FOIA
FRIGHTENING SCENARIO HAS WASHINGTON ABUZZ
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Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP99-00418R000100150023-1
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
May 15, 2012
Sequence Number:
23
Case Number:
Publication Date:
May 22, 1989
Content Type:
OPEN SOURCE
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ST Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/15: CIA-RDP99-00418R000100150023-1
The WaNngton Post
The New York Tins
The Waehmgton Times E2
The Wail Street Journal
The Christian Science Monitor _
NOW York Daily News
USA Today
The ChWago Tribune
Frightening scenario
has Washington abuzz
Washington is abuzz about a new
spine-chilling book Acropolis has
scheduled for fall publication: "The
Assassination of Gorbachev." It's
hard to know where fact ends and
fiction begins in this novel by
Maroun Khoury, 31, a Lebanese-
born, American-trained physician
who is well-known in international
political circles. He's served as a
consultant to Time magazine on the
Sharon libel case and to attorneys
for the families of hostages in
the TWA hijacking.
The controversial novel criticizes
the Trilateral Commission, Armand
Hammer and others for contribut-
ing too much money to the Soviet
Union. "Why should we strengthen
the other edge of their sword as we
did in Japan?" asks Dr. Khoury.
In the novel, a hostile general
takes over after the Soviet leader is
killed, proposes an alternative to
perestroika and glasnost, and
swiftly invades western Europe by
coordinating efforts with Presi-
dents Castro and Ortega.
Former CIA Director William
Colby, after reading the man u-
- called the scenario "fright-
emn but ossible:'
portion o the proceeds from
Dr. Khoury's book will go to a foun-
dation he's established, "Semper-Fi
Lebanon." The money will be used
to educate children of servicemen
who died in Lebanon.
- Karen Feld
CREATORS SYNDICATE INC
Pape 11g
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/15 CIA-RDP99-00418R000100150023-1
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