Project Momentum operation
also: mountain momentum, Momentum
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Bill Lair headed
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“with the CIA in Thailand. Bill Lehrer was in Thailand during the Ben Ven Phu fiasco. Lehrer ran Project Momentum for almost a decade and had the contacts in Thailand that were crucial to the assistance of the Hmong people, the link between …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31) @ 42:11
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who had arrived from Japan in the summer of 59, met the Hmong military commander, Van Pao, at a hut of Filipino medical staff. Over a series of visits, Methvin convinced the Hmong leader to ally with the CIA. This became Project Momentum. O…
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with the CIA in Thailand. Bill Lehrer was in Thailand during the Ben Ven Phu fiasco. Lehrer ran Project Momentum for almost a decade and had the contacts in Thailand that were crucial to the assistance of the Hmong people, the link between …
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That was labeled dirty rice. The CIA met requirements for quote unquote withdrawal of foreign troops by pulling people back to Thailand, from which it would simply fly into Laos and continue the operation. You just can't make this shit up. …
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Since Project Momentum relied on close cooperation between the Hmong and the Air Force and the CIA, they were in the ambassador's office often. He became a key player in the Southeast Asian Coordination Center, which brought together the Am…
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road watch teams, and report on movements. Two more CIA officers, Michael Duell and Michael Maloney, died working on Hard Nose in October of 65 when their helicopter crashed in the jungle. A third initiative was Project Momentum. Although o…
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video camera, and I'm like, what the heck's wrong with my picture there? Shackley viewed the covert operations as a quote-unquote third option. Weird how that keeps coming up. He saw Project Momentum as an alternative to using U.S. troops, …
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by an Air America pilot firing a rifle from his helicopter. This battle punctuated Ted Shackley's final months as the station chief in Laos. The blonde ghost from Cuba and Berlin rode close herd over Project Momentum, installing his own man…