24-04-2011, 07:55 AM
Ideas appreciated and welcome. I'll enquire with the historians. THANKS.
Quote: 'It's keeping to the average that keeps the average down.' (On back of a matchbox)
[quote=Jan Klimkowski]Bernard - welcome to DPF.
Stephenson is a slippery and duplicitous player - see eg his links with OSS, then CIA, here.
In addition, one of the areas of investigation of several researchers here is the degree of deep political oneness between supposedly warring intelligence agencies and ruling elites. The incident you describe in your opening post may provide further evidence that much of the surface conflict was essentially theatre.