Snepp Claims CIA Ignored Intel in Saigon Evacuation
Frank Snepp, ex CIA analyst, says U.S. officials ignored CIA intelligence on North Vietnam and bungled Saigon’s evacuation during the Communist takeover. He notes journalists aided CIA to spread false takeover claims. book Decent Interval due today on Southeast Asia ops. The CBS 60 Minutes interview was filmed a month earlier and kept secret.
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CIA agent Snepp charges secrecy faults in Saigon pullout
Snepp recounts that CIA staff signed publishing agreements in 1968 and says he faced rebuff while pushing his book not to reveal material. He accuses the CIA of leaks to whitewash its role and claims evacuation was botched leaving about 60 000 Vietnamese employees stranded as panic rose.
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