Lt. Col. James Bo Gritz (ret.)
Verses
Those U.S. Government Officials Whose Golden
Triangle Heroin Trafficking Has Prevented the
Return of Our POWs From Southeast Asia



I am going to assume that you are acquainted with the seriousness of the
matter presented herein.  On a WHITE HOUSE sanctioned mission to Burma for the
rescue of American Missing In Action I learned of a major heroin smuggling
opperation involving past and present U.S. government officials which has
obstructed the return of known American MIAs from Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam.
I reported this to the WHITE HOUSE and all appropriate congressional
committees.  I am now taking to the public the information these government
officials refuse to act upon.

(The Overview File is not ready at this time.  My letter to George Bush and
Khun Sa's letter to the Justice Department may serve to introduce this subject
until Overview is finished.)

February 1988
Sandy Valley, NV

Honorable George Bush
Vice President
United States of America
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

AWhy does it seem that you are saying "YES" to illegal narcotics in America?

I turned over video tapes to your NSC staff assistant, Tom Harvey, January
1987, wherein General KHUN SA, overlord of Asia's "Golden Triangle", offered
to stop 900 tons of heroin/opium from entering the free world in 1987.  Harvey
told me, "...there is no interest here in doing that." General Khun Sa also
offered to identify U.S. Government officials who, he says, have been
trafficking in heroin for more than 20 years.

November 1986, Scott Weekly and I went into Burma in coordination and 
cooperation with The White House.  Tom Harvey told me you received a letter 
from Arthur Suchesk, Orange County, CA, dated 29 August 1986.  Dr. Suchesk 
said that Gen Khun Sa had access to U.S. POWs.  Harvey said the letter had 
received "highest attention".  He gave me a copy along with other case 
documents.  I was asked if it was possible to verify the information.  
According to Harvey, the CIA said Khun Sa had been assassinated some months 
before.  Harvey supplied Scott and myself with language under White House and 
NSC letterhead that would help us gain access to Khun Sa.  It worked.  
Unfortunately, Khun Sa knew nothing about US POWs.  He did, however, offer to 
trade his nation's poppy dependence for a legitimate economy.

Instead of receiving an "Atta Boy" for bringing back video tape showing Khun
Sa`s offer to stop 900 tons of illegal narcotics and expose dirty USG
officials, Scott was jailed and I was threatened.  I was told that if I didn't
"erase and forget" all that we had discovered, I would, ~hurt the government".
Further, I was promised a prison sentence of "15 years".

I returned to Burma with two other American witnesses, Lance Trimmer, a
private detective from San Francisco, and Barry Flynn from Boston.  Gen Khun
Sa identified some of those in government service he says were dealing in
heroin and arms sales.  We video taped this second interview and I turned
copies over in June 1987, to the Chairman of the Select Committee on
Intelligence; Chairman of the House on Foreign Affairs Task Force on Narcotics
Control; Co)Chairman, Senate Narcotics Committee; Senator Harry Reid, NV;
Representative James Bilbray, NV; and other Congressional members.  Mister
Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs, is one of those USG officials implicated by Khun Sa.  Nothing was
done with this evidence that indicated that anyone of authority, including
yourself, had intended to do anything more than protect Mr. Armitage.  I was
charged with "Mis)use of Passport".  Seems that it is alright for Oliver north
and Robert MacFarlane to go into Iran on Irish Passports to negotiate an
illegal arms deal that neither you nor anyone else admits condoning, but I
can't use a passport that brings back drug information against your friends.

Lance Trimmer and I submitted a "Citizen Complaint of Wrongdoing by Federal
Officers" to Attorney General Edwin Meese, III on 17 September 1987.
Continuous private and Legislative inquiries to date indicate that the
Attorney General's Office has "lost" the document.  Congressional requests to
the Government Accounting Office have resulted in additional government snares
and stalls.

January 20, 1988, I talked before your Breakfast Club in Houston, Texas.  A
distinguished group of approximately 125 associates of yours, including the
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, expressed assurance that you are a
righteous man.  Almost all of them raised their hand when I asked how many of
them know you personally.  If you are a man with good intent, I pray you will
do more than respond to this letter.  I ask that you seriously look into the
possibility that political appointees close to you are guilty of by)passing
our Constitutional process, and for purposes of promoting illegal covert
operations, conspired in the trafficking of narcotics and arms.

Please answer why a respected American Citizen like Mister H. Ross Perot can 
bring you a pile of evidence of wrongdoing by Armitage and others, and you, 
according to TIME magazine (May 4, page 18), not only offer him no support, 
but have your Secretary of Defense, Frank Carlucci tell Mr. Perot to "stop 
pursuing Mr.  Armitage".  Why Sir, will you not look into affidavits gathered 
by The Christic Institute (Washington, D.C.), which testify that Armitage not 
only trafficked in heroin, but did so under the guise of an officer charged 
with bringing home our POWs.  If the charges are true, Armitage, who is still 
responsible for POW recovery as your Assistant Secretary of Defense ISA, has
every reason not to want these heros returned to us alive.  Clearly, follow)on
investigations would illuminate the collective crimes of Armitage and others.

Several years ago a secretary working for Armitage asked me "Why would he have
us expunge his official record of all reference to past POW/MIA assignments
and activities?" Not knowing, I ventured a guess that maybe he was considering
running for public office and didn't feel the POW ) Vietnam association would
be a plus in his resume.  It was about the same time a CIA agent named by Khun
Sa turned up dead in Bangkok under "mysterious circumstances".  Also about
this time, as an agent of NSC's Intelligence Support Activity, I was told by
ISA Chief Jerry King, "...there are still too many bureaucrats in Washington
who don't want to see POWs returned alive".  I failed to realize the fullness
of his meaning, or these other events, until in May 1987, Gen Khun Sa, in his
jungle headquarters, named Richard Armitage as a key connection in a ring of
heroin trafficking mobsters and USG officials.  A U.S. agent I have known for
many years stopped by my home last month enroute to his next overseas
assignment.  He remarked that he had worked for those CIA chiefs named by Khun
Sa, and that by his own personal knowledge, he knew what Khun Sa said was
true.  He was surprised it had taken so long to surface.

I am a registered Republican.  I voted for you twice.  I will not do so again.
If you have any love or loyalty in your heart for this nation; if you have not
completely sold out, then do something positive to determine the truth of
these most serious allegations.  You were Director of the CIA in 1975, during
a time Khun Sa says Armitage and CIA officials were trafficking in heroin.  As
Director of Intelligence you were responsible to the American people for the
activities of your assistant ) even as you should know what some of these same
people are doing who are close to you now as our Vice President because i feel
these "parallel government" types will only be promoted by you, giving them
more reason to bury our POWs.

I am enclosing some documentation that supports the charges made.  Chief is a 
letter from Khun Sa to the U.S. Justice Department dated 28 June 1987, wherein 
Richard Armitage is named along with Theodore Shackley (your former Deputy 
Director CIA fro Covert Operations) and others.  Please also note William 
Stevenson's article, "Bank of Intrigue ) Circles of Power".  You, Armitage, 
and General Richard Secord are prominently mentioned.  Stevenson, you might 
remember, authored A MAN CALLED INTREPID.  Also Tom Fitzpatrick's article, 
"From Burma to Bush, a Heroin Highway", should interest you.  Both of these 
men are prize winning journalists.  The book, CRIMES of PATRIOTS, "A True Tale
of Dope, Dirty Money, and the CIA", by Jonathan Kwitny, reporter for the Wall
Street Journal, details for you the bank connections that Khun Sa mentions.
Finally, the basic primer that spells out exactly how this dope for covert
operations gambit began, is Alfred McCoy's THE POLITICS OF HEROIN IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA.  All of these should be required reading for the man appointed chief cop
by our President to safeguard America from illegal narcotics.  These are just
a sampling of many works now available that chronical disgraceful conduct by
those sworn to protect and defend our Constitution.

Parting shot Mr. Vice President: On 28 January 1988, General Khun Sa tendered
an offer to turn over to me one metric ton (2,200 pounds) of heroin.  He says
this is a good faith gesture to the American people that he is serious about
stopping all drugs coming from the infamous Golden Triangle.  I you and Nancy
Reagan are really serious about saying "NO" to drugs, why not test Gen Khun
Sa? I challenge you to allow me in the company of agents of your choice to
arrange to receive this token offer worth over $4 billion on the streets of
New York City.  It will represent the largest "legal" seizure of heroin on
record.  You can personally torch it, dump it in the ocean, or turn it into
legal medication; as I understand there is a great shortage of legal opiates
available to our doctors.  I think Gen Khun Sa's offer is most interesting.
If you say "YES" then the ever increasing flow of heroin from Southeast Asia
(600 tons ) '86, 900 tons ) '87, 1200 tons ) '88) may dry up ) not good for
business in the parallel government and super CIA circles Oliver North
mentioned.  If you say "NO" to Khun Sa, you are showing colors not fit for a
man who would be President.

What is your decision? I challenge you to demonstrate exactly where you stand
with respect to big)business)drugs, parallel government, misuse of U.S.
tax)payer dollars in foreign drug suppression programs that don't work, no
interest in dialogue that will stem the flow of illegal narcotics, return of
POWs while they are still alive? I for one am not for a "USA, Inc." with you
or anyone else as Chairman of the Board.

Respecting Your Office,


James "Bo" Gritz

Concerned American
Box 472 HCR)31
Sandy Valley, NV 89019

(702) 723)5266




U.S. Justice Department,
Washington, D.C.  U.S.A.


SUBJECT:A ` AA 8 AA AImportant fact for the Drugs Eradication
Program to be successful.


Sirs:


This letter to the US Justice Department is to make it clear about our deepest 
concern in wishing to help eradicate drugs and for all the American people as 
well as the world to know the truth that for the past (15) year they have been 
misled to look upon us as the main source of all the drug problems.  A A1.  
The refusal of the United State government to accept our "SIX YEARS DRUGS 
ERADICATION PLAN " presented at the Congressional Hearing by Congressman Mr.  
Lester Wolff after his visit to Thailand in April 1977, was really a great 
disappointment for us.  Even after this disappointment, we continued writing 
letters to President Carter and President Reagan forwarding our sincere wish 
to help and participate in eradicating drugs.  We are really surprised and 
doubtful as to "why the US government refuses our participation and help to 
make a success of the drugs eradication program.  Furthermore, "why the world
has been misled to accuse us as the main culprit for all the drug trades....
while in reality, we are most sincere and willing to help solve the drug
problems in South East Asia.  through our own secret investigation, we found
out that some high officials in the US government's drugs control and
enforcement department and with the influence of corrupted persons objected to
our active participation in the drugs eradication program of the US government
so as to be able to retain their profitable self)interest from the
continuation of the drug problems.  Thus, the US government and the American
people as well as the world have been hoodwinked.

During the period (1965 )1975) CIA Chief in Laos, Theodore Shackley was in the 
drug business, having contacts with the Opium Warlord Lor Sing Han and his 
followers.  Santo Trafficante acted as his buying and transporting agent while 
Richard Armitage handled the financial section with the Banks in Australia.  
Even after the Vietnam War ended, when Richard Armitage was being posted to 
the US Embassy in Thailand, his dealings in the drug business continued as 
before.  He was then acting as the US government official concerning with the 
drugs problems in South East Asia.  After 1979, Richard Armitage resigned from 
the US Embassy's posting and set up the "Far East Trading Company" as a front 
for his continuation in the drug trade and to bribe CIA agents in Laos and 
around the world.  Soon After, Daniel Arnold was made to handle the drug
business as well as the transportation of arms sales.  Jerry Daniels then took
over the drug trade from Richard Armitage.  For over 10 years, Armitage
supported his men in Laos and Thailand with the profits from his drug trade
and most of the cash were deposited with the banks in Australia which was to
be used in buying his way for quicker promotions to higher positions.  A
AWithin the month of July, 1980, Thailand's English newspaper "Bangkok Post:
included a news)report that CIA agents were using Australia as a transit)base
for their drug business and the banks in Australia for depositing,
transferring the large sum of money involved.  A AVerifications of the news
report can be made by the US Justice Department with Bangkok Post and in
Australia.  A AOther facts given herewith have been drawn out from our Secret
Reports files so as to present to you of the real facts as to "why the drug
problem is being prolonged till today." A A3.  Finally, we sincerely hope in
the nearest future to be given the opportunity to actively take part in
helping the US government, the Americans and people of the world in
eradicating and uprooting the drug problems.

Yours Respectfully,

Vice Chairman
THAILAND REVEOLUTIONARY COUNCIL








   THE SILENT WAR

   We are engaged in a silent war.  Those waging this brutal conflict have
   not the decency to inform their victims ))) who include ourselves and
   almost everyone we know.  Their standard bearers include George Bush and
   David Rockefeller.  As the high priced professional liars in the mass
   media assure us all is well, the common people of the world are being
   crushed ))) like foot soldiers over run by a panzer division.

   And yet, the only real power of these perpetrators derives only from this
   force fed ignorance.  Apart from the power to keep us fighting each
   other, the Monopolists have no power.  If a critical mass of people can
   learn the information contained herein, and what is more important, the
   sources of this information, a global reign of terror will end.

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