William Byrd person
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Laoscountry · 3Thailandcountry · 2Bangkokplace · 2Sea Supply Corporationorganization · 1Air Americaorganization · 1Hmong peopleorganization · 1Willis Birdperson · 1Bird and Sonorganization · 1Hmong areaplace · 1Airstripsorganization · 1Paul Helliwellperson · 1Northeast Laosorganization · 1CIAintelligence service · 1Kuomintangorganization · 1
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Bird and Son founded
William Byrd host_asserted
“His private engineering firm, Bird and Son, began the construction of the airstrips throughout the Hmong area. Because you remember, instead of doing big operations, they had smaller airstrips all over the area in Laos where they were going…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 13 @ 1:12:55
William Byrd member_of
Air America host_asserted
“quote-unquote, cracking down, which he was not. In Vietnam, he was getting kicked out of Vietnam. He was getting his butt kicked in Vietnam. William Byrd, the Civil Air Transport representative in Bangkok, was said to have coordinated Civil…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 13 @ 1:12:28
William Byrd coordinated
Air America host_asserted
“quote-unquote, cracking down, which he was not. In Vietnam, he was getting kicked out of Vietnam. He was getting his butt kicked in Vietnam. William Byrd, the Civil Air Transport representative in Bangkok, was said to have coordinated Civil…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 13 @ 1:12:28
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▶ 1:12:28
quote-unquote, cracking down, which he was not. In Vietnam, he was getting kicked out of Vietnam. He was getting his butt kicked in Vietnam. William Byrd, the Civil Air Transport representative in Bangkok, was said to have coordinated Civil…
▶ 1:12:55
His private engineering firm, Bird and Son, began the construction of the airstrips throughout the Hmong area. Because you remember, instead of doing big operations, they had smaller airstrips all over the area in Laos where they were going…
▶ 1:13:24
That got the contract to build all of this stuff. William Byrd's alleged brother or cousin in Bangkok, China's OSS veteran, Willis Byrd, headed the Bangkok office of a quote unquote trading company called Sea Supply, which is the one Heliwe…
▶ 22:02
The second reason closely related is that the CIA-backed conspiratorial intrigue to gain control of the Laotian government was also de facto struggles to consolidate the opium trade. The defense of a remote region in northeast Laos led to t…