDER BRITISH RULE BEFORE 1948. SHAN PEOPLE MADE ANAGREEMENT TO TAKE INDEPENDENCE WITH THE BURMESE ON A CONDITION THAT SHANSTATECOULD SUCCEED FROM BURMA AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE AFTER 10 YEARS. THAT WASWRITTEN IN THE 1948 BURMA CONSTITUTION, WHICH GENERAL NE WIN HAD ABOLISHED.SINCE THEN THE SHAN REBELLION BEGAN.


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AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE OF BURMA, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA ALSO MADENORTHERN SHAN STATE ITS STRONGHOLD, AND THE KMT REMNANTS CAME IN FROM CHINAINEARLY 1950. BEING OPPRESSED BY NE WIN REGIME, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA ANDTHE KMT REMNANTS, THE PEOPLE OF SHAN STATE WERE ON THE VERGE OF STARVATION SOTHEY TURNED TO OPIUM CULTIVATION WHICH THE KMT ENCOURAGED THEM TO DO

SINCE THEN, OPIUM HAS BEEN AN EVER GROWING PROBLEM. THE PEOPLE GROW.IT NEVERKNOW WHERE THEIR OPI0M IS HEADING FOR. THEY JUST SELL TO WHOM EVER BUY IT ANDWITH THAT MONEYS THEY WILL BUY OTHER LIFE NECESSITIES.

AS I HAVE SAID THE D.E.A. HAS TRIED SO MANY TIMES TO HUNT ME DOWN, DROVE MEOUT OF THAILAND AND SAID WITHIN THREE MONTHS KHUN SA WOULD BE DEAD, OR HEWOULD FLEE TO RANGOON, OR GO JOIN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF BURMA. IN REALITY FORKHUN SA, THERE IS NO NEED TO RUN AWAY TO ANY OTHER PLACE. HE HAS HIS NATIVELAND SHAN STATE. SINCE HE IS WORKING FOR HIS PEOPLE THEY SUPPORT HIM WITH WHATTHEY HAVE, RICE, CORN, SALT, CLOTHES, MONEY AND IF THEY ONLY HAVE OPIUM, THEYGIVE HIM OPIUM.

CONCERNING THE OPIUM PROBLEM, DON'T THINK THAT THE BURMA, THAI AND D.E.A.REALLY WANT TO FIND THE REAL SOLUTION. .THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK MAY BE THEBEST PROOF, AND STILL THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THEM, AND WILL NOT EVENTAKE INTO ACCOUNT MY SIX YEAR PLAN, MY GUARANTEE, INSTEAD THEY SUPPORT THOSEWHO ARE KILLING OUR PEOPLE.

HATE FOR THE U.S.A. IS GROWING IN THE HEARTS OF OUR PEOPLE. THEY SAY THEU.S.A. IS KILLING OUR PARENTS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN, AND KILLING OURCHILDREN FOR THE SAKE OF OUR PARENTS. WE ARE NOT SELLING OUR OPIUM TO THEM,THEY CAN STAY AWAY FROM BUYING, WHY ALL THIS KILLING?

THEY USE HERBICIDES TO SPRAY ON OUR FARMS THAT KILLS NOT ONLY OPIUM PLANTS BUTALSO OTHER VEGETABLES, INCLUDING GRASS AND LIVESTOCK. IT ALSO POISONS WATER

AROUND THE AREAS WHICH CLAIMS A THREAT TO HUMAN LIVES. IS THAT THE POLICY OFHUMAN RIGHTS OF THE U.S.A. DO THEY THINK THAT OUR LIVES ARE NOT AS VALUABLE ASTHEIRS? FOR MY PART I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF THE U.S.A. WANTS TO STOP USFROM GROWING OPIUM, THEY SHOULD STOP GROWING WHEAT, WHERE THEN ARE THEYGOINGTO GET THEIR BREAD?. ( MONEY ) FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING THIS SIR, I'M NOT MEANINGTO BE RUDE, I ONLY WANT YOU TO BE SYMPATHETIC.

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 THETHAI'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.

YOUR EXCELLENCY, I AM SINCERE IN SAYING THAT I WANT TO HELP SOLVE THISPROBLEM. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, SEND ANOTHER GROUP TO ME TO COMPETE AGAINSTTHE 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 OFTHE GREAT HEROES IN THE WORLD, AND I WISH TO HELP HIM.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERY LEADER OF HIS NATION IS WORKING FOR THE WELFARE OF HISPEOPLE, AND THE WELFARE OF ALL MANKIND. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY WOULDBE INTERESTED IN SERVING ALL MANKIND. IF WE ARE ABLE TO FREE OUR SHAN STATETO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT STATE, WITH THE HELP OF YOUR EXCELLENCY, WE WOULD


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EVEN BE PLEASED TO BECOME ONE OF THE STATES OF THE U.S.A. AND A BASE TOPREVENT THE SPREADING OF COMMUNISM.

I HOPE THE VISIT OF MR. SUCHESK AND MR. DICK HSU WILL BECOME A STEPPING STONETO OUR CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE SALVATION OF VICTIMS OF THEWORLD.

I BEG YOUR EXZELLENCY TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF SHAN STATE. SHAN STATE IS A VZRYBEAUTIFUL COUNTRY RICH IN MINERALS AND FORESTS AND FREE FROM ALL KINDS OFNATURAL DISASTERS. IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOULD WISH TO HELP US, WE BELIEVE WECOULD PAY YOU BACK WITH OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

IF SHAN STATE BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT STATE I AM CERTAIN IT WOULD BE EVEN MOREPROGRESSIVE THAN SINGAPORE AND IT CAN BECOME A PLACE WHERE UNIVERSITIES CAN BEESTABLISHED 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 FROMNATURAL DISASTERS.

AS A FIRST STEP TO FIND WAYS OF EARNING MONEYS TO SUBSTITUTE THE OPIUMCULTIVATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO MANUFACTURE SOUVENIR COINS AND STAMPS IN GOLD

AND SILVER, AS MR. SUCHESK HAS SUGZESTED. BUT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE EDUCATEDPEOPLE TO HANDLE THIS, SO I BEG YOUR EXCELLENCY TO ALLOW MR. SUCHESK AND MR.DICK HSU TO COME AND HELP US IN THIS FIELD.

September 17, 1987

Mr. Edwin Meese, IIIAttorney GeneralMain Justice Building10th & Constitution Avenue Northwest

Washington, D.C. 20530

Re: Citizen Complaint of Wrongdoing by Federal Officers

Dear Mr. Meese:

I am writing to you to register my complaints about certain actions that havebeen carried out against me and my associates. I believe these actionsconstitute violations of our civil rights as well as violations of thecriminal law in some instances. These actions are all the more reprehensible


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in that they are politically motivated. I take this means to request that youinvestigate these matters and, where appropriate, reprimand the individualsinvolved and file criminal charges.

Let me explain my situation to you. I am a veteran of the United States Army.I served with the Special Forces in the Vietnam War for more than two yearsbetween 1964 and 1970. I consider myself to be a patriot and am proud of myservice to this country. Since the end of the Vietnam War, I have beenactively involved in seeking to locate and free American POW's and MIA's leftbehind in Southeast Asia. I have been associated in these activities with Lt.Col. James "Bo" Gritz and others, including Scott Weekly. I believe ourefforts have been carried out with the tacit ) if not always, overt ) approvalof certain elements within our government. These government and militaryofficials share our goal of freeing these forgotten Americans.

In the fall of 1986 Col. Gritz and Mr. Weekly went to Burma. They hadreceived intelligence from the "Basement of the White House", which led themto believe certain Burmese had information about American POW's. These leadsproved to be unfounded. However, on that trip Col Gritz learned about illegalfurg 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.

In May of 1987 I went to Burma with Col. Gritz and others. We brought backstartling evidence directly linking American officials with illegal drugtrafficking. A report on this Burma trip is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."

Over the years it has baffled me why the U.S. Government would not activelyand vigorously pursue the release of our POW's and MIA's. Now, the answer isclear. Any renewed American activity in Southeast Asia, on a scale necessaryto the release of the abandoned POW's and MIA's, would attract unwantedattention to covert activities in the are. Government)sponsored drugtrafficking is an explosive subject. Obviously, many government elements want

the story left untold.

Scott Weekly was charged with illegal transportation of explosives. He wasmade promises by ATF Agent Thomas Hahn which induced him to plead guilty tothe charges. It is, of course, highly improper for law enforcement officialsto make promises, especially false promises, to criminal defendants topersuade them to plead to criminal charges. This was done in Mr. Weekly'scase. Pages were extracted from his pre)sentence report which would, verylikely have mitigated his sentence. This action would have to have been knownabout and approved by the Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Korotash. InMontana, Mr. Korotash's activities would have violated the Canons ofProfessional Ethics, which hold:

``"a public prosecutor or other government lawyer in criminal litigation shallmake timely disclosure to counsel for the defendant, or to the defendant if hehas no counsel, of the existence of evidence, known to the prosecutor or othergovernment lawyer, that tends to negate the guilt of the accused, mitigate thedegree of the offense, or reduce the punishment." DR 7*103(b)^E^

``"A lawyer shall not suppress any evidence that he or his client has a legalobligation to reveal or produce." DR 7)109(A)^E^

I believe Agent Hahn and Attorney Korotash conspired to violate \Mr. Weekly's


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rights by persuading him not to retain effective counsel and to plead guilty.

Thereafter, Col. Gritz was charged with a passport violation and hasregistered his own complaint, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit"B." Col. Gritz recently informed me that U.S. government representativesoffered him government employment and dismissal of the charges against him ifhe would cease activities relative to the POW's and stay out of SoutheastAsia. In other words, if Col. Gritz would shut up and cease his activities inSoutheast Asia everything would be all right ) for him. As usual no thoughtwas given to the POW's and MIA's nor their families and loved ones.

Following my return from Burma on June 1, 1987, Col. Gritz was charged. I setout to investigate facts relative to the passport violation charge as well asthe Scott Weekly situation. During the course of my short investigation therewere several incidents which took place that were certainly blatant violationsof my rights as a U.S. citizen. Itt is my opinion that the reason theseviolations took place is because I had in my possession\j\reports, documentsand tapes which accuse and support accusations that U.S. Government officialsdeal in drugs and certain government employees have lied and obstructedjustice in order to convict perfectly innocent persons of criminal

wrongdoings.

I believe they have been motivated by a desire to silence myself and myassociates 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.

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.

I spoke with Inspector Foley and told him I needed to locate the customs agentwho passed Col. Gritz used, which was stamped at SEA)TAC Airport by Agent1099. 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 himto an interrogation room. There he told Col. Gritz he hoped he had atelephone number they could call. Col. Gritz gave them a number and one ofthe 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 thecustoms agent was that finally cleared Col. Gritz through. He said that thenumber stamped in the passport may or may not mean anything but he maypossibly recognize the handwriting.

The next day, June 27th, I contacted Inspector Foley at his home. He told mehe had spoken with another Inspector named Arthur Henning. He said he hadasked Henning if he could remmeber an incident about five years ago when aGreen 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. Gritzreceived 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 StateDepartment. Henning told Foley he handled the incident. He said Agent Hoodmay have written down the telephone number Gritz had given them a telephonenumber which Henning said was to the State Department. Henning told Foley hehandled the incident. He said Agent Hood may have written down the telephonenumber Gritz gave them in his notes and could still possibly have it. He told


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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 becausewe had been led by U.S. Attorney Wulfson that this type evidence should havebeen sufficient to result in the dismissal of the charges against Col. Gritzregarding the fraudulent passport. After receiving this\j\information fromme, Col. Gritz's attorney, Lamond Mills, contacted Wulfson. Wulfson toldMills 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.

About that same time I was contacted by an investigative reporter named TonyKimerey from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kimerey told me he was in the office ofthe Assistant U.S. Attorney, Stephen Korotash. Jerry Bohnen, a KTOK newsreporter, 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 theoffice was Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Agent Tom Hahn. Kimerey said that ATFAgent 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 JudgeAlley, before the sentencing of Scott Weekly. The pages that Hahn removed

were letters from several different Government agencies corroborating thestory that Scott Weekly was involved in the Afghan traiing program which wassanctioned by the U.S. Government. If it were so, that the program wassanctioned by the government, then no laws would have been broken in shippingthe C)4 by commercial air carrier. Kimerey also said that a U.S. Governmentinvestigator, who has done investigations for the U.S. Attorney's Office inOklahoma City, told him he could not understand why ATF Agent Hahn and U.S.Attorney Korotash were being so malicious in prosecuting and railroading ScottWeekly.

On July 18th, I traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia to find a man namedAhmad Rashid and his wife, Margaret. Ahmad was Scott Weekly and Col. Gritz'sgovernment contact in the Afghan training program. A meeting with Ahmad,

Scott Weekly and Col. Gritz was set up in August 1986 by William Bode, thenSpecial Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance.Assistant U.S. Attorney Korotash and ATF Agent Hahn have been saying all alongthat there was no Afghan traiing. They claim Weekly and Col. Gritz wereselling explosives ot the Iranians. This is utterly ridiculous. I hadthought at one time that maybe they really didn't know about the Afghantraining. Maybe they were being lied to by persons in the government. Butnow I find that Agent Hahn has been in contact with William Bode since theearly days, even before Weekly was arrested in December of 1986. Hahn wasgiven a training schedule of the Afghan training by William Bode. Bodeadmitted this to Col. Gritz.

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 andWeekly all of their knowledge on the Mujahadeen Afghan Freedom Fighters sothat they could use this knowledge in training several different factions ofMujahadeen in hopes of unifying them. I was lucky to have reached Margaretwhen I did because she was getting ready to leave Vancouver within a few daysto join her husband in\j\Montreal. Ahmad was in Montreal looking for a placefor them to live.

Margaret and I talked about her role in giving the information to Weekly and


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Gritz about the Mujahadeen in August of 1986. Margaret told me that she andAhmad were in constant contact with William Bode. She said that Bode wastheir U.S. Government contact. As a matter of fact Bode was the one that gaveher and Ahmad the money to move to Montreal. This evidence would provce thatthis was a government)sponsored program. That being the case, Weekly shouldnot have been convicted of the crime he was charged with. Bode and hisassociates were trying to get the Rashids out of Vancouver before Col. Gritzor anyone tried to contact them. Margaret said she also knew of Gritz andWeekly's problem. She knew Weekly was in jail but she did not exactly knowwhy. She said she had a three way telephone conversation with Bode andanother 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 fromVancouver. He was also the one who suggested that Bode give them the money tomove on so that we could not find them. Margaret could not remember the nameof the U.S. Government official they had the conversation with, but I foundout later it was ATF Agent Tom Hahn.

William Bode had called Col. Gritz about the same time I was visitingMArgaret. He had no idea I had been talking to her. He told Col. Gritz hehad 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 hehadn't been there since last February. He said that if someone had contactedhim before he would have at least given ATF a copy of the Afghan trainingschedule to prove Weekly was working under the auspices of the Government.

A few days later, when Bode had found out I had talked to Margaret Rashid, heagain called Col. Gritz. He asked Col. Gritz who Lance Trimmer was. He toldCol. Gritz he had tried helping all he could. He said he had given Agent Hahna copy of the training schedule. In the prior converstaion he had said he mayhave given him a copy. He also stated then that ATF Agent Hahn was the thirdperson on the three way telephone conversation with him and the Rashids.

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 theycontinue to lie. My attorney in Oklahoma City, Frank Miskovski, who is a veryprominent attorney in that area, told me that he has not once talked to ATFAgent Hahn that Hahn had not lied to him.

Hahn admitted to two reporters that he omitted several pages of documents tobe presented to a U.S. Federal Judge in recommending a long jail term forScott Weekly. This was a clear violation of Weekly's rights. Hahn wasinstrumental in trying to hide\j\witnesses that could prove Scott Weekly'sinnocence. Those witnesses could have proven that Weekly was involved in alegitimate, U.S. Governemnt)approved, training program of Mujahadeen AfghanFreedom Fighters. It seems very clear to me that Assistant U.S. AttorneyKorotash was also involved in the hiding of these documents.

I have continuously tried to determine why ATF Agent Hahn and U.S. AttorneyKorotash would want so badly to put Col. Gritz and Scott Weekly in jail. Theonly conclusion that I have is that some persons or people higher up in theGovernment are pressuring them to muzzle Col. Gritz. Col. Gritz is a provenAmerican hero, whose only goal in life is to bring home American Prisoners ofWar left behind in Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War. The government wantsto stop him from giving to the Americna people documents and evidence thatshow U.S. Government officials are now, and have been, dealing in drugs.


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These are acts of governmental agents involving the obstruction of justice andillegal suppression of evidence, which would show the charges against bothWeekly and Gritz to be ill)founded.

Now, let me address the acts which have carried out against me.

I was arrested at the U.S./Canadian Point of Entry, Blaine, Washinton, onAugust 13, 1987, by U.S. Customs officials. I was arrested on a warrant,issued out of the federal district court of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Therewere no charges. I was wanted as a material witness to testify before thegrand jury in Oklahoma.

Immediately following my arrest, I was searched and placed in a holding cell.I was told by a Customs Agent that they were going to look in my car. Muchlater, three agents came to my cell. One of them, who appeared to be incharge, introduced himself as Jim Williams. He read me my rights and asked mea couple of questions. I would not answer his questions but told him I wassure he had read a report that was in my bag that would answer all thequestions he had. He insinuated that what he had read was interesting. Oneof the agents with him asked me if I had a number that he could call. What he

meant was, he wanted to know if I was working for some government agency. Itold him I had none. I don't believe he would have asked that had he not readpapers in my briefcase. I was then chained up with leg irons, belts andhandcuffs and taken to Whatcom County Jail where I was booked in,finger)printed and mugged. I was told that ATF Agents would pick me up in themorning and take me before a magistrate in Seattle.

The next day two ATF Agents, Norm Prins and Jane Heffner, picked me up fortransfer to the Seattle U.S. Marshall's Office. Agent Prins handcuffed mewith my hands behind my back, put me in leg irons and escorted me to hisvehicle for the 1 1/2 hour drive to Seattle. He told me he had two of my bagsin their trunk. He also said that he had been to the Canadian Border wherethey had picked up my bags from Customs. I asked where the other two were and

was told he knew nothing about them. Obviously, they had searched my car andseized and searched my personal property.

On the way in Agent Prins said he'd like me to answer some personal questionshe had. He said they had nothing to do with my case because he knew nothingabout it. He said his questions had to do with POW's. If he knew nothingabout my case, he would not have known to ask me about POW's. I assume he hadread the papers in my briefcase and clothes bag. We talked about POW's andalso about my Burma Report.

When we arrived at the U.S. Marshall's Office, where I had to appear beforethe Magistrate, my hands and arms were asleep from having to sit handcuffedwith my arms behind my back. The marks and bruises were still on my hands

from the cuffs four days later. Agent Prins got my two bags out of the trunkof his car. I noticed the center section of my clothes bag was still zippedopen. I never was allowed to look in my bags. They said they had broughtthem to turn over to the U.S. Marshall's Office, but the Marshall's Officerefused to accept them. They obviously argued over them for some time untilthe ATF agents said they would take them and hold them in their office. Iasked again about my briefcase and clothes bag but was told that Customs hadkept them. I asked why and was told that they were "doing something" withthem. I asked what, and was told just "something, but I shouldn't worry aboutit." 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.

Before appearing before the Magistrate one of the U.S. Marshalls called theCustoms Agent Williams and asked about my briefcase and camera case. I couldnot hear what Agent Williams was saying but when he hung up the Marshall toldme that Williams would have my bags sent to whatever address I wanted. I toldhim I wanted my bags brought to me because they also contained my credit cardsand identification which the agents had kept when they took my wallet, also Itold them they had no reason to keep them. The Marshall then told me theywere "doing something with them." When I asked "what," he said he had no idea.

I was then taken to the Magistrate where I was admitted to a $10,000 bail. Itold them I could make bail immediately if I could make a phone call. Thiswas approximately 4:30 p.m. The Marshalls then took me from the courtroomback up the elevator to their office. When we passed a phone I asked if Icould make that call. They said I could when I got to the office. When wereached the office, they had me go into their little holding room and thenfooled around preparing this and that. I asked again about a call and wastold, "in a minute." It was obvious they were stalling for time since it wasclose to 5:00 p.m. When I was finally allowed to call it was too late for

anything to be done. This meant I was stuck in jail for the weekend.\j\

I was then allowed to call Custons Agent Williams. I asked him about mybriefcase and camera bag. He said he would send them somewhere for me. Itold him I had to have them in my hands. I needed my identification andcredit cards to bail out of jail. He said there was no way to get them to menow that the weekend was there. I told him someone could surely drop them atthe ATF Office with my other bags. He said they couldn't do that untilMonday. I asked if it was going to take that long to make copies of mypersonal diary and papers. He said they weren't doing that. I said whatabout 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 wouldget them on Monday or maybe Tues

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