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Deadly Deceits

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by Ralph W. McGehee

McCarthy, Joseph, 3

  McCoy, Alfred W., 207, 209

  McGehee, Daniel, [vi], 46, 69, 92, 144, 163, 165, 174, 191

  McGehee, Jean, [vi], 20-21, 44-46, 68-69, 92, 144, 177, 191

  McGehee, Norma, [vi], 17-22, 31-32, 44-46, 64-69, 75, 92, 110, 124, 144, 147, 160, 165, 174, 176-177, 191

  McGehee, Peggy, [vi], 20-21, 44-46, 66, 68-69, 92, 110, 144, 161, 191

  McGehee, Ralph W. (father), 1

  McGehee, Ralph W., Jr.

  acknowledgements, [viii]

  reasons for writing book, ix-xiii

  childhood, youth, college, 1-2

  as football coach, 2

  recruited by CIA, 2-3

  goes to Washington, D.C., 3-4

  processed by CIA, 4-7

  CIA orientation, 7-10

  basic operations training, 10-11

  paramilitary training at Camp Peary, 11-16

  in Japan with China operations group, 17, 20-22, 31-32

  secrecy agreement and effect on family, 17-21, 32, 45-46, 66-69

  son Scott born, 31-32

  in Philippines, 32-33

  back at HQ (1956-1958), 34-43

  as case officer in Taiwan, 44-53, 64

  at HQ (1961), 54-56, 63-65

  goes to Thailand, 66-80

  at HQ (Thai desk), 81-86

  back in Thailand, 87-116

  illness, 92-95

  assigned to Taiwan, 114-115

  assignment cancelled, 117

  at HQ (1967-1968), 117-124

  in Vietnam, 125-128, 141-159

  growing disillusionment with CIA, 144-148, 159, 171-172

  seeks other jobs, 147, 160-162

  home visitation, 147-148

  in Thailand, 163-177

  back pains and operation, 175-177

  final assignment at HQ, 178-191

  awarded Career Intelligence Medal, 191

  secrecy agreement and this book, 196-203

  El Salvador article cited, 206, 210

  McGehee, Scott, [vi], 31-32, 42-46, 69, 76, 92, 110, 144, 161, 163-165, 174-175, 191

  McLean, Virginia, 85, 118

  McNamara, Robert, 64

  Maddox (U.S. destroyer), 139

  Mae Rim, Thailand, 79

  Mafia, the, 58

  Magsaysay, Ramon, 26

  mail drop, 11, 212 (defined)

  Malaya, 99, 170

  mailbox operation in, 99, 101

  Malaysia, 187, 191

  Mandate for Change (Eisenhower), 208

  Mao Tse-tung, 9, 25, 50, 70, 118, 129, 183, 186

  Marchetti, Victor, 5, 35, 63, 141, 196, 202, 204, 206, 209-210

  Marks, John D., 5, 35, 141, 196, 202, 204-206, 209-210

  Marshall Plan, 1

  Martin, Ambassador Graham, 109

  Marxist-Leninist movement, 120

  Mary (teenager in Bangkok), 163-164

  Mary knoll seminaries, 131

  mass media, 28, 30-31

  massacres, 57-58, 141, 200

  May Day (1953), 17

  Mayerfeld, Ernest, 197-198

  medical examination, 5

  Mekong River, 64

  Meo, the

  see Hmong, the

  Michigan State University, 134

  Middle East

  CIA operations in, 28, 190, 194

  see also specific countries

  Miskito Indians, 174, 193

  mobile strike forces, 84

  Mobutu, Joseph, 60

  “Moe, Jimmy” (case officer), 13-14, 16, 47, 83, 174

  Moline, Illinois, 1

  Montgomery County, Maryland police trained by CIA, 63

  Montgomery Ward, 2, 18

  Monthly Order of Battle Summaries (MACV), 136

  Mossadegh, Mohammed, 28

  Mount Fuji, Japan, 21

  MPLA, 60

  “Munson, Mr.” (head of personnel pool), 4-7

  N-1 (Stockwell’s agent), 171

  nai amphur, 100-103, 111, 213 (defined)

  Nam Tha, Laos, 64

  napalm, ix, 80

  Nation, The, 57, 206, 210

  National Alliance of Democratic

  Forces, Vietnam, 138

  National Liberation Front of South

  Vietnam, 135-137, 147

  national security, 196, 201, 203

  national security advisors, U.S., 80, 139, 171

  National Security Council, U.S., 8, 64, 131, 136, 194, 213 (defined)

  National Student Association, 30, 62

  NATO, 120

  Nelson, Craig, 210

  Nelson, William E., 121-122, 147-148

  New Jersey, 131

  New York City, 30

  CIA operations in, 61, 63

  police trained by CIA, 63

  New York State, 131

  New York Times, 3, 180, 197, 199, 206-207, 209

  Index, 199

  news services, 31, 189

  Newsweek, 206, 210

  Ngo Dinh Diem, 26, 126, 130-135, 138-139, 152, 155-156

  Ngo Dinh Nhu, 134

  Nguyen Cao Ky, 139, 156

  Nguyen Van Thieu, 128, 150, 153, 155-156, 188

  Nicaragua

  CIA operations in, 174, 193

  1984 (Orwell), 184

  Nixon, Richard M., 25, 62, 120

  Normal Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 18

  Notre Dame Magazine, 208

  nuclear explosion, India, 189

  Office of Strategic Services see OSS

  Official Disclosure Law, U.S., 197

  Official Secrets Act, U.K., 203

  Okinawa

  CIA base in, 21

  opium, 26, 76, 78-79, 163

  OPS, 200

  Orwell, George, 184, 187

  OSS (Office of Strategic Services), 12, 29, 130, 213 (defined)

  Osyka, Mississippi, 1

  Pacific Corporation, 27

  Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, 28, 193

  Panmunjom, Korea, 3

  Pao Tou, China, 119

  Pathet Lao, 64, 83, 169

  see also communist movements – in Laos

  Pattalung Province, Thailand, 90, 96

  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 42

  Pentagon Papers, The, 26, 69, 129, 133, 135, 193, 197-198, 208-209

  People’s Action Teams, Thailand, 107-108, 111-112

  People’s Action Teams, Vietnam, 139, 213 (defined)

  People’s Progressive Party, Guyana, 59

  People’s Revolutionary Party, Vietnam, 135-137

  personality profile, 6-7

  Peru

  CIA operations in, 59

  Peyton, John, 196

  Phao Siyanon, 26

  Philippines, the

  CIA operations in, 26, 32-33, 187, 202

  communist movement in, 187

  Huk insurgency in, 26

  McGehee in, 32-33

  Phillips, David Atlee, 200-201

  Phoenix program, 141-143, 213 (defined)

  Phoumi Nosavan, 64

  Phu Phan mountain range, Thailand, 100

  Pickering, Larry, 71

  Pike Committee, 189

  Pike, Douglas, 128, 138, 142, 208-209

  PKI (Communist Party of Indonesia), 57-58

  Plutonium plant, China, 119

  poison dart gun, 190

  Poland

  CIA operations in, 24

  Polgar, Tom, 188

  police

  CIA training of, 60, 63, 102, 134, 138

  see also specific countries

  Police Aerial Reconnaissance Unit, 26, 58, 69, 169, 213 (defined)

  Polish Freedom Movement, 24

  Polish security forces, 24

  political parties, 24

  Portrait of a Cold Warrior (Smith), 208

  Portugal

  CIA operations in, 24, 189

  Praphat Carusathien, 72, 87, 109

  Praphat-Thanom clique, 111-112

  President, U.S., 171, 190, 192-194

  presidential campaign, U.S. (1964), 61

  President’s War (Austin),
209

  Projectile Operation, 150-157

  prostitutes, 190

  Puerto Rico

  CIA operations in, 61

  Qaddafi, Muammar, 193, 210

  Quemoy Island, 25, 46-47, 50

  Race, Jeffrey, 208

  radio codes, 11

  Radio Free Europe, 23-24

  radio interception, 39

  Radio Liberty, 23

  Ramparts, 61, 205, 208

  RAND Corporation, 135

  rape, 132

  Ratner, Michael, [vi]

  Ray, Ellen, [vi]

  Reagan administration, 201

  Reagan, Ronald, xi, 193-194, 203

  reclassification, 201

  Red Lahu, the, 70

  red scare, 3

  “Red Sox/Red Cap,” 24

  religion, 9-10

  resistance movements, 13, 24, 46

  Reston, Virginia, Regional Library, 199

  retired police officers, 160

  Reuther, Walter, 30

  Revolutionary Development Teams, Vietnam, 139

  revolutionary movements, 56

  see also communist movements

  Rhodes Scholar, former, 40

  rich Americans, 194

  RIF (reduction in force), 54-55

  riots, 59, 200

  Robbins, Christopher, 205, 207

  Rolling Stone, 205

  Rolling Thunder Operation, 140

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 12

  Roosevelt, Kermit, 205

  Ropes of Sand: America’s Failure in the Middle East (Eveland), 205

  Rositzke, Harry, 28, 204-205, 207

  Ross, Thomas B., 204

  Rumania

  CIA operations in, 24

  Saigon, Vietnam, 38-40, 50, 125-127, 131, 133-134, 141-142, 145-146, 158, 160, 188

  sainthood, 132

  Saiyut Kerdpol, 109-110, 116

  Sakorn Nakorn Province, Thailand, 109, 167-168, 211

  “Sam” (McGehee’s colleague in Thailand), 74, 91-92

  Sammy (McGehee’s gardener), 21

  San Francisco, California, 30

  San Juan, Puerto Rico

  CIA operations in, 61

  Sarit Thanarat, 71-72

  satellites, 41-42

  photography from, 119

  Saturday Evening Post, 205

  Schaap, William, [vi]

  Scheer, Robert, 208

  Schilling, Paul, 200-201

  Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 208-209

  Schlesinger, James, 179

  Scott, Peter Dale, 209

  Scott, Walter, 4

  Sea Supply Company, Thailand, 26, 214 (defined)

  search and destroy missions, 141

  secrecy

  see CIA – secrecy agreement; Executive Order 12065 Executive Order 12356 reclassification

  secret writing, 11

  security clearances, 34-41, 196, 202

  Senate, U.S.

  Armed Services Committee, 205, 207

  Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, 206; see also Church Committee Report

  Subcommittee on Internal Security, 3

  Seoul, Korea, 21

  Seventh Day Adventist Hospital,

  Bangkok, 93-95, 175

  sex, 5, 13

  Shackley, Ted, 146, 149, 153, 156-158, 175, 178, 185-188

  Shan State Independence Army, 70

  Siberia, 9

  Sihanouk, Norodom, 58

  Sinatra, Nancy, ix

  Singapore communists, 187

  Sino-Soviet split, 183

  Sirikhit, Queen, 76, 87

  Sklar, Zachary, [vi]

  Smith, Joseph B., 208

  “Smith, Mr.” (orientation instructor), 8-10

  Snepp, Frank, 84, 207

  Soldier Reports, A (Westmoreland), 209

  “Somboon, Lieutenant” (in Thailand), 101, 103-106, 110-111, 173

  “Song, Captain” (in Thailand), 70

  South Africa

  CIA operations in, 60

  South Korean paramilitary troops, 25

  Southeast Asia, 70, 92, 203

  CIA operations in, 56-58, 190

  see also specific countries

  Southeast Asia Military Fact Book (DIA/JCS), 136

  Soviet Ukraine

  CIA operations in, 24

  Soviet Union, 9, 23-24, 41, 56, 120, 183, 194

  army, 189

  CIA intelligence collection on, 62

  CIA mail surveillance on, 30

  communism of, 8-10

  nuclear capability, 192

  Sputnik 1 (satellite), 41

  Stalin, Joseph, 9-10

  State Department, U.S., 3, 59, 71, 109, 127, 174, 180, 186

  White Paper on El Salvador, 182, 193

  White Papers on Vietnam, 139-140, 181, 193

  Stavins, Ralph, 209

  Stern, Sol, 205, 208

  Stewart, Gordon, 175-176

  Stockwell, John, 171, 206, 210

  strategic hamlet program, Vietnam, 138

  strikes, 59

  Sub Rosa: The CIA and the Uses of Intelligence (de Silva), 119, 198, 208

  Subic Bay, the Philippines, 32-33, 39

  Suharto, General, 57

  Sukarno, Achmed, 27, 57, 193

  Supreme Court, U.S., 197, 203

  surveillance photography, 29

  surveillance techniques, 11

  Syria, 189

  CIA operations in, 28

  Taipei American School, 46

  Taipei, Taiwan, 43-47, 50, 64

  Taiwan

  CIA operations in, 21, 25-26, 46-50, 166, 181, 202

  CIA station in, 21, 44-53, 114-115, 166

  CIA station chief (Cline) in, 51-52

  Eisenhower’s visit (1960) to, 50

  intelligence service, 44, 46-50, 64

  McGehee in, 44-53, 63

  McGehee assigned to, 114-115

  McGehee’s assignment cancelled, 117

  Western Enterprises Company, 25-26, 214 (defined)

  Taiwanese, 51-52

  Tan San Nhut airport, Saigon, 125

  telephone books, 37

  Tet offensive (1968), 125, 128, 138, 143, 158, 189

  Thailand

  Border Patrol Police, 26, 69, 87, 169-170, 200, 211 (defined)

  Border Security Volunteer Teams, 69

  Census Aspiration Cadre, 107, 111-112

  CIA district surveys in, 101-116, 121-124, 142, 172-173, 183-184

  CIA operations in, 25-26, 58, 69-116, 121-124, 142, 165-177, 183-184, 187, 197-200

  CIA station in, 66, 71-75, 81, 86, 89

  Civilian, Police, Military (CPM), 87-88, 101-102, 108, 112, 116, 211 (defined)

  communist movement in, 87-92, 95-116, 121-124, 165-173, 187

  Communist Suppression Operations Command, 87-88, 102, 109-110, 211 (defined)

  coup d’état (1976) in, 200

  farmers in, 166

  intelligence service, 88-89, 98

  International School of Bangkok in, 92, 110, 163

  Joint Security Centers in, 101, 212 (defined)

  language of, 73, 86, 173

  McGehee in, 66-80, 87-116, 163-177

  mercenaries in, 57

  military, 87, 90, 108, 170, 172-173

  people of, 75-76, 80, 166

  People’s Action Teams, 107-108, 111-112

  police, 26, 58, 69, 87, 90, 95-116, 168-170, 172-173, 198, 200, 213

  Police Aerial Reconnaissance Unit, 26, 58, 69, 169, 213 (defined)

  press in, 167-168

  Remote Area Security Program, 69

  Sea Supply Company, 26, 214 (defined)

  Special Branch, 87

  students in, 200

  U.S. Embassy in, 67, 214

  Volunteer Defense Corps, 107

  see also Communist Party of Thailand

  Thailand Independence Movement, 86

  Thammasat University, Bangkok, 200

  Thanom Kittikachorn, 72, 87

  Thir
d World, 194

  CIA propaganda operations in, 28

  see also specific countries

  Third World revolutionaries, 187

  Thirty Years of Struggle of the Party (Lao Dong Party), 208

  “Thompson, Charles” (records task force head), 40-41

  Three Great Books (Dooley), 208

  Tibet

  CIA operations in, 27

  secret base for training Tibetan guerrillas in Colorado, 27

  Tidewater, Virginia, 12

  Tilden Technical High School, Chicago, 1

  Time magazine, 3

  Tokyo, Japan, 17

  “Tom” (McGehee’s colleague in Taiwan), 44, 50

  “Tom” (McGehee’s boss in Vietnam), 145, 149-150

  Tonkin Gulf (Winchy), 209

  torture, 103, 105-106, 126-127, 194

  training films, 5, 8

  Truscott, Lucian, 24

  Truth is the First Casualty (Goulden), 209

  Tu Do Street, Saigon, 126

  Tully, Andrew, 205-206

  Turkey, 9, 189

  Turner, Robert F., 209

  Turner, William, 206

  U-2 spy plane, 29

  Udorn, Thailand, 109, 115, 172

  Undercover (Hunt), 202

  United Auto Workers, 30

  United Kingdom, 21, 24, 99, 203

  United Nations, 190

  United States

  Armed Forces Radio, 146

  Army, 59, 128, 133, 190

  CIA mail surveillance operation in, 30

  CIA operations in, 27, 29-31, 60-63, 182

  CIA training of Tibetan guerrillas in Colorado, 27

  Huynh Van Trong’s visit, 151, 155

  Information Agency, 127, 146, 180

  invasion of Cambodia, 58

  Marine Corps, 16, 140, 145, 164, 181, 190

  military, 17, 140-142, 149, 163-164, 180, 183-184

  Military Assistance Command in Thailand, 64

  Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, 127, 136, 139

  military – Fifth Field Hospital, Bangkok, 164, 175-177, 181

  military police, 125

  Navy, 5, 12, 51, 132, 190

  police training by CIA, 63

  press in, 167, 180-182, 189

  sends troops to Thailand, 64

  Special Forces, 138

  use of atomic weapons discussed, 132

  see also specific cities and states

  United States Security Policy and Aid to the Thailand Police (Lobe), 204-206, 210

  United States Vietnam Relations 1945 (Defense Department) see Pentagon Papers, The

  University of Dayton Flyers, 2, 18

  University of Notre Dame, 1-3, 18, 118, 172

  Unmasking the CIA (Chawin), 207, 209

  Uruguay

  CIA operations in, 60

  Valium, 177

  Van Khien, 157

  vices, 35

  Vienna, Virginia, 45

  “Viet Cong” strength, 127, 135-138, 140, 184-185

  Viet Cong: The Organization and Techniques of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Pike), 128

  Viet Minh, 129-132, 170

  see also Vietnam – communist movement in

  Vietnam, 109, 114, 116, 161, 164, 179, 183

 

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