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HIV-SUFFERERS MAY STAY HEALTHY As a consequence, the Cubans s would shave off their beards, and without bearded Cubans there would be no revolution. "Fleming was staying at the house of British newsman, Henry Brandon. The next day, CIA Director Allen Dulles called Brandon to speak to Fleming. Brandon said his guest had already left Washington. Dulles expressed great regret. He had heard about Fleming's terrific ideas for doing in Castro and was sorry he would- n't be able to discuss them with him in person. "It is testimony to the resound- ing good sense exercised by the CIA during the Secret War that all three of Fleming's spoof ideas were in one form or another attempted—or at least seriously consid- ered.” (Source: Warren Hinkle and William Turner, Deadly Secrets, 1992) Doctors at London's Royal Free Hospital have recently released a report predicting that 25 per cent of those infected with HIV will still be alive and healthy after 20 years. According to the computer pro- jection, 15 to 20 per cent may be healthy after 25 years. The research confirmed other studies that some HIV-positive people would survive for long periods free of illness. There is an increasing number of doctors who claim that HIV patients are more likely to devel- op AIDS after using AZT and other toxic treatments, than they would be if they avoided drugs of high toxicity. (Source: Guardian Weekly, 7 August 1994) A; "(He] said there were three things which really mattered to the Cubans—money, religion and sex. Therefore, he suggested a triple whammy. First, the United States should send planes to scatter [counterfeit] Cuban money over Havana. Second, using the Guantanamo base, the United States should conjure up some religious manifes- tation, say, a cross of sorts in the sky, which would induce the Cubans to look constantly skyward. And third, the United States should send planes over Cuba, drop- ping pamphlets to the effect that owing to American atom bomb tests, the atmosphere over the island had become radioactive, that radioactivity is held longest in beards, and that radioactivity makes men impotent. TALES OF THE CIA — 1 "It was, even by Georgetown standards, one helluva dinner party. It was the spring of 1960. The hosts were Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy. The guest of honour was John Kennedy's favourite author, Ian Fleming. "Kennedy asked Fleming what his man James Bond might do if M. assigned him to get rid of Castro. Fleming had been in British intelligence... He was quick to answer. According to his biographer, John Pearson, Fleming thought he would have himself some fun... TALES OF THE CIA — 2 As the Cold War ended, the CIA decided it needed to project "a greater openness and sense of public responsibility". So it com- missioned a task force. On 20 December 1991, the committee submitted a 15-page "Task Force Report on Greater Openness". It is stamped 'SECRET’, and agency offi- cials refuse to disclose any of the contents. (Source: It's A Conspiracy!, EarthWorks Press, Berkeley, CA, USA, 1992) FUTURE QUAKES COULD TOPPLE WORLD ECONOMY A new study of earthquakes predicts that a ‘worst case scenario’ quake near Los Angeles, San Francisco or Tokyo will kill only half the number of people previously estimated, but will cause double the eco- nomic damage. The study was conducted by Haresh Shah, head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Stanford University in California, in collaboration with a private consultancy, Risk Management Solutions. The report indicates that a large earth- quake in the Tokyo area could force the Japanese to withdraw their estimated one trillion US dollars’ worth of overseas investments in order to rebuild Tokyo. It is considered by many that such a withdrawal would probably lead to a global economic collapse. (Source: New Scientist, 27 August 1994) the Four Elements BRACE OLE ERS SSS SSSS=]} NC CTS ca +" OS } eG 3 G) FN x sy rps @ f « NEXUS 6 « NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1994