Fletcher Prouty Tom Valentine interview
His living history since WW2Liaison between JCS and CIAThe death of JFK was a coup d’etatHumphrey “What have they done to us”Senator Moynahan pleaded for custody of OswaldAlmost the entire cabinet was outside of U.S. when JFK was killedPentagon Papers: Disinformation leaked by Ellsberg who worked under Ed LansdaleEllsberg title was Civilain Pacifacation Specialist” in 1966Nixon had a Pepsi Cola link. Was in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963Nixon said he was not in DallasThe Pentagon Papers were mostly CIA papers. Fabrication of why U.S. went into VietnamMade it look like it was a military initiative, when it was CIA all alongGeneral Dean “J3” Joint Chiefs of Staff “Operations” Chief not mentioned at allPentagon Dept “ISA” International Security AdministrationDr. John McNaughton was head and Ellsburg worked there both in office # 4E809McNaughton died in a plane crash July 19th 1967ISA 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 historiansThe U.S. has too many weapons for peaceLes Gelb signed off on the Pentagon papers on behalf of Robert McNamaraHe then works for New York TimesSmedley Butler: War is a racketEllsberg worked for Rand, a key war industry organizationGen. John W. Vogt, Gen. Russell Dougherty, Townsend Hoopes, Henry Cuss, Art BarberMcNamara played a key role in the Pentagon Papers hoaxCIA clandestine operations not revealedEllsberg gave papers to Senator Fullbright, who worked to make them publicDeep state behind the Vietnam WarIn 1970, U.S. troops entered CambodiaEllsberg worked on leaking the papers to N.Y. TimesThey were made public in 1971Ellsberg sought to blame JFK for VietnamMcGovern claimed Ellsberg was a converted hawk“Should we have war crimes trials?” Neil SheehanEllsberg charged with security leakSecret Team, Cover and Deception: Expert spinners of informationCIA started the war, claimed later it could not be wonThe Papers are accurate, but mislead by the omission of key documentsProuty saw the delivery of Bell helicopters in Laos under Eisenhower.Surprise visitor to the the Pentagon from Textron for Bell helicopterChoppers moved to Vietnam in 1960 – Billions were spent on helicoptersJFK was announcing a withdrawal, which would be the end of Bell and Textron it Went against a war economyChange in Vietnam policy after JFK death, by LBJ, took place two days later and was implemented within 3 monthsProuty was at the Pentagon from 1955-1964