William H. Godley person
also: Ambassador Godley, Godley
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William H. Godley removed_from_power
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“Even then, it doesn't matter because they buy the president and Congress. In any case, despite the denials, drugs were moving everywhere. Ambassador Godley arranged for one of the senior Laotian officers to be fired. No more. Breckinridge r…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (32) @ 47:13
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▶ 47:13
Even then, it doesn't matter because they buy the president and Congress. In any case, despite the denials, drugs were moving everywhere. Ambassador Godley arranged for one of the senior Laotian officers to be fired. No more. Breckinridge r…
▶ 48:31
With Hanoi and the Paocean Laos pressing against the Plain of Jars in the Hmong area, Ambassador Godley asked for massive strikes from B-52s. By now, Washington was at loggerheads over the secrecy of the Laotian War. Symington pressed for r…
▶ 52:09
Ambassador Godley was furious, but it was too late. For the first time, Long Tian had been observed by outsiders. Landings and takeoffs from the Lima site were clocked at one a minute. Air traffic was so intense that planes and helicopters …
▶ 52:39
And then they discovered that the base had an air-conditioned American-style officer's club with panoramic glass windows. Beginning with the Los Angeles Times, the Long Tan story appeared everywhere. In the Senate, Symington asked the admin…