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plant's glorious heritage, in juxtaposition Friedman has painstakingly searched B oO oO K S with the conspiratorial moves to hinder tech- _ through 15 document archives for back- nological advances in harvesting and pro- ground and cross-referencing on MJ-12 THE GREAT BOOK OF HEMP cessing, the insidious banning of the plant members. The cast includes the first four by Rowan Robinson with the US Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, its directors of the CIA, various military leaders Published by Park Street Press (1996), brief re-emergence for the war effort, and its and several outstanding scientists including Rochester, VT, USA McCarthyist clampdown. 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It was even _ of a crashed UFO at Corona near Roswell, the common means of exchange in the New Mexico, in 1947 and the establishment Americas until the early 1800s. of a top-level group by President Truman to The Great Book of Hemp documents this deal with the saucer and its alien inhabitants. TOP SECRET/MAJIC by Stanton T. Friedman Published by Marlowe & Company (1996), New York, USA ISBN 1-56924-830-3 (286pp h/c) Price: AUD$45.00; STG£20.99; USD$22.95; CAN$32.50 Available: Aust—Cameron Books, ph/fax (047) 58 7676; Sydney Esoteric Bookshop, ph (02) 9212 2225; UK— Gazelle Book Services, ph 01524 68765; USA/Canada—Publishers Group West, ph (416) 504 3900. In 1984, when a document referring to the mysterious Majestic-12 was leaked to him, nuclear physicist/professional ufologist Stanton Friedman embarked on a new mis- sion. His latest book, Top Secret/Majic, is the result of 12 years of research into the M§J-12 documents concerning the recovery of a crashed UFO at Corona near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 and the establishment of a top-level group by President Truman to deal with the saucer and its alien inhabitants. 72 © NEXUS Friedman has painstakingly searched through 15 document archives for back- ground and cross-referencing on MJ-12 members. The cast includes the first four directors of the CIA, various military leaders and several outstanding scientists including the Harvard astronomer Dr Donald Menzel who was a public debunker of UFOs, yet had a long-term association with the NSA and CIA. Many of these documents are published in this book for the first time. Friedman is well-placed to research the Majestic-12 mystery for, in 1978, he was the first to begin seriously investigating the so- called Roswell incident, eventually publish- ing his findings in his book, Crash at Corona. Yet, for the conclusions he makes about these documents, Friedman continues to incur the wrath of many UFO researchers who make desperate attempts to discredit him and debunk the validity of the docu- ments. Nevertheless, thanks to Friedman, some of the truth is at last being uncovered. AST RAAT Stanton T. Friedman DECEMBER 1996 - JANUARY 1997