The President failed to mention that he had approved CIA covert action programs costing $400,000 to stop Allende.
The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence - Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks p.252
Air America helicopter lands at Long Pot village, northern Laos. The local military commander at Long Pot asserts that General Vang Pao's Meo officers have been shipping opium out of the village on Air America helicopters since 1970.
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Michael Levine discusses heroin trade in Vietnam in an interview at DiNardo Conspiracy
Almost 11 million gallons of Agent Orange were sprayed in Vietnam from 1961 to 1970, even though it was one of the most toxic chemicals known.
Elite Deviance - David R. Simon & D. Stanley Eitzen p.279
For many years, the UN has been blocked by the great powers, primarily the United States - not the Soviet Union or the Third World. Since 1970, the United States has vetoed far more Security Council resolutions than any other country (Britain is second, France a distant third and the Soviet Union fourth).
What Uncle Sam Wants - Noam Chomsky p.62
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