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FRIGHTENING SCENARIO HAS WASHINGTON ABUZZ

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
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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