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— A State of Terror — Continued from page 18 September 1995, p. 15. enforcement personnel are on the alert and expect “ 40. McCarthie, ibid. New Zealand to be increasingly used as a transient Donovan's plans to initiate a postwar intelligence 41. Considering the Legion's history of connection port in the narcotics industry. A combination of agency (the CIA), set up on the same designs and with the OAS and its past as a source of refuge for DEA campaigns against cocaine in the US, and the principles as the Gestapo (whom Donovan had been _ post-WWII SS soldiers, this is not contradietory. increased purity of the heroin available, indicate a called upon to investigate and study)—"an agency 42. Likewise, this period also marked a sudden move away from cocaine to heroin by US con- quite willing to use psychological warfare and dirty transformation in relations between New Zealand sumers. Sporadic media reports of police heroin tricks". In 1949, CIA Director Allen Dulles entered and the White House. After years of New Zealand busts, as well as severe increases in hard-dmug usage into a written contract with former German military being shunned by Washington, following New and in addicts awaiting methadone treatment in New intelligence head, General Reinhard Gehler. The Zealand's nuclear-free policy (at least that is what Zealand's major urban centres, point to New contract permitted Gehler to conduct operations surface media reports indicated), relations suddenly Zealand's use as a heroin-trafficking point. Bosnian which included "political, economic and technologi- thawed. Jim Bolger was given close aeeess to Bill and Somalian visitors have reported locals’ beliefs cal espionage” on behalf of the CIA. Gehler, in his Clinton, i.e., the Seattle meeting of 1994, the June that the US and UN forces have been involved in the memoirs, went so far as to say he taught the CIA all 1995 VE Parade, and even a Disneyland-style 1995 heroin trade. it knows. (Source: Jeffrey-Jones, Rhodri, The CIA White House tour. In turn, the year before saw the 45. Pop Will Eat Itself, "XYZ", Care for Sanity and American Democracy, Yale University Press, US central bank as guarantor of New Zealand's album, BMG Records, 1990. Newhaven, USA, 1989, pp. 103-104.) unsecured debts—a move which catapulted New 7 28. 11 Gladio, BBC exposé, aired in New Zealand at Zealand's long-term credit rating upwards to AA . 4.00 am in early June 1095 standard. About the Author: 29, Aarons, Mark and John Loftons, Ratlines, 43. It is known both by New Zealand Army Ben C, Vidgen, B.A., is a New —— UK, 1991, p. 89. = ye Security Intelligence Service Zealand-born freelance journalist and 30. Yallop, David, Jn God's Name, Corgi Books, at a large illegal automatic weapons trade r H " London, UK, 1985 (reprinted 1993), p. 172. does exist in New Zealand. Sources plaee the rironiecien He otis ee ae 31. Ibid. importation of automatic weapons as high as 33,000 5 - 8 32. Ibid. annually, though the majority of these are headed for | !S/71 studies. He has a Bachelor of 33. Yallop, ibid. (in regard to Barbie); Aarons and markets in Africa. However, a senior NZ intelli- Arts in History and Political Science. Loftons, Ratlines, p. 85 (in regard to Pavlic). gence investigation into the local trade was can- Ben Vidgen is a former New 34. Il Gladio, BBC exposé. = by hla Minister's Office in 1989. This Zealand Army Reservist who served 35. Yallop, ibid., p. 181. was despite the SIS having sufficient evidence to ‘ 7 . 36. Il Gladio, BBC exposé. arrange for the arrest of racist militants (advocates of with Artillery Infantry as a Radio and 37. Yallop, ibid., p. 446. both white and black power). The officerin charge | Attillery Intelligence Operator. He 38. Yallop, ibid. of the case is said to have resigned in disgust. has also been attached to Reservist 39. McCarthie, Andrew, “Germans Fear Croatian 44. Numerous police statements made in New Counter-intelligence Operations. Nest of Nazis", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 Zealand have indicated that customs and law- enforcement personnel are on the alert and expect New Zealand to be increasingly used as a transient port in the narcotics industry. A combination of DEA campaigns against cocaine in the US, and the increased purity of the heroin available, indicate a move away from cocaine to heroin by US con- sumers. Sporadic media reports of police heroin busts, as well as severe increases in hard-drig usage and in addicts awaiting methadone treatment in New Zealand's major urban centres, point to New Zealand's use as a heroin-trafficking point. Bosnian and Somalian visitors have reported locals’ beliefs that the US and UN forces have been involved in the heroin trade. 45. Pop Will Eat Itself, "XYZ", Care for Sanity album, BMG Records, 1990. September 1995, p. 15. 40. McCarthie, ibid. 41. Considering the Legion's history of connection with the OAS and its past as a source of refuge for post-WWII SS soldiers, this is not contradietory. 42. Likewise, this period also marked a sudden transformation in relations between New Zealand and the White House. After years of New Zealand being shunned by Washington, following New Zealand's nuclear-free policy (at least that is what surface media reports indicated), relations suddenly thawed. Jim Bolger was given close aeeess to Bill Clinton, i.e., the Seattle meeting of 1994, the June 1995 VE Parade, and even a Disneyland-style 1995 White House tour. In turn, the year before saw the US central bank as guarantor of New Zealand's unsecured debts—a move which catapulted New Zealand's long-term credit rating upwards to AA standard. 43. It is known both by New Zealand Army Intelligence and by the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) that a large illegal automatic weapons trade does exist in New Zealand. Sources plaee the importation of automatic weapons as high as 33,000 annually, though the majority of these are headed for markets in Africa. However, a senior NZ intelli- gence investigation into the local trade was can- celled by the Prime Minister's Office in 1989. This was despite the SIS having sufficient evidence to arrange for the arrest of racist militants (advocates of both white and black power). The offieer in charge of the case is said to have resigned in disgust. 44. Numerous police statements made in New Zealand have indicated that customs and law- About the Author: Ben C. Vidgen, B.A., is a New Zealand-born freelance journalist and researcher, with seven years of spe- cialisation in intelligence and terror- ism studies. He has a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science. Ben Vidgen is a former New Zealand Army Reservist who served with Artillery Infantry as a Radio and Artillery Intelligence Operator, He has also been attached to Reservist Counter-intelligence Operations. 62 ¢ NEXUS FEBRUARY-MARCH 1996