'THE CHOICE' LINKS DRUG TRAFFIC TO CIA

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By JIM INGRAM
The relationship between even
"successfull" blacks and their government
is appalling, whether one views it through
.the government's eyes or those of black
people.
With the U.S. government spying on
black leaders whether they be Nixon sup-
porters or not, and as moderate as Roy
Wilkens or Dr. Ralph Abernathy, creeping
paranoia is one result. Ask any black man
or woman under 30 "Who killed Malcolm
X?" and the reply will invariably the "The
CIA" (Central Intelligence Agency)
Sam Yette's book, "The Choice" strongly
raises the possibility of Anglo-American
genocide here and abroad and more and
.more black people have begun looking
closer now, rather than laughing at such
notions among black intellectuals. Many in
the inner city believe strongly that, con-
trary to newspaper headlines of recent vin-
tage which proclaimed blacks were "in con-
trol" of local drugs powerful whites have to
have ultimate control, since blacks do not
control U.S. borders, ports of entry the
U.S. Customs department, nor the trans-
portation industry.
Southeast Asia, which strongly implicates they are, the ranks of those "just short" of
CIA involvement in the traffic itself, with being white radicals are swelling, too, as
the CIA strongly involved, also, in at confidence in the American government re-
tempts to make sure the book doesn't get ceives an unhealthy "downer" from these
published. . and other observations and revelations.
Another "Pentagon Papers" fiasco? Per- The CIA actually came out and said that
haps, but "The Politics of Heroin in South- jThe Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia,
east Asia" already is interesting reading would "do a disservice in the fight against
for the CIA's general counsel, Lawrence narcotics trafficking in Southeast Asia."
he obtained a copy of the work two weeks
ago, then later penned a letter asking Har-
per and Row not to publish the book. Now,
what does the all-powerful CIA have to
hide?
.* *
AFTER PORING over the CIA
"critique" of the book, Harper and Row let
it be known they would proceed with re-
lease of the bopk as planned. The CIA
harps that "No responsible publishing firm
would print" the book. Researcher Alfred
McCoy, author of the hook, has scored CIA
agents for "harassment" of the publishers
and contends that he's been included in
'way, this idea may get added credence, such tactics as the target of "visits, phone
among growing numbers of Americans., calls and letters."
The New York publishing firm is releasing- According to McCoy, the CIA could only
a book on heroin and opium traffic in; criticize "Two per cent of the manuscript".
The book documents the movement of op-
ium from the Golden Triangle in Southeast.
Asia with the use of CIA operatives and
equipment. McCoy said that, even with the
CIA criticism of his work, they admit that
a CIA agent was involved in heroin produc-
tion.
AND IF HARPER and Row has itsi
* * *
McCOY WENT on to say that the
agency admitted that one of its mercenary
army commanders, General Chao La, had
kept a heroin laboratory in Northwest
Thailand between 1966 and 1971. All this
according to McCoy, with the full know-
ledge-and admission-of CIA officials.
Strong charges that bear explaining? You
bet, and the fact that the CIA now reports
that General La's heroin lab was destroyed
last year does not mitigate the seriousness
of such charges as those raised in McCoy's
book.
At Eccentric press time, the hook ought
to be in area bookstores. But if blacks are
increasingly wondering how expendable
A BLACK MAN on a street corner who
had been talking with a white youth, re-
cently summed up, I suppose much of the
black view when he said: "If you had a race
of people.that you really didn't want to be
totally free and wished to destroy them,
wouldn't YOU use some form of chemical
genocide as heroin? Where else but in
America can you find people robbing and
killing to purchase their own suicide?"
To which the white youth, supposedly
radical, added: "Yes, and when you look at
this in the context of the U.S. holdout in
signing the U.N. genocide agreement, the
hysterical detention of over 10,000 Japa-
nese-Americans during World War II, and
the current level of dope available despite
all the busts the government keeps an-
nouncing you KNOW something's awfully
wrong." Perhaps.
IT IS HARD to believe that a govern-
ment rich and powerful enough to beat the
Russians to the moon, a country so technol-
ogically advanced that is can readily trans-
fer part of its litter problem to that part of
the universe, cannot find the necessary
funds, technology or personnel to crack
down on the International drug traffic.
Who will we believe?
Despite the immensity of the American
public relations and propaganda machine,
a government led by people who admit that
they have lied to the American public be-
fore, now has a hard time ahead in clcarinj
the air on this one. Further, although there
is evidence that SOME media barons were
intimidated by Spiro Agnew's repeated at-
tacks on news media, some journalists and
broadcasters have not slowed their work at
all in ferreting out and questioning our
government's real role in this and other is-
sues.
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