jmg@houxk.UUCP (J.MCGHEE) (11/09/83)
Some have wondered about the sources of information for my articles which I didn't include in all cases because I didn't want to make the article any longer than it already was. The information on Sir Anthony Blunt can be found on the front page (lower left hand corner) of the New York Times for Friday, November 16, 1979. The article is titled "Knighted Art Advisor to Queen Is Named as Former Soviet Spy". More detailed information can be found in a book called "The Climate of Treason" by Andrew Boyle. The information on the British involvement in the Civil War can be found in better history books if it hasn't been expurgated by modern revisionist historians. British trade with the Cuban's during the economic boycott was covered by TV network news at the time it occurred. The British participation in the Moscow Olympics was covered by TV network news at the time it occurred. The British refusal to aid escaping Americans in Iran was covered in a special TV re-enactment of the Iranian captivity. The sale of British tank engines to the Iranians was covered on TV news. I recall that the reporter was Gabe Pressman on WNEW-TV in New York. The information on Sean McBride came from Amnesty International, the European Commission on Human Rights and network news broadcasts. The information on the Soviet pipeline came from TV network news. The information on the British revealing secrets of American spy satellites came from TV network news. The information on the Falklands War came from TV network news. And finally the information on the British sale of jet engines to the Soviet Union which later turned up in North Korean Mig jets came from the British government itself which recently released the information under a policy of declassifying information after 30 years. The question we should all ask is if the British were not keeping the information secret from the Soviet Union or the U.S. government who obviously knew about the deal, from who were they keeping it secret? The obvious answer is they were keeping it secret from you and me. Why? Because they knew we wouldn't like what we'd hear. So much for my mysterious sources.
jbray@bbncca.ARPA (James Bray) (11/09/83)
God, I'm really shocked. So we can't trust the British, even under Maggie, eh? And they're supposed to be our closest European Ally, so forget about the Germans, etc. Better nuke the whole place, and Canada too: they have the treasonous gall to complain about acid rain (even the State Department knows they're all a bunch of Commies). But we can still rely on our Democratic Friends: the Phillipines, El Salvador, South Korea... At least THEY show some GRATITUDE for us Keeping The World Safe for Democracies Like Them. Why, those damn English even talk funny and drive on the wrong side of the road. What do they think they are, a Sovereign Country or something? Next thing you know they'll want to have their own foreign policy or something... --Jim Bray UUCP decvax!bbncca!jbray, Arpa jbray@bbncca