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- From: pfrankli@well.sf.ca.us (Paul Franklin)
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- Subject: Ralph McGehee, ex-CIA, speaks out
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 15:39:04 -0500
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- The Santa Cruz Christic Action Team presents
-
- RALPH MCGEHEE
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- author of "Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA"
- and publisher of CIABASE - a computerized database on the CIA
- speaking about
-
- THE CHANGING CIA - Prospects for covert operations in the 90's.
-
- Monday, February 1, 7:00pm
- Louden Nelson Center
- 301 Center Street (at Laurel), Santa Cruz
- $5-10, sliding scale
-
-
- In 1952, just five years after the creation of the Central
- Intelligence Agency, Ralph McGehee graduated from Notre Dame and
- embarked upon what he thought was going to be a promising career
- as a professional football player. But when the Green Bay
- Packers cut him in the first round, he was recruited by the
- C.I.A. for their team. It was a brand new ball game. Ralph
- found himself in the vanguard of the worldwide fight against
- communism...and he loved it.
-
- After a series of Far East postings, he was assigned to assess
- the communist strength in Thailand. His final report concluded
- that the communists were indigenous - not foreign. Within weeks
- of submitting his findings, he was transferred to Taiwan and his
- report was buried. Thus began the painful transformation from
- enthusiastic cold warrior to outspoken critic.
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- Upon retirement in 1977, McGehee was honored with the C.I.A.'s
- highest service award. But in 1983, he published his expose,
- "Deadly Deceits," a chronicle of his 25 years with the agency.
-
- For more information, call 426-3254 or 426-2292.
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