Peterson Field Incident event
also: Peterson incident, December 1961 incident
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CIAintelligence service · 3Washington, D.C.place · 2Peterson Fieldplace · 2Colorado Springsplace · 1Mustangplace · 1John Nossperson · 1Robert F. Kennedyperson · 1Camp Hillplace · 1Vietnamcountry · 1Roger McCarthyperson · 1
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Robert F. Kennedy suppressed
Peterson Field Incident documented
“told them that it would be a federal crime to talk about any of it, all in the name of a dubious national security. The story made the local radio the next morning, by afternoon in the Colorado Springs Gazette, and it stayed out of, of cour…”
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He just found out nobody paid any attention to him. A December 1961 incident demonstrated beyond doubt that the Tibet program continued. Again, just demonstrates how they don't work for any of the government officials. On the morning of Dec…
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We're back in the United States. Rather than flying away at night, the Tibetans reached the field after dawn. Airfield employees saw the Globemaster sitting on the apron and strange men milling about. Foreigners. The local sheriff raced ove…
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told them that it would be a federal crime to talk about any of it, all in the name of a dubious national security. The story made the local radio the next morning, by afternoon in the Colorado Springs Gazette, and it stayed out of, of cour…
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Don't you dare print anything about this for the American people. They're not allowed to know what we're doing. Snafus like this one had terminated projects before, Indonesia being a case in point. The Peterson incident was even more seriou…
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prohibited by law from operating inside the United States and has no authority to detain citizens or to protect secrecy. The major flap in Washington ended Roger McCarthy's tenure as chief of the task force. He was replaced by John Noss, a …