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| Tuesday, September 1, 2009 1:36PM | | | | Reagan's October Surprise | Tags: Iran, hostages, terrorism, George H.W. Bush, William Casey, Frontline, The Consortium, Ariel Sharon, Menachem Begin
| | | | In 1968, Lyndon Johnson, who was leaving the White House to go home to die, was negotiating a peace agreement with North Vietnam. Fearing that Johnson would succeed and that peace would win the November election for VP Humphrey, Nixon sent Anna Chennault, widow of Flying Tiger hero Claire Chennault, to secretly contact South Vietnamese president Nguyen van Thieu, to offer a better deal if Thieu refused to cooperate with the Paris peace talks.
In his biography of Kissinger, Seymour Hersh reported that US intelligence agencies discovered, “The idea was to bring things to a stop in Paris and prevent any show of progress.” In her autobiography, Chennault quoted Nixon aide John Mitchell telling her, “I’m speaking on behalf of Mr. Nixon. It’s very important... | | | | | |
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