Fletcher Prouty Tom Valentine interview
His living history since WW2
Liaison between JCS and CIA
The death of JFK was a coup d'etat
Humphrey "What have they done to us"
Senator Moynahan pleaded for custody of Oswald
Almost the entire cabinet was outside of U.S. when JFK was killed
Pentagon Papers: Disinformation leaked by Ellsberg who worked under Ed Lansdale
Ellsberg title was Civilain Pacifacation Specialist" in 1966
Nixon had a Pepsi Cola link. Was in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963
Nixon said he was not in Dallas
The Pentagon Papers were mostly CIA papers. Fabrication of why U.S. went into Vietnam
Made it look like it was a military initiative, when it was CIA all along
General Dean "J3" Joint Chiefs of Staff "Operations" Chief not mentioned at all
Pentagon Dept "ISA" International Security Administration
Dr. John McNaughton was head and Ellsburg worked there both in office # 4E809
McNaughton died in a plane crash July 19th 1967
ISA Stored papers from USAID, CIA, White House & State Dept.
Sherman Kent - CIA- "The Father Of Intelligence Analysis"
Missing papers are the most important ones, and have misled historians
The U.S. has too many weapons for peace
Les Gelb signed off on the Pentagon papers on behalf of Robert McNamara
He then works for New York Times
Smedley Butler: War is a racket
Ellsberg worked for Rand, a key war industry organization
Gen. John W. Vogt, Gen. Russell Dougherty, Townsend Hoopes, Henry Cuss, Art Barber
McNamara played a key role in the Pentagon Papers hoax
CIA clandestine operations not revealed
Ellsberg gave papers to Senator Fullbright, who worked to make them public
Deep state behind the Vietnam War
In 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia
Ellsberg worked on leaking the papers to N.Y. Times
They were made public in 1971
Ellsberg sought to blame JFK for Vietnam
McGovern claimed Ellsberg was a converted hawk
"Should we have war crimes trials?" Neil Sheehan
Ellsberg charged with security leak
Secret Team, Cover and Deception: Expert spinners of information
CIA started the war, claimed later it could not be won
The Papers are accurate, but mislead by the omission of key documents
Prouty saw the delivery of Bell helicopters in Laos under Eisenhower.
Surprise visitor to the the Pentagon from Textron for Bell helicopter
Choppers moved to Vietnam in 1960 - Billions were spent on helicopters
JFK was announcing a withdrawal, which would be the end of Bell and Textron it Went against a war economy
Change in Vietnam policy after JFK death, by LBJ, took place two days later and was implemented within 3 months
Prouty was at the Pentagon from 1955-1964
