CIA Flap Doomed Thai Chuyen as Green Berets Executed Him
New information ties a late CIA warning in Saigon to the 1963 Chuyen case. Thai Khac Chuyen, a suspected double agent in the Cambodian network, was subjected to prolonged interrogation and drugging before being disposed of in Nha Trang bay. A cover story followed, while CIA and Green Beret officers debated options from imprisonment to continued use of Chuyen. The sequence culminated in a fatal one way mission and a risky whistleblower seeking asylum weeks later.
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Abrams
Bunker
Central Intelligence Agency
Saigon
Special Forces
Green Berets
Nha Trang
Thai Khac Chuyen
Chuyen
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Berets
Cambodia
CIA
Nha Trang Bay
Green Beret
U.S
Wie Berets
Saivon
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
David E. Crew
Alvin L. Smith Jr
Smith
Central Office For Research and Studies
Thieu bars U.S. pullout while Red threat remains
President Thieu told a Saigon audience that Vietnam will replace most U.S. combat units in 1970 but American troops cannot be withdrawn while North Vietnamese forces stay in the Republic of Vietnam. He urged allied forces to remain as long as aggression continues, amid a large US troop withdrawal.
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Thieu
Saigon
U.S
da Nang
United States
Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Guatwt Auth
Thieu urges continued aid and peace talks in long speech
President Thieu spoke for 1 hour 18 minutes expressing willingness to negotiate an acceptable peace while resisting coalition government or surrender to Communists. He requested more American military and financial aid, outlined domestic reforms, and endorsed troop replacement with continued U.S. economic support as Saigon builds forces toward greater self reliance. He aligned with Nixon on troop withdrawal timing but warned a full pullout remains distant.
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Antees
Vietnam
Thieu
HEW Urges Bold Education Reform After Student Protests
A Health, Education and Welfare study group urges HEW to act as a public advocate for major school change. It proposes an advocate court, a national commission on educational change, funding for experimental institutions, and scholarships to students, while warning protests will likely continue and urging reform over repression.
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New York Times News
Washington
Department
Office of Education
Finch
Dr. Allen
Transportation Department
Labor Department
Advocate Court
The
Yhat Finch
Commission On Educational Change
Mosque Fire Suspect Says He Was Called to Rebuild Temple
An Israeli court heard Michael Denis Rohan confessing to arson at Jerusalem's Al Aksah Mosque to clear the site for Solomon's Temple. He described arriving in Jerusalem, buying fuels, daubing behind the staircase, and lighting a kerosene soaked scarf, then fleeing to Tel Aviv and a kibbutz.
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Mohammed
Rohan
Tel Aviv
Michael Denis Rohan
Shared Authority Rejected by Pope
Pope Paul VI rejected the idea that bishops and theologians could limit his exclusive right to rule the global Church. Speaking to 30 theologians in Rome, he defended the magisterium as deriving from Christ and vital for church unity, warning that denying it harms souls seeking faith. The event opens a series of meetings amid ongoing debates after the Vatican II era.
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Vatican
Matilde
Our
Paul
Christ
Arson Set Fire Damages Hancock Home in Stephentown
A briquette set beneath an outside beam sparked a fire at the 100 year old home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bentley on Brodie Mountain Road in Hancock. The elderly couple awoke to flames and smoke after a passing motorist alerted neighbors and fire crews. The blaze, investigated by the state fire marshal, caused rear damage and smoke and water damage throughout while arsonists have targeted nearby barns and sheds in recent months.
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Stephentown
N.Y
Wayne Bentley
Brodie Mountain Road
Hancock
Leon H Roberts
Fred Scace
Bentley
Hancock Volunteer Fire Department
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Robert B. Rheault
Senate
Nguyen van Thien
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran Thien Khiem
Thien
Assembly
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Rosenbaum
Robert H. Winch
Gregory A. Anrig
Mt. Greylock
Williamstown
Mass
Education
James E. Allen Jr
Allen
HEW
Bureau of the Budget
Solomon’s Temple
Trate
Tsrael
Adolf Fichmann
Ant
Tenced
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