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DRUGS, Inc. reports of the location of US prisoners being kept in Laos ... that he says has seventy prisoners of war. Tom Harvey said, “this is getting TOP priority.” Now in G. Gordon Liddy’s book, “Will”, he says, “no American has ever come out of the Golden Triangle alive.” But that’s what we were being asked to do. home soon.” They put it in the newspaper there in Minneapolis. She was told that Air Force Two was spooling up - who’s that belong to? - George Bush - to go get her husband. That’s what she told me, but it never happened and I thought again, “What rotten luck and what a bunch of wimps in the State Department for not going and demanding that they identify that citizen.” Department for not going and demanding that they identify Tom Harvey said, “Bo, do you think you would be able to that citizen.” infiltrate into Khun Sa’s inner sanctum and determine if this They probably did. They found out who he was and they _report is true or not?” ; said, “lets forget it” Because when I walked into the State Do you think maybe somebody is trying to get me bumped Department shortly thereafter, a friend of mine said, “Bo, we —_ off? (laughter) It didn’t make any difference. Brothers and thought that you’d been captured. Your passport turned up sisters, you and I are small compared to this nation and the in a very unlikely place.” And I said, “Yeah, I know all _ risk that we take if there is one American there is worth it. about it.” God’s will they’ll be home Do you think that all of this _— — 2. while they’re still alive. I told has just been rotten luck? Well, . : Harvey, “We didn’t fight a war when you wear the uniform of in Burma, why should there be the United States you have this prisoners of war there?” faith, hope - that the system will But you know a guy like Khun do it. Just like General Aaron Sa has got connections all over. said, “Let the system do the And I said, “We'll try.” I speak rest.” Chinese, Khun Sa speaks Now comes truth. We were Chinese. He’s right along the training Afghan freedom fight- southern China border, sur- ers in the deserts of South rounded by communists. He’s Nevada near where I live and I fighting the communists. He was proud to do so. In coopera- has a forty-thousand man army. tion with the US State About eight-million Shan people Department Office For Security make up the minority Shan state. Assistance. We finished that Burma is communist. mission. A man by the name of Every one of his weapons are Tom Harvey, who is National M16s and M60 machine guns. Security Council Ollie North All the latest stuff that we have. look-alike, (Ollie comes from I found out why later. Annapolis, Harvey, comes from To make a long story short, West Point). we got in to see Khun Sa and he Tom Harvey called me and didn’t have any prisoners of said, “We have information ...”, war. And let me caveat it by and here is a copy of the letter, saying this, - we travelled three that’s why I brought all these : days going and three days com- documents, I hope some of you ~ Cotonel Bo Gritz ing by horse over mountains that challenge them. I hope the were literally vertical up and White House, the Pentagon would challenge them, because down. I made the comment at that time to Scott if they would publicly, they would have to admit to the truth. — Weekly(sp?) who was Ollie North’s classmate at Annapolis This letter was sent to Vice-President Bush by an _and went with me, I said, “I would hate to be an engineer American citizen by the name of Arthur Soucheck, it is that had to build a highway through these mountains because dated 29 August 1986. It says that General Khun Sa has __they’re virgin teak forests - rainforests - tremendously beau- information on American prisoners of war. It says that _tiful.” Khun Sa tried to rescue four of them. It says his forces Six days coming and going. Khun Sa didn’t have any escorted the four to the Mekong river. While attempting t0 prisoners of war. We gave Khun Sa the letter from the cross the rain-swollen river, the four US personnel, three of — White House that I had. That’s the only thing that let me get Khun Sa’s soldiers and two horses were swept away by the in there. You don’t walk in because the CIA has a seven raging water and all drowned. digit figure on Khun Sa’s head and they haven’t been able to It goes on to say that Khun Sa has repeated intelligence collect. You think they’re gonna let somebody like me in They probably did. They found out who he was and they said, “lets forget it” Because when I walked into the State Department shortly thereafter, a friend of mine said, “Bo, we thought that you’d been captured. Your passport turned up in a very unlikely place.” And I said, “Yeah, I know all about it.” Six days coming and going. Khun Sa didn’t have any prisoners of war. We gave Khun Sa the letter from the White House that I had. That’s the only thing that let me get in there. You don’t walk in because the CIA has a seven digit figure on Khun Sa’s head and they haven’t been able to collect. You think they’re gonna let somebody like me in NEXUS «43 JUNE-JULY 1992