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Beatrice1000

(WS)
REPORTING FOR DUTY: protest in Boston (May 31, 1971):
---John Kerry: LIEUTENANT/Naval Reserve (Inactive); and
---John Kerry: Member, Exec. Committee/VVAW (Active)
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INDEX:

Part 1 : 1962 to Jan. 27, 1969
Part 2: Feb. 20, 1969 to late May 1970
Part 3: June 1970 to Mar. 26, 1971
Part 4: Mar. 27, 1971 to May 1971
Part 5: May 3, 1971 to June 28, 1971
Part 6: June 30, 1971 to Nov. 10, 1971
Part 7: Nov. 12, 1971 to Jan. 17, 1972
Part 8: Jan. 22, 1972 to Apr. 18, 1972
Part 9: Apr. 19, 1972 to Jan. 23, 1973
Part 10: 1973 to 1991
Part 11: Mar. 12, 2001 to 2004
Part 12: References

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Abbrev. sources:
(T) = the “TIMELINE” at wintersoldier.com
(WS) = wintersoldier.com website
(FBI Files/Report) = VVAW FBI Files located at: wintersoldier.com

“Military Service Records”: sources refer, in general, to the names of the forms posted at FINDLAW. Also used records from swiftboatarchives.com; and data from “Unfit For Command.” All entries relating to service records are in GREEN. (Transcription of records is excerpted)

NISO (and NIS) = Naval Investigative Service Office

some FBI Files terms:
“LHM”: LetterHead Memorandum
“VIDEM”: Vietnam Demonstration
“COMINFIL”: Communist Infiltration
“STUDEM”: Student Demonstration
“STAG”: Student Agitation
“C”: Communist political association
"IS": Internal Security
"SA": Special Agent

“B. Note” – notes/comments from me.

(Applies to entire post: items are excerpted; emphasis mine; numbered for reference)
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OVERVIEW: I have tried here to chronologically weave kerry’s activities in the VVAW and the Navy (with the partial records available ) within the context of the cultural events of the time, including some int’l. activities and the structure of our domestic intelligence at the time. (The int’l. anti-American, anti-war movement was in full swing by the time kerry arrived on the scene to help them.) I pulled up a lot more of the VVAW-FBI records from wintersoldier.com to see how involved the Navy was in the info. the FBI was disseminating. There is a lot of redacting so one cannot know exactly how much of the info NISO got. (After reading about our extensive domestic intelligence apparatus at that time, I think the Navy got copied on a lot of it.)

What I am looking at here are kerry’s words & deeds, both in the Navy & the VVAW, as he was in both simultaneously – and at Navy regulations, and at what they might have known about what he was doing – and asking the question: how could this man have remained in the service? What I ended up with is some info. in a timeline and a vague feeling that somehow his contacts (i.e., kennedy) & his national position in the anti-war movement afforded him some sort of immunity from punishment for his deeds. Or in the alternative, that the Navy did mete out punishment to this officer who danced with our enemy but that he has been able to bury the truth over time with help from his political supporters. I wove together what I could find … but I have not found enough to get an answer.

Comments about the VVAW in the FBI reports indicate that the org. was winding down until the 1969 Moratorium march – which records indicate had the involvement of Peggy Kerry and Ted Kennedy. As the VVAW ramped up after that, with kerry as figurehead, I hold him responsible for their activities & have included many entries that do not mention kerry directly, but as he was at the helm in the VVAW National Office in NYC, the national chapters were his franchises and he was the CEO, so to speak --directly or morally, he was responsible for them even after he had no further need for that particular platform and slunk away to continue his personal political course. His associates & supporters remained involved after he got out, and I have never seen any statement from kerry condemning anything they did. In fact, when he opted out of the Exec. Committee of the VVAW at the infamous Kansas City meeting in Nov. 1971, he does it because of “personal reasons” (Part 7, #9) and/or because of “politics” (Part 7, #2) -- not because of the illegal activities being planned – and he stays on as a spokesman. (Also, we know that many of these old VVAW associates & supporters from the 70s came forward to assist in his 2004 campaign, with his welcome.)

A “Critique” found in a Sept. 20, 1972 FBI report provides an interesting analysis of the situation (see Part 9, #45), which reads in part: “Dewey Canyon III saw the emergence of a VVAW nat’l. coord., John F. Kerry, as a spokesman. Kerry became VVAW’s star speaker, but by the end of summer he had acquired sufficient media coverage & prominence to return to conventional politics. He is now campaigning in Boston for a seat in the U.S. House of Reps. …the VVAW...have demonstrated…their ability to follow the dictates of international communism, and to march in lock step with our enemies in Vietnam & the communist world. Since its inception, VVAW has cashed in on the average citizen’s…sympathy for servicemen returned from war. …With its malcontents & advocates of violence, supported by wealthy credulous liberals, directed by this country’s red enemies, VVAW poses a threat which can be ignored only to our peril.”

(One wonders what income kerry received for his speaking engagements and travel expenses on behalf of the VVAW and what his tax returns look like for those years 1970-73…also, what did his annual reports to the Naval Reserve (regarding his employment and “civic activities”) look like…the only one we have is dated 10/16/70; what about the other ones?…)

There is an interesting series of proposals put out by the VVAW in the summer of 1971 to amend military discharge procedures (Part 5, #24). With regard to all the demonstrative anti-war activity going on, this strange item sort of sticks out…. It was sent to all the chapters for input and one sees it popping up in various VVAW flyers, etc. from around the country in FBI reports. If kerry had some adverse paperwork from the Navy, this is a subject he would be very interested in promoting… it is unknown who wrote it, but it came from the National Office…

Also, in my research in the past, I have dwelled entirely on what the anti-war movement was saying – here I also include press conferences and interviews of Nixon worked into the timeline so that he gets a chance to speak (and the press also, with their obsession on "a date for withdrawal"). When you include Nixon in the picture and his foreign affairs activities, it is more obvious how much damage kerry & the VVAW and others did in undermining our efforts to win the Vietnam war.

It is also interesting to see how interactive our intelligence agencies were at that time – the CIA, FBI, Military Intelligence, etc., all working together – this was of course, before Watergate – our early homeland security apparatus was torn apart after that… kennedy was especially concerned that protestors were being watched…

I have thrown in historical markers at random – certainly not including every important event – but just helping to establish a framework for the times. The information contained here is but a scan of events – a brief look at some of the things that were going on.

Nothing new here, folks -- just following kerry’s trail through time, looking for the lies and deceit, looking at who his friends & associates were and what they were doing, trying to get the big picture of who he was and is, wondering how he escaped punishment, and assessing the impact of harm his personal drive for power had upon our country.

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Beatrice1000

** PART 1 **

1. --Summer, 1962: Kerry worked for Ted Kennedy, who was then making his first Senate bid… SOURCE

2. --1963: FBI/CIA structure. Per Church Committee Rpt (1975-76): I. Investigations of “Foreign Influence” on Domestic Unrest, p. 519: As early as 1963 the FBI Manual had authorized requests for CIA investigations of Americans abroad for internal security purposes. Prior thereto the sole purpose of advising the CIA of foreign travel by domestic “subversives” was “to place stops with appropriate security services abroad to be advised of the activities of these subjects.” The provision was revised as follows in 1963: “Information concerning these subjects’ proposed travel abroad, including info. concerning their subversive activities, is furnished by the Bureau to the Dept. of State, CIA, and legal attaches if the proposed travel is in areas covered by such …In the cover letter accompanying the letterhead memorandum, indicate extent of foreign investigation recommended or whether only stops should be placed with appropriate security services abroad.” It was through these procedures that the FBI secured the assistance of the CIA in the investigation of antiwar activists and black militant leaders who traveled overseas. SOURCE, p.519

3. ---Mar. 8, 1965: first Stockholm Conf. on Vietnam --the “creation of Romesh Chandra, chairman of the KGB-funded World Peace Council.” (T)
(NOTE: See: 12/31/71 (Part 7, #27), where Stockholm Invitation indicates first Conference was on July 6-9, 1967)

4. ---June, 1965: "...DeGaulle, forgetting France's own disastrous colonial experience there, now saw the Vietnam War as emblematic of American arrogance, overconfidence, and naivete. ..The Vietnamese Communists, in his view, were nationalists first, intent on winning national independence rather than spreading revolution throughout Asia. In taking this position, deGaulle aligned himself with the public position of the Soviet Union, China, and the North Vietnamese themselves. .. (he) declared in June 1965 that "the US was the greatest danger in the world today to peace." ..the next month, Pres. Lyndon Johnson announced a major escalation of the American military commitment in Vietnam. Antiwar protestors erupted in French cities in 1966 & 1967... Soon, this combination of anti-Americanism, romantic support for the underdog Viet Cong, and fear of a wider conflagration in Asia would spark protest movements all across Europe." ("The Struggle for Europe," p.238, by William I. Hitchcock, 2004)

5. ---Feb. 18, 1966: kerry enlists in the U.S. Naval Reserves, status “inactive” after request for deferment is denied.
(UFC, p.198)

6. ---June 12, 1966: At Yale, Kerry was chairman of the Political Union & later, as Commencement speaker, urged the U.S. to withdraw from Vietnam & to scale down foreign military operations. SOURCE
……Kerry speech: "…The U.S. must..bring itself to understand that the policy of intervention"--against Communism--"that was right for Western Europe does not & cannot find the same application to the rest of the world." … “In most emerging nations, the spectre of imperialist capitalism stirs as much fear & hatred as that of communism. … Never in the last 20 yrs. has the gov’t. of the US been as isolated as it is today.” SOURCE
……Kerry signed up with the Navy Reserves.. “I didn't really want to get involved in the war,” he later would tell the Boston Globe. “When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling, & that's what I thought I was going to do.” SOURCE

7. ---Aug. 19, 1966: kerry reports to officer candidate school in Newport, RI. (UFC, p. 198)
Note: Military Address: 8/66 to 12/66 – Officer Candidate School (“OCS”): Newport, RI.
(kerry’s Military Service Records, "Background Information", p.2)

8. ---Oct. 1966: Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society invites int’l. peace orgs. to talks in Stockholm to coordinate int’l. protest action against the war in Vietnam. ...outcome of these talks was the first Stockholm Conf. on Vietnam held in Stockholm on July 6-9, 1967,.. (see 12/31/71 (Part 7, #27) - Stockholm Invitation)

9. ---1966: Per Church Committee Rpt (1975-76): I. Investigations of “Foreign Influence” on Domestic Unrest, p. 519: the FBI and CIA negotiated an informal agreement to regularize their “coordination.” This agreement had as its “heart” that the CIA would “seek concurrence & coordination of the FBI” before engaging in clandestine activity in the U.S., and that the FBI would “concur & coordinate if the proposed action does not conflict with any operation, current or planned, including active investigation (by) the FBI.” Moreover, when an agent recruited by the CIA abroad arrived in the U.S., the FBI would “be advised” & the two agencies would “confer regarding the handling of the agent in the U.S.” The CIA could “continue” its “handling” of the agent for “foreign intelligence” purposes, and the FBI would also become involved where there were “internal security factors,” although it was recognized that CIA might continue to “handle” the agent in the U.S. & provide the Bureau with “information” bearing on “internal security matter.” The term “internal security factors” used in the agreement meant that CIA agents were used after 1966 to report on domestic “dissidents” for the FBI. SOURCE, p.519

10. ---Dec. 15, 1966: Form DD 214: Report of Transfer or Discharge.
(1) Kerry, John Forbes. (3a) Rank: OCIU2 (E-5). (3b) Date of Rank: 8/20/66.
(4) Dept., Component & Branch: Navy- USNR.
(11a) Discharged. (11b) Candidate School, U.S. Naval Base, Newport, R.I., U.S. Naval Officer.
(11c) Reason: Accept commission... (11d) Eff. Date: 12/15/66.
(18) Terminal Date of Reserve Obligation: 2/17/72.
(23) Home of Record: Indian Hill Rd., Groton, MA.

(32) Remarks: …Not available for signature;
Discharge Certificate issued at time of separation;
Continuing on active duty as Ensign, USNR.
(kerry Military Service Records, "DD214", p.1) "Record of Discharge", p. 116)
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11. ---Dec. 16, 1966: kerry is commissioned Ensign, status “active.” (UFC, p.198)

12. ---Jan. 3, 1967: kerry ordered to report to USS Gridley no later than 1/3/67. BUPERS Order 018110.
(kerry’s Military Records, "Bupers Orders to Gridley")

13. ---Jan.-Mar, 1967: kerry Military Address: T.I. SAN FRAN, CA -- Bachelor Officers Quarters (“BOQ”).
(kerry’s Military Service Records, "Background Information", p.2)

14. ---Mar.-June, 1967: kerry Military Address: NAVSTA, SAN DIEGO -- Bachelor Officers Quarters (“BOQ”).
(kerry’s Military Service Records, "Background Information", p.2)

15. ---Apr. 15, 1967: Massive demonstrations and parades were held in NY and San Francisco to protest U.S. policy in Vietnam. (Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.286)

16. ---May 2, 1967: Bertrand Russell's Int’l. War Crimes Tribunal opens in Stockholm, Sweden, with Jean-Paul Sartre as exec. president. The members of the tribunal are all well-known supporters of North Vietnam, & the "evidence" presented is supplied largely by North Vietnam, the Vietcong, & communist investigators. The Tribunal concludes that American forces are engaged in the "massive extermination" of the people of South Vietnam, and are committing "genocide in the strictest sense." (T)

17. ---May 13, 1967: A parade IN SUPPORT OF U.S. troops in Vietnam was held in NY. The NYT estimated that there were about 70,000 participants. The parade was organized to counter anti-war demonstrations.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.286)

18. ---June-Nov, 1967: kerry service on USS Gridley: operates on the California coast (UFC, p. 198).
(6/67 to Present (date of report: 7/30/67): kerry Military Address: USS GRIDLEY (DLG 21) FPO, SAN FRAN.)
(kerry’s Military Service Records, "Background Information", p.2)

19. ---Nov-Dec, 1967: kerry service on USS Gridley: sails to the Pacific and operates off the coast of Vietnam (about 5 weeks). (UFC, p.198)

20. ---July 6-9, 1967: first Stockholm Conf. on Vietnam was held in Stockholm, with 450 participants from 60 countries, including reps of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF)…(see 12/31/71 (Part 7, #27) - Stockholm Invitation)

21. ---Aug. 15, 1967: Martin Luther King, Jr. called for a campaign of massive civil disobedience in Northern U.S. cities. (Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.287)

22. ---Oct. 1967: A massive demonstration took place in Washington, D.C. in a protest against U.S. policy in Vietnam. Many demonstrators at the Pentagon were arrested after clashing with U.S. Army troops & Federal Marshals. Demonstrations supporting U.S. troops in Vietnam were held in the NY area & other parts of the U.S. ….
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.288)

23. ---Late 1967: Peggy Kerry moves to Greenwich Village… (2004 article: She has worked in the Manhattan District attorney’s office in Lower Manhattan & the national & NY A.C.L.U., lobbied for the Community Service Society & served as consultant for Planned Parenthood. She is now N.G.O. (nongovernmental organization) liaison at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. — and she makes clear that this prevents her from doing any political fundraising.)<..> “I joined Village Independent Democrats in 1968” —<..> She was caught up in the peace movement during the Vietnam War, … SOURCE

24. ---Nov. 19, 1967: New York: Ad run against the war in the NYT by Jan Crumb of the VVAW.
Signors include: “Sp/4 Jan B. Crumb/USA,” “L/Cpl. G. James Boggio, USMC”. (FBI Files, Sec 01, p.28)

25. ---Nov. 20, 1967: A second session of the International War Crimes Tribunal is held at Roskilde, Denmark. (T)

26. ---Dec. 1967: The build-up of U.S. forces in Vietnam reached approx. 500,000 men by the end of 1967. In an overview of the situation in Dec. 1967, the FBI reported: “One of the most significant features of the American scene of the 1960’s is the evolution & growth of what has become known as the ‘new left.’ This movement of rebellious youth, involving & influencing an est. 100,000-300,000 college students, is having a jarring impact upon contemporary society & portends serious trouble for this country. …”
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.289)

27. ---Jan. 2 to June 8, 1968: kerry service on USS Gridley: sails to Australia and returns to Long Beach, California.
(UFC, p.198)

28. ---Jan. 31, 1968: At half-past midnight on Weds. morning the North Vietnamese launch the Tet offensive at Nha Trang. Nearly 70,000 North Vietnamese troops will take part in this broad action, taking the battle from the jungles to the cities. The offensive will carry on for weeks & is seen as a major turning point for the American attitude toward the war. At 2:45 that morning the US embassy in Saigon is invaded and held until 9:15AM. SOURCE

29. ---Feb. 1, 1968: Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a south Vietnamese General, is captured on film executing a Viet Cong prisoner by American photographer Eddie Adams. The General later insisted that this was justified because the prisoner had been the captain of a terrorist squad that had killed the family of one of his deputy commanders. . The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph becomes yet another rallying point for anti-war protestors. ….Eddie Adams was later said to have regretted the impact it had… SOURCE

30. ---Feb. 7, 1968: Int’l. reporters arrive at the embattled city of Ben Tre in So. Vietnam. Peter Arnett, then of the AP, writes a dispatch quoting an unnamed US major as saying, "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." The quote runs nationwide the next day in Arnett's report. SOURCE

31. ---Feb. 1968: Michael Kranish, Boston Globe (6/15/03) has Kerry wrongly heading to Vietnam at this time: His quote -- “In early Feb. of 1968, Kerry shipped out to the Gulf of Tonkin aboard the USS Gridley, a guided-missile frigate. By then, the antiwar movement was heating up, & Kerry carried with him the memory of seeing demonstrators in Los Angeles beaten by police. As the Gridley crossed the Pacific, an officer bearing a telegram tracked Kerry down on the deck. …Richard Pershing had died… There was no way to turn back. Pershing was heading home in a casket, kerry was heading to Vietnam. (WRONG!) A war was waiting (not for him at that time).”: ARTICLE
(NOTE: In Feb. of 1968, kerry was headed to Australia – the Gridley was off the coast of Vietnam in Nov-Dec, 1967, per UFC, p.198)

32. ---Feb. 10, 1968: Letter from Ensign John F. Kerry to Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers-B14) via Commanding Officer, USS Gridley (DLG-21):

Subj: Vietnam Duty; request for.

(1) I request duty in Vietnam ….

(2) Since reporting aboard Gridley in June, 1967, I served for 7 mos. as Electrical Officer and…<..> Prior to joining the Navy I had extensive small boat experiences which I believe would serve me well as Officer in Charge of a “Swift” boat,…

(3) I request to be transferred upon Gridley’s return from WESTPAC deployment in June….I would consider extending my obligated service for duty as OIC of a PCF if necessary. My RAD date is December 1969.

(4) I consider the opportunity to serve in Vietnam an extremely important part of being in the armed forces & believe that my request is in the best interests of the Navy.
(kerry’s Military Service Records: "Request for Swiftboat Duty")

(B.Note: re (4)-- No, it was in kerry’s best interests…& we can theorize what that was---. Note that 7 days after this letter, his friend was killed & from the tone of his dramatic letter home, one wonders why he didn’t cancel this request to go to Vietnam:

LETTER HOME, Feb. 17, 1968: “Dearest mama and Papa, ….I am empty, bitter, angry & desperately lost with nothing but war, violence, and more war around me. .…I was on watch on the bridge when the exec. officer came over & asked me if I had a friend called Pershing. …. when I read the telegram it took moments to sink in. Then I just walked off the bridge & cried -- a pathetic and very empty kind of crying that turned into anger & bitterness. …. If I do nothing more, & if I convince… the others to do nothing more, it will be to give every effort we can to somehow make this a better world to live in & to end once & for all this willingness to expend ourselves in this stupid, endless self-destruction. ….”

LETTER (linked from the “John Forbes Kerry Timeline”)
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33. ---Feb. 27, 1968: Walter Cronkite reports on his recent trip to Vietnam to view the aftermath of the Tet Offensive in his television special Who, What, When, Where, Why? The report is highly critical of US officials and directly contradicts official statements on the progress of the war. SOURCE

34. ---Mar. 16, 1968: My Lai massacre. SOURCE

35. ---Mar. 22, 1968: PARIS PROTESTS: “The generation of 1968 was fired up by a potent blend of Marxist radicalism, anti-Americanism, anti-establishment rhetoric, alienation from the values of their parents… The Vietnam War conveniently encapsulated their entire worldview:… This mixture of student disaffection & radical idealism erupted on one of the suburban campuses outside Paris: the Univ. of Nanterre…150 students there, protesting the arrests of six anti-Vietnam War demonstrators, occupied the main admin. building. … The dean..closed the school on 2 May. This had the effect of pushing the student movement into the city, where the Nanterre students occupied the courtyard of the Sorbonne… This merely inflamed the rest of the student body, which…launching bottles, bricks, and other projectiles at the riot police. They responded with tear gas & rubber truncheons…. The violence reached a peak on the night of 10 May, when most city streets were blocked by flaming cars & police wagons.” (“The Struggle For Europe,” by William I. Hitchcock, pp 247-249)
........Kerry’s first cousin, Brice Lalonde “was a student leader during the May 1968 student uprisings in France, when riots & upheaval scared the French population away from Revolution & the old Left, but toward an adaptive & calmer socialism. In 1968, Lalonde was President of the Union Nationale des Etudiants de France (UNEF), the French National Students' Union, which brought France to a standstill with protests & riots. The power of students in Europe and the power of his first cousin there caused ..Kerry to rethink his support of the Vietnam War in the U.S….” SOURCE

36. ---Apr. 4, 1968: Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., followed by widespread rioting.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.289)

37. ---Apr. 11, 1968: U.S. Sec’y. of Defense Clark Clifford calls 24,500 military reserves to action for 2 year commitments, & announces a new troop ceiling of 549,500 American soldiers in Vietnam. The total number of Americans "in country" will peak at some 541,000 in August this year, & decline to 334,000 by 1970. SOURCE

38. ---May 10, 1968: Re: Peace talks in Paris- US & NVN. John Negroponte Interview: “..I was on the National Security Council staff from Sept. of 1970 until Feb. of 1973 & during most of that time, I was in charge of the Vietnam office of the National Security Council staff, supporting Dr. Kissinger in his peace talks with the North Vietnamese. I was... in 1968 and '69... from May of '68 until Aug. of 1969, I was a member of our delegation to the Paris peace talks in Vietnam & my specific responsibility was that of being the Liaison Officer between our delegation and the delegation of North Vietnam.”
(Interview with John Negroponte, 3/31/97)

39. ---June 5, 1968: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy shot in Los Angeles and dies the following day.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.289)

40. ---June 11-15, 1968: kerry on leave (5 days) – Ship or Station: USS Gridley (DLG 21).
(kerry’s Military Service Records: "Leave Record", p.2)

41. ---June 16, 1968: Date of Rank as Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (0-2), United States Naval Reserve.
From Commanding Officer, USS Gridley (DLG-21).

Subj: “Temporary appointment to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) pursuant to the provisions of Title 10, U.S. Code.
Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 1412.8 (Series).
(kerry Military Service Records: “Temp. Orders & Ranks”, p.162)
(“Request for History of Service - 5/24/86”)

(B.Note: This is a “temporary” appt. as the rank “Lt(jg)” does not become “permanent” until 12/1/69 (Part 2, #26). Note that the History of Service above does not include the 12/1/69 permanent rank entry.)
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42. ---June 19, 1968: More than 50,000 persons demonstrate in Washington, D.C. in Poor People’s Campaign. Resurrection City set up near Lincoln Memorial.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.289)

43. ---June 20, 1968: Ordered to Coronado, Calif. for PCF Training NLT Aug. 22 and then to Cam Ranh Bay RVN NLT Oct. 31. (BUPERS Order 130398)
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Officer Order Memos”, p.3)

44. ---July 20, 1968: kerry detached from USS Gridley.
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Change of Duty”), pp.1-2)

45. ---July 21-Aug. 17, 1968: kerry on leave (28 days). Ship or Station: COMCOSRON ONE RVN
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Leave Record”, p.2)

46. ---Aug. 22, 1968: kerry to report to Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA for temporary duty…for a period of about 9 weeks for Patrol Craft (Fast) training class convening 25 August 1968.
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Change of Duty", p.1)

47. ---Aug. 26-29, 1968: Widespread disorder in Chicago, concurrent with Democratic National Convention.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.289)

48. ---Oct. 4, 1968: Veterans For Peace in Vietnam (VFP) & VVAW: VIDEM activity/Los Angeles. ..VFP..too conservative. Plans are to change the name of VVAW to GI’s & VVAW; & to sever its relationship with VFP. ..appears that GI & VVAW might possibly be more militant & active..LA has opened a file on this org., & an investigation is being conducted.. (FBI File, Sec 01, pp.16-17)/WS

49. ---Oct. 11, 1968: Apollo 7 is launched from Florida for an eleven day journey which will orbit the Earth 163 times. SOURCE

50. ---Oct. 31, 1968: President Johnson announces a total halt to US bombing in North Vietnam. SOURCE

51. ---Oct. 31, 1968: kerry ordered 7/8/68 to report to Cam Ranh Bay no later than 10/31/68 – but he does not report until Nov. 17, 1968. Order also states: “Unit to which ordered will operate in an overseas area a contemplated continuous period of one (1) year or more.”
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Change of Duty”, p.1)
(B.Note: he doesn’t show up when ordered, and he certainly doesn’t stay the 1 year…)

52. ---Nov. 3, 1968: Founding of GI’s & VVAW. FBI: Subj: GI’s and VVAW - Internal Security: C. Los Angeles, G. James Boggio. (10/27/68 letter proposing formation. Address: “c/o Marcia Silverstein, LA”). “Boggio attended the Dem. Nat’l. Convention in Chicago, IL, during Aug. 1968..he participated in demonstrations in that city…returned to LA & appeared at an open meeting of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)…:
......(The SWP has been designated by the Atty. Gen. of the US pursuant to Exec. Order 10450.*)
(FBI Files, Sec 01, p. 3-8)/WS

(B. Note: BOGGIO is one of the signors, with Jan Crumb, on the 11/19/67 VVAW anti-war ad in the NYT – FBI Files, S01, p.28)

*NOTES: Exec. Orders 10450 and 11605.
(Church Committee Reports, 1975-76: Sec. V.(L) The “New” Internal Security Div. & Turmoil in the FBI, 1971.)

Executive Order 10450 (1953)

Executive Order 11605 (1971)

The commission of acts which violate laws pertaining to treason, rebellion, or insurrection, riots or civil disorders, seditious conspiracy, sabotage, trading with the enemy, obstruction of the recruiting & enlistment service of the U.S., impeding officers of the U.S., or related crimes or offenses

We have a new brand of radical in this country & we are trying to address ourselves to the new situation

Church Committee Reports, Sec. V, pp. 537-538
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53. ---Nov. 5, 1968: Election Day. The results of the popular vote are 31,770,000 for Nixon, 43.4 percent of the total; 31,270,000 or 42.7 percent for Humphrey; 9,906,000 or 13.5 percent for wallace; and 0.4 percent for other candidates. SOURCE

54. ---Nov. 9-12, 1968: Kerry on leave (4 days). Ship or Station: COMCOSRON ONE.
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Leave Record”, p.1)

55. ---Nov. 10, 1968: Veterans For Peace in Vietnam (VFP) & VVAW: VIDEM activity/Los Angeles.
(FBI File, Sec 01, pp.16-17)/WS

56. ---Nov. 17, 1968: kerry reports to Coastal Squadron One, Coastal Div. 14, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Change of Duty”, p.3)

57. ---Nov. 26, 1968: After stalling for months, the South Vietnamese government agrees to join in the Paris peace talks. SOURCE

58. ---Dec. 2, 1968: kerry Purple Heart Medal #1 “combat incident” at Cam Ranh Bay. (UFC, p.198.)

59. ---Dec. 21, 1968: FBI: GIs/VVAW, LA-- leaflet to active-duty personnel: “..we’re inviting all servicemen to a GI party..12/21/68. ..The org., comprised of survivors of the Vietnam war, of active duty servicemen and reservists..is designed to assist GIs & to create a basis for an improvement in GI-civilian relations…GIs who wish to attend…muster at 619 So. Bonnie Brae…” (619 So. Bonnie Brae, LA, CA, is the location for the Los Angeles Headquarters of the Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) & other anti-war groups. The PFP is a legally constituted political party in the state of Calif.) “We support our men in Vietnam; not those who send them there.”
......Source..attended.. party was held at the residence of (redact) CA. (8/8/68: (redact) is the LA (redact) for the PFP. On 1/2/68 (redact) a meeting of the PFP held on 12/22/67 in LA, CA) ..50-60 people.., including about 25 active duty GI’s. …(redact) is from LA & has 16 more mos. to serve. (redact) is from Merced, CA, & both (redact) were from the Navy vessel U.S.S. Piedmont. ..(redact) from the U.S.S. Floyd County also attended. ..(redact)..from AZ, currently stationed at Camp Pendleton, CA attended the party, & was accompanied by 5 other marines. (cc: ..& Military Intelligence Agencies) (FBI Files, Sec 01, p. 10-12)/WS

60. ---Dec. 21, 1968: The launch of Apollo 8 begins the first US mission to orbit the Moon. SOURCE

61. ---Late 1968 (early 1969): CIA was asked to provide the Metropolitan Police Dept. (WDC) with transmitters which could be planted in several lamps to be placed in the apt. of a police informer who frequently met with members of dissident groups. CIA agreed to provide the requested equip. The lamps were provided to CIA & the transmitter devices were installed in the lamps by personnel from the Office of Security. The lamps were then placed back in the police informer’s apt. by the police. The police informer was aware that the apt. was being bugged and consented to the operation.
(Rockefeller Commission Rpt, 1975; App. VII, p.296 (3 of 6))

62. ---Jan. 19, 1969: FBI/Los Angeles. Subj: GIs/VVAW IS: C. ..CIRCULAR: “Let’s begin to do something about this ridiculous war. We..ask for your help in assisting us to formulate a revolution within the peace movement.” Hold “GI Teach-In” on 2/15/69. ..purpose..educate GIs & students about atrocities of war in Vietnam. ..location..First Unitarian Church..” (notified:..NISO) (FBI Files, Sec 01, pp.18-19)/WS

63. ---Jan. 27, 1969: FBI: Subj: GIs/VVAW IS: C. On 1/21/69, source furnished a throwaway: “…this leaflet, as well as any other antiwar literature cannot be taken away from you, this is your own property, so ..lend it out… To assist the GIs who participate in the Peace March..be it marching as a GI and/or speaking out against the war, a battery of lawyers is in the process of being assembled to assist you.” “GIs & Vietnam Vets A.T.W., 943-1/2 Alvarado St., LA” (notified:..NISO) (FBI Files, Sec 01, pp.20-23)/WS

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Beatrice1000

** PART 2 **

1. ---Feb. 20, 1969: kerry Purple Heart Medal #2 incident at Dam Doi Canal. (UFC, p.199)

2. ---Feb. 28, 1969: kerry Silver Star received in incident at An Xuyen Province on PCF 94 (with PCF 23). (UFC, p.199)

B. Note: kerry has THREE (3) Citations for this Silver Star, with “the President of the U.S.” taking “pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal” to him each time with the signing entities signing “For the President,” as follows (no dates on any):

(1) From: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam. To: John Forbes Kerry, Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Naval Reserve.
Signed by: E. R. Zumwalt, Jr., Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam.
(theorized this Citation was prepared soon after 2/28/69 per articles below);
(Zumwalt CITATION)
(2) From: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. To: Lieutenant (junior grade) John Forbes Kerry, U.S. Naval Reserve.
Signed by: John J. Hyland, Admiral, U.S. Navy, Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet.
(theorized this Citation was prepared some time between 2/29/69 (following Citation 1) and 12/5/70 (when Hyland was no longer CINCPAC)…and when kerry was back in the U.S., per articles below);
(Hyland CITATION, p.148)
(3) The Secretary of the Navy, Washington. To: Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kerry, U.S. Naval Reserve.
Signed by: John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy.
(theorized this Citation was prepared some time between 2/5/81 and 4/10/87, Lehman’s term in office, per articles below).
(Lehman CITATION, p.149)

Here’s an article about the issue of kerry having 3 Citations for one medal and the different wording in them – includes a good list of interrogatories for kerry:
“John Kerry’s Puzzling Silver Star Citations,” by Henry Mark Holzer & Erika Holzer, FrontPageMag, 8/24/04.
(Also, an article by Thomas Lipscomb, Chicago Sun-Times: “Plot Thickens After Checking Records,” 8/27/04)
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3. ---Mar. 3, 1969: Memorandum from Assistant Atty. Gen. J. Walter Yeagley to the FBI Director. An addn’l. request from the Internal Security Div. in March 1969 advised the FBI that the Justice Dept. was “considering the possibility of conducting a grand jury investigation of some future serious campus disorder” with a view towards prosecution under the antiriot act, the Smith Act, the Voorhis Act, & statutes on seditious, conspiracy & insurrection. Consequently, the Internal Security Div. asked the FBI: “…to secure in advance the names of any persons planning activities which might fall within the proscription of any of the foregoing statutes. It would also be important for us to know the identities of the officials of any participating orgs. who have custody or control of records concerning the activities of such orgs. which we would seek to obtain by means of subpoenas duces tecum. It would also be helpful if you were able to furnish us with the names of any individuals who appear at more than one campus either before, during, or after any active disorder or riot & the identities of those persons from outside the campus who might be instigators of these incidents.”
(Church Committee Reports, 1975/76: Sec. V(G) “New Left Intelligence” p. 508)

4. ---Mar. 13, 1969: kerry Purple Heart #3 and Bronze Star Medals incident during Sealords operation with Coastal Div. 11, on PCF 94 with four other PCFs in Bay Hap River in An Xuyen Province; “pulled” Rassmann out of water. (UFC, p. 199)

B. Note: kerry has TWO (2) Citations for this Bronze Star as follows (no dates):

(1) From: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam. To: John Forbes Kerry, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), U.S. Naval Reserve.
Signed by: E. R. Zumwalt, Jr., Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy, Commander U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam
(prepared before 5/15/70 as Zumwalt served as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam from 10/1/68 to 5/15/70);
(Zumwalt CITATION, p.7)
(2) The Secretary of the Navy, Washington. To: Lieutenant (Junior Grade) John F. Kerry, U.S. Naval Reserve.
Signed by: John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy.
(prepared some time between 2/5/81 and 4/10/87, Lehman’s term in office).
(Lehman CITATION, p.8)

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5. ---Mar. 17, 1969: Reassignment request: “Thrice wounded.
(A) BUPERSINST 1300.39.
(1) LTjg John Forbes Kerry (redact) USNR has been thrice wounded in action while on duty incountry Vietnam.
Reassignment is requested IAW Ref A.
(2) LTjg Kerry req duty as personal aide in Boston, NY or Wash DC area.<…>”
(kerry Military Service Records: “Thrice Wounded Reassignment”)
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6. ---Mar. 20, 1969: kerry change of duty to COMSTSLANT at Brooklyn as aide & flag lieutenant (dated 3/19/69: “out by 3/20/69”). Form stamped C-2.
Order No. 178849. GREEXTEND 30 April 71.
(kerry Military Service Records: “Change of Duty”, p.4)

(B. Note: I think “greextend” means “agreement to extend” service—indicating a separation date?).

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7. ---Mar. 24, 1969: kerry changes his mind or there was a mistake:
Order No. 178849(1) changes “GREEXTEND to 31 Aug. 1970 instead of 30 Apr 1971.”
(kerry’s Military Service Records:
"Office Order Memos," p.4: dated 3/24/69, Greextend to 31 Aug 1970)
(“Naval Messages,” p.3: dated 3/20/69, refers Bupers Order 178849: Greextend to 30 Apr 1971)
(“Change of Duty,” p.4: dated 3/19/69, Order No 178849: Greextend to 30 Apr 1971)

8. ---Mar. 28-Apr. 6, 1969: kerry on leave (10 days). Ship or Station: COMSTSLANT
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Leave Record”, p.1)

9. ---Apr. 11, 1969: kerry reports for duty as Personal Aide for Rear Admiral Walter F. Schlech, Jr. with the Military Sea Transportation Service based in Brooklyn, New York.
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Fitness Reports", p.25 – “date reported this duty station” at #7 on the form)

10. ---Apr. 1969: kerry visiting wounded as Admiral’s Aide – sought to recruit Peck for the VVAW.
(UFC, Ch5, p.94) SOURCE

11. ---Apr. 2, 1969: 21 Black Panther Party members charged with plotting to bomb NYC stores.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.289)

12. ---June 29, 1969: kerry ordered to New Orleans, LA and return (1 day) by Schlech. (re: MSTS matters). …
(5) ..you hold a final top secret clearance based on a BI completed 11 Oct 1967 by ONI. Order dated 6/24/69…
(kerry Military Service Records, “Temp. Orders & Ranks”, p.153)

13. ---July 4-27, 1969: Kerry on leave (24 days).
(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Leave Record”, p.1)

14. ---July 18, 1969: Chappaquiddick Island– the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Ted Kennedy has a nat’l. broadcast on 7/25/69 explaining himself: “…This morning I entered a plea of guilty to the charge of leaving the scene of an accident. <…> Instructing Gargan & Markham not to alarm Mary Jo's friends that night, I had them take me to the ferry crossing. The ferry having shut down for the night, I suddenly jumped into the water & impulsively swam across, nearly drowning once again in the effort, & returned to my hotel about 2 A.M. & collapsed in my room. <..> ..my admission of guilt this morning raises the question in my mind of whether my standing among the people of my state has been so impaired that I should resign my seat in the U.S. Senate. <..> AUDIO of broadcast

15. ---July 20, 1969: Apollo 11. First Landing on the Moon. NASA

16. ---Aug. 4, 1969: ---(Note: the following was not made public until Nixon’s 1/25/72 speech. Our diplomatic efforts in the war were undermined by the int’l & domestic-U.S. Left whose interference afforded the enemy two tracks with which to deal with us. kerry was one of the people eager to bring the enemy’s propaganda home by pressing for their demands…):

Address to the Nation on 1/25/72 (pp2-3):
NIXON:

I sent Dr. Kissinger to Paris as my pers. rep. on 8/4/69..to begin these secret peace negotiations

misleads some Americans into accusing their own gov’t. of failing to do what it has already done

Some Americans, who believed what the No. Vietnamese led them to believe, have charged that the U.S. has not pursued negotiations intensively

why we have not discussed the 7-pt. proposal made by the Vietcong last July (1971) in Paris

we have taken all these steps and more

(Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam”: Item #21)
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17. ---Aug. 4, 1969: kerry ordered to Goose Bay, Labrador; Thule, Greenland; Sandrestrom, Greenland; Argentia, Newfoundland and return (6 days) by Schlech. (re: CTF6 Artic Inspection Group). …(6) Theatre clearance granted by 95 STRATWG Message 291555Z JUL 69…. Order dated 8/1/69…
(kerry Military Service Records, “Temp. Orders & Ranks”, p. 155)

18. ---Aug. 15-18, 1969: Woodstock Festival

19. ---Aug. 21, 1969: kerry ordered to Balboa, Canal Zone and return (3 days) by Schlech. (re: NDTA Balboa meeting and command visit to MSTS Canal Zone). Order dated 8/1/69…
(kerry Military Service Records, “Temp. Orders & Ranks”, p.156)

20. ---Sept. 18, 1969: kerry FITNESS REPORT:
Grade: LTjg.
Date of Rank: 6/16/68.
Ship or Station: Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.

Date Reported this Duty Station: 11 April 1969.
Period of Report: 27 Mar 69 to 31 Jul 69.
Duties: “Leave and transit: 27 Mar 19 – 10 Apr 69. Personal Aide (2).”
Employment of Command: “Providing ocean transportation for personnel & cargo of the Dept. of Defense & providing support ships for scientific projects.”
“Upon reporting, LTjg Kerry was indoctrinated in the mission of MSTSLANT. He has been my personal aide too short a period to permit a true evaluation of his performance of duty…..”

(signed by Walter F. Schlech, Jr. on 8/12/69)
(kerry Military Service Records, “Fitness Reports”, pp.25-26)
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21. ---Oct.?, 1969: Peggy Kerry went to work for the Vietnam Moratorium and its plans for a large peace rally. John, back from the war, was stationed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. “John was not yet fully involved in the peace effort, but he agreed to fly Adam Walinsky, who had been a key speechwriter for Bobby Kennedy, around the state in support of the Moratorium,” she recalls. <..> (She has a few pointed views about the (2004) campaign: ….“Bringing in the veterans, his combat buddies, also proved to be highly successful.”) SOURCE

22. ---Oct. 14-15, 1969: Kerry is a pilot, and on October 14 and 15 he flew Ted Kennedy's advisor Adam Walinsky by private plane throughout the State of NY so that Walinsky could give speeches against the Vietnam War… SOURCE

(B.Note: kerry, a Lt(jg) in the U.S. Naval Reserve and a Personal Aide to a Rear Admiral, flies a senator’s advisor around in a private plane. Did the Navy’s Rules/Regulations require that he advise of this activity and/or get permission of any kind? And if so, did he? If required, would this be a written or verbal authorization? Did he request leave (none shown in available records) or do this on Navy time? Was this activity in violation of any section of the UCMJ?)

…..Oct. 15, 1969: kerry attends the Moratorium March on WDC, reported by sister Peggy: SOURCE and SOURCE

(B.Note: Did he request leave (none shown in available records) or do this on Navy time?)
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23. ---Nov. 21, 1969: kerry requests release from active duty: LETTER:
From: Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kerry, USN.
To: Chief of Naval Personnel.
Via: Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.
Subj: Early Release from Active Duty; request for

---(1) I have recently been offered an opportunity to become a candidate for Congress from the Third Congressional Dist., Commonwealth of MA. To accomplish my election I must enter the primary being held in Sept. 1970 and actively campaign for the office commencing as soon as possible. My current regular period of obligated service would be completed in Dec. of this year. However, I voluntarily extended my active duty until August 1970 as I did not foresee then that I would be afforded an opportunity for public service as an elected official.

---(2) In view of the above, and also because various political figures have advised that I move quickly to establish my organization, I respectfully request that I be released from active service as soon as possible. It is my sincere belief that I can be of far greater service to my country by following the course that I have indicated.
JOHN F. KERRY
(kerry Military Service Records, “Release from Active Duty”, p.3)

(B.Note#1: kerry says that when he extended, he “did not foresee” this chance coming his way. Recall a couple years ago, in 2/10/68, when he wrote requesting a transfer to Vietnam that it was “in the best interests of the Navy.” Now, with an “elected office” a possibility, he can be of “far greater service” to his country by NOT being in the Navy (sort of)...)

(See also, Schlech’s report: Nov. 24, 1969 (Part 2, #24): “…both the country and the Navy will be better served if he gains the office he seeks. …”)

(See also, Schlech’s report: Mar. 11, 1970 (Part 2, #39): “This young man is detached at his own request to run for high public office to whit the Congress of the U.S.….”)

(B.Note#2: COMPARE his actual letter above & Schlech’s reports of 11/24/69 & 3/11/70 with this comment in his debate with John O’Neill on 6/30/71:

KERRY: “I was serving as an aide to an admiral in New York City, and I wrote a letter through him requesting that I be released from the Navy early because of my opposition, and I was granted that release, and I have been working against the war ever since then.”

(B.Note: If this is indeed true, it sounds like a conscientious objector action -- where is this particular CO letter from 1969??? If it is not true, why lie?)
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24. ---Nov. 24, 1969: Recommendation by Schlech for kerry’s release:
(S-3) Ser 239L1.
FIRST ENDORSEMENT on LTjg John F. Kerry, (redact), USN ltr request of 21 Nov 1969.
From: Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.
To: Chief of Naval Personnel.

Subj: Early Release from Active Duty; request for.

(1) Forwarded, strongly recommending approval.

(2) LT(jg) KERRY is my Aide and Flag Lieutenant …. It is my opinion that both the country and the Navy will be better served if he gains the office he seeks. I strongly urge that his request for early release be given every consideration.

(3)…. (Walter F. Schlech, Jr.)
(kerry Military Service Records, “Recommendation for Next”, p.1)
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25. ---Nov. 1969: In response to a public call from the Bertrand Russell foundation in New York, Jeremy Rifkin and Tod Ensign launch a new organization called Citizens Commissions of Inquiry (CCI) to publicize American war crimes in Indochina. (T)

26. ---Dec. 1, 1969: kerry appointed Lieutenant (junior grade):
(Form stamped: S-1). Ser 242L11.
From: Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.
To: Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kerry, USNR.

Subj: Superseding temporary appointment to lieutenant (jg); delivery of.

Ref: (a) BuPers Notice 1421 of 24 Oct 1969; (b) 10 USC 5784.
(B.Note: the form in Ref (a) “Bupers Notice 1421 of 24 Oct 1969” is not in the records.)

“(1) Pursuant to the provisions of references (a) and (b), you are hereby notified of your superseding temporary appointment to the grade of lieutenant (jg).

signed: Walter F. Schlech, Jr.”
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Temp. Orders & Ranks”, p.161)
(“Request for History of Service” – 5/24/86)

(B.Note: This is the “permanent” appt. of the rank Lt(jg) – he had been given a “temporary” appt. on 6/16/68 (Part 1, #41). This 1969 appt. is not included in the History of Service above)
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27. ---Dec. 5, 1969: Officers Order Memorandum (Re: release from active duty.)
Form: NAVPERS 1321/2 (Rev. 5/68) – now called “NAVRES”-?).
At: COMSTSLANT. Originating Pers: B1107b;1fp.
Message Order “Routine” (“1926” is written in).

Date out by: 8 Dec 69. Control No. 036419. Detach on or about: “in Jan. 70”.

“Nearest SEP Center. RAD prior 31 Jan. 1970. SEP Code 638-Strength Adjustments. Finish File Pers-B1605d.”

Signed by Lt. J.D. White, USN.
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Office Order Memos”, p.1)
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28. ---Dec. 8, 1969: Naval Message (Re: release from active duty). (Form stamped “C-2”)
Form: NAVPERS 2110/5 (Rev. 1-69).
PERS-B1107b-c_-2. 41879. msg. 082233Z.
From: CHNAVPERS. To: COMSTSLANT. NO1926.

BUPERS ORDER NR 036419. LTjg John F. Kerry (redact) DIRDET in Jan in time permit compl sepros prior 31 Jan. Enter in Item 11(c) DD Form 214N this msg: “638 strength adjustments.” …. SUBNAVPERS 2850. TPA. REPNAVRESTRACEN.
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Naval Message”, p.1)
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29. ---Dec. 30, 1969: ORDER: Release from Active Duty.
(Form stamped: C-2) Ser. 256L11.
From: Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.
To: LTjg John F. Kerry, USNR (redact). Subj: Release from Active Duty.

Ref: (a) BUPERS msg 082233Z Dec 69.

12/8/69

Part 2, #28

(2) BUPERS order number 036419.

(3) When directed, detached in January in time to permit completion of separation processing prior to 31 January.

(4) In accordance with BUPERS Manual Article C10201, immediately report to Commanding Officer for temporary duty in connection with separation processing. ….

(5) Enter in item 11C, DD Form 214N:..

12/8/69

Part 2, #28

(6) Accounting Data…..

(7) Within 3 days prior to detachment complete applicable items on travel information card (NAVPERS 2850) & submit to OIC, …..

(8) Travel via privately owned vehicle authorized.

(9) Upon release you are urged to contact nearest Naval Reserve Training Center for information relative to Naval Reserve Training Programs. Participants in Naval Reserve Training Programs may earn retirement points, & drill pay if billet available.

Signed: T. Vanstrydonck, by direction.
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Release From Active Duty”, p.4)

(B. Note: at #9: He is “urged” to contact NR Training Center – not ordered.)
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30. ---Jan. 1, 1970: kerry is temporarily appointed as a Lieutenant in the Reserves
eff. 1/1/70 by Order dated Nov. 27, 1970.
(kerry Military Service Records, “Temp. Orders & Ranks”, p.157)

(B.Note: I do not see an entry making this a “permanent” appointment…?)
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31. ---Jan. 2, 1970: FIRST ENDORSEMENT on COMSTSLANT Orders Ser 256L11 of 30 Dec. 1969.
(From stamped “C-2”)
From: Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.
To: LTjg John Forbes Kerry, USNR (redact).

Subj: Release from Active Duty.

(1) Examined & found physically qualified for separation in accordance with article C-10409, BUPERS Manual. 11 December 1969. Signed: E.M. Salisbury, CDR (MC).

(2) …(leave record-credit of 31 days)…

(3) Detached 1600, 2 January 1970. You are granted (1) one day travel time….. returning to your home of record…, upon the expiration of which at 2400 on 3 January 1970 you will regard yourself released from all active duty and transferred to inactive duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve. ….

(4) (residence/Groton, MA -- mileage info)…

(5) You have stated...mailing address.. “Indian Hill Road, Groton, MA 01450.” Inform the command having custody of your service record as set forth below of any change of “mailing address”. Upon release to inactive duty your records will be forwarded to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland. ...
(B. Note: this is the same address on the DD 215 issued Mar. 12, 2001. Is this where he lives? or has he not notified the command of his address change(s)... )

(6) You are advised that your release from active duty does not terminate your status as a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve. On the day following the effective date of your release from active duty as specified in paragraph 3 of this endorsement, you will assume the status of a member of the Naval Reserve on inactive duty. While on inactive duty you are subject to involuntary recall to active duty to the extent authorized by federal statute. Inform the command having custody of your service record, in accordance with paragraph 5 above, of any change in health which might prevent active service in time of war. You shall promptly answer all official correspondence addressed to you as such and shall promptly comply with instructions contained therein.

(7) In the event that you plan travel or residence in foreign countries for a period in excess of 30 days, notice of intent will be submitted to the command having custody of your service record. Such notice should include destination, expected duration of travel or residency, and forwarding address.

signed: T. Vanstrydonck, by direction.

SECOND ENDORSEMENT: L11. From LTjg Kerry to Commander, MSTS
Re: travel by privately owned vehicle.
signed by John Forbes Kerry.
Copy to: Service Record, BUPERS, Disbursing Officer (2) and Medical Officer.
Finish File Pers-N3123.
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Release From Active Duty”, pp.1-2)

(B.Note: Too bad at #7 that they allowed him 30 days in a foreign country without having to report about it…)
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32. ---Jan. 3, 1970: Form DD 214N –Report of Transfer or Discharge. (Form stamped “S-3”)
John Forbes Kerry, Navy-USNR, LTjg (O-2).

11a. Type of Transfer or Discharge: “Released from active duty and transferred to Naval Reserve”
11b. Station: COMSTSLANT, Brooklyn, NY.
11c. Reason & Authority: BUPERS Order No. 036419 of 8 Dec 69; 638-Strength & Adjustments.
11d. Effective Date: Jan. 3, 1970.
13a. Character of Service: Honorable
13b. Type of Certificate issued: See Item #30
16. Terminal Date of Reserve Obligation: Feb. 17, 1972.
17. Commissioned 12/16/66.
24. Decorations/Medals: National Defense Service, Vietnam Service*, Vietnam Campaign, Bronze Star with Combat "V", Combat Action Ribbon, Silver Star with Combat “V”, Purple Heart (3 Awards). (SEE ATTACHED SHEET**).
30. Remarks: “13b – No Discharge Certificate Issued at time of Separation”
32. Signed: T. Vanstrydonck, LTjg, DIRMILPERSDIV.

Finish File Pers-N3123.
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Form DD214”, p.2)

(*B.Note: The “Vietnam Service” medal here does not mention the stars: On 3/27/69 he was awarded the VSM with 2 stars. See Part 11, #1 for 3/12/01 “Correction to DD214” where the VSM with 4 stars is “added”….)

(**B.Note: Re: #24--there is no attached sheet.)
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33. ---Feb. 1970: CCI co-sponsors its first "commissions of inquiry" in Toronto & Annapolis MD, and begins providing accounts of war crimes to the press. During the next few months, the CCI holds events in Springfield MA, Richmond, NYC, Buffalo, Boston, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, & Portland Oregon. (T)

34. ---Feb. 1970: Relationship between CIA & FBI: In Feb. 1970, following a seemingly insignificant incident in Denver, all formal liaison between the two agencies was completely severed by the FBI. Formal liaison at the policy level was not restored until Nov. 1972 – though a working relationship at lower levels was always maintained.
(Rockefeller Commission Rpt, 1975: Ch. 17, p.233 (2 of 9))

35. ---Feb. 13, 1970: kerry (“decorated veteran, honorably discharged”) gives interview: “A young John Kerry strolled into the offices of The Harvard Crimson on 2/13/70 as an obscure underdog in the Dem. Congressional primary... “I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations,”… ARTICLE (Crimson, 2/11/04)

......Kerry runs for office, Third Congressional District: Kerry, who favors immediate withdrawal,…has the most explicit stand against the Vietnam War… Now 26, “he was honorably discharged from the Navy last month” Kerry makes obvious his recent return to civilian life and the 3rd Congressional Dist. When he came into the Crimson building last Friday, I introduced myself, saying I was from Waban. "Waban, where's that?" he asked. "It's in the District." "W-O-B-O-N? Wobon? That's not in my District," he said. … "Logistic support is now what Nixon is talking about leaving there and I don't want to see that. I don't think we should leave support troops there & I don't think we should give Vietnam any more than the foreign aid given any other one country." He does not feel there would be a massive slaughter of American sympathizers once the U.S. pulled out. (Crimson, 2/18/70)

(B.Note: The article notes he was “discharged from the Navy” – that he just “returned to civilian life” -- Did he forget to mention his status or is this the reporter’s mistake? He speaks against the President regarding the war & basically says he knows better.... fast forward, 2005..)
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36. ---Mar. 1970: FBI Role in the Newton-Cleaver Rift: The FBI initiated a concerted program to drive a permanent wedge between the followers of Eldridge Cleaver, who was then out of the country & the supporters of Huey P. Newton, who was then serving a prison sentence in CA. An anonymous letter was sent to Cleaver in Algeria stating the BPP leaders in CA were seeking to undercut his influence. The Bureau subsequently learned that Cleaver had assumed the letter was from the then Panther rep. in Scandinavia, Connie Matthews, & that the letter had led Cleaver to expel three BPP int’l. reps. from the Party. (Church Committee Rpt, 1975/76; pp.200-201)

37. ---May 4, 1970: Four students killed & other wounded at Kent State Univ. in clash with National Guardsmen.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p. 290)

38. ---Mar. 6, 1970: Greenwich Village townhouse demolished by explosions—thought to be bomb factory for Weatherman faction of SDS. (Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p. 290)

39. ---Mar. 11, 1970: Report on the Fitness of Officers. (Front of Form)
John Forbes Kerry, LTjg. Ship or Station: Military Sea Transportation Service, Atlantic.

(8) Occasion for Report: Detachment of Officer
(9) Type of Report: Regular.
(10) Period of Report: Aug. 1, 1969 to Jan. 2, 1970.
(11) Duties: Personal Aide (5)

signed by: Walter F. Schlech, Jr., RADM, (redact) COMSTSLANT.

(Back of form) Comments: “LTJG KERRY is one of the finest young officers…. This young man is detached at his own request to run for high public office to whit the Congress of the U.S. The detachment of this officer will be a definite loss to the service. He is the dedicated type that we should retain and it is hoped that he will be of further perhaps earlier greater service to his country, which is his aim in life at this time.
signed by: Walter F. Schlech, Jr., dated March 2, 1970.
(kerry Military Service Records, “Fitness Reports”, pp.27-28)

(B.Note: Again, comments about the “great service” kerry will be providing his country – this is two months before a Cavett appearance where he begins his “great service” speaking in opposition to the U.S. foreign policy….) (also this supportive report seems a bit moot, as he was already detached in January….)
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40. ---Mar. 12, 1970: White House interest in the financing of New Left protest activities intensified FBI intelligence investigations in early 1970. In response to a specific request, the FBI furnished the White House “material concerning income sources of revolutionary groups” in Feb. 1970. Memorandum from FBI Headquarters to all SAC’s: instructed field offices “to develop info. indicative of support of the New Left Movement by tax-exempt charitable foundations or financial ‘angels’ … as well as support by politically oriented groups such as the “Vietnam Moratorium Committee to End the War in Vietnam.” The field was advised that such support might include “furnishing bail money to arrested demonstrators,…” FBI officials realized, however, that “direct intensive financial investigation of large foundations, prominent wealthy individuals,…or politically oriented groups such as the Vietnam Moratorium Committee” might result in “embarrassment to the bureau.”
(Church Committee Reports, 1975/76: Sec. V(I) “Investigations of ‘foreign influence’ on domestic unrest,” pp.522-523)

41. ---May 7, 1970: Kerry appears on The Dick Cavett Show for the first time, speaking in opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. (T)

42. ---May 9, 1970: A crowd of 100,000 in Washington, DC protest U.S. actions in Cambodia.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.290)
POSTER (Library of Congress) - “New Mobilization Committee to end the War in Vietnam”

43. --May 23, 1970: Kerry marries Julia Stimson Thorne in NY. (T)
(David Thorne's twin sister, Julia) They had two daughters, born in 1973 and 1976. … They separated in 1982, after Kerry decided to run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. .. the divorce became final in 1988.
SOURCE

44. --Late May, 1970: KERRY TRAVELS TO PARIS & MEETS WITH THE ENEMY. SOURCE

......But Kerry had tried to distinguish between his own trips to meet with the Vietnamese in Paris, which he considered necessary to fight through the lies of his own government, and actual negotiations with the enemy, which Kerry knew were illegal. SOURCE

......“Did Navy Lt. Kerry violate the UCMJ?” The American Thinker, 8/23/04: “..in Kerry's case, the UCMJ would have been very appropriate to use considering he did his communicating with the enemy as a ready reservist, fully commissioned naval officer…. The reason he probably wasn't charged is insufficient hard evidence but more likely the reason was political. It would have been politically disastrous for the Nixon administration.” SOURCE

(see “Just Before 8/25/71" (Part 6, #21) for Kerry's 2nd Paris trip)
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** PART 3 **

1. ---June, 1970: KERRY JOINS THE VVAW (an org. which incls. the Communist Party, USA).. The VVAW..Exec. Sec’y., Al Hubbard (former Black Panther),.. appoints Kerry to the VVAW's Exec. Committee.. The VVAW, CCI and PCPJ all have headquarters at 156 Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Hubbard is also on the coordinating committee of the PCPJ.) (T)

2. ---June, 1970: “Investigations of ‘foreign influence’ on domestic unrest”: ….The only significant foreign connections were that “many activists in the anti-war movement had traveled to foreign countries, had attended communist conferences in various countries abroad & appeared to be getting some degree of propaganda, if not indirectly some guidance which they applied in the conduct of the anti-war demonstrations here.” … Mr. Brennan*: “..And at the time, the general feeling of the anti-war movement here was that the next step should be protest demonstrations around the U.S. It is my recollection that info. at the Communist Conf. abroad led to the conclusion that there should be instead a concentrated demonstration in Washington, DC. And following the return of these individuals to this country, I think they served to project that view & indeed we did have a concentrated demonstration in Washington, DC.”
(*C.D. Brennan depo, 9/23/75,p.4)
(Church Committee Reports, 1975/76: Sec. V(I), p.523)

3. ---June 5, 1970: Pres. Nixon held a meeting in the White House with the leaders of the intelligence community. The purpose of the meeting was to establish a special committee which would review methods for improving the quality of intelligence particularly on the New Left and its foreign connections. Specifically this Interagency Committee on Intelligence (Ad Hoc) was charged with the preparation of a report for the Pres. on existing intelligence gaps, how to close them, & how to enhance coordination among the intelligence agencies. …. The enterprise was unique. It pooled the resources of the foreign-oriented CIA, DIA, and NSA with those of the domestic-oriented FBI. ….
(Church Committee Reports, 1975/76: I.(B). A Precis, p.925)

4. ---July-Aug, 1970: Eldridge Cleaver led a U.S. delegation to North Korea & North Vietnam. Ramparts editor Robert Scheer, who had been a member of the delegation, held a press conf. in NY &, according to the Bureau, glossed over the Panther’s role in sponsoring the tour. The NY Office (FBI) was authorized to send an anonymous letter to Newton complaining about Sheer’s oversight to strain relations between the BPP and the “New Left.” On 11/13/70, the LA field office was asked to prepare an anonymous letter to Cleaver criticizing Newton for not aggressively obtaining BPP press coverage of the BPP’s sponsorship of the trip. (Church Committee Rpt, 1975/76: B.2., FBI role in Newton-Cleaver Rift, p.202)

5. ---Aug. 7, 1970: Calif. Judge Harold Haley & his three kidnappers killed in escape attempt at San Rafael Courthouse. Warrant later issued for arrest of Angela Davis. (Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.290)

6. ---Aug. 1970: Al Hubbard asks Tod Ensign and Jeremy Rifkin of the CCI to join with the VVAW, the Rev. Dick Fernandez of Clergy and Laymen Concerned about Vietnam (CALCAV), Jane Fonda, Mark Lane & others to organize national hearings on war crimes. … By the end of the month the Winter Soldier Investigation has been planned as a simultaneous event featuring "Vietnamese victims" in Windsor, Canada, and Vietnam veterans in Detroit, connected by closed-circuit television. (T)

7. ---Mid-Aug 1970: VVAW confronted the national convention of American Legionnaires in Portland, Oregon. Preface/New Soldier/WS

8. ---8/25/70: kerry’s name noted in FBI report re: “Op RAW” flyer. (FBI Files, Sec. 01, p.168)/WS

9. ---Sept. 4-7, 1970: kerry & VVAW, Fonda & others stage “Op RAW,” Valley Forge, PA.
Kerry gives a speech to the crowd.
FLYER/WS (announcing the event)
About OP RAW
…..Sept. 1970: VVAW FLYER /US Infantry (US soldiers commit atrocities): FLYER/WS

(B.Note: kerry left Vietnam in Mar 69; then in Apr, he tries to recruit Peck to the VVAW; in Oct he attends the Moratorium March; in May ’70, he had already been on Cavett speaking against US foreign policy & then went to Paris to meet the enemy – gen.info. says he joins the VVAW in June --& he’s appointed to the Exec. Committee right away --- and here he is just 3 mos. later on stage with Abzug & Fonda, giving a speech… it is only at this point that his name appears in the VVAW FBI reports .. but he’s already woven quite a web and he was obviously a busy little spider well before we think he joined the VVAW in June, 1970…)
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10. ---Sept. 8, 1970: FBI Report (S1,pp.147-149) -The attached article, datelined, Valley Forge, PA, appeared in the 9/8/70 issue of the Daily Record, a daily paper published in Morristown, NJ: “We are not pacifists. We are not irrevocably committed to non-violence. We will do what must be done to end the war.” This warning by the lawyer for VVAW marked the end of a 90-mile march for peace... The warning of possible violence to come was a remark typical of the feelings of about 100 former soldiers who participated in the march. ..stunned yesterday by a woman who asked the marchers, “Why don’t you go back to Russia, you creeps?”...Most of the vets..have dedicated themselves to peaceful means.. but they say they apparently will follow the course they feel they have to follow to bring peace...A small group of vets on a hill 100 yards away were there for a different purpose. About 10 members of the VFW carried flags and posters saying, “Why lose when you can win?” (Part 3/Kerry Camp -09/08/70)

11. ---Sept. 11, 1970: kerry on VVAW Exec. Committee. Attended by president Jan Crumb, executive secretary Al Hubbard, treasurer Jason Gettinger, NE rep. John Kerry, and three others. The organization leadership decides to picket against the National Guard Association in NY, send Hubbard on a "speaking tour" with Jane Fonda, consider an "appropriate induction center action for purpose of making clear transition from citizen to war criminal," and "sponsor turn in of war crimes testimony to UN" after the Winter Soldier event. (T) Exec Committee Minutes/WS

12. ---Sept. 17, 1970: VVAW protests the Nat’l Guard's nat’l convention. (T)

13. ---Sept. 28, 1970: kerry/VVAW planning WSI. LEAFLET obtained in VVAW office: “Call to WSI.” “..war crimes stem from conscious military policies -- not isolated misconduct of GIs....” Office address, WSI: 156 5th Av, NYC. Steering Committee: Don Duncan (former Green Beret), Jane Fonda (actress), Tod Ensign*, Mark Lane (attorney), Al Hubbard (Exec. Secy, VVAW), Jeremy Rifkin*, Dick Fernandez.....
(*Ensign/Rifkin are Nat’l. Coords for the CCI -- see Nov. 1970 (Part 3, #19))
Partial transcription of this Leaflet at: Part 3/Kerry Camp (09/28/70) (FBI files, Sub. A, Sec. 01, pp.173-175)/WS

14. ---Oct. 16, 1970: kerry signs the annual Navy form: "Annual Qualifications Questionnaire Inactive Duty Reserve Officer". States his activities for 1970 as: Self-employer writer; Was Congressional Candidate Congress – 3rd C.D., Mass.
NOTES
(kerry Military Service Records: “Qualifying Questionnaire”)

15. ---Oct, 1970: Kerry/VVAW funding: Jane Fonda, Al Hubbard and Jan Crumb raise money for the VVAW and create new chapters through a nationwide lecture tour. (T)

16. ---Oct. 22, 1970: FBI Memo dated 8/30/71—To Director, FBI (100-448092); From (redact), Norfolk (100-6915) (P); Subj: VVAW IS: New Left (00:NY). The VVAW has come to the attention of the Norfolk Office in the past & LHMs have been submitted on 3/3/71 & 7/26/71. The LHM dated 3/3/71 reported that 5 individuals identifying themselves as being connected with the Norfolk Chapt. of the VVAW staged a demonstration in front of the Gate 2 of the Norfolk Naval Station…UACB Norfolk will continue to discreetly follow activities of the Norfolk Chapt. of the VVAW. (FBI Files, S5, pp.184-185)/WS

17. ---Nov. 16, 1970: …Actress Jane Fonda's handyman last week was Lawyer-Author Mark Lane (Rush to Judgment), who flew from New York to Cleveland to spring Jane from jail. Charged with importing some 2,000 tranquilizers and pep pills from Canada and roughing up a cop and a customs agent to boot, Jane, 32, said of her overnight stay in stir: "When you think that the best people in this country are now in jail, I didn't mind it at all." (Time Mag./subscript)

18. ---Nov. 22, 1970: During a fund-raising tour for GI deserters, VVAW & the Black Panthers, Jane Fonda is quoted in the Detroit Free Press as telling a Univ. of Michigan audience, "I would think that if you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees that we would someday become communist," and "The peace proposal of the Viet Cong is the only honorable, just, possible way to achieve peace in Vietnam." (T)

19. ---Nov. 1970: After a falling-out between Mark Lane & the CCI leadership, the CCI splits from the VVAW and drops out of the Winter Soldier event. The CCI* turns to planning a National Veterans Inquiry in Washington, D.C. in early December. Fonda and Lane continue working with the VVAW on Winter Soldier. (T)
*CCI’s intent: show American policies lead to war crimes. About CCI, Ensign’s commentary at the Sixties Project

20. ---Nov. 27, 1970: kerry appointed Lieutenant -- eff. back to 1/1/70:
Dept. of the Navy, Washington, DC. (Form stamped “S-1”)
In reply refer to Chief of Naval Personnel, Pers-B83-mfn(?) (redact).
From: Secretary of the Navy. To: LT John F. Kerry, USNR.
Via: Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Manpower Center, Bainbridge, MD 21905.

Subj: Temporary Appointment.

Ref: (a) Title 10, U.S. Code, Sections 5910 and 5891 (these refs are hard to read/not clear)

(1) Pursuant to the provisions of ref (a) the President of the U.S. temporarily appoints you a Lieutenant in the Reserve of the U.S. Navy to rank from 1 January 1970 effective 1 January 1970.
For the President: John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy.
(Form: NAVPERS 1421/5 (8/69)) (formerly NAVPERS 285).
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Temp Orders & Ranks,” p.157)

(B.Note: I think this is the “reverse” referred to on same Form # dated 12/17/70,(Part 3, #23) which is notice to kerry & endorsements re this appointment). kerry had met with the enemy, was undermining the foreign policy efforts of the U.S., and here he was accepting an appointment from the President ..being rewarded, for what?...)
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21. ---Dec. 1-3, 1970: CCI’s: “National Veterans Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam,” Transcript, 117 Congressional Record 4238-4271 (U.S. Congress 92-1, 3/1/71).
Some witnesses: Michael Paul McCusker; Steve Noetzel*; Tod Ensign; Larry Rottmann*…; (omits commentary at the hearing by Noam Chomsky, Jeremy Rifkin…)
Some Reps: Ron Dellums; Charles Rangel; Bella Abzug; John Conyers, Jr…..

…..DELLUMS: “Mr. Speaker, the Defense Department blatantly ignores its responsibility to deal with war crimes. … the material I shall now insert into the RECORD is for the most part some of the most gruesome & beastly testimony that I have ever read. … The transcript which follows is that of the National Veterans Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes in Vietnam held last December here in Washington. The inquiry was undertaken by the Citizens Commission of Inquiry (CCI) in order that the American public & Government realize the terrible realities of war atrocities as an integral component of our illegal, insane, and immoral adventurism in Southeast Asia….”

*(B. Note: in 2004, NOETZEL was the West Coast organizer of “Vets For Kerry”)
*(B. Note: in 2004, ROTTMANN supported Kerry)
(See: Noetzel & Rottmann, Part 2/Kerry Camp)

“Citizen Soldier” (NYC) –Tod Ensign, Director: is the present-day successor to the Citizens’ Commission of Inquiry on U.S. War Crimes. Citizen Soldier website/2005

CCI Commission Transcript/Congressional Record
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22. ---Dec. 1970: …the Dept. of Defense agreed to participate in an interagency committee on domestic intelligence. Designed the Intelligence Evaluation Committee (IEC), the group operated under the aegis of the Justice Dept. Its objectives were to prepare analyses and reports on domestic unrest. The DOD furnished one rep. to the Committee which lasted from Jan. 1971 until June 1973. It also furnished a Navy ensign who was assigned to the IEC working staff.

The Committee has noted in the course of its investigation that there are differing interpretations of what constitutes a “threat” among the military services.
For example, the Navy considered the fact that its personnel were members of a “dissident” civilian group sufficient grounds to treat the group as a “threat,” & thereby justify retaining info. about the group.
The Army & Air Force, however, did not consider the membership of their personnel in such a group sufficient grounds to collect info. on the group.

(Church Committee (1975-76): VI (A3), p.827)
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23. ---Dec. 17, 1970: Notification to kerry of appt. as Lieutenant
(eff. back to 1/1/70). 203/cl. 044 38 3515.
From: Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Manpower Center, Bainbridge, MD 21905.
To: LT John F. Kerry, USNR.

Subj: Temporary appointment as evidenced in paragraph 1 on the reverse.*
(*B.Note: See Nov. 27, 1970 entry (Part 3, #20), which I think is the reverse of this form)

1. Delivered herewith.

2. (a) Officers on active duty…
(b) Officers on inactive duty: Return remaining copies of endorsement <..>.

Signed: E. R. Hannon, II, By direction.

ENDORSEMENT-1: kerry accepts the appt.
(signed by kerry, 1/5/71)

ENDORSEMENT-2: 203/DK/bo.
From Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Manpower Center.
To: Secretary of the Navy (Chief of Naval Personnel, Pers-E 221)-?.

1. Forwarded.

Signed: E. R. Hannon, II, By direction.
(Form: NAVPERS 1421/5 (8/69)) (formerly NAVPERS 285).
(kerry’s Military Service Records, “Temp Orders & Ranks”), p.169)
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24. ---GENERAL INFO ABOUT NAVY SERVICE RECORDS. SOURCE
(a bit of it transcribed here:)

OFFICER Field Service Records (“FSR”)
The U.S Navy Officer (Field) Service Record (FSR) (NAVPERS 1070/66) (Rev 5/81), is maintained for each officer of Navy or Naval Reserve…. (B. Note: “Gen. Filing Info.” follows & contains links to the docs that appear on the left and right sides of an Officer Service Record)… The review or release of info. these records is limited strictly to personnel who require access to the records in the performance of their official duties.
ADVERSE MATERIAL: Adverse information can’t be filed in the officer’s FSR without the officer having an opportunity to review that material & submit a statement concerning it. The officer can decline the opportunity to make a statement, but that declination must be signed & dated by the officer & entered into the service record. If no statement or declination has been submitted after 15 working days after notification, the adverse material will be filed directly into the record with a notation to that effect.
OPNAV 5211/9 – Record of Disclosure, Privacy Act of 1974 (Rev 8-81): Signature of person reviewing/implementing information into service record and date of entry.
OFFICER Permanent Personnel Record:
(...info on where records are maintained…)
Record Corrections/Changes: Any matter that is rightfully placed in the officer’s permanent personnel record may not be removed except by authorization of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). Once submitted to CHNAVPERS an official document becomes the property of the Navy Dept. & is not subject to change. A document may be amended or supplemented by correspondence forwarded via official channels. No changes or modifications may be made except by the direction of the SECNAV. (This regulation does not prevent officers subordinate to the SECNAV from correcting administrative or clerical errors).
Record Review/Access: Access to the record is normally limited to the officer concerned, an agent or representative authorized in writing by the officer, the CHNAVPERS, personnel who are required to review military service records in the performance of their official duties, duly convened boards of the Dept. of the Navy, courts-martial, and as directed by a court order signed by a judge. Official actions do not include review of records of officers nominated for assignments in the detailing process unless specifically approved by CHNAVPERS or the Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Distribution (Pers-4).

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25. ---Dec. 27, 1970: In “Mark Lane: Smearing America’s Soldiers in Vietnam,” reporter and Vietnam vet Neil Sheehan savages Mark Lane's “Conversations With Americans” in the NYT Book Review as "irresponsible" & details several fabricated claims of American atrocities. Publisher Simon & Schuster quickly cancels future printings of Lane's book. (T)

26. ---Dec. 29, 1970: Playboy subscribers start receiving the Feb. 1971 issue of the magazine, which contains a full page ad provided for free to the VVAW by publisher Hugh Hefner. The ad brings in thousands of new members during the next several weeks. (T) Playboy Ad/WS

27. ---Jan. 1971: Jane Fonda raises funds for the Winter Soldier Investigation through a series of benefit concerts. Participants include Fonda, Dick Gregory, Donald Sutherland, Graham Nash, David Crosby and Phil Ochs. Fonda is named Honorary National Coordinator of the event. (T)

28. ---Early 1971: “PEOPLE’S PEACE TREATY”:

Joint Treaty of Peace Between the People of The United States of America, South Vietnam & North Vietnam (included all of Madam Binh's points). Hubbard, on behalf of the VVAW, also signed the People’s Peace Treaty, a PCPJ document that reiterated the positions of North Vietnam and the Vietcong. (Article/WS)
(Peace Treaty)/WS
People’s Peace Treaty – TITLE PAGE (note the VVAW address)
(Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)
Note to “HA” from “RB”: “Here is the info. on a Times ad re the People’s Peace Treaty – encl. a list of those signing… List (as of yesterday) of those signing the People’s Peace Treaty.” NOTE (Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)
Some of the signors: Bella Abzug; Revs. Philip & Daniel Berrigan; Hon. Julian Bond; Timothy Butts (VVAW); Dan Ellsburg (Center for Int’l Studies); Noam Chomsky (MIT); Dave Dellinger; Ron Dellums; Jane Fonda; Betty Friedan; Tom Hayden; Mark Lane; Eugene McCarthy; George Wald (Harvard);…etc. LIST (Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)
……FBI (3/29/71): “..source three advised that the CPPTC (California People’s Peace Treaty Committee) was formed in Santa Barbara, CA in early 1971 to support & implement the people-to-people treaty which was negotiated by students who traveled to Hanoi, No. Vietnam, in late 1970 for that purpose. The aims & purposes of the CPPTC are the same as those of the People’s Coalition for Peace & Justice (PCPJ). The PCPJ is self-described as consisting of over 100 organizations & is headquartered in WDC. Its purpose is to expand the issue of protest from the war in Vietnam to a broader spectrum of civil rights, poverty, & repression. (On 5/26/71, source two advised that (redacted) & participated in activities & functions of the VVAW in Santa Barbara in support of the CPPTC.) (FBI File 10/28/71, S08, pp.104-105)/WS

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29. ---Jan. 12, 1971: Father Berrigan & five others charged with conspiracy to kidnap Dr. Kissinger & to blow up heating systems of Federal Buildings in Washington. (Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.290)

NYT article on the Berrigans – Dan & Phil (3/17/71) (Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)

…..From the Church Committee Reports (1975-76), K. The 1971 Inspection Reports, p.531: The role of the Inspection Division (FBI) was to encourage more aggressive measures. One example involved the East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives (ECCSL), the group assoc. with Father Philip Berrigan which allegedly had planned to kidnap gov’t. officials. Inspector E.S. Miller advised the Domestic Intelligence Div.: “The field should be appropriately instructed to keep the Bureau fully advised of all demonstrations, vigils, harassment tactics, etc., conducted by sympathetic groups & followers of ECCSL. Such vigils & demonstrations should be afforded sufficient appropriate coverage to develop identities & backgrounds of leading activists & sponsors of such sympathetic activities. Field offices should also be alerted to other retaliatory actions by sympathetic groups attempting to capitalize on the ‘persecution’ theory thereby exploiting the recent indictments as a sympathetic rallying pint for more conspiratorial activities.”
SOURCE, p.531
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30. ---Jan. 16, 1971: kerry/WSI planning: VVAW doc (letterhead , address 156 5th Avenue, NY) indicates list of things to bring with to the Winter Soldier Investigation. (FBI Report dated 1/25/71 (S2, p. 19)/WS

31. ---Late Jan., 1971: Newly elected Congressman Ronald Dellums permits the CCI to set up a display of "war crime materials" in his Washington office. (T)

32. ---Late Jan. 1971: Canadian authorities deny visas to the Vietnamese refugees who had been scheduled to describe American atrocities in Windsor, limiting the WSI to the single event in Detroit. (T)

33. ---Jan. 31, Feb. 1-2, 1971: Winter Soldier Investigations (“WSI”) – U.S. atrocities/war crimes. Members of the VVAW meet in a Detroit hotel to document war crimes that they had participated in or witnessed during their combat tours in Vietnam. ..more than 100 Vietnam vets & 16 civilians give..testimony..describing hundreds of atrocities against innocent civilians in So. Vietnam…witnesses state that these acts are being committed casually & routinely, under orders, as a matter of policy. (T)

FBI reports on WSI (Kate's research)
2 WSI film clips (WS)
Complete WSI Testimony (WS)
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34. ---Feb. 2, 1971: FBI: The VVAW issues a press release threatening civil unrest and violence if American forces attempt to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. (Here are some excerpts):

"We, as veterans of the war in Vietnam, give notice that if Laos is attacked, we will respond at once. We call for mass civil disobedience to take place all over this country. We call for industry to shut down. We call upon the students to close the schools. We call upon our brothers who are still in uniform to close the military bases throughout America and the world. We call on the anti-war movement to shut down the major cities of America.... If this be a threat, let us make the most of it... We have been trained to fight. If need be we will use the knowledge we have gained against those who are seeking to extend this war." (FBI Files, S. 02, p.66) (T)
PRESS RELEASE (WS)

35. ---Early Feb., 1971: VVAW leaders meet with Vietcong reps. in Windsor, Canada after the WSI. (T)

36. ---Feb. 16, 1971: Jane Fonda & Donald Sutherland form “FTA” (F*** The Army), an anti-war, anti-American road show that tours near Army bases in order to undermine troop morale. Skits & songs portray American defeats, soldiers refusing to fight, & the murder of officers by their troops. FTA cast members mingle with soldiers after the shows, encouraging them to desert or to sabotage the Army. (T) FLYER (WS)

37. ---Feb. 19, 1971: VVAW leaders meet in NY to plan the organization's next action. John Kerry proposes to "march on Washington and take this whole thing to Congress." The protest is designated "Dewey Canyon III," after two military operations into Laos intended to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (T)

38. ---Mar., 1971: FBI: VVAW Newsletter re: demonstrations in Washington, D.C. during Apr., 1971: “…Medals will formally be returned, in a body bag, to Congress.”
(FBI Rpt 4/12/71, S2, pp.218-219)/WS

39. ---Mar. 1, 1971: FBI: ..A source..provided a schedule.. “On 4/23/71, veterans will return their medals, perhaps symbolically, to Congress.” (FBI Report, S2, p.141)/WS

40. ---Mar. 14-18, 1971: Jane Fonda, Mark Lane, and VVAW rep. Michael Hunter fly to Europe for a five-day tour. In Paris, Fonda meets privately with Madame Binh of the PRG, then the three activists fly to London, where Fonda alleges American atrocities that include "applying electrodes to prisoners' genitals, mass rapes, slicing off of body parts, scalping, skinning alive, and leaving 'heat tablets' around which burned the insides of children who ate them.'" (T)

41. ---Mar. 16, 1971: Article in “The Tech”/MIT: “Teach-in examines bombing criminality” – (B.Note: no first page, only the con’t page): 3 speakers: Ellsberg, Chomsky, Branfram. “On the subject of war crimes, began Ellsberg, “I am something of an expert,” and he went on to pose the crucial question of “How do we forestall criminal violence on the part of our President?” …just how willing our gov’t. has been to cross the line the world has drawn between acceptable warfare & inhumanity. Neither Branfram nor Chomsky contributed anything so specific, but both agreed with Ellsberg. …. What possibilities exist for public resistance to our war policy? Chomsky predicted many opportunities this spring to demonstrate “a concerned, militant, committed opposition.” …Ellsberg called for…impeachment proceedings against Nixon…the Movement will have to stress moral issues. SOURCE

42. ---Mar. 16, 1971: The VVAW holds a news conference in the office of Congressman Michael Harrington (D-Mass.) on the third anniversary of the My Lai massacre to announce the forthcoming protest in Washington, DC. Ret. Marine commandant General David Shoup and John Kerry demand an immediate end to the war. Kerry, wearing his medals, describes American soldiers as being "given the chance to die for the biggest nothing in history." (T)

43. ---Mar. 17, 1971: FBI: Arkansas Gazette: “JOHN F. KERRY a ‘former Navy lieutenant’… said 5,000 veterans were expected to march on the Capitol, where many would return their combat decorations.” He said, “People are dying every day over there and this country doesn’t care.” Kerry said that about 28% of the vets who had returned from Vietnam were unemployed, while 60-80% of them had become drug addicts. (FBI Rpt 3/17/71, SubA, Sec01, p.124)/WS

44. ---Mar. 17, 1971: FBI: WaPo Times Herald: “..‘retired Navy Lt.’ John F. Kerry a member of the VVAW exec. committee said that on (unreadable) would address a joint session of Congress at which veterans would turn in medals as a symbolic rejection of their service in Indochina…” (FBI Rpt 3/17/71, SubA, Sec01, p. 120)/WS

45. ---Mar. 17, 1971: re Fonda travel to Hanoi - CIA files: “Jane Fonda issued a passport under the name of Jane Seymour Plemiannikov”. SOURCE/CIA Docs

46. ---Mar. 22, 1971: “A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT,” Interview with Howard K. Smith of ABC: ..

Q8

MR. SMITH

you should set a definite deadline

NIXON

it would torpedo any chances for a negotiated settlement

once we set the deadline, of completely continuing this operation out there on the enemy’s terms

They know exactly what we are going to do, and then they can proceed to make their plans on that assumption

these are high stakes

Q11

MR. SMITH

Congress has absolutely no control over foreign affairs

NIXON

Q13

MR SMITH

resolutions limiting your powers as Commander in Chief

NIXON

I played all those games, too, with very little success

(Nixon Library: “‘A Conversation With the President.’ Interview With Howard K. Smith of the America Broadcasting Company.”)
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47. ---March 23, 1971: FBI: “..the ‘Boston Herald Traveler,’ ..reported that the VVAW was seeking the names of 170,000 people in MA who had received the state bonus for service in Vietnam. Arthur Johnson, regional coord. for the New Eng. VVAW, said that the names were being sought so they could be contacted by his group. On 11/4/71, (redacted) advised that the VVAW New Eng. Regional Office shares space with MassPax, an org. seeking the end of the Vietnam war through peace candidates & peace legislation & with the Legal In-Service Project (LISP), an org. which counsels active-duty, military personnel. The 4/4/71, ed. of the ‘Boston Herald Traveler’ identified Arthur Johnson as a former Navy officer who had been discharged as a conscientious objector.”… (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, pp.199; 202-203)/WS

48. ---Mar. 23, 1971: FBI: “.. (redacted) advised that the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) in its Spring Action Calendar of 1971 listed under “Dates to Keep in Mind” the notation ‘4/19-23/71, VVAW action in Washington, D.C.’”…(cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, pp.199; 206)/WS

49. ---Mar. 25, 1971: NY Review of Books, “Peoples Peace Treaty,” by National Student Assoc. “To the Editors: Following are a preamble to and text of the People's Peace Treaty. We think they will be of interest to your readers:” …The People's Peace Treaty sets forth principles worked out by Americans & Vietnamese. We believe the principles are realistic, honorable, and acceptable. We ask you to consider them. … The terms of this treaty were worked out in December, 1970, in discussions among reps. of the U.S. National Student Association meeting with leaders of the National Student Unions in Saigon and Hanoi. This is not a petition. It is a Joint Treaty of peace. …The Peace Treaty will provide a focus for all our efforts to end the war. SOURCE

(B. Note: this "Peace Treaty" has 9 pts.... Nixon talks about the No.Vietnamese public 7-pt plan and their secret 9-pt plan ... in kerry's Senate testimony, he referred to an enemy 8-pt plan...and then the VVAW has a 9-pt plan, was anyone talking about the U.S. ?-pt. plan? All one hears about are the PLANS of the enemy and how peace can only be achieved according to THEIR terms...)
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50. ---Mar. 26, 1971: FBI: The Evening Star described John Kerry as: “'a Vietnam veteran’ who, in five months as a Navy Lieutenant, won the Silver Star, the Bronze Star & three Purple Hearts* all of which he intends to hand back to Congress on April 23. …Kerry was granted release from the Navy** to run for Congress in his home district in MA, but withdrew in favor of Father Robert Drinan.” (FBI Rpt 4/5/71, S02,p.175)/WS

*(B.Note: Ah, for the record: that's 4 mos. (collecting medals Dec '68-Mar'69) and that's "Lt(jg) Naval Reserves" -- NOT Lt. Navy....)

**(B.Note: He was granted discharge & transfer to inactive duty as an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve -- not "granted release from the Navy.")

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** PART 4 **

1. ---Mar. 27, 1971: FBI: VVAW in WDC has adopted a flag …having a yellow background with three red stripes. Superimposed is a blue snake and the slogan, “Don’t tread on me.” (FBI Rpt 4/5/71, S02,p.174)/WS

2. ---Mar. 28, 1971: FBI: “..the ‘Boston Herald Traveler’ reported Kerry, from Waltham, MA, was a VVAW Exec. Committee member who was thrice wounded in Vietnam & awarded the Silver and Bronze Stars.” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 204)/WS

3. ---Mar. 29, 1971: FBI: VVAW has filed a “Notice of Proposed Demonstration”. … In its notice, the VVAW listed ...Al Hubbard & John Kerry as the persons in charge of the demonstration, and they provided an address of 156 5th Avenue, NYC. … Schedule for 4/23/71: veterans will return their medals symbolically to the American people. The medals will be gathered into a “body bag” carried west on Pennsylvania to the White House, & returned to the President.” (FBI Rpt 4/5/71, S02, pp.175-176)/WS

4. ---Mar. 30, 1971: FBI: “The group (VVAW) also plans to demand that a joint session of Congress hear a spokesman from the group.” (FBI Report, S2, p.143)/WS
Complete, detailed schedule of activities. Friday, April 23 “turning-in of medals.” (FBI, S2, pp.152, 156-157)/WS

(B. Note: They were planning in March to have a “spokesman” –yet, at the 4/22/71 hearing, Kerry states: “I apologize if my statement is general because I received notification yesterday you would hear me and I am afraid because of the injunction I was up most of the night and haven't had a great deal of chance to prepare.”)
Note George Butler’s comment in “Going Upriver”:
(Q to Butler): “Kerry, …got little or no sleep the night before he went before the Senate committee. Did he actually write that statement himself?”

(Butler's Ans:): “Absolutely. He consulted with (onetime Robert F. Kennedy aide) Adam Walinsky, but Adam did not write the speech. IT WAS A SPEECH JOHN HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.”

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5. ---Mar. 31, 1971: FBI: Operation Dewey Canyon III FLYER. Operation Order. “Enemy Disposition”: American Governmental Policy of Genocide in Indochina” -- Objective: “Immediate Withdrawal from Indochina.” (FBI Files, S2, p.153)/WS

6. ---Apr. 1971: Per Crandell personal history: “Dewey Canyon III grew out of Sen. George McGovern's invitation to us at the end of the WSI to send a vet to testify before the Sen. Foreign Relations Committee. We selected John Kerry, …”
(Part 3/Kerry Camp)

7. ---Apr. 7, 1971: FBI: The Gainesville Chapt. of VVAW sponsored a WSI at the Univ of Fl.. headed by Scott Camil… testimony from Vietnam War Vets concerning alleged atrocities committed in Vietnam. Color slides & movies were shown depicting these alleged atrocities. (FBI Files, Sec 09, p.160)/WS

8. ---Early Apr., 1971: The VVAW is flat broke the week before the Dewey Canyon III event, with no way to transport protestors. In his book "Home to War," Gerald Nicosia* will report that "Kerry immediately got on the phone to some of the biggest Democratic Party fund-raisers in New York and set up a meeting. When it broke up, VVAW was $75,000 in the black, and busfare for at least a few hundred out-of-towners was assured." Writing in "Winter Soldiers," Richard Stacewicz will cite an FBI memorandum dated 4/13/71 as follows, "VVAW had received $50,000 from U.S. Senators McGovern and Hatfield, who... obtained the money from an unknown NY source." (T)
*Nicosia - LA Times article on kerry’s exploits (5/23/04)

9. ---Apr. 8, 1971: FBI: “a source..advised that according to John Kerry, a VVAW leader, the U.S. Congress is prepared to listen to VVAW proposals, & provided the VVAW demonstration, 4/18-23/71 remains nonviolent, the Congress may be influenced.” (FBI Files, S2, p.191)/WS

10. ---Apr. 12, 1971: FBI: “..VVAW Newsletter ’71 #1, dated 3/71.. “Project funds will be provided by the people who brought you the Moratoriums..” ..”Medals will formally be returned...” “Sens. McGovern & Kennedy & 20-some Congressmen have indicated agreement to meet with us to accept our demands.” (FBI Files, S2, pp218-219)/WS

11. ---Apr. 13, 1971: FBI: Source..advised VVAW..sponsored rally campus Univ. of Calif., at LA (UCLA)...Rally agenda announced was local “WSI,” similar to that conducted January last, Detroit, MI. … Speakers urged everyone sign People’s Peace Treaty (PPT), an 8-pt. treaty of peace between American & Vietnamese peoples, recently negotiated by group U.S. students who traveled to North Vietnam. … Donald Kalish, UCLA philosophy professor, who has publicly stated his political philosophy is to the left of Communist Party, distributed leaflets during rally urging students to sign PPT.. (FBI Files, S2, pp.315-318)
(full quote at: Part 3/Kerry Camp – 04/13/71)

12. ---Apr. 13, 1971: FBI re: Funding: “Source..advised that an announcement was made on (redacted) that the VVAW had received $50,000 from U.S. Sens. McGovern & Hatfield, who according to the source, obtained the money from an unknown NY source... A second..source..learned..a VVAW leader indicated he would contact (redacted-phonetic) (redacted) regarding the possibility of (redacted) to WDC, for the VVAW demonstration & (redacted) stated money was no object. The second source reported that (redacted) VVAW regional coord., contacted the VVAW chapter at (redacted) & indicated that all necessary money had been obtained from NY & advised the (redacted) chapter to ask NY for any needed funds... Source advised that (redacted) had discussed the need for VVAW publicity. Kerry stated the VVAW had spent $94,000 for an advertisement in the Sunday, 4/11/71 issue of the NYT & that further funds should be spent providing transportation rather than advertisement... Source learned...an unnamed individual from Senator (redacted)’s office will work with (redacted) VVAW members and leaders.” (FBI Files, S2, pp.199-204)/WS

13. ---Apr. 15, 1971: FBI: Leaflet distributed by VVAW in NYC: “Vietnam Veterans March on D.C.”… activities will include formal & informal meetings with congressmen... medals and awards will be returned in a formal ceremony to the Congress in KIA body bags. Leaflet states in part, “We are not amateurs. We are combat veterans, wounded & decorated, maimed in body & spirit. We will not be deterred or intimidated by police, gov’t. agents, U.S. Marshals or our brothers still in the military (we know who they will support, & any decision to pit them against us will only swell our numbers.)” (FBI Rpt 4/16/71, S02, pp.240-241)/WS

14. ---April 16, 1971. FBI Rpt 9/3/71: “source..furnished a leaflet concerning a panel discussion to be held at the SWP Book Store..Denver, CO, on 4/16/71, concerning ‘April 17 in Denver & April 24 in San Francisco & Washington, DC.’ The panel was to feature members from the VVAW, the Crusade for Justice (CFJ), the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC), and the United Women’s Contingent, a sub-group of the CPC (Colorado Peace Coalition). (The Crusade for Justice (CFJ) is a militant Mexican-American org. founded in 1968 with headquarters in Denver, CO. Its political arm is known as “La Raza Unida” – The United (Mexican-American) People. Its objective is development of the Mexican-American community in political education & social action.” (FBI Files, S5, pp.213; 226-227)/WS

15. ---Apr. 16, 1971: FBI: “..source advised that Brian R. Adams, Regional Organizer of VVAW in Colorado, on that date paid $2,366 to the Greyhound Bus Company, Denver, CO, to charter a bus to travel.. to WDS, 4/17/71, and return. $2,366 of the amount was in the form of money orders. ..source..advised on 4/21/71, that these money orders had been issued by Joseph T. Urgo, Public Relations Chairman of VVAW, 156-5th Ave., Room -735, NYC.” (FBI Files, S5, p.213;224)

16. ---Apr. 18, 1971: kerry (& Al Hubbard) on TV – “Meet the Press” (said he personally committed atrocities, a war criminal same as thousands of other soldiers - ordered as written policy of U.S.) (T)

VIDEO (WS)
(May 6, 2001--“Meet the Press”: KERRY: “I don’t stand by the genocide, I think those were the words of an angry young man. We did not try to do that …. I don’t believe there’s a purpose served in the word “war criminal. I really don’t.”)

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17. ---Apr., 1971: New York Times: "John Kerry of the VVAW--now a LT in the Naval Reserve spoke to crowd from a truck in front of the New York Stock Exchange.” Articles/FBI files

(B.Note: They actually refer to him, correctly, as a "LT in the Naval Reserve" -- Other articles here refer to kerry as: “former patrol boat Lieutenant John Forbes Kerry” --- “Coordinator of the VVAW, John Kerry” --- “Kerry, a former Navy “swift boat” skipper”)
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18. ---Apr. 18, 1971: FBI: “‘The Boston Globe’ described Kerry as a former Navy lieutenant and swift boat commander in South Vietnam and a national organizer of the VVAW. (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 204)/WS

19. ---April 20, 1971: Ties between PCPJ & VVAW: Letter from Al Hubbard, VVAW WDC office to VVAW--“This is an appeal for help for the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice. Over the past months the Peoples Coalition has supported the VVAW in many ways. The Coalition has made office space available at no charge, & permitted the use of all necessary office equipment… loaned us cars, bullhorns, … Their staff has taken messages for us and joined fraternally in building our progress…. Sat., April 24, the Coalition needs help collecting money and selling buttons at the great march and rally... The Coalition needs people power, hundreds of workers.” (The march & rally for which Hubbard was recruiting VVAW assistance was the PCPJ's massive April 24 demonstration in Washington, which immediately followed the VVAW's week-long Dewey Canyon III protest) LETTER (WS)
(Corsi/Swett article/WS)

20. ---April 22, 1971: kerry's testimony before Congress

Note George Butler’s comment in “Going Upriver”: "...He (kerry) consulted with (onetime Robert F. Kennedy aide) Adam Walinsky, but Adam did not write the speech. It was a speech John had been working on for about six months.” SOURCE
VIDEO (WS)
Testimony transcript (WS)
Kerry: “I would like to talk, representing all those veterans, and say that several months ago in Detroit, we had an investigation at which over 150 honorably discharged and many very highly decorated veterans testified to war crimes..”
Kerry: “I have been to Paris. I have talked with both delegations at the peace talks,..the Democratic Republic of Vietnam & the Provisional Revolutionary Government & of all eight of Madam Binh's points it has been stated time & time again, … if the U.S. were to set a date for withdrawal the prisoners of war would be returned.”
(NOTE: Madame Binh used her Paris meeting with John Kerry to instruct him on how he & the VVAW might best serve as Hanoi's surrogates in the U.S. In the spring and summer of 1971, a key strategy of Hanoi was to advance what was known as Madame Binh's Seven Point Peace Plan.) (Corsi/Swett article/WS)
Madame Binh's 7-Point Peace Plan (WS)
See also: July 22, 1971 (Part 6, #11). (kerry/VVAW press conf: asked Nixon to accept Madame Binh’s 7-pt. peace plan
John Kerry and the VVAW: Hanoi's American Puppets?, “The newly uncovered documents help clarify the relationship of the North Vietnamese, the Vietcong, the PCPJ, the Communist Party of the USA, and John Kerry's VVAW. They indicate that these organizations worked closely together, using the Paris Peace Talks as a central point of communication, to employ the strategy and tactics devised by the Vietnamese communists to achieve their primary objective: the defeat of the United States of America in Vietnam.” (Corsi/Swett article /WS)
UFC, p. 165: “Kerry's antiwar activities may well have been in direct violation of the obligations of the UCMJ, which prohibit him from making adverse charges against his chain of command or statements against his country, especially in time of war.”
The following was not made public until Nixon’s 1/25/72 speech (“Address to the Nation”):
NIXON: “For months, the No. Vietnamese have been berating us at the public sessions for not responding to their side’s publicly presented 7-pt. plan. The truth is that we did respond to the enemy’s plan, in the manner they wanted us to respond—secretly. In full possession of our complete response, the No. Vietnamese publicly denounced us for not having responded at all. They induced many Americans in the press & the Congress into echoing their propaganda—Americans who could not know they were being falsely used by the enemy to stir up divisiveness in this country.”

(See also, 8/4/69 entry (Part 2, #16) re: sending Kissinger on secret talks to Paris) (Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam” - Item #21)
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21. ---Apr. 22, 1971: 110 demonstrating veterans arrested at Supreme Court Building.
(Rockefeller Commission-1975, APP V, p.290)

22. ---Apr. 18-23, 1971: “OP DEWEY CANYON”: (Corsi/Swett article)/WS: “The Vietnamese communists were utilizing for their propaganda purposes the activities of the VVAW”: A communist Directive captured by US military forces in SVN on 5/12/72 references Dewey Canyon: “Strengthen the struggle movement ..step up the enemy proselyting activities & the anti-Vietnam war movement of the Americans.” “(PCPJ & NPAC) supported the struggle waged by the VN people from Mar to May ..staging demonstrations.. on 24 April, a big demonstration was waged in the capital….”

“All local areas should do the following: (1.a.) Step up the propaganda activities among the masses; disseminate news of friendly victories and enemy defeats. Make the people fully understand our power & the U.S. imperalists’ degradation & isolation…In cities motivate the people to spread rumors… (2) ..start rumors and exaggerate our victories gained throughout the battlefields in Indochina. ..Conduct political attacks on US (and ROK) forces by spreading propaganda on the struggle of the American people through loudspeakers.. leaflets, bulletins..slogans (‘do not execute combat orders’).

4/28/71 “Directive”--captured enemy doc. (Corsi/Swett article)/WS
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23. ---Apr. 18-23, 1971: kerry & VVAW stage “OP DEWEY CANYON”- WDC:

Supreme Ct. injunction ignored; kerry supposedly tosses his medals/ribbons. SOURCE
FBI report: The Mall encampment was the subject of an injunction granted by the US Supreme Court,…. despite the fact that the injunction was granted by the Chief Justice & confirmed by the full court, VVAW ignored it. No attempt to enforce it was made..injunction dissolved at Gov’t own request. (FBI Files, Sec. 32, p. 39)/WS
Medal toss notes (FBI files); and pictures of Kerry tossing his medals

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24. ---Apr. 18-23, 1971: Per 7/16/71 "Circular" distributed by the Vietnamese communists within Vietnam: “Op Dewey Canyon” –“An ((antiwar)) movement initiated by the NPAC in Apr 71 with the participation of the PCPJ consisted of demonstrations demanding a rapid withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam.” “Of the US antiwar movements, the 2 most important ones are: The PCPJ (People’s Committee for Peace and Justice) and the NPAC (National Peace Committee)… The PCPJ is the most important.” SOURCE (WS)

Corsi/Swett article (WS): “John Kerry and the VVAW: Hanoi's American Puppets?”
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25. ---Apr. 22, 1971: The NBC Nightly News reveals that Al Hubbard had not been an Air Force Captain, as he claimed, but a staff sergeant E-5. A later investigation of Hubbard's military records shows that he was never assigned to Vietnam. (T)

26. ---April 24, 1971: “The march and rally for which Hubbard was recruiting VVAW assistance was the PCPJ's massive April 24 demonstration in Washington, which immediately followed the VVAW's week-long Dewey Canyon III protest.” (Corsi/Swett -WS)

Hundreds of thousands of protestors march in WDC, led by members of the VVAW. Kerry addresses the crowd, accepting applause on behalf of "the 1,200 active-duty GIs who took part in the (Dewey Canyon III) demonstration." The Daily World is on the job, with glowing coverage of the day's events… (T)
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27. ---Apr. 25-28, 1971: Congressman Dellums sponsors ad hoc war crimes hearings organized by the CCI and attended at least in part by 20 members of Congress. (T)

28. ---Apr. 27, 1971: “Notes on Washington rally” (con’t from p.3), DAILY WORLD, (p.11): ‘The Soldier Can Think’: …Lt. John Kerry, who had such an impact on Washington last week, introduced to a thunderous ovation, accepted the applause for 1,200 active-duty GIs who took part in the demonstration. Kerry quoted Brecht: “Your tank has only one defect, it needs a driver.” And Kerry added, “Your plane has one defect; it needs a pilot… Your army has one defect – your soldier can think.” Kerry continued: “We have undertaken one last mission, to search out and destroy the last vestige of this barbaric war…so 30 years from now when our brothers go down the street without a leg, without an arm, or a face, & small boys ask why, we will be able to say ‘Vietnam’ and mean not a desert, not a filthy obscene memory, but mean instead the place where Americans finally turned around and where we helped turn it around. The week is over, but not the quest for peace. This country cares more about the legislation for where we sleep than where we die. (applause) If this country is going to be without Vietnams, it must be without Selmas, Watts, Kent States.” ….
......Veterans, with their plastic M-16 automatic rifles, made a tremendous impact. … SOURCE (WS)

29. ---Apr. 29, 1971: “THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE”:

Q1

Helen Thomas

antiwar demonstrations

withdrawal deadline

Madame Binh’s latest statements

NIXON

I stated the Indochina policy

the position that I took then is the correct one

Q11

the demonstrations

limiting the war powers

NIXON

limiting the President’s war powers, whoever is Pres. of the U.S., would be a very great mistake

to wait until the Senate acts

(Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of April 29, 1971”) Item #154
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30. ---After Apr. 1971: (after Dewey): kerry’s (& VVAW’s) book: "The New Soldier" -- EPILOGUE written by Kerry: “degrading & immoral war” – “We are asking America to turn from false glory, hollow victory, fabricated foreign threats, fear…, and mostly from the promises which have proven so deceiving these past ten years.” --“two Americas” – “sent to Vietnam to kill Communism. But ..we were killing women and children.” – “discussing crimes committed in war, …break through the callowness & end the neglect.”– “America has lost sight…of much that we knew of our greatness.” “in Vietnam..deception & duplicity of our policy.” Epilogue/WS

31. ---May 1, 1971: “THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE”:

Q2

Eugene Risher

NIXON

policy in this country is not made by protests

(Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of May 1, 1971”)
Item #156
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32. ---"1971 Hearings" (date unknown*):
TED KENNEDY SHOWS CONCERN about domestic military surveillance at 1971 hearings:
re: surveillance on private citizens by the military:

“… (a) Covert surveillance.--The directive provides that “there shall be no covert or otherwise deceptive surveillance or penetration of civilian organizations unless specifically authorized by the Sec’y of Defense or his designee.” In this case, the “designee” is the Chairman of the Defense Investigative Review Council (DIRC), the special board..established to monitor the implementation of the directive.”** …the directive provides no criteria to guide the judgment of those officials who must decide whether covert surveillance should be employed. Assistant Secy of Def. Robert F. Froehlke, in an exchange with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy during the 1971 hearings,*** conceded that the directive may be deficient in this respect:

KENNEDY: And you are not maintaining any information then on any individual at the present time who is involved in protests?
FROEHLKE: Only under the policy that we have now. It does allow it under certain circumstances, but in all cases a civilian official would first have to give his approval…
KENNEDY: And what criteria does he use?
FROEHLKE: Judgment, his judgment.
KENNEDY: Completely a subjective determination?
FROEHLKE: As of this moment, yes…
KENNEDY: Don’t you think criteria ought to be set?
FROEHLKE: Yes. Short of having criteria, you are going to be arbitrary.
KENNEDY: Are we going to assume now at the end of these hearings that the Dept. of Army is going to continue to involve itself (in collecting information on civilians)?
FROEHLKE: The Army is out of it…
KENNEDY: Of course, they are out of it unless your council (the DIRC) decides they are back in it.
FROEHLKE: Yes, sir…”

(Church Committee, 1975-76: VI (B), p.829, 832)
(*B. note: no date was given & I was unable to find the
referenced hearings- need Lexis search?…)
(**The DIRC was established by DOD Directive 5200.26.)
(***1971 Hearings, pp 435-436 (Sam J. Ervin Committee))

(B.Comment: What's the problem mr kennedy -- you got something to hide??)
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33. ---May 3, 1971: “Protest: A Week Against the War” (Time Mag.): The Washington march for peace has become a highly ritualized affair —something that an anthropologist might call a "cultic in-gathering," an annual coming together that is part circus, part festival, part political mass meeting. Last week its time came round again, and in balmy spring weather a crowd estimated by police at 200,000 —one of Washington's largest ever —streamed down Pennsylvania Avenue to assemble before the west front of the U.S. Capitol. On the same day, in San Francisco, 125,000 demonstrators formed a six-mile parade down Geary Boulevard into Golden Gate Park <…> Unlike 1969, Government buildings were not guarded by visible contingents of troops last week. <..> College students, though still the largest single group, seemed proportionately fewer. Teeny-boppers abounded in the crowd. Organized labor took part in greater numbers than before; burly Teamsters acted as marshals around the speakers' platform. <..>

…Washingtonians had long since become inured to peace demonstrations, but they had never seen anything quite like the week of antiwar guerrilla theater staged by Viet Nam veterans as a prelude to Saturday's march. The sponsors called it Operation Dewey Canyon III, "a limited incursion into the country of Congress,” <…> They carried squirt guns, cap pistols, toy rifles made by Mattel. The first objective was Arlington National Cemetery. After a brief memorial service outside the gates, a delegation of three gold star mothers & two veterans was formally denied entrance. One vet tried to charge the gates, shouting: "Those are my brothers in there." Another, furious, threw his plastic M-16 at the gates; it shattered into pieces. A later visit was more successful. <…> Congress was the veterans' chief target. As John Kerry, leader of Dewey Canyon III, won warm applause for his testimony before the Sen. Committee on Foreign Relations knots of other veterans buttonholed Senators & Rep. <…> At the Pentagon, some 75 veterans showed up to turn themselves in for war crimes. "We all want to be arrested along with Lieut. Calley," <….> The only arrests during Dewey Canyon III came at the Supreme Court building, where some of the veterans went to ask for a ruling on the constitutionality of the war. <….>

The veterans nearly did not make it to the Mall, owing to the convoluted legal efforts of the Justice Depart., which wound up with egg on its face. The week before, department lawyers got a restraining order from U.S. District Court Judge George L. Hart Jr., which forbade the vets to camp out on the Mall. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals overruled Hart early last week, but at the Government's request, Chief Justice Warren Burger reinstated the restraining order a day later. Associates of Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, acting for the protest group, reached agreement with Deputy Attorney Gen. Richard Kleindienst: the veterans could stay—as long as they remained awake & did not set up camp, which the original injunction forbade. John Kerry polled the vets on whether they would defy the injunction by sleeping. "California—32 sleep, one awake . . . Virginia—49 awake." The total was 480 to sleep, 400 to stay awake. <…> Finally Government lawyers, presumably having decided that arresting several hundred men who had fought in Viet Nam would be politically unwise, went back to Judge Hart & asked him to rescind the injunction. An indignant Hart did so, observing: "The judiciary has been degraded by this whole affair. I don't think it could have been handled worse." He added: "You have put the Viet Nam veterans in a situation of openly defying the courts of this country." <…>

….Few incidents during their week of demonstrations enraged the VVAW as much as did the rumor that President Nixon had said that only 30% of their number were really Viet Nam veterans. <…> One upset veteran pushed his way to the microphone to announce: "Only 30% of us believe Richard Nixon is President." Operation Dewey Canyon III ended with some 700 of the veterans pausing one by one before a statue of John Marshall in front of the Capitol & hurling at it medals won in Viet Nam. <..> (Time Mag./subscript)
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34. ---May 3, 1971: May Day Action Against Viet Nam War results in largest mass arrests in U.S. history. 14,000 people attempt to shut down the government. … organized by the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice, and its more militant Mayday Tribe. The plan was to combine massive traffic disruptions with marches on the Pentagon, the Justice Department and the Capitol over three days. … But after years of demonstrations, the police were ready for them…. SOURCE

35. ---May 3, 1971: VVAW members throw bags of cow manure on the steps of the Mall Entrance to the Pentagon, then offer to clean up the mess in return for an audience with an assistant Secretary of Defense. This offer is rejected, and 28 people are arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. (T)

36. ---May, 1971: CIA: During the 1971 May Day demonstrations in WDC, the CIA was provided with approx. 20 Metropolitan Police Dept. ID cards for use while monitoring the crowds in cooperation with Washington police officers. The purpose of obtaining these ID cards was to permit CIA agents to cross police lines during the anti-war demonstrations. The credentials were subsequently destroyed. (Rockefeller Commission Rpt, 1975; App. VII, p.298 (5 of 6))

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** PART 5 **

1. ---May 3, 1971: "If the shores of this country were threatened," says John Kerry, 27, a former Navy lieutenant junior grade, "I'd be the first to defend it." In Viet Nam, Kerry commanded a "swift boat" in the Mekong Delta. <…> Kerry appeared on NBC's Meet the Press early last week & later before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Some of his rhetoric was exaggerated and irrational, but there was no arguing with the conviction with which he spoke for the marchers. <…>
(“Let's Try and Glorify the Living,” Time Mag/subscript)

2. ---May 1971: From a Vietnamese Circular: "..the PCPJ staged demonstrations but the NPAC did not participate in them. The purpose of these demonstrations was the same as the one stated 24 ((Apr 71)). But new slogans were adopted such as ‘Nixon must immediately set the deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from South Vietnam’”… “The PCPJ realized that the slogan.‘If the gov’t. does not end the war, the people will end the gov’t.’ was not appropriate because the people would misunderstand this slogan and Pres. Nixon would suppress demonstrations.”
--7/16/71 Vietnamese “Circular” (WS)
--Corsi/Swett article (WS)

3. ---May 15, 1971: FBI: A WSI & anti-war march at the State Capitol sponsored by the VVAW and supported by SMC at Tallahassee, Fl. …main event..was a panel discussion, led by Scott Camil & the discussions centered around alleged atrocities committed in Vietnam. (FBI Files, Sec 09, p. 260)

4. ---May 22, 1971: ARTICLE: “...Kerry has become one of the hottest young political prospects on the anti-war scene. … he is already considering running for public office in MA, according to..his wife, … Kerry is not so uptight about Viet Nam as to be militant or radical. He calls himself "an angry young man," but he neither tossed his medals over the Capitol fence nor stayed around for the recent disruptive demonstrations. On May 1, Sat. night, when the big Capitol demonstrations of 200,000 dwindled to a folk-rock concert at the Washington Monument, Kerry chose another scene. Clad in guerrilla togs, he attended a posh black-tie dinner party at the Federal City Club put on by the "Five-ers," a quintet of Washington's top socialites. One of them was Mrs. Robert Charles, better known as Oatsie Leiter, at whose home the Kerrys stayed during the Viet Nam Veterans' encampment on the Mall.” SOURCE

5. ---May 24, 1971: “The Antiwar Veterans” (LETTERS/Time Mag.): <..>

"Sir: This little old lady in dirty white sneakers did not find John Kerry's rhetoric to be either exaggerated or irrational. It's the only sensible speech I've heard in 39 years." Helen S., Clinton, Md.
"Sir: I find it damn discouraging to believe that the young ex-Navy lieutenant crying his heartfelt convictions out before a congressional ad hoc committee represents the majority feeling of America's youth. His fervent belief to be the "first to defend this nation should its shores be threatened" represents archaic thinking in a technological world. Viet Nam, for all its rancor, is far from the "height of criminal hypocrisy"; it is a commitment to help a small country, and it is a commitment to stop Communist domination by force before this nation becomes strategically outflanked." Robert F., Major, U.S.A. <…>
"Sir: These Viet Nam veterans have surely triggered great rejoicing in Hanoi; they have compromised the men still in Viet Nam (whom they profess to love); they are the biggest bunch of crybabies ever to wear the uniform and a disgrace to the same." Wilson E., Medford, Ore.

(Time Mag. archives/subscript)
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6. ---May 25, 1971 -- Kerry appears on 60 Minutes with Morley Safer. Asked whether he wants to be President of the United States, Kerry replies in the negative, and calls it a "crazy question." (T)

7. ---May 28, 1971: Audie Murphy, America’s most decorated WWII hero, dies in an airplane crash.
(Nixon Library: “Statement About the Death of Audie Murphy (6/7/71)") Item #197

8. ---May 28-31, 1971: kerry & VVAW stage “Op POW” in Lexington, MA.

kerry ARRESTED.
KERRY ARREST PIC (WS)
Pic of kerry on the morning after arrest (WS) –appears at beginning of this thread.
About Op POW: (…. the police chief ordered everyone to leave the Green. At 3 A.M. on Sunday morning 458 vets & townspeople were arrested (including kerry) & taken by school buses to be jailed at the Public Works garage on Bedford Street. Later that morning, those arrested were again taken in school buses to a special Sunday session of the Concord District Court where most pled guilty to disobeying a town bylaw and were fined $5…) SOURCE
FBI: “The VVAW occupied & demonstrated on the Battle Green during the late afternoon & evening of 5/29/71 in defiance of the court order … Orders to clear the Battle Green by 10pm, 5/29/71 were ignored …Lexington police, state police & officers from near-by towns… arrested about 100 VVAW…” (FBI Files, Sec 4, pp.109-110)
FBI: “…On 6/2/71, (redacted) stated that a VVAW rep attended a PCPJ meeting on 5/27/71, at PCPJ headquarters, 173A Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA, and spoke of a VVAW Memorial Day demonstration to take place during the period May 29-31, 1971…” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 207)/WS
FBI: “The 6/1/71, ed. of the ‘Boston Record American’ reported John Kerry accompanied the New England VVAW during the period May 29-31, 1971, on their Memorial Day march from Concord, MA, to Boston.”…(cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 204)/WS

(B.: Note the NISO copies on these FBI reports….)
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9. ---Week of May 30, 1971: VVAW, 156 -5th Ave., NYC, moved its nat’l. office..to 25 W. 26th St., NYC…
(Copy to NISO,..) (FBI Rpt. 6/7/71, Sec 04, p.154)/WS

10. ---May 31, 1971: The following made public in Nixon’s “Address to the Nation” on Jan. 25, 1972, (p.3):
NIXON: “On 5/31/71, 8 months ago, at one of the secret meetings in Paris, we offered specifically to agree to a deadline for the withdrawal of all American forces in exchange for the release of all prisoners of war and a cease-fire. At the next private meeting, on 6/26/71, the No. Vietnamese rejected our offer. They privately proposed instead their own 9-pt. plan which insisted that we overthrow the Gov’t. of So. Vietnam.” (See also, 8/4/69 entry (Part 2, #16) re: sending Kissinger on secret talks to Paris) (Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam”) Item #21

11. ---May 31, 1971: VVAW meeting in WDC – attended service at Walter Reed Hosp. … then picnic at Rock Creek Park.. Present ..were two individuals (a man & a woman)..just returned from the recent Venceremos Brigade in Cuba (“VB” formed in June, 1969, by a coalition of New Left orgs to encourage American youth to travel to Cuba in defiance of a ban on travel to that country by the U.S. Dept. of State….) (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.146)/WS

About VB

From the Church Committee Reports (1975-76), K. The 1971 Inspection Reports, p. 531

vanguard of the Revolution in the United States

SOURCE, p.531
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12. ---June 1, 1971: “THE PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE”:

Q4

Admin. is responsible for war crimes

NIXON

To allow a takeover of South Vietnam by the Communist aggressors

Q9

Dan Rather

you should set a date for withdrawal

what is there to lose by setting a date

NIXON

We have been around this track before

no indication whatever that they would be willing to release prisoners

Q10

Herbert Kaplow

NIXON

But when people come in & slice tires, when they block traffic, when they make a trash bin out of Georgetown..when they terrorize innocent bystanders, they are not demonstrators, they are vandals & hoodlums & lawbreakers, & they should be treated as lawbreakers

They said they were there to stop the Gov’t. from operating

Q13

NIXON

(Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of June 1, 1971”) Item #189
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13. ---June 3, 1971: FBI: Chicken Dinner planned to honor John Karry (sic) & Al Hubbard from the National Office of the VVAW. Source advised that the dinner was to be held at Grace Methodist Church, St. Louis, MO. (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.131)/WS

14. ---June 4, 1971: FBI: Operation RAW: FOR SALE or rent (VVAW film, “Different Sons”, “a simulated military sweep”) --all sales will be handled by national office. Other VVAW filmed events FOR SALE: Winter Soldier Investigations and Dewey Canyon. (FBI Files, S08, pp.132-133)/WS

15. ---June 4, 1971: FBI: “..source advised that one Mike Oliver of the National Office of VVAW was staying for a couple of weeks at (redact) where Brian Adams of the Colorado VVAW lives in order to work on the forthcoming war crimes investigations in Denver. …articles indicated that approx. 200 individuals attended & about 36 veterans related atrocities that occurred in Vietnam…. (FBI Files, S5, p.213; 228)/WS

16. ---June 4-5, 1971: Demonstration to protest appearance of Sec’y. of Defense Melvin R. Laird at “The Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT (launch of nuclear powered submarine) … New England Committee for Non Violent Action (NECNVA) will protest the launching & is planning to use civil disobedience to disrupt … VVAW in New Haven plan to send a contingent to Groton 6/4/71 to participate. (NAVY,..advised) (FBI File, Sec 04, p.114)

17. ---June 5-6, 1971: VVAW Meeting, St. Louis, MO: Article-6/7/71, “VVAW charged Sunday several of its member have been offered $150 a mo. to act as informers for the fed. gov’t.… others elected to the VVAW exec. committee were Al Hubbard, NY; John Kerry, Waltham, MA; ...The group announced a demonstration for Kansas City, July 3-5… supported Congressional amendments which would cut off funds for the Vietnam War…” (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.133)/WS

18. ---June 6, 1971: FBI: “Will furnish the Bureau and NY with any info. concerning the reported 3-day meeting of nat’l. reps of the VVAW in St. Louis which wound up on 6/6/71.” FBI rpt. encl. “Daily World” 6/7/71 article: “Nat’l. reps of the VVAW wound up a 3-day conf. here yesterday with an announcement of plans for the coming months. …step up their lobbying campaign in Washington in support of the McGovern-Hatfield bill to withdraw all U.S. forces from Indochina by the end of 1971. … hold a press conf. in Washington ..expose overtures by the FBI to regional cords. of the vets group to become paid informers…. (Copy to NISO,..) (FBI Rpt 6/9/71, Sec. 04, pp.153-156)/WS

19. ---June 7, 1971: FBI: “On 6/15/71 ([edacted) advised that at a meeting of the Greater Boston Peace Action Coalition (GBPAC) on 6/7/71, it was reported the VVAW had endorsed a National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) conf. at Hunter College in NYC on July 2-4, 1971. (NPAC was founded in 1970 by members of the SWP. Its basic objective is to unite masses of people incl. labor unions, GI’s, & the black community in the struggle to end U.S. intervention in SE Asia through orderly & peaceful tactics. GBPAC is the local branch of NPAC.)…” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 207)/WS

20. ---June 7, 1971: Re: Kennedy funding for VVAW.
SOURCE

21. ---June 11, 1971: FBI/URGENT: “The VVAW was not under investigation by the Bureau, but its activities were merely being followed for any revolutionary type activity…” (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.188)/WS

22. ---June 12, 1971: FBI: “Efforts at NY..to determine whereabouts of (redacted) were unsuccessful when new VVAW Nat’l. office was found closed. Efforts to continue early 6/14/71 when it is anticipated VVAW office will be staffed.” (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.192)/WS

23. ---Summer, 1971: FBI obtained document:
“Objectives of VVAW” (Nat’l office, 25 W. 26th St., NY).

Summarized:

1. Demand cessation of fighting – withdrawal of all troops.
2. Demand that Congress legislate termination of all funds used by U.S. gov’t. ..to support illegal operations in Latin America, Africa, China, Europe, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Thailand.
3. Make clear U.S. gov’t is prosecuting an illegal, unjust and immoral war in Indochina.
4. Show Americans that their society is structured by racism.
5. To make clear that the U.S. has never undertaken investigation of American war crimes in Indochina … responsibility & guilt of war crimes lies with policy makers at all levels.
6. To demand that active-duty servicemen & women be afforded rights as citizens under the U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights that are presently denied them by the UCMJ.
7. To support military personnel refusing to serve in wars of aggression. Demand Congress legislate full amnesty to those refusing to serve in the military.
8. Demand immediate legislation for care and benefits for vets.
9. To affirm that the membership is not only concerned with ending this war, but changing the domestic social, political, and economic institutions that have caused and permitted the continuance of war. FBI obtained copy 9/71. (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.142)

(B. Note: regarding #9 above: the rest of the “DEMANDS” are bad enough, but this – the audacity to believe they have somehow been chosen by themselves to (1) decide for the entire country that something is wrong with America in the first place, and then (2) to try and change the structure of this country to fit their visions…It seems that they think they can replace a voting public. This little “Objectives” manifesto was either written and/or at the very least most likely approved by kerry (as he was on the Executive Committee). ... Note that this "plan" has the magic "9" points....
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24. ---Summer, 1971: (doc obtained by the FBI): VVAW (25 W. 26th St., NY)
“PROPOSALS TO AMEND MILITARY DISCHARGE PROCEDURES”

(excerpts)
III. Make Rulings Retroactive to Beginning of Vietnam Era (August, 1964):
All other than Honorable discharges issued since August, 1964, the beginning of the Vietnam Era, should be changed to Honorable on all official records, with new certificates sent to the bearer of the discharge upon demand.

(I) Types of Discharges: The Discretionary Power to Grant Administrative Discharges.

(A) The Armed Forces issue five types of discharges: Honorable, General, Bad Conduct, Undesirable, and Dishonorable. … military commanders are authorized to issue ..administrative discharges in the General & Undesirable categories…. These Admin. discharges are given without the opportunity for an impartial hearing or review of the charges,…

(B) Many incidents leading to “other than honorable” discharges have their roots in …prejudice, …ideological disagreements between servicemen & their superiors…

(C) The power to grant admin. discharges gives ..discretion to commanding officers. … Often there are unsubstantiable threats of court martial hurled at “trouble makers” … Life is made unpleasant for these individuals..they welcome a chance to leave the military on any grounds, not realizing until afterwards that the form of their discharge may brand them for life. (See Section II below).

PROPOSAL: Eliminate the discretionary power to grant administrative discharges under a separate discharge category. Any time that charges severe enough to warrant possible discharge are made against a serviceman, he should be brought before an impartial court martial.
(II) Types of Discharges and Post-Service Benefits and Opportunities

(B) Employability: Despite the contention by the military & the VA that there is no prejudice attached to a General discharge, employers do discriminate. They distinguish between Hon. discharges on the one hand, and all other forms of discharge on the other. …Even under the General..category, a man can be branded “cyclothymic personality*,” “passive-aggressive personality,” … subversive, etc. This branding procedure flies in the face of American constitutional traditions….
(*B. Note: “cyclothymic”: I had to look this one up: “affective disorder characterized by the alternation of depressed moods with elevated, expansive, or irritable moods without psychotic features”)

(C) The Nature of Post-Service Benefits and Job Acceptability: G.I. benefits & the ability to be considered for employment without prejudice are …absolute necessities for veterans to re-integrate into civilian life. Any man who..is not given fair consideration by potential employers because of the nature of his discharge .. is not only unjustifiably discriminated against and penalized for life, he also represents an unrealized potential for the rest of society…..

PROPOSAL: Penalties imposed by the military should not be carried over into civilian life. … every man discharged from service should be given an Honorable discharge, a “clean slate,” and entitlement to all benefits.
(III) Veterans Already Holding Other than Honorable Discharges:

Even if the above proposals were instituted immediately, much damage would already have been done.…as of Dec. 31, 1970, there have been: Over 148,000 vets discharged with General discharges who receive prejudicial treatment in the job market, & approx. 118,000 vets with Undesirable, Bad Conduct & Dishonorable discharges, who are not only discriminated against in seeking jobs, but are severely hampered in their efforts to obtain educational training…& other benefits..essential for leading constructive lives. … few (discharge) appeals are successful. ..success often depends on political pressure. … The vet who needs…an education cannot wait – his need is now……

PROPOSAL: All other than Honorable discharges issued since Aug. 1964…should be changed to Honorable on all official records, with new certificates sent to the bearer of the discharge upon demand.

--SOURCE (Wing Wiper's post that brought this doc. to my attention)
--(FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, pp.143-146)/WS

(B. Note: I wonder: who at the VVAW NY office could have been the architect of these proposals?)
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25. ---Summer 1971: FBI: VVAW/NY office paper re: vet unemployment – (excerpts): “…training programs for government civil service also fly in the face of many veterans anti-government, anti-establishment orientation.”….
Project Transition: Project Transition has several deficiencies: …(2) Company commanders have discretion to disallow GI’s taking part in order to maintain manpower status. …(FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.152)/WS

(B.Note: Did kerry have a "manpower status?" If so, one would assume he did not apply to this particular program for employment...)
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26. ---Summer 1971: Paris Peace talks FOR SALE:
FBI: VVAW newsletter: “Tapes of conversations with the reps. at the Paris Peace Talks are available .. 8 cassettes and a bound transcript. These are conversations between the VVAW delegation to the Paris talks and the reps. of the four parties. …send the money & the order to the Regional Office, and we will forward it for you to the office in CT that is handling this.” (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.158)/WS

27. ---Summer, 1971: VVAW newsletter: “(1) This week..vets to lobby and fast in support of Hatfield-McGovern amendment…cut off all funds for the Vietnam war on Dec. 30 of this year. ..national media coverage..promised to the VVAW’s efforts… (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.161)/WS

28. ---June 13, 1971: Pentagon Papers publ. in the NYT - leaked by Daniel Ellsberg. SOURCE

(B.Note: Ellsberg is still at it today:
"Truth Telling Project" - 9/10/04" (Ellsberg urges people to leak secret gov’t. docs.)

"Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Calls for National Security Leaks" - 7/12/04

(..and in 2005, he’s written a Memoir about his deed, “a real-life political thriller”…..)
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29. ---June 14, 1971: FBI: “Vietnam Policy Assailed by Anti-War Navy Hero.” This article indicated that John Kerry, a National spokesman for the VVAW, spoke at the YMCA, Philadelphia, on 6/14/71, and criticized U.S. Policy in Vietnam.” – The Evening Bulletin (FBI p.248). “In his talk he stated that HO CHI MINH is the GEORGE WASHINGTON of Vietnam. … KERRY criticized U.S. activities in Vietnam, saying we are destroying villages, cities, crops, and the people there and these activities must be stopped.” (p.248) (11/5/71 FBI Report, NISO copied - S. 8, pp.242-248)
“The Naval Investigative Service, Philadelphia, PA, advised on 2/18/71 that the Philadelphia VVAW has its offices at 928 Chestnut Street.” (p.242)
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30. ---June 15, 1971: VVAW-TX: LETTER to area coordinators:
“….(1) National VVAW, influencing the policies of all VVAW chapters, has been, because of the class background of its organizers and leaders, middle class oriented and has primarily organized on the college campus….

…..(2) The Fort Hood-Killeen chapt. of VVAW feels John Kerry has been put up as the spokesman for VVAW. His political background and his public statements do not reflect the feelings…of the Fort Hood-Killeen chapt. of the VVAW. This chapt. feels John Kerry has used the Veterans movement to advance himself and his own political theories & not those of the veterans of the war in SE Asia. ….

…..This chapt. feels the only way to avoid another war like this one is to remove the profit motivated system that runs America & replace it with a humanist motivated system. … We do not think John Kerry feels this way. In fact we feel John Kerry, because of his class background & his public behavior, has a stake in the profit motivated system now in existence, and, therefore, is not rep. of the majority of Vets of the war in SE Asia. … these things were partially (relayed) to John Kerry at the nat’l. convention in St. Louis earlier this month, but that it was agreed he should remain the spokesman of VVAW because he can bring in a lot of MONEY….. Fort Hood-Killeen VVAW would like to see the TX chapt. of VVAW ask for the removal of John Kerry as the national spokesman & have him replaced by someone who reflects the true militance of the veterans movement.

…..(3) Fort Hood-Killeen chapt of VVAW feels that at present VVAW .. is nothing more than the worlds largest Guerilla Theater company. …veterans guerilla theater is a childish game and reflects the class nature of the present leadership of VVAW. We feel this is only one of the ways people like John Kerry have manipulated the veterans movement from becoming a real working militant organization. Because of the preceeding reasons (this) chapt. cannot participate in VVAW activities. We feel that the work of the present organization…could be damaged by working with VVAW on its present course & under its present leadership.” (FBI Files, Sec. 08, pp.208-209)/WS
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31. ---June 15, 1971: FBI: “NY attempt to verify above by telephonic contact with NY Port Authority Police at La Guardia & Kennedy Airports. WFO will interview (redacted) upon arrival in WDC.” 6/15/71–URGENT/FBI: “NY Port Authority Police Dept. (NYPAPD), NYC, advised on 6/15 that a survey conducted by him of LaGuardia Airport, NYC, Newark, NJ Airport, & the Kennedy Int’l. Airport, NYC, all policed by the NYPAPD, revealed no info. concerning (redacted).” (FBI Files, Sec 04, pp.196-199)

32. ---June 16, 1971: kerry plans tour of So. Vietnam in July to investigate troop morale & drug problems per communist newspaper “Daily World” (kerry listed as “former Navy LT”) Article (WS)

33. ---June 17, 1971: FBI: “New York make no further contact with VVAW headquarters this matter.” … VVAW has no such data as claimed regarding FBI infiltration.. VVAW has held promised press conf. ..WDC, and made no mention of FBI ... VVAW reactions to our attempts to resolve truth of allegations in this matter confirm that affair is VVAW self-serving, publicity-seeking gimmick. …(FBI Files, Sec 04, pp.162-163)/WS

34. ---Summer, 1971: FBI: VVAW Newsletter: "___ will be attending the Int’l. Peace Conf., with…Sartre, in Norway this month. They are being flown to the conf. by some NY peace people.
......"If you can pick up the Dick Cavett show…see a debate between VVAW people & reps of the newly-formed Vietnam Vets for a Just Peace on June 30. If you’ve seen the VVJP “leaders” on TV before, you know that the debate won’t be much of a contest,* but it should be amusing. So stay tuned…" (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.162)/WS
*(B.Note: well, there's some words to be eaten....)

35. ---June 18, 1971: VVAW demonstrated in vicinity of the U.S. Navy Recruiting Station…WDC. Participants carried signs & distrib. leaflets stating, “Don’t enlist—resist” (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.160)/WS

36. ---June 18, 1971: FBI: “…(redacted) made available various docs. utilized in the operation of the U.S. Servicemens Fund (USSF), 94 School St., Cambridge, MA. One doc. contained various captions, one of which was ‘Military Legal Assistance.’ Under this caption was listed the VVAW, telephone 492-5570. It was previously mentioned the above telephone is listed to the New England Regional Office of the VVAW. …(The USSF is a fund claiming to support anti-military projects, such as GI coffee houses & anti-military GI newspapers throughout the country. Its function is supportive.).” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 208)/WS

37. ---June 18, 1971: VVAW Exec. Committee meeting. FBI Rpt: “..previously reported that during VVAW meeting, St. Louis, 6/4-6/71, allegations were made that FBI Agents had offered VVAW members up to $150 to become informers... Our NY Office..vigorously pursued this matter with VVAW Headquarters, NYC, but VVAW resorted to delaying tactic stating no info. would be forthcoming pending meeting of VVAW Exec. Committee. …VVAW Headquarters contacted NYO today (6/21/71) and stated Exec. Committee held & decision made not to release any info. to FBI since VVAW certain alleged contacts were made by FBI Agents. This move is not surprising & is further indication VVAW allegations are unfounded.” (FBI Report 6/21/71, Sec 04, pp.193-194)/WS

38. ---June 19-20, 1971: FBI Rpt 6/11/71: VVAW Demonstration, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Announced by “Daily World,” an east coast communist newspaper…pp.150-51 (copy to NISO,..)
......FBI Rpt 6/22/71: “..speakers were mostly political figures incl. Rep. Bella Abzug… Another speaker was Sister Elizabeth McAllister (publicly known as a Roman Catholic nun who is a member of the “Harrisburg Six,” …who were indicted by a Fed. Grand Jury during Jan. 1971, on charges of conspiracy to kidnap a high gov’t. official & to destroy gov’t. property.)” p.228 (FBI Files, Sec 04, pp.150-151; 228)/WS
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39. ---June 20, 1971: FBI: April 24 demonstrations “were initiated and built by the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC). .. we should be willing to work with any group that organizes these kinds of actions.” Ltr from Doug Swanson, WA & AK VVAW Coord. Addressed “Dear Friends” FBI obtained doc 9/71. (FBI File, Sec. 08, p.140; data on NPAC at p.173)/WS

40. ---June 20-26, 1971: FBI: Jon R. Floyd (Randy).. initially organized VVAW at UTA 1/26/71. ..participated in WSI held in Detroit, MI..where he testified to alleged war crime atrocities.. traveled to Russia while en route to peace conference in Oslo, Norway, June 20-16, 1971, where he again testified to alleged war crimes atrocities. (former leader, Arlington, TX VVAW Chapt). (FBI Files, Sec 10, p.123)/WS

41. ---June 23, 1971: FBI: VVAW aka University of Buffalo Veterans Club (UBVC) aka Western NY Veterans Union. ..(the org. must call themselves the UBVC in order to obtain funds & office space from the State Univ. of NY at Buffalo.) Meeting—adopted resolutions: …(4) That UBVC write a letter to National VVAW condemning JOHN KERRY because of his family background and because of his political aspirations. UBVC feels that KERRY is in support of the U.S. Government and is only using VVAW to further his political desires. (FBI Files, Sec 10, pp.113, 115-116)/WS

42. ---June 25-27, 1971: PCPJ Nat’l Conf, Milwaukee, WI: FBI: “a 9 pt. program was being discussed ..in an effort to accomplish the aims & objectives of the Peoples Peace Treaty… a meeting was sched. for the VVAW. Leaflets were distrib. setting forth 9 objectives concerning the War in Vietnam (heading, “objectives of VVAW”)… Nat’l. coord. of the Peace Treaty will continue to be done through the NY office (156 – 5th Ave., Rm 527, NY). (B.Note: in 5/71, the VVAW moved from this address..) ..events planned for Oct-Nov, 1971... acts of civil disobedience should occur.. demonstrations should be disruptive… (FBI Rpt 7/9/71, Sec 04, pp.243-252)/WS

43. ---Summer, 1971 (after 6/27/71): FBI: VVAW newsletter: “the People’s Coalition for Peace & Justice Conf was recently concluded & VVAW is a part of the steering committee. …generally it calls for regional & local actions to be coord. across the country in Oct. and Nov.” (FBI obtained doc 9/71.) (FBI File, Sec. 08, p.163)/WS

44. ---June 28, 1971: Al Hubbard of the VVAW listed as a member of the Coord. Committee of the PCPJ.
(FBI Files, Sec. 09, p.38)

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Beatrice1000

** PART 6 **

1. ---June 30, 1971: John O'Neill debates kerry on Cavett.

Transcript & Video (SVPT)
KERRY: “I was serving as an aide to an admiral in New York City, and I wrote a letter through him requesting that I be released from the Navy early because of my opposition, and I was granted that release, and I have been working against the war ever since then.” …..<…>
(B.Note: Wait a minute, now what did that 11/21/69 request for early release letter say? Did it say, “I’m a conscientious objector and I oppose this war – let me out” – or, did it say, “I have recently been offered an opportunity to become a candidate for Congress…” What a blatant & verifiable lie! --- see 11/21/69 entry (Part 2, #23))

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MR. CAVETT: No one has said that there'll be a bloodbath if we pull out,…
MR. O'NEILL: I think … that's precisely what would happen in that country….
MR. KERRY: … I think the arguments clearly indicate that there probably wouldn't be.*
*Note: 1975-1979: Communist regimes in southeast Asia murder an estimated two million Cambodians, as well as tens of thousands of South Vietnamese. One million South Vietnamese are imprisoned in "re-education camps," and hundreds of thousands die there. An additional two million flee the country, with many drowning in the attempt. (T)

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2. ---July 1, 1971: (FBI obtained doc 9/71—VVAW Newsletter): …“(4) A newspaper, “The First Casualty,” scheduled for publication in NY… (5) On 6/19/71, there will be a Nat’l. Day of Solidarity with the United Front of Cairo, Illinois…” (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.162)/WS
(10/27/70 & 11/9/70 articles re violence in Illinois – FBI Files, Sec. 08, pp.170-171)

3. ---July 1, 1971: The following was made public in Nixon’s “Address to the Nation” on Jan. 25, 1972 (p.3):
NIXON: “…the enemy publicly presented a different package of proposals—the 7-pt. Vietcong plan. That posed a dilemma: Which package should we respond to, the public plan or the secret plan? On 7/12/71, at another private meeting in Paris, Dr. Kissinger put that question to the No. Vietnamese directly. They said we should deal with their 9-pt. secret plan because it covered all of Indochina..while the Vietcong 7-pt. proposal was limited to Vietnam. So that is what we did. But we went even beyond that, dealing with some of the pts. in the public plan that were not covered in the secret plan.” (See also, 8/4/69 entry (Part 2, #16) re: sending Kissinger on secret talks to Paris) (Nixon Library: “address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam” Item #21

4. ---July 4, 1971: VVAW, Kansas City ...demonstration..guerrilla theatres & marches to counteract the festivities the local VFW will conduct. (FBI Files, Sec 04, p.158; 239)/WS

5. ---July 6, 1971: kerry newspaper interview (“leading spokesman for the VVAW”) “establishment protester” –“sought after guest on late night talk shows since anti-Vietnam war testimony…” ..about suggestions that Adam Walinsky wrote his speech – kerry:: “I called Adam the day I found out I was to testify and asked what I should say. He gave me suggestions over the telephone.” SOURCE

6. ---July 12, 1971: KLUTE is a sharp, slick thriller about murder, perversion, paranoia, prostitution …. Jane Fonda gives her best performance to date. <..> In Klute she is profoundly and perfectly Bree: … and her voice inflection to the penetration of the girl's raging psyche… (“A Tenuous Balance,” Jay Cocks, Time Mag/subscript)
(B.Note: Busy making movies to finance nefarious activities...)

7. ---July 14, 1971: FBI: “(redacted) was one of three VVAW members who arrived at John F. Kennedy Int’l. Airport (JFKIA), NYC aboard Aeroflot Flight #311 after having traveled to Finland, Moscow, USSR, England, France & Norway. One of the three, ..had in his possession Russian literature & a report on the Int’l. Commission for Inquiry into U.S. War Crimes in Indo-China held at Oslo, Norway on June 20-26, 1971. (FBI Files, Sec. 09, pp.38-39)/WS

8. ---July 17, 1971: Following a month-long speaking tour of the Soviet Union and other countries, six VVAW and CCI members meet with PRG reps in Paris to show support for the communist peace plan. (T) PHOTO (WS)

9. ---July 20, 1971: VVAW remove American flag from all their offices; discuss Hubbard’s trip to Hanoi.
VVAW Minutes (WS)

10. ---July 20, 1971: VVAW: Soliciting active-duty: Letter to American Serviceman’s Union: “Please inform our active-duty brothers and sisters from TX that if they would like to help VVAW carry-on the struggle after ETS ..get in touch with TX VVAW... P.S. (redacted) you will probably be interested…there is a small group of people who are trying to make something happen at Ft. Sill again….” (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.201)/WS

11. ---July 22, 1971: kerry (VVAW) news conf. – asked Nixon to accept Madame Binh’s 7-pt. peace plan. (the communist Daily World, 7/24/71) PHOTO (WS)

……Also reported in NYT, 7/23/71: “Anti-War Veteran Accused of Exploiting P.O.W. Issue”: “..When Mr. Kerry, a spokesman for the VVAW attempted to introduce relatives of war prisoners.. four women shouted, “That’s a lie” and “What office are you going to run for next?” … One of the women accused Mr. Kerry of ‘constantly using our own suffering and grief’ for his political ambitions. …Mr. Kerry, when asked if he planned to run again for political office, said only that he was committed to political change and that he would use whatever forum seemed best at the time. He was a candidate in the 1970 Dem. Congressional Primary in MA but withdrew in favor of another candidate.” ARTICLE (WS)
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12. ---Aug. 2, 1971: FBI: Memo To Mr. C.D. Brennan; From (redact);
Subj: VVAW – Internal Security – New Left. (100-448092)

Purpose: To recommend letter to all field offices be sent alerting them to recent VVAW activities & instructing that preliminary investigation be initiated of all organized VVAW chapters to determine extent of control over VVAW by subversive and/or violence-prone elements.

Background: VVAW is antiwar group headquartered in NYC and founded in 1967. It was active in 1968 with approx. 600 members, but then became inactive following the Dem. Nat’l. Convention, Chicago, 8/68. During the Fall of 1969, VVAW increased its activity & led student strikes on major campuses & conducted other demonstrations against the Vietnam war. …. In absence of any strong indicators that VVAW was engaging in subversive or violence-prone activities, we have never conducted active investigation of VVAW. Within the past few months, we have received numerous reports of increasing VVAW militancy with attendant potential for violence & instances of attempted or successful infiltration by subversive elements. Examples of such activities include:

(1) Info from (redact) that VVAW is planning caravan to ..Cairo, IL. Caravan is planned for 8/71, & VVAW warned to expect trouble, possibly shooting from white citizens in Cairo. VVAW members have guns & plan to defend themselves if necessary.
(2) (redacted).
(3) Info from (redact) for VVAW in NJ come from (redact) former members of CPUSA.
(4) Info (redact) that VVAW headquarters personnel are directly involved in aiding & financing U.S. military deserters in travel to foreign countries & in obtaining false identification, including Selective Service cards.
(5) (redacted).
(6) Info. that VVAW in Seattle led by (redact). In 1970 (redact) signed nominating petition to place Socialist Workers Party (SWP) on ballot in State of Washington.
(7) (redacted).
(8) Documented info. that VVAW in Memphis, TN, is controlled & dominated by members of the Young Workers Liberation League, youth group of CPUSA.
(9) Info that VVAW meetings in Kansas City are attended by Security Index subjects & other individuals affiliated with Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), youth group of communist SWP. All information above has been disseminated to pertinent interested agencies & is being followed independently.

Observations: Ever-increasing militant nature of VVAW is apparent & has definite bearing on our responsibilities in internal security field. The success of VVAW in conducting demonstrations & mass actions has made it especially appealing to basic revolutionary groups who have initiated attempts to infiltrate the organization. In order to fulfill our responsibilities in the internal security field, surveys should be initiated without delay to determine extent & effectiveness of subversive influence on VVAW.

Action: Attached for approval is letter to all field offices instructing survey be conducted promptly concerning VVAW activities in each division.
(FBI Files, S5, pp.99-101)/WS
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13. ---Aug. 3, 1971: FBI Memo To: SAC, Albany; From: Director, FBI (100-448092); Subject: VVAW – IS: New Left.
(B. Note: this must be the ref. “letter attachment” referred to in 8/2/71 Memo--note that it repeats points from that memo but also contains text that was redacted—I will only include the data that was previously redacted & any changed data):

For information of all offices, VVAW is antiwar organization …… tempo of VVAW activities has been increasing…

For example…:

(2) VVAW reps. met with reps. of North Vietnamese delegation in Paris during 6/71.
(3) Large portion of income for NJ VVAW comes from former CPUSA member.
(7) VVAW members plan press conferences in North & South Vietnam against war; and if barred from South Vietnam by South Vietnamese Gov’t., they plan to enter So. Vietnam clandestinely.

New York (NY file 100-160644) will be office of origin concerning VVAW.
NOTE: See memo (redact) to Mr. C.D. Brennan dated 8/2/71 captioned “VVAW, Internal Security—New Left” prepared by (redact).
(FBI Files, S. 5, pp.104-106)/WS
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14. ---Aug. 4, 1971: “PRESIDENT'S NEWS CONFERENCE”:

Q6

why have you not accepted the Vietcong proposals

NIXON

not be useful to negotiate in the newspapers

(Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of Aug. 4, 1971”) Item #250
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15. ---Aug. 13, 1971: FBI Report, URGENT. To Director, attn DOMINTEL; From Philadelphia (100-NEW). VVAW demonstrations against Gen. Westmoreland at Armed Forces Induction Station, Phila., PA; IS: New Left; VIDEM. …Westmoreland will be in Phila., ..to attend 101st Airborne Division reunion… VVAW soliciting support of local peace groups for demonstration with guerrilla theater for purpose of heckling & embarrassing Westmoreland. … (cc: NISO, OSI & Secret Service..) (FBI Files, S5, pp.122-123)/WS
(When Westmoreland failed to appear by 9:45 a.m., group dispersed without holding demonstration… p.135)

16. ---Aug. 13-21, 1971: Joe Urgo, a member of the VVAW National Staff, & two other persons, traveled to Hanoi, NVN. During their stay they asked to meet with the POWs in No. Vietnam but were denied. They were given a tape recording by U.S. POWs held by the PRG of So. Vietnam. (Liberation News Service (LNS) Packet 378, dated 9/25/71, page 3. .. The LNS is self-described as an underground news wire service with headquarters in NYC.) (copy to Navy) (FBI Files, Sec 10, p.59, 66)/WS

17. ---Aug. 16, 1971: The following wasn’t made public until Jan. 25, 1972 in Nixon’s “Address to the Nation, (p.3):

NIXON: “On 8/16/71 at another private meeting.. We offered the complete withdrawal of U.S. & allied forces within 9 mos. after an agreement on an overall settlement. On 9/13/71, the No. Vietnamese rejected that proposal. They continued to insist that we overthrow the So. Vietnamese Government.” (See also, 8/4/69 entry (Part 2, #16) re: sending Kissinger on secret talks to Paris). (Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam” Item #21
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18. ---Aug. 17, 1971: FBI: VVAW-Providence, RI, Newsletter #5: “IMPORTANT: We have just received from the National offices various proposals for changes of legislation ..(to include the VA, discharges, ..unemployment..). We are to return them by the 25th of this month with any changes or suggestions.. These changes will then be introduced prior to the final form being sent on to DC & the Congress. … It is very important that this be returned by the 25th.” (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.164)/WS

19. ---Aug. 1971: FBI: VVAW-Montclair, NJ Newsletter: “III. IMPORTANT. We have in the office copies of a proposed legislative packet sponsored by the National office of VVAW, which includes recommendations to Congress… This issue will be discussed at a meeting on Sept. 3, 1971.” (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.166)/WS

20. ---Aug. 24, 1971: FBI: Don Donner stated that the NY Headquarters of VVAW had advised all VVAW groups that they should work toward the support of a VVAW-sponsored boycott, by servicemen on duty, of Thanksgiving turkey. The VVAW was going to urge servicemen not to eat Thanksgiving turkey and to commit actions leading to court martial as a way of showing a concerted demonstration of resisters to the military …

…..On 11/10/71, the (redacted) stated that Donner has never again mentioned anything regarding VVAW-sponsored boycott..by VVAW members in the military or commission of court martial offenses. The source evaluated Donner’s advocacy of this on 8/24/71, as simply mouthing the national VVAW proposal.. At that time Donner had been quite proud of the fact that he was receiving info. directly from the NY headquarters of VVAW… The VVAW membership at that 8/24/71 meeting did not seem at all receptive to any such plans because none of them wanted to be incarcerated in the Orleans Parish Prison. …(FBI Files, Sec 10, pp.51-52)/WS
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21. ---(Just before) Aug. 25, 1971: Kerry traveled to Paris (2nd time) & met with the enemy. Kerry (“one of the leaders of VVAW”) SPEECH: “just returned from Paris -- North Vietnamese want date for troop withdrawal” He characterized the Nixon Admin as “absolutely immoral”…
--(Part 4/Kerry Camp: 8/25/71)
--SOURCE

22. ---Aug. 31, 1971: FBI: Leaflet distrib. to local Kansas City VVAW chapt. from their national office: “A VVAW Sponsored Offensive to End the War” -- …The 7 point peace plan was proposed in Paris two months ago, the gov’t. of this country has failed to respond to it,… I propose that a call be put out to all active duty people, in Nam, CONUS, Europe & every other place troops are, that the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner be boycotted in protest of the war, followed by other actions by the troops in Nam. … The First Casualty is our prime means of communications with our members in Nam. … We would be asking the sisters & brothers in Nam to do something that would leave them open for court martial & maybe imprisonment…. Possibly some form of C.D., going to jail & starting a hunger strike? …” (FBI Files, Sec 09, pp.183-184)

23. ---Sept. 4-6, 1971: FBI Rpt- From SA-Jacksonville: VVAW--Internal Security—New Left.
(Investigative Period 2/10/71-11/24/71):

…VVAW Conf. FL (organized by Scott Camil)- ..films were shown on “The Atrocities In Vietnam” & a lengthy documentary type film on Red China was also shown. Mike Oliver, who is a rep of the National Office of the VVAW spoke …Camil played a tape recorded message allegedly recorded by Prisoners of War in Vietnam. … (support from subversive elements): Camil..did conduct activities with the cooperation of SMC at Gainesville....was very receptive to YSA members…”
(copy: Navy..) (FBI Files, Sec 09, pp.249; 260-265)/WS
FBI Report 9/9/71: To: Mr. C.D. Brennan; From (redact); Subj: VVAW –Internal Security—New Left. Purpose: To advise results VVAW-SE Regional Conf., Archer, FL., Sept 4-6, 1971 … We had informant coverage of this conf… Camil is reportedly planning activities for Fall of 1971, to have VVAW members dress in army fatigues during visits of Presidential candidates & “badger” the speakers to drop economy issues & play up Vietnam war in order to keep war from becoming dead issue.
Another major factor observed at the Conf. was the presence of numerous speakers repr. the New Party. According to the speakers, the New Party feels changes can be made in the U.S. by working within the existing system, but that the party is “anti-capitalist” & supports worker control of production. Our informants learned that the New Party is attempting to divide existing forces in the Republ. & Dem. Parties & hopes to run its own candidates at all levels in city, county & state elections. …it is clearly apparent that various subversive orgs., not the least of which is YSA, are actively & vigorously attempting to infiltrate & utilize VVAW to their own ends.
Highlights of above info. furnished in summary teletype to the White House, Vice-Pres., Secret Service, Attorney Gen. and the Military.

Action: For your info. Future VVAW activities will be closely followed.

(FBI Files, S5, pp.291-292)/WS
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24. ---Sept. 9, 1971: Veterans club condemns Kerry for political aspirations. SOURCE

25. ---Sept. 13, 1971: FBI: NY VVAW planning Op Rolling Thunder..amid much publicity and converge on Albany. ..will also have a booth at the NY State Fair this year to be held in Syracuse, NY. (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.158)/WS

26. ---Sept. 1971: Agents of Nixon’s Special Investigations Unit (known as the “plumbers”) “broke into the office of Dr. Lewis Fielding, the psychiatrist of Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, who had given copies of the Pentagon Papers to newspapers. After Nixon learned of the break-in, he and his top aides agreed to say that the break-in had been carried out for national-security reasons. SOURCE

27. ---Sept. 20, 1971: FBI: "The Boston Globe" reported the New Eng. Regional VVAW had drafted legislation proposing “total amnesty for Vietnam vets found guilty of abusing drug laws.…" (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 209)/WS

28. ---Sept. 27, 1971: Kerry speech at Gaston Hall, GWU. Kerry related his impression of national frustration resulting from an apparent powerlessness to bring about a change of U.S. policy toward Vietnam. Kerry stated that America’s socio-economic condition has been adversely affected by this sense of frustration. …Kerry emphasized the need to utilize the political process to bring an end to the war in Vietnam. …After Kerry’s speech, VVAW supporters see him as an opportunist with personal political aspirations and withdraw support. SOURCE

29. ---Sept. 30, 1971: (re: Kerry speech, Las Vegas).
“Kerry at UNLV, a look back at ’71” (Joshua Longobardy, The Rebel Yell, 6/6/04):

deprecating

the Bush presidency & Iraq war

denounce

President Richard Nixon & the Vietnam War

American dream was deteriorating on account of the government

its only hope

largely mirrors the oration he gave in Las Vegas on Sept. 30, 1971

said that Nixon's logic for the war was obscene

incorrigible callousness

broken promises

the government was corrupt

Kerry

had been a decorated Navy lieutenant prior to his return home and subsequent affiliation with the VVAW

the corruption did not reside in the inanimate system - as many people thought - but in the people behind the system

the Nixon administration as lost, misguided and myopic

dire need of stepping down to the Democratic Party

Kerry

resensitization

revolutionization

America of the speeches and the America of the streets

I want to see America live up to the principles it espouses

he supports - and represents - the working class

that politics should be taken from out of Washington D.C., & spread across the streets

SOURCE
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30. ---Sept. 30, 1971: (re: Kerry speech, Las Vegas).
“1971 John Kerry in Nevada,” (Dennis Myers, Reno News & Review): <…>

Kerry

we have to somehow find the conscience of the United States. It is not just that the U.S. is in Vietnam, but that there are hundreds of Vietnams in the United States. We have somehow come to believe that we can rip at the fabric of another man's life. If we can't move on something as morally compelling as Vietnam, how can we on other things, such as low cost housing?

Kerry

he was prepared to bolt the Democratic Party in 1972 if it nominated a hawk on Vietnam

I will personally call for a fourth party

It's an obscenity to talk about winding down the war. How do you wind down a war?

Kerry

Veterans grew up in the 'pablum' of democracy. They fought for this democracy, only to come back home & find they were not wanted, that we had no place for them

SOURCE

Illustration by Craig Grisham. This illustration appeared on the cover of the 10/6/71, Yell, the UNLV student publication.
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31. ---Oct. 7, 1971: FBI: “VVAW publicly distributed literature at Faneuil Hall, Boston, requesting funds for the org ‘National Action—Research on the Military Industrial Complex’ (NARMIC). This literature revealed that NARMIC had been founded by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Sept., 1969, & was designed to aid & help organize community & campus groups in taking action against the Military-Industrial Complex. …” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 208)/WS

32. ---Oct. 7-9, 1971: Mass. VVAW “will be holding a Winter Soldier Investigation…this one will incl. testimony from veterans and …Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsburg, Edward Kennedy, and McClosky. The establishment of broader policy objectives of the CS is one of the ads of the investigation. (FBI obtained doc. 9/71) (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.158)/WS

33. ---Oct. 11, 1971: FBI: Undated copy of “The Well” distrib. on the OU Campus, Norman, OK..a newspaper published .. by a local hippie group known as the Peoples Workshop. An article in this paper identified…leaders or reps of VVAW: John Kerry, named as National Spokesman for VVAW;” (FBI Files, Sec. 08, p.183)/WS

34. ---Oct. 13, 1971: FBI: “..(redacted) advised the VVAW has set up an information & orientation desk at the Vets Admin. Hosp., Jamaica Plain, MA, and has entertained patients there with shows, music & books. VVAW buttons have been observed on personnel & patients at that hospital but there is no evidence the VVAW has engaged in unauthorized activities or distrib. of their literature. Regulations forbid any org. from engaging in political activity or propagandizing their philosophy in such hospitals. …” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 209)/WS

35. ---Oct. 15, 1971: FBI: “The Militant,” which is the official weekly newspaper of the SWP, reported in its 10/15/71, ed. that the VVAW, GBPAC, PCPJ, and New England Student Mobilization Committee (SMC) would sponsor jointly a peace rally in downtown Boston on 10/13/71. …. (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..) (FBI Files, S10, p.199; 208)/WS

36. ---Oct. 24, 1971: FBI Rpt. contains this stmt: “Caution: Not to be disseminated to resident agents, detach.” ..a rep of NISO, NYC, advised that ..the VVAW would picket a Veterans Day activity of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) to be held at the Temple Emanuel, 5th Ave. and E. 65th St., NYC. Members of the VVAW had been denied membership in the MOWW. …Six demonstrators were arrested (names are redacted). (FBI Files, Sec 10, pp.59-60)/WS

37. ---Oct. 30, 1971: Meeting in Paris of the Exec. Committee of the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam: “Meeting of French organizations & American peace movements.. noted that: ..Nixon aims to continue the war… as shown by U.S. support for Thieu gov’t….& its refusal to respond to the 7 points put forward by the PRG at the Paris Conf.; .. campaign launched contrary to all the facts…that the war is fading out…that the policy of American gov’t. is leading to peace.
.....For these reasons, the participants in the meeting ..agreed to call together all movements working to end the war..to a World Conference in Paris in Feb. 1972. The aim of this assembly will be to publicize the real truth..and to prepare a programme of action to ensure the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Indochina and the cessation of American support for client gov’ts….. (Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)
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38. ---Nov. 5-7, 1971: FBI: VVAW Regional Convention, Norman, OK. Oklahoma Journal article: “War Crimes Head Agenda for Vets” … feature an address by member of the 5-man Exec. Committee which runs the National org., identified as John Kerry, Boston, Navy veteran.” (p.4)
.....“From 4-5pm, John Kerry, featured convention speaker & nat’l. spokesman for VVAW, spoke to 150-200 people… Kerry spoke against the war & encouraged young people to vote for candidates who will end the war. ..VVAW members..will continue to be active in activities to end the war, but..are against any type of violence." (p.12)
(FBI Files, Sec. 09, pp.4-12 – copy to NISO)/WS
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39. ---Nov. 5-7, 1971: FBI: VVAW Convention, OK: “The entire conf. lacked coord. & appeared to be a platform for John Kerry, Nat’l. Leader of VVAW, rather than for VVAW & WSI. … The audience for a speech by JOHN KERRY was quite large.” (FBI Files, Sec 09, p.133)/WS

40. ---Nov. 5-7, 1971: VVAW Convention, OK: People upset because of attitude of Kerry and it appeared that the only reason for the conference was him. SOURCE

41. ---Nov. 5, 1971: FBI Rpt (mostly redacted): “NOTE: Due to abundant indications of subversive influence, we are actively investigating VVAW. VVAW to have steering committee meeting in Kansas City 11/13-14/71 with activities expected from VVAW chapters all over the U.S.” (FBI Files, Sec. 09, p.18)/WS

42. ---Nov. 6, 1971: FBI: Rep. of NISO advised: “VVAW will sponsor a demonstration at the Naval Station..Brooklyn, NY…” “Purpose of demonstration was to protest state of justice both military & civilian in the U.S.” (Copy..to 108th Military Intelligence Group, NISO, Office of Special Investigations, and Secret Service) (FBI Rpt Sec. 09, pp.27,47-48)/WS

(B.Note: As kerry is a Lt in the Naval Reserve – is it fine for a group that he is the leader of to demonstrate against a Naval Station? Is there no violation of any Codes/Regulations with regards to this activity? Is he bypassed for responsibility here because he is “inactive?”)
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43. ---Nov. 7, 1971: FBI: ARTICLE, Norman, OK: “…After the workshops, participants will be invited to travel to Fort Sill (OK) with John Kerry, nat’l. spokesman for VVAW & featured speaker at convention, where Kerry will present another address…. Following Kerry’s speech, a ‘small demonstration will be held to show our solidarity with active GI’s,’ Dan Dryz, Pres of the OU VVAW Chapt. said.” (much redaction)
......FBI Rpt: “Fort Sill & Lawton, OK, authorities cognizant of current developments as reported herein.” (Copies..to Secret Service, OSI and NISO). (FBI Files, Sec. 09, pp.28-30)/WS

44. ---Nov. 7, 1971: FBI: ARTICLE: “Veterans Against War Chief Asks Power Structure Change” – Sunday Oklahoman newspaper. “The political power structure within the U.S. can and must change if the nation is to avoid violent efforts to seize power, John F. Kerry, a member of the exec. committee of the VVAW, said in Oklahoma City Sat. ..Kerry said, “If it (the gov’t) doesn’t change we are asking for trouble. If it is not done, those who are talking about seizing it will have every right to go after it. Kerry emphasized that he & those he represents are totally opposed to any such violence.

…..“Kerry was en route from ..Mass..to a 2-day conf. on the OU campus… local members of his organization were to testify to what they termed “war crimes,” that they had seen or been involved in. …“former Navy lieutenant” ..Kerry said it has been difficult for the group..to convince persons in politically powerful positions of the “absurdity, futility & stupidity of continuing.” Arguing that Americans “have lost sight of our own morality” in Vietnam,…. said the U.S. military has committed atrocities in Vietnam, because of bad leadership, the individual backgrounds of some persons and the “institution of racism. … He acknowledged that some of his views might work against the continuation of a world made up of nations as well as feelings of nationalism, but said he still had faith that the U.S. can change. (FBI Files, Sec. 09, pp.120-121)
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45. ---Nov. 9, 1971: FBI: Naval Investigative Services, WDC, telephonically contacted Special Coordination Unit & made ref. to New Orleans New Left movement rpt. dated 10/22/71 which shows VVAW urged support of boycott of Thanksgiving dinner by active duty servicemen. (redacted) vitally interested in obtaining any addn’l. info. concerning VVAW action this regard. Previous info. furnished to all military branches concerning VVAW proposed action. New York and New Orleans being instructed to contact appropriate informants and..full details VVAW’s plans this regard… (FBI Files, Sec. 09, p.124)

46. ---Nov. 10, 1971: FBI: “It was learned at…VVAW Convention, OK, that John Kerry & Al Hubbard, members of the Exec. Committee, VVAW, were planning to travel to Paris, France, week of Dec. 15-20, next for talks with No. Vietnamese peace delegation…. NY will remain in contact with New Left & Communist Party sources concerning (redacted) ... ‘communist party’ referred in RETEL is probably Communist Party, USA, because Al Hubbard is a member of Coordinating Committee of ..PCPJ…” Air mail copy to Boston re: Kerry. (FBI Files, Sec. 09, pp.91-93)
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Beatrice1000

** PART 7 **

1. ---Nov. 12, 1971: “PRESIDENT PRESS CONFERENCE”:

NIXON

Ans to Q5

Ans. to Q6

Q9

NIXON

Q14

NIXON

No

(Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of November 12, 1971”) Item #356
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2. ---Nov. 12, 1971: FBI: VVAW Kansas City meeting: “..John Kerry mentioned on Friday that he was going to resign his position on the Nat’l. Exec. Committee because of politics, and Kerry attempted to get Al Hubbard voted out of the Exec. meeting. … Kerry stated he did not think Hubbard ever served in Vietnam or was ever in service.” (FBI Files, Sec 09, p. 230)

3. ---Nov. 12-15, 1971: VVAW Kansas City meeting – discuss trips to Paris/Hanoi, plan to assassinate US senators (kerry resigns from Exec. Committee but not from VVAW) SOURCE

4. ---Nov. 14, 1971: KERRY (“spokesman for VVAW”) on "Firing Line" with Buckley -NYT
Ad (WS)

5. ---Nov. 14, 1971: At VVAW Nat’l. Steering Committee meeting, Kansas City: “decided that the VVAW will conduct disruptive demonstrations at nat’l. political party conventions to take place in 1972. (FBI Files, Sec 09, p.236)

(B.Note: This indicates that the Nat’l. office was involved in the planning of these demonstrations and it didn’t just come out of the Florida VVAW. See July 1972 VVAW Florida lawsuit (Part 9, #24) re: convention protests)
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6. ---Nov. 14, 1971: Kansas City meeting: “National VVAW is reportedly attempting to get reps into No. Vietnam to have discussions concerning the war & Prisoners of War. National VVAW is attempting to raise the necessary funds needed for transportation of these reps to Paris, France, and North Vietnam. (FBI Files, Sec 09, p.264)/WS

7. ---Nov. 14, 1971: Kansas City meeting: Joe Urgo, who had returned from No. Vietnam in August, 1971, with (redacted) of the War Resisters League and (redacted) of the Women’s Strike For Peace, spoke as if he himself were working for the North Vietnamese officials.
......Urgo said that the North Vietnamese do not want to shift American New Left emphasis away from the anti-war issue onto any other issue.* Thus, they would not want to discuss POW exchange during a VVAW trip to North Vietnam but would rather occupy VVAW visitors with indoctrination.

……No one was heard to say that the CPUSA paid for Hubbard’s trip. Hubbard would say that the VVAW leadership is part of the PCPJ. .. an unknown National organizer said in passing conversation that VVAW is getting a good bit of money from a Communist party in Europe but gave no other details.. (redacted) VVAW rep, said that some rich lady connected with an unknown paper company in NE U.S. is a source of finances for VVAW…

……VVAW’s leadership connection with persons in the military is not known to (redacted) VVAW members. Several times comments were made by leaders indicating they did have contact with such persons in the military but that they could not influence what the military activists did.
(FBI Files, Sec 10, pp.5-6)/WS

*(B.Note: ...what the enemy wants, the VVAW works to provide..)
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8. ---Nov. 12-14, 1971: URGENT FBI Teletype
TO: Director, Defense Intelligence Agency and Director, Naval Investigative Service:
“Source furnished the following info. regarding VVAW Steering Committee meeting in Kansas City over the weekend of Nov. 12-14, 1971.” (All pages are basically redacted) p. 197:
......“NISO (redacted) has been furnished LHM today. This alerts the Bureau in the event of NISO inquiry.”
(FBI Files, 11/24/71 Report, Sec 09, pp.194-197)

(B.Note: Appears the Navy was aware and very well informed about Kerry’s activities in Kansas City…)
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9. ---Nov. 16, 1971: PRIORITY from FBI, TO: the Pres., VP, Sec’y of State, CIA, Depts. of Army & Air Force, Naval Investigative Service, Secret Service, Attorney Gen., NSA –
re: Nov. Kansas City VVAW meeting:

“…JOHN KERRY, a National VVAW leader, appeared at the meeting & announced to those present he was resigning from the Exec. Committee for personal reasons; however, he would be available to speak for VVAW.”
(FBI Files, Sec 09, pp.69-70)/WS
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10. ---Nov. 16, 1971: FBI Teletype TO: Dir, Defense Intelligence Agency and Director, Naval Investigative Service:
“Source furnished the following info. regarding VVAW Steering Committee meeting in Kansas City over the weekend of Nov. 12-14, 1971.” (All pages are basically redacted)
(FBI Files, Sec -09, pp.190-193)

11. ---Nov. 16, 1971: FBI: “..(redacted) furnished a leaflet bearing the caption ‘VVAW New England Region,’ which reflects the following info.: ‘Military Counseling Project’: VVAW works with & supports LISP, a military counseling org. for active-duty GI's. LISP helps GI’s with a variety of problems such as obtaining conscientious objector status, aiding in court-martial proceedings and medical discharges….
……‘Research’: The VVAW has started to research the operation of the VA & is working on legislation concerning vets incl. unemployment & drugs. This fall VVAW will submit to Congress the following package of legislation for vets’ benefits: …
(4) Proposals to amend military discharge procedures;* …” (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..)
(FBI Files, S10, pp.199; 209-210)/WS

*(B.Note: See Part 5, #24 - Summer of 1971. Document obtained from VVAW-NY head office --someone at the head office was very interested in eliminating all adverse discharges.....)
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12. ---Nov. 18, 1971: VVAW in Florida, selling drugs for funding. SOURCE

13. ---Nov. 21, 1971: KERRY (“representing VVAW”) on Firing Line – NYT radio schedule
AD (WS)

14. ---Nov. 25, 1971: FBI: All discussion re VVAW in Atlanta on 11/25/71, considered insignificant due to recent development within National VVAW, that is split between Hubbard and Carry (Kerry) factions which has resulted in substantially less national direction than before.* …it was felt that Hubbard & Camil are closely aligned which might have overall detrimental effect to future of VVAW and its previous political posture…(FBI Files, Sec 10, p.43)/WS

*(B.Comment: ..an indication of the impact KERRY had as leader of the VVAW and also underlines his responsibility for setting up the national movement and determining their agenda, with a little help from his friends… the structure he put in place and begins to distance himself from after the November meeting continues to move ahead – he does nothing to shape or effect or alter the more militant direction they take as he goes off to run for office…he got his national exposure, no further need for them – sort of like getting his 3 medals, by hook or by crook, and beating it out of Vietnam. Is there a pattern here? Responsibility/honor/duty appear to be episodic, useful tools for mr kerry….)
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15. ---Nov. 26-28, 1971: PCPJ Nat’l. meeting, Chicago: “Al Hubbard, VVAW leader from NYC, stated..VVAW members plan to hold an anti-war demonstration in Lafayette Park, WDC..during annual lighting ceremonies at which Pres. Nixon will dedicate the Nat’l. Christmas tree on 12/16/71”. (NISO,.. notified) (FBI Files, Sec 10, p.55)/WS

16. ---Nov. 29, 1971: VVAW meeting Oklahoma – Statement made “he was disappointed in the power struggles that became a part of the recent VVAW National Convention. These struggles led to the resignation of several key individuals. Among these were JOHN KERRY…” (FBI Files, Sec. 31, p.163)/WS

17. ---Nov, 1971: FBI: ..after returning from a VVAW regional meeting in Norman, OK, which was attended by John Kerry, VVAW National Chairman, source advised that Al Hubbard, ..had been or was planning a trip to Paris..to confer with the No. Vietnamese peace delegation & to arrange for a prisoner of war (POW) release. (redact ) advised (redact) this is the first info. of this type concerning VVAW (redact) to be furnished to the Bureau by any source). Investigation by (redact) & (redact) verified that Al Hubbard had, in fact, been to Paris along with an unidentified member of the Communist Party, USA, & had conferred with the No. Vietnamese peace delegation & that the trip was paid for by the Communist Party, USA, according to Hubbard’s own admission. (FBI Files, 2/2/72 Report, S.13, pp.133-134)/WS

18. ---Nov. 29, 1971: (FBI REPORT INDICATES FILE ON KERRY):
“To: Director, FBI, From: SAC, NY, Subj: VVAW – Is-New Left. Rerep SA (redact) at NY, 10/12/71 and Buat to AL, 10/1/71. Encl. for the Bureau are 10 copies of an LHM captioned & dated as above, in which is set out pertinent info. concerning the VVAW since the submission of rerep. Sources utilized are as follows: (13 sources/names redacted).

LHM

rep. of the NISO, NYC

who furnished information on 10/26/71

redact

rep. of the NISO, NYC

who furnished info. on 11/5/71

redact

JOHN KERRY is subject of a pending investigation in the NYO, NY file 100-172952

others listed: Al Hubbard, Michael Oliver, George Roberts, Craig Scott Moore, Larry Rottman, Joseph Urgo & Edward Damato

JOHN KERRY

Evaluation

VVAW officials have reportedly been in contact with officials of the gov’t. of North Vietnam

Joseph Urgo

traveled to Hanoi

Al Hubbard

traveled to Paris

VVAW is also reported to be currently leading New Left force in the PCPJ

the VVAW has taken a more militant stance not only on the war in Indo-China but also on domestic matters

Lead

NY

At NY, NY

NON-SYMBOL, INFORMANT ADMIN

redact

CAUTION: Not to be disseminated to resident agents, detach.
(copy to NISO, CIA, etc)
(FBI Files, S11, pp.58-62)/WS)
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19. ---Nov. 30, 1971: FBI Report on the VVAW covering investigative period 2/10/71-11/24/71 (names in rpt. are redacted) was copied to the Navy…. (FBI Files, Sec 09, p.253)/WS

20. ---Nov. 30, 1971: Gainesville Chpt of the VVAW, ..follows aims and objectives set forth by National Headquarters, New York … At a meeting of the Veterans For Peace (VFP)..on 2/2/71, Scott Camil announced the formation of the Gainesville Chpt of the VVAW. The VFP is an anti-war student organization…supported by the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA)..as the youth org. of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the YSA serves as the main source of recruitment into that org. …The SWP has been designated pursuant to Exec. Order 10450.*

At a Student Mobilization Committee (SMC) meeting..2/28/71, Scott Camil was introduced as SE Regional Coord. for the VVAW. ..The SMC is controlled by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) & its youth affiliate YSA…. The VVAW advertises their activities in “The Eye” and “The Alligator” – Univ of Fl. student newspapers. (FBI Files, Sec 9, pp.254-256)/WS

*(See “NOTES” regarding Exec. Order 10450, 11/3/68 (Part 1, #52))
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21. ---Dec. 7, 1971: FBI Report: VVAW IS: NEW LEFT. Re: Bureau airtel to Albany dated 10/1/71. Encl…for the Bureau ..an LHM dated and captioned as above. 2 copies are encl. for the NY Office. …SA (redacted) utilized a newspaper reporter pretext when contacting the VVAW on 10/21/71. …Boston will endeavor to develop addn’l. informant coverage of the VVAW… (redacted) is (redacted) Naval Investigative Service Officer, Boston, MA. …
……LHM: “VVAW..nat’l. office at 25 W. 26th St., NYC. .. The VVAW “Newsletter” dated 3/24/71, as furnished on 4/20/71, by (redacted) reflects the New England VVAW Regional Office is located at 65A Winthrop St., Cambridge, MA, telephone (617) 492-5570. This office was opened in early March, 1971” <…> (cc: NISO, Army, CIA etc..)

(FBI Files, S10, pp.199-211: VVAW activities March thru Nov. 1971)/WS
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22. ---Dec. 26, 1971: Fifteen VVAW protesters take over the Statue of Liberty for some 40 hours and drape an upside-down American flag across the statue's face. Per the NY Post, the VVAW later receives a "congratulatory message" from Vietcong negotiator Le Mai in Paris. (T) Article (WS)
(B.Note: Kerry still with VVAW per articles after this date..)

23. ---Dec. 24, 1971 to Jan. 1, 1972: FBI: VVAW SM-NEW LEFT. VVAW Demonstrations at Killeen, TX. …During one of the interviews it was learned that someone had released to the news media that the demonstrators were being paid $50 each from the United Servicemen’s Fund at Fort Hood. … On the night that VVAW members occupied the Statue of Liberty in NY, Al Hubbard, a Nat’l. Exec. Committeman, telephoned some of the VVAW people at the Strut House in Killeen & advised them of that activity. … At the end of the demonstration at the library, Terry Dubose resigned as Regional Coord. for VVAW in the State of Texas. … (redact) who has been organizing the black GI’s at Fort Hood & causing some problems for the post command, flew to California for a conference with U.S. Rep. Ron Dellums of Berkeley, CA. (FBI Files, 1/7/72 Report, S13, p. 17, 28-29, 30)

24. ---Dec. 28, 1971: FBI: VVAW IS: NEW LEFT. WDC: Reps of the FBI observed approx. 25 individuals wearing military fatigues begin to gather at the Peace Monument on Pennsylvania Ave. at the west side of the U.S. Capitol Bldg., WDC. At the Peace Monument a large banner & two flags were displayed on which were printed the VVAW emblem. The banner stated it repr. the VVAW from Bergen County, NJ, while the flags repr. the VVAW, Bronx, NY.

……Joseph V. Bangert, VVAW, Philadelphia, & Timothy Butz, a WDC VVAW spokesman, briefly addressed the group. …Congressional War Amendments were symbolically burned. …at the Lincoln Memorial, the demonstrators marched to the beat of a drum & carried a black coffin as well as the above banner & flags. …while the group passed in front of the White House, an individual smashed a container of red liquid on the sidewalk. He was arrested…& identified himself as (redact), & a VVAW leader…. The black coffin was placed at the foot of the statue of Lincoln… a smoke bomb was thrown down the Memorial steps… the demonstrators ..blocked the Memorial entrance by linking their arms. ..a scuffle ensued when the U.S. Park Police attempted to remove a demonstrator who had climbed upon the structure of the Memorial. Two individuals were arrested at this time. ..The U.S. Park Police requested that the demonstrators, numbering approx. 115, leave the Memorial. This request was ignored. ..demonstrators began to willingly submit to arrest .. by 6pm, the Memorial was cleared & approx. 90 individuals had been arrested… charged with blocking the entrance to the Lincoln Memorial. (FBI Files, 1/27/72 Report, S.13, pp.46-48)/WS
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25. ---Dec. 30, 1971: FBI: VVAW IS: NEW LEFT. VVAW demonstration at Boston….Howard Zinn,..who is not a member of the VVAW, spoke concerning the war, the Pres. of the U.S., the U.S. Congress, and bankers in general for their part in the Vietnam War. Howard Zinn is a professor of Gov’t. at Boston Univ., Boston, MA, & has publicly spoken out in opposition to the war in Vietnam at numerous rallies & demonstration. The VVAW group was augmented by reps. from the PCPJ… (FBI Files, 1/20/72 Report, S13, pp.2-3)

26. ---Dec. 31, 1971: VVAW sends letters to GIs in So. Vietnam to protest/ cease combat activities. (FBI File)
SOURCE

27. ---Dec. 31, 1971: Stockholm-INVITATION: 5-pg. Letter from “Stockholm Conf. on Vietnam” letterhead regarding the upcoming Feb. 11-13, 1972: World Assembly in Paris.—Conference Against the War in Indochina

PAGE 1

against these cold-blooded war crimes, ….committed by the present U.S. admin

PAGE 2

PAGE 3

The origin of the Stockholm Conf. on Vietnam

These talks took place in Oct. 1966

Christian Peace Conf

Int’l. Confederation for Disarmament & Peace & Freedom

World Peace Council

War Resisters Int’l

the first Stockholm Conf. on Vietnam was held in Stockholm on July 6-9, 1967

including reps of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF)

The Stockholm Conf. has always worked in close cooperation with the true reps of the Vietnamese people – the DRV & the NLF-PRG

FUNK

Royal Gov’t. of Nat’l. Union

PAGE 4

uniting the world opinion against Pres. Nixon

B. Note: an entire page lists the French organizations

PAGE 5

strengthen contacts with our US friends to support them

(This 5-pg doc from: Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)
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28. ---Jan. 2, 1972: Dan Rather Interview: “A CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT”:

Q5

RATHER

NIXON

The enemy did step up its infiltration

Q6

RATHER

NIXON

can the Pres. of the U.S… withdraw all of our forces as long as the enemy holds one American as a prisoner of war? The answer is no

RATHER

NIXON

Q7

RATHER

asked the No. Vietnamese & the PRG if they will release the POW’s & guarantee the safety of our withdrawing troops if we set a date for withdrawal of all U.S. forces from So. Vietnam?

NIXON

RATHER

NIXON

On 9/18/71, Sen. George McGovern of SD announced he had met in Paris on Sept. 10 and 11 with reps.
of No. Vietnam & the PRG

Q8

RATHER

some of the timing must be politically motivated

NIXON

disastrous blow to America’s foreign policy leadership

Q16

RATHER

broken promises..are pretty hard to explain

whether it is a journalist who doesn’t deliver on his story

NIXON

the journalist really doesn’t have to retract his story, as you know

RATHER

But he should, when he is wrong

B. NOTE, 2004: good advice for yourself, Mr. Rather

Q20

RATHER

NIXON

those who chose to desert their country..they can live with their choice

(Nixon Library: “A Conversation with the President,” Interview with Dan Rather of the Columbia Broadcasting System”)
Item #1
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29. ---Jan. 3, 1972: “Typhoon Jane” (Time Mag.): …Jane Fonda—or, as local newspapers described her, "Typhoon Jane" —was blowing into the country to stir up the peace movement, lash the resident U.S. military brass & crack a few thunderbolts at male chauvinism. <…> Along with Fellow Movie Star Donald Sutherland, Jane was leading a scraggly, 15-member troupe of entertainers called the Free Theater Associates. Formed last winter largely to produce antiwar programs for U.S. servicemen, the F.T.A. is a sort of counter-U.S.O. and its initials conveniently stand also for "F— the Army," a slogan familiar to all overseas G.l.s. "Ours is a political vaudeville created out of materials found in G.I. newspapers," says Sutherland. In mid-Nov. the group began a five-week holiday tour with a show near Fort Dix, N.J. From there it went on to play near (never on) bases in Hawaii, the Philippines, Okinawa and finally Japan. ...

......Occasionally the F.T.A. crisscrossed the route traveled by Veteran Troop Entertainer Bob Hope and his annual Christmas show. Although many people inevitably viewed the F.T.A. venture as an attempt to undermine the Hope tour,..

......The F.T.A. loosely mixes readings, songs & satirical skits to underline such inflammatory assertions as Jane's: "We must oppose with everything we have those blue-eyed murderers—Nixon, Laird and all the rest of those ethnocentric American white male chauvinists." <…>

......In Iwakuni, one-third of the G.l.s in a large gymnasium walked out before the show was over, apparently bored. <…> As she and the F.T.A. flew back to the U.S. at week's end, Jane was undaunted. "This definitely is going to be the main part of my life," she said. <…> (Time Mag/subscript)

(B.Note: only jane could make being “blue-eyed” a criminal offense… now, could this possibly be an issue about “daddy?”)
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30. ---Jan. 5, 1972: Report from Director, Naval Investigative Service to FBI.
Subj: VVAW/Visit to U.S. Naval Hosp, Philadelphia, PA.: On 12/25/71, a group of VVAW members attempted to visit patients at the hosp. ..a group of approx. 30 individuals was walking towards the main entrance of the hosp. ..It was agreed that members of this group would be permitted to visit with patients but that only two at a time could enter the hosp. ..low keyed conversation took place. ….
......COMMENT: During the period 24-31 Dec. 1971, the Northeast region..camped in Valley Forge (PA) Park, which was used as a base of operations for anti-war protests which VVAW members scheduled for the greater Phila. area. Other than the visits to the USNH ..reported above, no other contact with Navy/Marine Corps facilities in this area has been reported.
(FBI Files, S.13, pp. 91-92)/WS
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31. ---Jan. 11, 1972: KERRY-“head of VVAW” speech at Dartmouth. Article (WS)

32. ---Jan. 11, 1972: KERRY “war critic & spokesman for VVAW” speech at Dartmouth. Article (WS)

33. ---Jan. 14, 1972: FBI report from SAC, New Orleans: VVAW IS: NEW LEFT. “The FD-306 from (redact) rec’d. on 11/19/71 (redact). The referenced FD-306 details (redact) receipt of a letter from (redact) (LNV), an active-duty Marine at Camp Pendleton, Calif. This info. was disseminated to the Bureau and NISO by LHM dated 11/23/71 in the VVAW case. On 1/14/72, a person in a position to furnish reliable info. advised that subsequent NISO investigation had identified (redact) (LNV) as follows: (redacted). The above person further advised that (redact) in interview, had stated that he had met (redact)… (redact) stated that (redact) was the actual person who introduced (redact) to (redact). This info. is furnished to the Bureau & to Little Rock for info. in the event that (redact) returns as a civilian to (redact) area in the future. NON-SYMBOL SOURCE.
The person in a position to furnish reliable info. is (redact) NISO Agent (PROTECT).
(FBI Files, 1/27/72 Report, S13, pp. 60-62)/WS

(B.Note1: Handwritten on the side of this FBI report is: “Navy Info re 3rd Party—all”.)

(B.Note2: I think (not positive) the reference to “Non-Symbol Source” on these FBI reports in general relates to a CIA agent – also, at the top of reports that have a “redact” in the “From” line, also seems to be CIA – because in general, the “from” is an FBI Special Agent (SA) or the Director, or at least a number.. The “Church Committee Reports” referenced in this post have information about the interagency methods for intelligence gathering at this time….)
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34. ---Jan. 17, 1972: FBI/SAC-New Haven: Demonstration at Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, CT. Sponsored by New Haven Air War Collective, Conn. Peace Action Coalition (CT chapter of the NPAC) & VVAW. Internal Security-New Left. ..Sikorsky Aircraft is a key facility with security responsibility vesting in the Army. The Air Force & Navy have contracts with Sikosky...

(NPAC was founded in 1970 by members of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)…VVAW was nearly inactive until the moratoriums in the Fall of 1969...<..>)

......At 11:35am, 71 demonstrators sat down in front of the main gate, blocked traffic in & out of Sikorsky Aircraft & refused to move… following demonstrators were arrested & charged with Disorderly Conduct: (3 pgs of redacts)…

(FBI Files, 4/27/72 Report, S.17, pp.40-49)/WS

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Beatrice1000

** PART 8 **

1. ---Jan. 22, 1972: FBI: VVAW IS NEW LEFT;VIDEM. VVAW to protest speech by Dean Rusk, Univ. of AR. “On the night of 1/21/72, VVAW members had a meeting with William C. Frey, an Episcopal Bishop who has been in Fayettesville, AR, 2 wks. Frey recently returned from Guatamala, where he was being sought by the Guatamalian police. Frey stated he had been subpoenaed before one of the Congressional Foreign Relations Sub-Committees & was to be questioned regarding U.S. & guerrilla activities in Guatamala. Frey stated he was assoc. with revolutionary movements in Latin America and is a personal friend of Ivanienych (phonetic). Frey plans to attend Rusk’s speech.” (FBI Files, S.13, p.31, 33)/WS

2. ---Jan. 27, 1972: FBI Director reprimand ltr to SAC, Little Rock for above 1/22/72 report on the VVAW: “In referenced communication you set forth 3 pgs of planned protest activity by the VVAW, in connection with the appearance of former Sec’y. of State Dean Rusk, at the Univ. of AR.. on 1/22/72. You concluded this communication with five lines stating in effect there were no incidents or arrests in connection with Rusk’s appearance. This manner of reporting by your office is totally unacceptable.

Firstly, the information concerning the plans of the VVAW should have been furnished the Bureau on 1/21/72 when they were obtained by your office, not after this matter was a fait accompli. Secondly, it should be obvious that it is of vital interest to the Bureau to learn whether or not the planned activity of the dissidents materialized. Your communication lacks any evidence whatever that reps of the VVAW were even on the campus of the Univ. of AR much less engaging in a protest demonstration. Ensure such lax reporting by personnel of your office will not recur. It must be borne in mind that info. received at the Bureau is disseminated to The White House & other responsible high-level Gov’t. officials who rely on the Bureau to furnish them info. concerning protest demonstrations on a daily basis. Bring this problem to the attention of appropriate personnel.” (FBI Files, S.13, p. 42)/WS

3. ---Jan. 25, 1972: Nixon “Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam”:

We are being asked publicly to respond to proposals that we answered, & in some respects accepted, months ago in private

The only thing this plan does not do is to join our enemy to overthrow our ally

[ettlement & surrender

Some of our citizens have become accustomed to thinking that whatever our Gov’t. says must be false, and whatever our enemies say must be true, as far as this war is concerned

(pp.4-5) (Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam” Item #21

*(B. Note: see also, 8/4/69 entry (Part 2, #16) re sending Kissinger on secret talks to Paris, indicating the engagement of our gov’t. in trying to end the war all the while the Nixon Admin. was being condemned and its efforts sabotaged by kerry, kennedy & their ilk ---- and they are back now in time of war, again obsessed against our war effort, trying to do the same thing … unbelievable.)
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4. ---Jan. 25, 1972: “A Dozen Dissidents Criticize the President & the Government in ‘the PEOPLE’S STATE OF THE UNION’”: …Ralph Nader <..> the event organized by Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma... John Kerry, a leader of VVAW, criticized the President for not ending the war at once. “What was a mistake a year ago or a month ago or a day ago is a mistake now,” he said, “and one simply does not send men to kill or be killed for a mistake.” (speeches were recorded for broadcast by educ. TV network). ARTICLE (WS)

5. ---Jan. 27, 1972: VVAW dissatisfied with NY National office discusses killing Hubbard & Birch.
(FBI Files, Sec. 13, pp.68-72 /WS)

6. ---Jan. 29, 1972: FBI/URGENT from Jacksonville. Scott Camil, Security Matter – VVAW (Extremist) (Key Activist). “Source..advised..that on the night of 1/28/72, a meeting was held at the VVAW Headquarters, Gainesville, FL, to make plans regarding establishing a defense fund for Scott Camil… Camil & his girlfriend, Nancy Elizabeth McCown, were indicted by Alachua County Grand Jury, Gainesville, FL, 1/27/72 on two counts of kidnapping*… The defense fund office will be located across the hall from Camil’s apt. at VVAW headquarters. (redact) hopes to have Quaker Church to sponsor defense fund for tax exempt purposes. Source..claims that Camil needs $11,000. At the ..meeting..there were reps. from the SMC, VFP… the VFP wants the political issue in order to make it appear that Camil was arrested for being against the war rather than something else. … the Quaker Church..is reportedly reluctant to sponsor Camil’s defense fund because of the involvement of drugs in connection with Camil’s arrest….
……(*Per 1/26/72 Report, p. 85: “Scott Camil.. & Nancy Elizabeth McCown..were afforded a preliminary hearing on kidnapping for ransom charge, before County Judge John Connell… Probable cause established.. Camil’s bond $10,000…”) (FBI Files, S.13, pp.81-84)/WS

7. ---Feb. 5, 1972: FBI/Domestic Intelligence Div./Urgent – VVAW demonstration at Federal Bldg., Houston, TX.- Internal Security-NL. Leaflet passed out..”Our demands are: ..…and (4) no discrimination against people with bad discharges.” (FBI Files, S.13, pp.115-116)/WS

8. ---Feb. 10, 1972: FBI/URGENT: VVAW, Internal Security-New Left. NOTE: (redact) has obtained copy of letter from VVAW National Office to Regional Coords. calling for Nat’l. Steering Committee meeting on 2/18-21/72, & attached to letter was copy of petition addressed to United Nations Sec’y. Gen. requesting UN mediation in Vietnam war & requesting UN reps. meet with VVAW reps. NY being instructed to immediately disseminate to U.S. mission to the UN and follow closely for further pertinent info. (FBI Files, S.13, pp.114)

9. ---Feb. 11-13, 1972: A VVAW delegation attends a World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the People of Indo-China in Versailles, France. (T)

(See 12/31/71 Invitation letter (Part 7, #27))
VVAW Hubbard speech in Paris – gave details of US ship and aircraft movements.
(FBI Files, Sec. 32, p. 41)/WS
Joe Bangert, kerry’s VVAW buddy,* also attended per his email to Peggy Seeger (date unknown):
“......an email I received today from a mutual friend- Barbara Dane... how gratified I am to share with you my deep admiration of Ewan's 'Ballad of Ho Chi Minh'. Sure I learned it by heart… and later met Barbara in Paris at the World Assembly for the Peace and Independence of the Indochinese Peoples at Versailles. We had a great banquet with the diplomatic delegations of both the DRVN and the PRGSVN & later some music began- Barbara sang the 'Song of the Coats' & the only song the young boisterous delegation from the USA could all agree on singing together by heart when asked to sing 'an American worker's song' was "Mercedes Benz" by Janis Joplin.

......Barbara then asked me to join her on the stage- for I had boldly decided to wear a close fitting shirt which had emblazened on the front of it- the flag of the National Liberation Front of south Viet Nam. It was then that I belted out both "We Will Liberate the South" (Giai Phong Mien Nam) the national anthem of the NLF in Vietnamese- for I am a linguist- and ended that portion of the show with the Ballad of Uncle Ho. It was a show stopper to say the least-.."

SOURCE

*(B.Note: Bangert worked on kerry’s 2004 campaign in NH)
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10. ---Feb. 10, 1972: “PRESIDENT’S NEWS CONFERENCE”.

Q3

consciously aiding & abetting the enemy

NIXON

encourage the enemy to negotiate or encourage him to continue the war

(p5) (Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of 2/10/72” Item #58
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11. ---Feb. 18-21, 1972: FBI report: VVAW film “The First Casualty” – “has segments of all film taken on the Winter Soldier and on films relating to VVAW in publication at present. ...can be shown to the public in theaters…& admission is to be charged to see the film. SOURCE, p.6

12. ---Feb. 18-21, 1972: FBI: From SAC/Denver– copies sent to offices all around the country re: VVAW Nat’l. Steering Committee Meeting, Denver, CO.

Copy of LHM ..to Secret Service; 115th MI Group, OSI, Lowry Air Force Base, NISRA (all in Denver), & NISO, Chicago.
Re: Jacksonville airtel 2/28/72; Little Rock airtel 3/1/72; New Orleans FD 306’s 2/29/72 and SAC Letter 72-3 dated 1/11/72 outlining reporting procedures concerning subversive conferences. …

On 2/18/72….Mike McCusker of Oregon chaired the meeting. … Two addn’l. chairmen were selected, John Musgrave of Lawrence, KS for 2/19/72 & Bill Lemmer of Fayettesville, AR for 2/20/72…It was announced that those with the National VVAW Office would all resign as of 3/1/72. …The location of the Nat’l. Office will remain in NYC
Scott Camil..overheard to comment that (redact) was harassment as a result of his political activity & “nothing more.” .. According to Pete Mahoney, LA Regional Coord., who traveled with Camil,…(he) allegedly owns a 400 acre farm & conducted military & revolutionary training on the farm.
Tim Butz, a Nat’l. leader of VVAW at the party, was overheard….. national leaders of VVAW are attempting to obtain intelligence info. regarding the air war in Vietnam in an effort to plan strategy & anti-war action in the U.S. around the above. Butz had in his possession the casing for a “cluster” bomb which he said the U.S. was dropping in No. Vietnam, Laos, & Cambodia in violation of the Geneva Convention….
(redact) was overheard at the party to comment that she has been working for the last few mos. with the Venceremos Brigade (VB) in Detroit, MI. ..
-----financial report ..by the Nat’l. VVAW Treasurer Joe Urgo, ... He advised the report which covered the period 8/1/71 to 1/31/72 was not complete…:

CASH INCOME:
“Fund Appeal (One phone call by Al Hubbard netted $15,000): $23,649;
“Money from Winter Soldier Investigations”: $430…<..>

CASH EXPENDITURES:
“Salaries (full-time employees 12 max., 6 or 7 at nat’l. office; full-time secy (100 per wk)”: $12,347;
“Travel expense Exec. Committee”: $4,118 (incls. $300 for Urgo’s trip to Hanoi…<.>.

OTHER EXPENDITURES:
“Legislation-Paul Lindley”: $1,732;
“The New Soldier”—editing: $4,591;…<..>

OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES: … “4 nat’l. actions,..incl. RVN mailing”: %$2,828 <..>

The phone call made by Hubbard which resulted in a contrib.. of $15,000 was brought up but the identity of the source was refused; ....
An announcement was made that lunch ..to be sponsored by members of the VB who were desirous of raising funds….
Voting:…Amended to read speakers requests will be handled from regions except by vote of Nat’l. Steering Committee & where request is for certain individual who has nat’l. endorsement also where requests are for overseas travelers.
On 2/20/72, the convention reconvened on the lawn near Hale Hall, Univ. of Colorado…Hale Hall was locked.. Scott Camil..entered ..through an opened window in a janitor’s closet & opened the bldg. A large number of the group present ruled not to use the bldg. because it was not entered legally.....
A CA action calls for support of Billy Dean Smith, an active member of VVAW & former member of the BPP, .. charged by the military with “fragging” an officer. .. A 3rd CA action proposal related to VVAW fighting racism. It was pointed out VVAW is almost all white & that something should be done about it…
Al Hubbard…arrived 2/20/72. He stated that he came straight to Denver from a convention in Paris sponsored & led by the Central Committee of the Communist Party & attended by about 145 delegates, ..indicated that he had been “hassled” at every border upon leaving Paris. Hubbard noted that VVAW & PCPJ had organizational ties through him until the Steering Committee disbanded the Nat’l. Exec. Committee. He claimed that he had come to the conf. to resign…. Hubbard was asked to report on the peace conf in Paris. He stated that a broad representation of the Left was present & that a 25 member Steering Committee was organized .. Actually, ..the conf. was controlled by French Leftists.
Hubbard stated that he traveled to the conf. with Sidney Peck of PCPJ. ….indicated that four delegations attended from Indo-China. All emphasized the air-war being conducted by the Americans & all attacked Nixon’s 8-Pt. Peace Plan. He commented that Mr. Porter, the American Ambassador to the Paris Peace Talks said that a “horde” of Communist agitators were attending the conf. Hubbard laughed & said that Porter’s stmt. was ridiculous, then he stated that it was true. ...
(Hubbard stated they planned) ....a 6-wk. scenario that would begin in the U.S. & elsewhere on or about 4/1/72:
……1. …activities will be sponsored in Japan on 3/28/72.

……2. 4/1/72 activities would be organized around the Harrisburg defense trial..King assassination..support of Angela Davis.

……3. 4/15/72 will be designed Tax Resistance Day throughout the U.S. ..also designated Rand Corp. day.

……4. 4/22/72..int’l. actions in view of NPAC & SWP sponsored programs…*

……5. First 6 days of May, 1972 activities will be organized relative to corps. & air bases. Activists will encourage that activity originate “from within” the air bases in the U.S., & that in addition, actions will be sponsored at NATO bases in Europe & at American corps. located in Europe.
Hubbard indicated that VVAW as an org. had received commitments of support from Leftists throughout the world. He indicated that following the conf. he had private discussions with individuals from Laos & Cambodia, the primary topic discussed were tactics in the U.S. anti-war movement. In his opinion these discussions turned out to be the most important part of the conf. for him. He said that during these talks he was able to confirm the fact that a 7-member VVAW delegation would go to Hanoi during the first part of April, 1972. …definitely to be included will be Jan Crumb, other possibilities will be Joe Urgo & Hubbard himself. Names of the remaining individuals..will be submitted to the No. Vietnamese for approval. It was also brought out that Scott Camil of FL might also be a Hanoi delegate. … It was brought out that (redact), KS, is in charge of setting up meeting with the No. Vietnamese concerning the 7-member VVAW delegation going to Hanoi in May. He is also to work with the No. Vietnamese for planning a meeting between the VVAW & Hanoi in the Fall of 1972 and Spring of 1973…
Hubbard brought a film entitled “The First Casualty” ..It is a 90 minute film ..segments of all film taken on the Winter Solder & on films relating to VVAW… Approx. 30 minutes of the film in different parts is devoted to Scott Camil & his testimony much of which was taken in a private room over a 3-day period....
Joe Urgo stated he had attended a World Federation of Democratic Youth Conference & that in May, 1972 a Western Offensive against the Indo-China War will be put into effect. … will start in Western Europe & hopefully spread to the No. American Continent. …
The new Steering Committee…intends to turn the VVAW Actions from ..demonstrations to one of involvement… eventually replace elected officials with those sympathetic to the “movement.” ….State Steering Committee Structure… regional coord – Barry Romo..; state cords – Mike Oliver (SF), and Mike McCain (LA)…

(FBI Files, 3/17/72 Report, S.15, pp. 67,69,75,78-107)/WS

*(B.Note: Hubbard tells of the plans made in Feb. 1972 by the communists he was with in Paris, which include “4/22/72 int’l. actions in view of NPAC & SWP sponsored programs” – and there are indeed anti-war demonstrations all around the U.S. at that time – including the “Emergency March For Peace” in NY in which JOHN KERRY, a willing partner to the agenda of the enemy planners of these events, attends their rally and gives a speech. See Part 9, #11.)
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13. ---Feb. 24, 1972: Ted Kennedy concerned (once again) about FBI investigations:
1972 Hearings:

For the first time in FBI history, a copy of the Manual section for “domestic subversive investigations” was sent to the Attorney General, apparently “in connection with” a request made earlier by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who had asked to see a copy of this section at the time of the confirmation hearings for Attorney General Kleindienst in 1972.*

In a Memo to Atty Gen. Elliott Richardson, (FBI) Dir. Clarence M. Kelley cited Sen. Sam J. Ervin’s view that the FBI should be prohibited by statute “from investigating any person without that individual’s consent,** unless the Gov’t. has reason to believe that the person has committed a crime or is about to commit a crime.” .. he observed that the statutes upon which the FBI was relying were either “designed for the Civil War era, not the 20th Century” (the seditious conspiracy, rebellion & insurrection laws) or had been “reduced to a fragile shell by the Supreme Court”…..
(Church Committee, 1975-76: V (N), p.552)

*Kleindienst, Senate Judiciary Committee, 2/24/72, p.64.

**(B.Note: How can you do a covert investigation if you have to get the person’s “consent” first??)
(B.Note: I was unable to find the Congressional Record referenced.)
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14. ---Feb. 25, 1972: National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) (150 5th Av, Rm 911, NY). Anti-war teach-in/NY planned. Invited to address the teach-in: George Wald, John Kerry, Daniel Ellsberg, & other “leaders of the peace movement”…. The culmination of this campaign will be a nat’l. antiwar protest on Apr. 22 in NY* & Los Angeles… need $50,000. (Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress)

*(B.Note: could not find any info. as to whether or not kerry attended this teach-in…but he was a speaker at the 4/22/72 “Emergency March for Peace” in NY)
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15. ---Mar. 1, 1972: Notice to kerry: “Contingent Transfer to Standby Reserve”
(Form NAVPERS 1001/20 (12-71)). Top of form stamped “S-3”.
(B.Note: I have not been able to find the actual old form NAVPERS 1001/20 to see what is missing on the front (or on the back) of this form, as something is missing when the form ends at 5(b) with “if you:...” …and there is no more text.)

From: Chief of Naval Personnel, Dept of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, DC.
(In Reply Refer to: Pers-B871-L35- )
To: LT John Forbes Kerry, 33 Tavern Rd, Waltham, MA 02154. –(redact)–0180000(?)

Subj: Contingent Transfer to the Standby Reserve.

Ref: (a) BUPERSMAN 1880160.

(B.Note: regarding “Ref (a)”: The ref “BUPERSMAN 1880160” has been converted to MILSPERSMAN 1100-050, p. 19 (8/22/02). “Eligibility Requirements for Membership in the Ready Reserve”.
("Conversion Chart" is in the Index at this link.)
Responsible Office: NAVPERSCOM (PERS-91)
Governing Directive: BUPERSINST 1001.39D
1. Policy: Eligibility requirements are defined in chapter 1 of BUPERSINST 1001.39D.
(B. Note: I have been unable to find the actual wording of the old BUPERS 1880160 number)

(1) Legislation enacted by Congress has stressed the importance of ensuring that members of the Ready Reserve will be available immediately for active service in the event of war or national emergency. You should appreciate that such a concept is a prerequisite to an expeditious and effective mobilization if the need arises.
(2) In line with this legislation, regulations provide that each member of the Ready Reserve who has fulfilled his statutory military obligation be afforded an opportunity to execute a written request to remain in the Ready Reserve.

Reference (a) requires that members of the Ready Reserve whose current agreements will soon expire be afforded the same opportunity.

Those who decline the opportunity to execute an agreement on the occasion of completion of their statutory military service, or expiration of a current agreement will be transferred to the Standby Reserve—Inactive (USNR-S2).
(3) Members of the Ready Reserve may be ordered to active duty in the event of war, or national emergency proclaimed by the President. Members of the Standby Reserve—Inactive may be ordered to active duty only in the event of war or national emergency declared by Congress.
(4) A review of your service record indicates that your membership in the Ready Reserve will soon expire. In view of this you are strongly urged to complete enclosure (1) and return it via the command maintaining your service record. This should be done prior to 1 April or 1 October, whichever occurs first after the date of this correspondence.
(5) Current directives require that Ready Reserve Agreements be executed for no less than one year or for as many years as an individual may desire, or for an indefinite period. An indefinite agreement is strongly recommended.

(a) An indefinite agreement is subject to reduction to a lesser term upon written request to the Chief of Naval Personnel. The date specified for termination may not be less than one year from 1 October or 1 April, whichever is earlier, and may not precede the expiration of a statutory Ready Reserve obligation.

(b) If you do not submit enclosure (1) at this time your transfer to the Standby Reserve—Inactive (USNR-S2) will become effective 1 April or 1 October of this fiscal year. Should you fall into one of the following categories, your transfer to the Standby Reserve—Active (USNR-S1) will be effected and you may participate voluntarily in a Naval Reserve Program for retirement point credit if you: **TEXT ENDS HERE**

(kerry Military Service Records, “Transfer to Standby Reserve”, p.1)

B.NOTES:
---There is obviously more data continuing, either redacted, or there is a missing page 2 or a back-side to this form that is missing.

---Also, “enclosure (1)” is missing. If kerry did not complete the enclosure (1), his transfer would automatically be effective April 1, 1972 as per (5)(b) above. The letter is dated Mar 1, 1972, so April 1 would be the transfer date, as it “occurs first after the date of this correspondence,” as per (4) above.

---See Aug. 16, 1972 ADDENDUM (Part 9, #35) where this eff. date is changed to July 1, 1972, with no reason given.
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16. – General Ref. Info: Guidelines on Characterization of Service. (SECNAVINST 1920.6B) 12/13/99
2.d.(3). Conduct in the civilian community of a member of a Reserve component who is not on active duty .. may form the basis for characterization as Under Other Than Honorable Conditions only if such conduct affects directly the performance of the member’s military duties. Such conduct may form the basis for characterization as [eneral (Under Honorable Conditions) only if such conduct has an adverse impact on the overall effectiveness of the Naval Service, including military morale & efficiency.….

17. – General Ref. Info: Re-Entry Codes (“RE Codes”) (BUPERSINST 1900.8B) – 5/10/05.
(B.Note: I read somewhere but can’t find the source now that the RE codes are not shown on Officer’s documents…)

18. -- General Ref. Info: Officer Separation Codes (BUPERSINST 1900.8B) (5/10/05)
(B.Note: This info. is dated 2005, so I don't know what was applicable back in the 70s -- but here are a few I pulled out relating to officer separation today::

(1) Resignation in Lieu of Administrative Separation or Board Action:
SPD Code: BDK. Reason: Military Personnel Security Program. Authority: SECNAVINST 1920.6B.
EXPLANATION: Retention is clearly inconsistent with the interest of national security.
(See SECNAVINST 5510.30A.)

SPD Code: BKA. Reason: Pattern of Misconduct. Authority: SECNAVINST 1920.6B.
EXPLANATION: Pattern of discreditable behavior with civil or military authorities.

SPD Code: BKQ. Reason: Misconduct (Serious Offense). Authority: SECNAVINST 1920.6B.
EXPLANATION: Commission of a serious military or civilian offense.
(2) Resignation in Lieu of Court Martial
SPD Code: DFS. Reason: In lieu of trial by court martial. Authority: SECNAVINST 1920.6B.
EXPLANATION: Conduct triable by court martial for which the member may voluntarily separate in lieu of going to trial.
(3) Resignation, Other
SPD Code: FCM. Reason: Conscientious Objector Authority: SECNAVINST 1920.6B.
EXPLANATION: Conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.

(this one is mysterious):
SPD Code: FFF. Reason: Secretarial Authority Authority: SECNAVINST 1920.6B
EXPLANATION: Separation by order of SECNAV.
USE ONLY WHEN DIRECTED BY NAVPERSCOM (PERS-48).

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19. ---Mar. 24, 1972: “PRESIDENT’S NEWS CONFERENCE”.

Q1

Lewine

NIXON

3-1/2 yr. filibuster at the peace talks on the part of the No. Vietnamese

used the talks for the purpose of propaganda

(Nixon Library: “The President’s News Conference of 3/24/72”) Item #103
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20. ---Mar. 24, 1972: FBI: The VVAW no longer has a National Office or a National Exec. Committee. The 4th Fl. at 25 W. 26th St., NYC, which formerly housed the Nat’l. Office..is used as the office of the “National Clearinghouse.” The National Clearinghouse was created at the Nat’l. Steering Committee meeting in Denver, CO, during Feb. 18-21, 1972, & its functions are to publish the VVAW paper, “First Casualty” and a VVAW newsletter. …
……..The following persons at the NY Regional Office of the VVAW, during Mar. 1972: Ed Damato, Regional Coord. for the NY Region; Bob Dunne, Regional Coord. for Vietnam; Joe Urgo, formerly a member of the Exec. Committee; Jon Birch, formerly of the PA, VVAW; Larry Rottman, formerly a member of the Exec. Committee; Joe Hirsch, who runs the office of the NY Region; (redacts)… (FBI Files, 3/31/72 Report, S.16, pp. 94, 99-101)/WS

21. ---Apr. 1, 1972: This was SUPPOSED to be the date kerry was to be transferred to the Standby Reserve— Inactive (USNR-S2): However, per Addendum Letter of 8/16/72, his transfer date was changed from 4/1/72 to 7/1/72.

22. ---Apr. 4, 1972: FBI: From SAC, New Haven. Demonstration against Army Chief of Staff Gen. Westmoreland, Yale Univ. sponsored by VVAW, CT. Peace Coalition, SMS, Internal Security-New Left, VIDEM. ..Gen. Westmoreland was due to address the Yale Univ. Political Union, .. SACs of the FBI observed approx. 250 people assembled outside the Yale Law School auditorium chanting anti-war slogans, waving banners, & Viet Cong flags. Refused admission the demonstrators, pushed the police back & minor skirmish of pushing & shoving ensued. ..Prior to dinner at Mory’s Restaurant, New Haven, Westmoreland was apprised of info. concerning planned disruption of his speech by various groups… Immediately following his dinner he was informed of ugly mood of crowd & possible risk of safety if he attempted to enter auditorium. He then tried to make statement to crowd outside Mory’s that he would not appear & was shouted down 3X at which time he departed. VVAW took over the speakers platform at Yale Law School auditorium and held anti-war speeches. No arrests. (FBI Files, Sec. 15, pp. 27-28)/WS

23. ---Apr. 4, 1972: FBI report: “A rep of No. Vietnamese Gov’t at Paris Peace Conf. telephoned the “movement” in the U.S…instructed them to be able to take action, presumably demonstrations, in order to counter escalation of bombing by Americans…” SOURCE, p.9

24. ---Apr. 7-11, 1972: FBI: Attn: Domestic Intelligence. VVAW, Steering Committee Meeting, Houston, TX; IS – NEW LEFT. ..meetings to be held either on campus of Univ. of Houston (UH) or in open air theater in municipal park. Secret Service, Houston advised & considering tape recording of proceedings at UH. .. .all possible activities, incl. opportunity presented by scheduled “RAP sessions” with other active orgs. in Houston area, such as Black Panther Party. It is anticipated private housing will be found for most delegates to instant conf. Spot physical surveillance will be conducted at residences of housing coord. & other likely locations at Houston. If indications that some attendees located at nearly motels, registration records will be reviewed. Houston desires (redact). (FBI Files, 4/4/72 Report, S.15, pp.4-6)/WS

25. ---Apr. 7-11, 1972: FBI: VVAW IS –NEW LEFT. Authority granted to (redact). … NOTE: Extremely important meeting of VVAW has been called for Houston..to discuss two critical issues: 1. Selection of delegates to Hanoi; and 2. Actions to be planned by VVAW at Repub. & Dem. Nat’l. Conventions. It is absolutely essential that full informant coverage of this extremely militant org. be provided. Jacksonville has advised that Scott Camil, violence-prone leader of VVAW in SE U.S., will be attending meeting since he is free on bond on (redact)…(FBI Files, 4/4/72 Report, S.15, pp.64-65)/WS

26. ---Apr. 8, 1972: FBI Report: Ad Hoc Committee for Military Buildup formed within the VVAW – collecting & exposing information on massive military buildup – info received from active duty personnel. SOURCE, p.15

27. ---Apr. 10, 1972: FBI Report: Hubbard reported carrier Midway leaving the country with nuclear weapons and that military alerts around the country may be building up for some kind of action. SOURCE, p.10

28. ---Apr. 12, 1972: FBI. To all offices via Washington. From (redacted). …According to Hubbard the int’l. scope of VVAW has been widened & the No. Vietnamese peace delegation in Paris has invited members of the VVAW Steering Committee to travel to Paris on a rotating basis for one & two-week trips for consultations. The VVAW delegation has been invited to Japan to meet with New Left groups there. ..also rec’d. invitation to send delegations to USSR, Peoples Repub. of China, and Thailand. .. Hubbard described his politics as “militant humanism” which he defined as taking initiative in int’l. negotiations when regular diplomatic channels failed…
…….VVAW members selected for trip to Hanoi..are Martin O. Jordan, AR, an American Indian; John Musgrave, KS; Bill Marshall, MI, a negro; Barry Romo, CA; George Smith, IN-OH, an ex-POW; Scott Camil, FL, and Dave Ross, CO. Trip scheduled after 5/1/72, unless Hanoi objects. … (.teletype disseminated to Secret Service & MI, AR; OSI, Little Rock Air Force Base, AR; and NISO, New Orleans. (FBI Files, 4/12/72 Report, S.17, pp. 95, 102)/WS

29. ---Apr. 14, 1972: FBI Report: San Diego. Anonymous letter rec’d at Boston office: “Military Buildup Committee, is-subversive.” SOURCE, p.16

30. ---Apr. 14, 1972: FBI/Columbia, SC: ..student newspaper..contained an article entitled, “Protestors Not All Vets,”…: “Their signs said they were VVAW, but only 6 of the 13 demonstrators ..were vets. They were army fatigues & their faces were painted black & white. Their faces & arms were streaked with blood from the calves’ hearts & livers that they carried to ‘symbolize the death in Indochina.’ …Explaining the reason for the protest,..said, “ROTC is a very integral part of the Univ… (FBI Files, 4/19/72 Report, S.17,pp.21,24-25)/WS

31. ---Apr. 14, 1972: FBI/URGENT. TREAT AS YELLOW. To: Naval Investigative Service, US Secret Service… possible demonstration against John H. Chaffee, Sec’y. of the Navy, Kansas City, MO. by VVAW. CIVIL UNREST. (FBI Files, 4/12/72 Report, S. 15, pp.164-165)/WS
(B.Note: consider that on 4/22/72, kerry was still speaking “for the VVAW” .. how does this go over with his org. demonstrating against the Navy Sec’y? if indeed they carried out this plan in MO…)

32. ---Apr. 15, 1972: FBI: Demonstration at Naval Reserve Training Center, Fort Hale Park, New Haven, CT by VVAW, IS – NEW LEFT (VIDEM). Sponsored by NPAC, VVAW, SMC. …word was rec’d. that the U.S. had increased bombings in Vietnam, the VVAW (redacted) John R. Smith,..VVAW, (redact) advised..the majority of the air strike was being conducted by the Navy so that it would only be appropriate for them to go to the Naval Training Center..and commandeer it. A group of approx. 20 individuals then departed for Fort Nathan Hale Park. The..source advised..FBI..& such info. was relayed to ..Police, who dispatched patrol cars to the scene & arrested 10 individuals who had climbed an 8 foot barbed wire fence bordering the Naval Reserve property. The group was ordered from the property by Navy Base Commander Capt. T. Deluxe & Inspector (redact) ..10 individuals.. were booked on first degree criminal trespass & released on $25 bond each… (FBI Files, 4/19/72 Report, S.16, pp.41,43-44)/WS
(B.Note: Is this okay for kerry that his group went after the Naval Training Center??)

33. ---Apr. 17, 1972: FBI Note: Attached reports of 4/17/72 meeting to consider U.S. bombing of No. Vietnam at Austin, TX, attended by reps of the VVAW, Gay Liberation Movement & some communist (Trotskyist) orgs. During the meeting, one indiv. stated he had been in touch with nat’l. student leaders who have guaranteed numerous colleges & univs. will be shut down by 4/21/72 in protest of the bombing. Participants at the meeting discussed protest action that might be taken locally, … Individual acts of destruction and/or civil disobedience were encouraged but no discussions of such action was allowed at the meeting. It was said that each should do his own thing & not talk about it openly. ..(.. NISO, 112 MIG, OSI & US Atty advised.) (FBI Files, 4/19/72 Note, S. 16, pp. 112-116)/WS

34. ---Apr. 18, 1972: FBI/Los Angeles: VVAW; planned attempt to take over LA offices of CA Sens. Alan Cranston & John Tunney; Federal Bldg…. IS-New Left. VIDEM. plans to .. enter bldg. singly under guise of visiting VA offices & to proceed to senators offices & to take over until asked by senators personally to leave..or remain until arrested. Under both plans they hope to take over, call news media & hang flag (not specified as to nation*) out of window (windows are sealed windows requiring special implements to open)… (FBI Files,S.17,pp.17-19)/WS

*(B.Note: This is an interesting little comment by the FBI regarding “what flag” the VVAW would hang out the window…)

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Beatrice1000

** PART 9 **

1. ---Apr. 19, 1972: FBI: IS-New Left; VIDEM, STAG: Members of the SMC, SDS, FPF and VVAW… rally in front of McKeldin Library, Univ. of MD attended by approx. 400…speeches denouncing American bombing of No. Vietnam & Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at Univ…
......Following concert, approx. 500 .. marched to Reckord Armory, site of the ..ROTC offices, and fire started in ROTC offices. Numerous trash cans set afire & bldg. stoned. .. Police..used gas to disperse demonstrators. One..officer injured, & 3 demonstrators were arrested… Secret Service WDC & US Atty. advised. (FBI Files, S. 16, pp.145-147)/WS

2. ---April 19, 1972: FBI/URGENT-Philadelphia: ..requested support from VVAW … demonstration to take place (redact) for purpose of preventing loading of U.S. Navy ammunition ship at Port located at Leonardo, N.J. ..demonstrators will be on scene (redact) call for blocking of the port; …attempt..to block passage of munitions ships. (…NISO advised) (FBI Files, S.16, pp.163-165)/WS

(B.Note: kerry’s VVAW going after the Navy again…I don’t see any statement from him at this time indicating that he is NOT assoc. with the VVAW or that he is against their increased militant activities… he just goes silent – to distance himself from his creation perhaps – but he does not come forward and condemn them in any way. Thus, the moral responsibility for all the continuing goings-on remain his. …3 days after this, kerry speaks, as a VVAW leader, at an anti-war rally in NY…)
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3. ---Apr. 19, 1972: FBI/URGENT-Los Angeles: Commander David M. Goodglick telephonically advised Los Angeles FBI that a group of approx. 30 Caucasians identifying themselves as assoc. with the VVAW entered the U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center, …No. Hollywood, CA & proceeded to barricade themselves in the Training Center recreation room at the rear of the bldg. Commander Goodglick immediately confronted this group & read Title 50 U.S. Code, Section 797, which prohibits disorderly activity on military reservations & requested them to leave the premises. The group…intent to remain overnight in the Training Center in protest of U.S. bombing in No. Vietnam. …. At 9:48 p.m…demonstrators in the recreation room moved to an adjacent storage room & barricaded the doors. At 10:11pm, LA Police Dept. was.. requested by Commander Goodglick to assist in removal of all barricaded demonstrators. At 11:08pm, Commander Goodglick announced over a loudspeaker that those barricaded had 10 minutes to vacate the Training Center, or be subject to arrest. At 11:26pm, ..Commander Goodglick assisted by 40 LAPD officers forcibly entered the storage room & placed 14 males & 5 females under arrest for trespassing. Only apparent damage to Training Center involved damage to one door. Arrestees were transported to LAPD, Van Nuys, CA for booking. …News media seen at the demonstration… (FBI Files, S.16, p.148-150)/WS

…….May 5, 1972 Report: FBI/SAC-Los Angeles. VVAW IS-Revolutionary Activities. VIDEM. Re: 4/19/72 demonstration at U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center: LA is in the process of opening new cases on individs. arrested … of the ..19 arrestees..with exception of (redact)..16 have activities ltd. to participation in the VVAW. (B.Note: the next para. in the rpt. is about the “VB” – so one can assume that the redact was: VB) ... All of the above were charged for violation of Sec. 602J, CA Penal Code, & released on $250 bond… The only damage to U.S. Naval property was.. when LA Police ..forced entry by using an ax on the wood door. (advised..NISO, Pasadena) (FBI Files, 5/5/72 Report, S.17, pp.177-183)/WS

(B. Note: kerry’s VVAW offspring going after the Navy once again – Note that 3 days after this, kerry “a leader of the VVAW” attends an anti-war rally and gives a speech…
.......kerry, the Naval Reserve Lieutenant: why didn’t he toss his Presidential Commission, along with “his medals” (or ribbons, or other people's medals, or whatever) over the fence at Dewey?)
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4. ---Apr. 21, 1972: FBI/Butte: ..VVAW, IS-SUBVERSIVE. …marched from Boise State College to State of ID Capitol Bldg., displayed signs & made speeches deploring the alleged acceleration of warfare in Vietnam. ... marchers unruly, interrupted traffic lanes, 15 were arrested. Mark Lane attended demonstration but was not arrested…. (FBI Files, S.17, pp.80)/WS

5. ---Apr. 21, 1972: FBI: Austin, TX: IS-NEW LEFT. VIDEM. Rep. of VVAW, Direct Action, Women & Gay Liberation Movement observed at rally. …march to ROTC Bldg. where they raise a flag. They..march to Lyndon Baines Johnson Library where demonstrators broke 9 windows. ..No arrests made at this time…. Demonstrators forcefully entered Admin. Bldg… Campus police clear admin. bldg. making 3 arrests. Austin Police..then forcefully clear the Main Mall area UTAT using tear gas. Addn’l. arrest made by APD. at this time. (FBI Files, S.16, pp.189-190)/WS

6. ---Apr. 21, 1972: FBI/URGENT: Seizure of Office of Dir., Veterans Admin, NYC, by VVAW and Drug Mending Zone (DMZ)…IS-NEW LEFT, VIDEM: ..18 young hippie appearing males seized office of Paul Nugent, Dir., VA…, by entering the office & locking the doors. Nugent was allowed to leave office… Purpose of seizure was to obtain more VA treatment & aid for drug addicted vets & to show displeasure at recent U.S. bombing in Vietnam. …… Two attys & an assistant to ..Bella Abzug entered seized office to confer with group. … SAS of FBI observed about 350 demonstrators ..march to VA office & demonstrated… Jerome Jaffee, Dr., Special Action office for Drug Abuse Prevention, WDC, had agreed to fly to NYC to confer with group over weekend… group referred Sheehan & Finney to Al Hubbard… currently a “trouble shooter” for VVAW.. Confs. …followed. Group declined to depart… Officers ..broke through door to seized offices. The group peacefully submitted to arrest on charges of trespass. Inspection of office by VA personnel disclosed no damage ..other than two flags..missing…. (FBI Files, S16, pp. 130-132)/WS

7. ---Apr. 21, 1972: Anti-war demonstrations at Univ. of Nevada, VVAW sponsor. (FBI Files, Sec. 16, p.199)/WS

8. ---Apr. 21, 1972: FBI: VVAW info on military is unclassified and incorrect. (SOURCE, pp.10-11,15-18)

9. ---Apr. 21, 1972: FBI/URGENT: Demonstrations at Westover, AFB, Mass. sponsored by VVAW, IS – NEW LEFT. …demonstrations are being planned by anti-war protesters & the VVAW at Westover throughout the day… New Haven will furnish Boston any addn’l. info. as develops. (FBI Files, S.16, p. 50)/WS
(B.Note: kerry’s group targeting an AFB – was planned but I don’t know if this took place)

10. ---Apr. 22, 1972: FBI: Anti-war demonstration at Univ. of MO, against escalation of war – VVAW sponsor. (FBI Files, Sec. 16, p.186)/WS

11. ---Apr. 22, 1972: KERRY-- rally speaker in anti-war demonstration, “Emergency March for Peace,” NY (“stop the bombing," "bring GIs home now," "US out of SE Asia")
FLYER (WS)
(NOTE: sponsors of march, NPAC, are located at 150 – 5th Avenue, NY. The office of the VVAW is: 156 – 5th Avenue, NY.)

........Apr. 22, 1972: KERRY (“a leader of the VVAW”) speaker in NY rally; demonstrations nationwide incl. Univ of IL protests; speakers: ...Fonda, Angela Davis, No. Vietnam Paris negotiator by phone,.... ARTICLE (WS)

(B.Note: See – Part 8, #12 where Hubbard talks about the communists in Paris planning these demonstrations….)
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12. ---Apr. 24, 1972: FBI report on “Military Buildup Committee” (VVAW-Boston): “bear in mind possible violations espionage statutes. …follow precisely rules for criminal reporting, including careful maintenance of evidence and use of FD-302s where appropriate.” (FBI Files, Sec. 16, p. 191 /WS)
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13. ---Apr. 26, 1972: NIXON: “Address to the Nation on Vietnam”:

During the past 3 wks you have been reading & hearing about the massive invasion of So. Vietnam by the Communist armies of North Vietnam. …through our program of Vietnamization..the number of Americans in Vietnam by Monday, 5/1/72, will have been reduced to 69,000… Now, Hanoi’s answer to (recent proposals) was a refusal even to discuss our proposals and, …a huge escalation of their military activities on the battlefield. …3 wks. ago,..they swept across the DMZ into So. Vietnam…More than 190,000 No. Vietnamese are now fighting in So. Vietnam….Whatever pretext there was of a civil war in So. Vietnam has now been stripped away. …
There are no U.S. ground troops involved. None will be involved…. I have ordered attacks ..by the air & naval forces of the U.S. …The So. Vietnamese are fighting courageously & well in their self-defense… Our air strikes have been essential in protecting our own remaining forces… over the next 2 mos. 20,000 more Americans will be brought home from Vietnam. … return to the negotiating table in Paris..not..simply in order to hear more empty propaganda & bombast from the No. Vietnamese & Vietcong delegates, but to get on with the ..business of making peace. First order of business will be to get the enemy to halt his invasion of So. Vietnam & to return the American prisoners of war.
I have flatly rejected the proposal that we stop the bombing of No. Vietnam as a condition for returning to the negotiating table. They sold that package to the U.S. once before, in 1968, & we are not going to buy it again in 1972.
The Communists have failed in their efforts to win over the people of So. Vietnam politically…. Their one remaining hope is to win in the Congress of the U.S. & among the people of the U.S. the victory they cannot win among the people of So. Vietnam or on the battlefield in So. Vietnam. …

(Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation on Vietnam”) Item #129
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14. ---Apr. 26, 1972: FBI/Note: Attached relates to Ad Hoc Military Buildup Committee (AHMBC), operation of VVAW, Boston, which involved solicitation military-type info. from antiwar activists, incl. active duty servicemen at bases worldwide & then to disseminate info. to news media.. ..Attached relates that as of 4/25/72, AHMBC ceased to operate & disconnected telephone in its office… Although AHMBC allegedly no longer exists, intensive investigation continuing to develop any info. warranting prosecutive & espionage violations & you will be kept advised. (FBI Files, S.17,p.153)

15. ---Apr. 26, 1972: From FBI Director to various Nat’l. SACS & to Legat Ottawa: VVAW, Internal Security – REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES. ..7 VVAW members elected to comprise delegation to travel North Vietnam after 5/1/72. ..already considering effective stops to be taken. …(FBI Files, S.17, p.51-52)/WS

16. ---Apr. 28, 1972: FBI/SAC-NY: ..the National Clearinghouse of the VVAW in NYC was changed back to the National Office. New people have arrived in NYC to take over the running of the National office. (FBI Files,S17,p.39)/WS

17. ---Apr. 28, 1972: FBI/Boston: Demonstrations against VP Agnew, Augusta Maine, sponsored by VVAW, IS-Subversive; VIDEM. STAG. …Agnew..proceeded to the National Guard Armory..scheduled to address members of the Republ. State Committee.. Aprox. 250 demonstrators, 2 of whom carried VVAW banner, marched..to the armory. While VP was inside armory, the demonstrators hauled down the flag of the U.S. as well as the State of Maine flag from flagpoles in front of the armory. Several of them also set a small grass fire in the rear of the armory which was promptly extinguished by Nat’l. Guard personnel. … several demonstrators threw stones at a state police car & several others threw plastic bags containing a red substance, believed to be tomato juice, at one of the Maine state troopers present. …(FBI Files, S.17, pp.81-84)/WS

18. ---May 8, 1972: NIXON: “Address to the Nation on the Situation in SE Asia”: “Five wks ago..the Communist armies of No. Vietnam launched a massive invasion of So. Vietnam … So. Vietnamese have fought bravely to repel this brutal assault… there have been over 20,000 civilian casualties, … do we stand by, jeopardize the lives of 60,000 Americans, and leave the So. Vietnamese to a long night of terror? This will not happen…” (Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation on the Situation in SE Asia”) Item #147

19. ---May 23, 1972: SAC Memorandum 1-72: The FBI collected intelligence under its VIDEM (Vietnam Demonstration) and STAG (Student Agitation) programs on “anti-Government demonstrations & protest rallies” which the Bureau considered “disruptive.” Field offices were warned against “incomplete and nonspecific reporting,” which neglected such details as “number of protesters present, identities of orgs., & identities of speakers & leading activists.” Although every person arrested at a demonstration was not automatically investigated by the FBI, all that was needed to open an individual case was some “propensity for violence” or assoc. with “subversive or revolutionary activity.”
(Church Committee Reports, 1975/76: Sec. V.(G) “New Left Intelligence,” p.506)

20. ---June 17, 1972: Break-in at the Watergate Hotel -Democratic National Committee headquarters. SOURCE

21. ---June 17, 1972: WATERGATE: At 2:30 A.M., police arrested five men at the DNC headquarters. The "Watergate affair" referred to the break-in & electronic bugging in 1972 of the Dem. Nat’l. Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment & office building complex in WDC. SOURCE

22. ---June 25-28, 1972: FBI: The VVAW sent a delegation of 15 people to Paris "to establish closer contact with the people of Indo-China." Their international travel and stay in Paris was paid for by the French Communist Party. (FBI HQ 100-448092 Section 34, page 36) (T)

23. ---July 1, 1972: Kerry is transferred to the Standby Reserve (Inactive). (USNR-S2)

(See: Addendum Letter Aug. 16, 1972 (Part 9, #35) changing tsfr date to 7/1/72.—Tsfr date was supposed to be 4/1/72)

(See also, Part 8, #15 for the Notice to kerry of his transfer)
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24. ---July, 1972: Re: VVAW Florida lawsuit: VVAW, etal vs Richard Kleindienst, indiv & as Attorney Gen. of the U.S., etal: (VVAW members not able to participate in anti-war protest at Dem/Repub Conventions because of Grand Jury/alleged phone-tapping):

(Note: National VVAW office is involved back to Feb. 1972, incl. the plans for the Miami protest, the subject of the lawsuit -- Kerry still a "leader of the VVAW" and spokesman at that time/he's not mentioned as an indiv. plaintiff):

“17. Pls are amongst the regional & national leadership group in the VVAW…” (FBI Files, Enc. 2728, p.76)/WS
Affidavit of Wayne Beverly: I received a grand jury subpoena on 7/7/72 to appear before a federal grand jury in Tallahassee, FL on 7/10/72. I made calls to the Nat’l. VVAW Office in NYC. Phone number: 212-725-5860 during Apr, May & June, 1972. Upon info. & belief I allege that this phone .. has been subjected to illegal electronic surveillance. … Between 7/7/72 and 7/10/72, I made calls..to the Nat’l. VVAW Office in NYC..” (FBI Files, Enc. 2728, p. 53)/WS
Affid. of John W. Kniffin: On 7/22/72, at the office & residence of the VVAW..FL, Mike Oliver, Myron Davis & I were trying to place a long distance call..I believe that some form of electronic surveillance is used on 575-2681. (FBI Files, Enc. 2728, p. 54)/WS
Affid. of Michael D. McCain, 7/7/72. “Conversations have been had with the following persons, among others, who have been subpoenaed to appear… Scott Camil.. (a) These calls have been placed from the Nat’l. Headquarters in NYC which tele. nos. are (212) 725-5680, 5681, 5682, and 5683… 4. My belief that the above phones are tapped…” “(1) I am & have been since Feb. 1972 one of 6 nat’l. cords. comprising the Nat’l. Coordinating Committee of the VVAW. Since Mar. 1972, I have carried out my responsibilities as a nat’l. coord. …from the Nat’l. Headquarters of the VVAW located at 25 W. 26th St., NYC. (2) As nat’l. coord., I am responsible for implementing, coord., and facilitating various activities & programs in which VVAW participates, incl. the planned peaceful anti-war protests scheduled in Miami, FL during the Dem. & Repub. Nat’l. Conventions….”

(FBI Files, Enc. 2728, p. 59-60)/WS
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25. ---July, 1972: The Under Sec’y. of the Army approved a Justice Dept. request to furnish three Army intelligence analysts to the Justice Dept’s Info. Evaluation Center in Miami Beach. The purpose of these agents was to analyze intelligence coming into a Justice Dept. communications center regarding possible demonstrations during the Dem. & Repub. Nat’l. Conventions of 1972. These agents were on duty from July 15 to July 25, 1972; and from Aug. 15 to Aug. 25, 1972.
(Church Committee Rpt, 1975-76; VI, p.825)

26. ---July 8 - Aug. 22, 1972: Fonda broadcasts from No. Vietnam to POWs. (7/10/72: “3 yrs ago people told me that the US was committing war crimes in Vietnam…” SOURCE

(B. note: just a guess, but in 1969, some of the “people” who might have “told her” were Rifkin & Ensign who were busily setting up the ‘Citizens Commissions of Inquiry’ (CCI) to publicize American war crimes…)
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27. ---July 08, 1972: Fonda arrives in Hanoi.
SOURCE /CIA docs, p.8

28. ---July 10, 1972: Fonda broadcasts: “Nixon using cynical & criminal lies and trickery; PRG 7-pt peace plan the only way to go, US must set date for withdrawal, Americans committed crimes, massacres; people against the war back home are using education & persuasion of American public to get soldiers home.” SOURCE /CIA Docs, pp. 3-5

29. ---July 10, 1972: (Time Mag): <..> Court insiders were also talking last week about Justice Rehnquist's failure to disqualify himself on the issue of Army surveillance of civilians; he had defended the practice before a Congressional committee a year ago, when he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney General, & now he had cast the deciding vote that gave it court backing. <…>
.......Another example of these tensions occurred when Justice Stewart invited JOHN KERRY of the Viet Nam Veterans Against the War to sit in the box reserved for guests at the court's public sessions. Justice Blackmun told Stewart that he was "shocked and appalled" by the incident. <..> (“Agreeing to Disagree” Time Mag./subscript)

(B.Note: July 1972 and kerry is still "of the VVAW"... and sitting in the court sessions on the issue of Army surveillance of civilians...)
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30. ---July 12, 1972: Fonda Hanoi broadcasts: “American public opinion has presently been poisoned by the false propaganda on the Vietnam War; US pilots are conditioned assassins…” SOURCE/ CIA Docs, p. 14-17

31. ---July, 1972: VVAW visits Cuba..donate blood to No. Vietnamese. (FBI Files, Sec. 32, p. 41)/WS)

32. ---July 29 – Aug. 12, 1972: Former U.S. Attorney Gen. Ramsey Clark travels to Hanoi on behalf of the communist Stockholm International Commission for Inquiry. Clark denounces the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam & visits American POWs, reporting that they are in good health and their conditions "could not be better." (T)

33. ---Aug. 9, 1972: Fonda Hanoi broadcasts: “Richard Nixon has been a traitor… “The American people will one day know—the books will one day be open to all of the crimes which…Nixon has committed.” “Richard Nixon, history will one day report you as the new Hitler…” “When we hear the word treason, we should think very carefully (illegible)…about who is breaking the law, and who is betraying the best qualities of mankind.” “Nixon has betrayed democracy in America.”
SOURCE /CIA Docs, p. 23-25

34. ---Aug. 15, 1972: Fonda Hanoi broadcasts: Impressions of talk with the US POWs to American servicemen involved in the Indochina War: “They are all in good health…They asked me to bring back to the American people their sense of disgust of the war and their shame for what they have been asked to do.” (CIA memo to FBI? – Subject: “Jane FONDA; Security Matter – Subversion”) SOURCE /CIA Docs, p. 18-21

35. ---Aug. 16, 1972 –ADDENDUM. Transfer to Standby Reserve--Inactive.
Form stamped “S-3”. ADDENDUM to BUPERS ltr Pers-B-871-L35 of 1 Mar 1972.
From: Dept. of the Navy, Washington, DC, Chief of Naval Personnel.
To: LT John F. Kerry, USNR-S2.
Via: Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Manpower Center.

Subj: Transfer to the Standby Reserve—Inactive.

Ref: (a) BUPERS ltr Pers-B871-L35 dtd 1 Mar 1972

(1) The effective date of transfer to the Standby Reserve—Inactive as indicated in reference (a) is hereby modified to read 1 July 1972 vice 1 April 1972.

signed: D. G. Kauffman, by direction
Copy to: OIC, NQRSA (or, NORSA?)
(kerry Military Service Records, “Transfer to Standby Reserve”), p.2)

(B.Note: I do not see any documents citing any reasons why this date was changed…)
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36. ---Sept. 4, 1972: “F.T.A.”: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and some colleagues spent the 1971 Christmas season touring military bases around the Pacific rim with what Miss Fonda called "a political vaudeville," a jaunty traveling cabaret intended to stand in marked contrast to Bob Hope's annual earsplitting chorus of Jingo Bells. This documentary is a record of the trip as well as a kind of pamphlet on celluloid, a tract against the war in Indochina and against the brutalizing and dehumanizing effects of military service. F.T.A. (which translates euphemistically as "Free the Army") works better as propaganda than as entertainment. <…> The soldiers, who all seem to get a kick out of the show regardless, enjoy the rap sessions afterward even more. <..> It may well have been the intention of the F.T.A. troupe to serve above all as catalysts, to tap & reflect the turmoil to which these soldiers bear eloquent witness. If so, then Fonda, Sutherland and their companions did a memorable job. (Jay Cocks, Time Mag/subscript)

37. ---Sept. 12, 1972: FBI Note: Weatherman,…controlled the SDS National Office from June, 1969 until its closing in Feb. 1970. Weatherman then entered an underground status…” (FBI Files, Sec. 31, p.256)/WS

38. ---Sept. 14, 1972: Possible leak at FBI HQ furnishing info to VVAW.
(there are 30 volumes of the VVAW file) (FBI Files, Sec. 31, p.241)/WS

39. ---Sept. 15, 1972: VVAW plans to travel to Paris. FBI report: VVAW IS: RA (“revolutionary activities”): ..immediately check records of passport office regarding individuals planning travel in VVAW delegation. …Trip to be sponsored by VVAW…. furnish any indication that No. Vietnamese are aware of travel and expecting to receive delegation in Paris... SOURCE. FBI Files, Sec. 31, pp.95-98.

40. ---Sept. 18, 1972: VVAW plans to exploit release of POWs. FBI report: “redacted are planning to travel to Paris; …trip sponsored by VVAW; …purpose of trip is to meet with No. Vietnamese..as reps of VVAW..to have POWs released…” SOURCE, FBI Files, Sec. 31, pp. 141-149.

(See also, 11/71 Kansas meeting (Part 7, #17), Hubbard discusses POW release of 12/71, “purpose would be to demonstrate to the persons participating in the nat’l. actions that VVAW had real power & had effected the release of the POWs…” (FBI Files, Sec. 09, p.71)
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41. ---Late 1972: The U.S Congress votes to eliminate funding for military operations in Indochina. (T)

42. ---Sept. 18, 1972: Kerry's brother Cameron & Vietnam vet Thomas Vallely are arrested in Lowell, MA in the basement of a building that houses both Kerry's campaign headquarters & those of opposing candidate Tony DiFruscia. Cameron Kerry & Vallely are charged with breaking & entering with intent to commit larceny. Kerry will win the Dem. nomination for a MA congressional seat the next day, but lose in the general election to Republican Paul Cronin.
(Thomas Vallely will later become director of the Vietnam Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Univ.) (T)

43. ---1972: Kerry ran for Congress. “I came into this business heavily on the issues side. I wanted to end the war.” ... His celebrity evaporated with the congressional defeat in 1972…. He went to Boston College law school; he became an assistant district attorney in the Middlesex County District Attorney's office. He built a reputation as a successful prosecutor, raised money for other Democrats, and waited for his moment. SOURCE

44. ---Sept. 19, 1972: VVAW plans trip to Paris Oct. 1972 to arrange prisoner release. (FBI Files, Sec. 32, p. 2)/WS

45. ---Sept. 20, 1972: FBI Report:
CRITIQUE by (redacted) about the VVAW & the involvement of CPUSA in its formation; and comment on Kerry:

In addition to seeing the Supreme Court defied on its very steps, Dewey Canyon III saw the emergence of a VVAW nat’l. coord., John F. Kerry, as a spokesman. Kerry became VVAW’s star speaker, but by the end of summer he had acquired sufficient media coverage & prominence to return to conventional politics. He is now campaigning in Boston for a seat in the U.S. House of Reps. ….
Since 1971, VVAW has taken a leadership role in the Communist dominated segments of the U.S. antiwar movement. … Representing only a fraction of those who have served in SE Asia, VVAW draws its support from among the .... maladjusted, and those who either consciously accept Marxist doctrines or who are communist dupes. ...of course, there are the cranks. … Whatever their motivation, VVAW members have demonstrated over the past 5 yrs. their ability to follow the dictates of int’l. communism, and to march in lock step with our enemies in Vietnam and the communist world.
Since its inception, VVAW has cashed in on the average citizen’s …sympathy for servicemen returned from war. If it becomes general knowledge that VVAW is a part of the communist conspiracy, it will lose its value to the communists here and in Hanoi. With its malcontents & advocates of violence, supported by wealthy credulous liberals, directed by this country’s red enemies, VVAW poses a threat which can be ignored only to our peril.

(FBI Files, Sec. 32, pp.31-45)/WS
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46. ---Sept. 21, 1972: LETTER/Stockholm: Int’l Commission of Inquiry into US Crimes in Indochina. …session held in 1970 (in Stockholm) and in 1971 (in Oslo) which produced a rich documentation in the form of written reports, testimonies, & films. Both sessions have been reported in the form of books. .. Announcement of 3rd meeting to be held in Copenhagen, Oct. 10-16, 1972. “This session will concentrate its work on: (1) The impact of the escalation of the air and naval war against Indochina including electronic and automatic warfare; (2) The effects of the Vietnamization and pacification policy, including the question of the US military occupation of the Indochinese territory and the illegality of the client regimes in South Vietnam and Cambodia. The responsibility for the war crimes.” (Permanent Members of the Commission are listed: includes: Lawyers & Professors from Germany, USSR, Venezuela, Cuba, France, Gr Britain, Canada, Japan, USA…etc…)
(Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress -p.1)

(Page 2 of the above letter?): “We expect a large number of experts and witnesses both from the various parts of Indochina and from the US to put forward new information and documentation. Important material will be presented by the members of the investigation team that visited the DRV in August this year,* and studied especially the effects of the actual US mass bombings of North Vietnam, in particular of dams, dykes and other parts of the irrigation system. The members of this team were: Ramsey Clark, USA, ….. we need to raise another $10,000 … (Hannah Arendt Papers/Lib. of Congress -p.2)

*(Note: Fonda was broadcasting from Hanoi in Aug 1972)
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47. ---Sept. 24, 1972: VVAW planned exploitation of POWs: The NLF: “A few POWs to be released to an American antiwar org (VVAW most likely..) “in order to get the most propaganda impact.”
......CIA 9/20/72 Memo to Kissinger: Plans of War Crimes Commission of Stockholm Conf. to exploit release of POWs…. Stockholm: “hope to have Sen. Edward Kennedy in the city at the same time as the three prisoners in order to arrange a press conf…. have been in touch with Sen. Kennedy ..fairly good chance of having him present. The WCC expects that Ramsey Clark will be in Stockholm at the time of…media coverage of the former prisoners. It is through him that the WCC hopes to draw Sen. Kennedy into public involvement in the prisoner exploitation.” Paris as alternative locale. SOURCE /CIA Files, pp.1-7
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48. ---Oct. 20, 1972: kerry wins Congressional primary. ARTICLE:
--“thrice-wounded Vietnam Naval veteran”
-- “most eloquent spokesman for VVAW”
--“patriotic, heroic war protester”…
--"a new kind of war hero—a man who won a silver star for bravery and then gave it back to the gov’t. out of resentment..”

KERRY: “I knew the first day I was there it was wrong and I was ashamed to be a part of it.”
ARTICLE - 10/20/72 (SBD post)

(B.Notes:
--He did a total assessment of our involvement in SE Asia, from the waters of Cam Rahn Bay mind you, and all in ONE DAY – and “knew it was wrong?” I think that is phenomenal and it boggles my mind…

--He was “ashamed” to be a part of the U.S. military in time of war –yet he had REQUESTED to go to Vietnam, and in that request (2/10/68 kerry Letter: Part 1, #32) he says: “(4) I consider the opportunity to serve in Vietnam an extremely important part of being in the armed forces & believe that my request is in the best interests of the Navy.”

--He was for it before he was against it; and according to this one little sentence of his, this happened on the day he arrived. He was “ashamed” to be a part of the military and made that well known to the world in his Senate testimony in 1971 and his activities thereafter –but in his 2004 run, he “reported for duty” with his war hero videos – in that case, he’s come full circle: for it before he was against it before he was for it again…but wait, I think he’s “against it” once again... all opinions & morality and “sense of shame” being fluid for some in the world of politics…)

(Doesn't he still have that silver star??)
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49. ---Nov. 1972: kerry lost the congressional race in Lowell, Mass. (Fifth Dist), the first week of 11/72. ..it ended in a crushing defeat. Per Dan Payne, Communications consultant in Kerry’s 1972 campaign: “He lost principally because of the Lowell Sun, which is the largest newspaper in that district.…..Calling him everything from traitor, to elitist. There were pictures of him with Jane Fonda. .. So, they come back over and over in John Kerry's life. …But, they essentially said, "This is not a patriot. This is a traitor to his own country, and a traitor to his fellow soldiers.” (2004 Frontline/ “The 1972 Defeat”)

50. ---Nov. 20, 1972: (Time Mag.): If the 93rd Senate, which convenes in January, can be expected to have a more liberal tilt, the balance in the House will move the other way—but ever so slightly.<…> Democrats were most successful when they kept their distance from George McGovern. John Kerry, 29, the attractive former leader of the Viet Nam Veterans Against the War, learned that hard lesson in the 5th Dist. of MA. A McGovern man, he sank $250,000 into an energetic campaign & was considered well ahead; he lost to Paul Cronin, 34, when an independent who was expected to split the Republican vote withdrew. <…> (“Vintage Year for the Incumbent” Time Mag/subscript)

51. ---Dec. 18, 1972: Engaged. Jane Fonda, 34, Oscar-winning actress (Klute) and antiwar activist; and Tom Hayden, 33, founder of the radical S.D.S. and one of the Chicago Seven defendants. The revolutionary twosome announced they will be married as soon as Fonda has her divorce from French Film Director Roger Vadim, probably early in 1973.
(Time Mag/subscript)

52. ---Jan. 1973: Watergate: two months after Nixon's reelection, the seven indicted men were tried… Five pleaded guilty, and McCord and Liddy were convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping. … The U.S. Senate voted to conduct an investigation. SOURCE

53. ---Jan. 23, 1973: TREATY OF PARIS. NIXON: “..The Agreement will be formally signed by the parties participating in the Paris Conference on Vietnam on 1/27/73 at the Int’l. Conference Center in Paris.” (Nixon Library: “Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam") Item #12

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** PART 10 **

1. ---1973: Church Committee Report: The Naval Investigative Service (NIS) conducted special counter-intelligence operations (covert penetrations) in three Japanese cities—Okinawa, Iwakuni & Yokosuka— against targets similar to those investigated by the Army in W. Germany. In each case, the targets were private meeting places operated by a coalition of political groups, comprised predominantly of Americans living in Japan. The groups attempted to attract military personnel—often they provided legal counseling & representation; & in some cases they published newspapers designed to appeal to the military.…

.......The Navy’s method of operation in Japan was confined to using its own personnel as informants. NIS records show that these informants made frequent—in some cases, almost daily—reports to their case officers. .. Any military personnel who frequented the meeting places were reported, as were any “outsiders” who came as guests. NIS frequently ran FBI and DOD checks on such “outsiders” & occasionally requested copies of passport & visa applications from U.S. & foreign authorities. Navy informants also obtained copies of letters & envelopes found at the meeting houses, & took copies of subscription lists, financial records, & “contact” lists maintained by the groups under surveillance.
(Church Committee Rpts, 1975/76; IV.B.2., pp.821-822)
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2. ---Feb./Mar. 1973: American prisoners of war are released by North Vietnam. They report having been starved, beaten & tortured by their captors, in an effort to make them sign documents in which they admitted to committing war crimes. (T)

3. ---Mar. 4, 1973: Maj. Kenneth Cordier, an Air Force pilot who was in Vietnamese custody for 2,284 days, said his captors "repeated incessantly" John Kerry's one-liner about being "the last man to die" for a lost cause. Cordier was released March 4, 1973. He is among many with similar stories. “This man committed an act of treason. He lied, he besmirched our name and he did it for self-interest. And now he wants us to forget.” (Excerpt from Stolen Honor)
SOURCE

4. ---Apr. 1973: Jane Fonda calls the freed American prisoners "hypocrites and pawns," insisting that, "Tortured men do not march smartly off planes, salute the flag, and kiss their wives. They are liars. I also want to say that these men are not heroes." (T)

5. ---Apr. 19-22, 1973: FBI: Now dominated by the Maoist Revolutionary Union (RU), the VVAW is renamed "Vietnam Veterans Against the War / Winter Soldier Organization" (VVAW/WSO) to focus on fighting "American imperialism." (T)

Barry Romo,* who moderated at the WSI, is a founder of the VVAW/WSO.
NOTE: Text on a Flyer re: WSI-1/25/71: “The purpose of this investigation is to preclude the further scapegoating of individual soldiers for what is in fact Official U.S. Military Policy.”
(FBI Files, S2,p7)/WS

(B.Note: Compare the above Flyer with a Romo 2004 document): Romo/VVAW Press Release, 5/26/04: “..abuse/torture: VVAW calls on policy makers to hold the real decision makers responsible for these crimes rather than scapegoating the individual GI’s.” PRESS RELEASE

*B.Note: In 2004, Romo is the National Coordinator for the VVAW. See: (ROMO, Part 2/Kerry camp)
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6. ---June 4, 1973: “Snoopers Due For Review” (Time Mag): <..>

When Nixon took office, he … had to cope with new dangers—bomb-throwing anarchists, skyjackers & an exploding drug traffic. White House officials quickly encouraged the Army to step up its domestic intelligence operations. .. <..> The dismantling of the Army's internal counterinsurgency department was not begun until 1971, and then only in response to public outcry. <..>
Nixon & his Attorney General, John Mitchell, also expanded the use of wiretaps. … Mitchell, on his own authority, decided to bug political dissenters & subversives as well—a decision that was sharply rebuked by an 8-0 decision of the Supreme Court last June.
Throughout those early Nixon years, Admin. officials were at loggerheads with Hoover over the function of the FBI. They wanted Hoover to concentrate much more heavily on radical political organizations and black nationalists, and less on common criminals and old left subversives. What the Admin. sought would have required intense FBI coverage of campuses across the U.S.
Early in 1970, the White House asked the FBI whether rioting and violence were being directed by foreign countries. The FBI simply could not answer the question. Before giving up on the FBI, the Admin. had one last fight with Hoover.
In June 1970, Nixon brought together the directors of the nation's various security agencies to work out a plan for increased surveillance not only of the New Left but also of the Arab terrorists and Weatherman-style anarchists who were blowing up buildings across the country. Specifically, the White House wanted a return to many of the more questionable FBI practices stopped by Hoover in 1966—the illegal entry and burglary of suspects' houses and a greatly expanded use of wiretaps against political subversives.
From the start, Hoover tried to scuttle the committee and the Admin.'s objectives, both of which he saw as rebukes to his agency. When the report was finally finished, Hoover, as chairman, passed it along to Nixon, but only after he had detailed in footnotes his objections to virtually every proposal. When Nixon ignored his protests & ordered the suggestions put into effect on July 23, 1970, Hoover got on the phone to San Clemente & in strong terms told the President of his disapproval. Finally, Nixon knuckled under & ordered that the recommendations for expanded intelligence operations be disregarded.
But despite widespread sentiment for law-and-order, Nixon was working against the grain of his time—the public desire for less secrecy, more accountability. Moreover the courts were unwilling to go along with many of the Nixon schemes, <..>
The Nixon White House had wanted the FBI and CIA to be both more aggressive & more malleable to presidential control. Ironically, Watergate has brought both agencies under closer congressional scrutiny. The likely result will be a curtailment of their activities & of White House control. Balancing the priorities of individual liberties & national security has always posed a problem for free nations, but the Watergate scandal suggests the scale is now out of tilt. Indeed, the entire internal and external security apparatus of the United States seems due for review.

("Snoopers Due For Review, 6/4/73: Time Mag/subscript)

(B.Note: Interesting situation in 1973 in light of what we are going thru today.... and was it really a "public outcry" or was it a "senatorial" and dissidents' outcry? I wonder if some of the same senators that called for a "dismantling of the Army's internal counterinsurgency dept." back in 1970-72 are calling for the "dismantling of the Patriot Act" today?)
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7. ---June 25, 1973: John Dean testified before the Senate Watergate Committee. SOURCE

8. ---Aug. 7, 1973: FBI problems with statutes: In a Memo to Atty Gen. Elliott Richardson, (FBI) Dir. Clarence M. Kelley cited Sen. Sam J. Ervin’s view that the FBI should be prohibited by statute “from investigating any person without that individual’s consent, unless the Gov’t. has reason to believe that the person has committed a crime or is about to commit a crime.” .. he observed that the statutes upon which the FBI was relying were either “designed for the Civil War era, not the 20th Century” (the seditious conspiracy, rebellion & insurrection laws) or had been “reduced to a fragile shell by the Supreme Court”…..
(Church Reports, V (N), p.552)
(Memorandum from Kelley to Richardson, 8/7/73.)
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9. ---Aug. 23-27, 1973: VVAW/WSO Nat’l. Steering Committee Meeting:

"D.C. chpt. working with the Military and Draft Law Panel & will be doing work around discharge upgrading,..”
“Chicago chpt: The Nat’l. Lawyers Guild has been helping …& made it possible for Winter Soldier (mag) to be distributed at Ft. Sheridan.”
“Dayton, OH chpt: heavily involved in military counseling & discharge upgrading.” …
"NYC chpt: published a newspaper, Lock ‘n Load .. focus of their work will be on the upgrading of discharges.” …
“Oregon chpt: organizing a petition campaign directed to Sen. Hatfield calling for unconditional amnesty.”
Nat’l. Office Report: “..amnesty work with the San Fran. Discharge Upgrading Project.” … “VVAW/WSO now officially incorp. in the state of Illinois.” … “discharge upgrading will be the concrete focus of VVAW/WSO amnesty organizing.”...
“When writing to GIs, it is important that VVAW/WSO not be on the return address…”*

(FBI Files, Enc 3246, pp. 5-15)/WS

*(B.Note: Why not use a return address? Were they sending something to GIs that they weren't supposed to? Like subversive propaganda maybe?)
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10. ---Sept. 1973: Kerry entered law school (Boston College Law School) (1973-1976). SOURCE

11. ---Oct. 25, 1973: FBI: VVAW/WSO (Winter Soldier Organization): large-scale effort to determine movement of American forces. …operation is reminiscent of ..operation during 4/72 during which ..VVAW members, some in active military service, developed info. indicating US would bomb Hanoi…info. disseminated by VVAW prior to actual bombing & could have jeopardized US military operations and lives of servicemen. (FBI Files, p.25)

12. ---Oct/Nov 1973: FBI: VVAW newsletter: …admin. discharge hearing. “The most effective means of controlling dissent is to discharge the person from the service. … Admin. hearings are simple since the lifers don’t have to prove a thing… Military regulations also provide that a person facing court-martial can apply for an undesireable discharge instead.. Many people have been coerced into taking a UD by threat of jail, a bad conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge. Although a UD is issued administratively its effects are usually as severe as a BCD or a DD given by courts-martial. …Frequently bad discharges are given to progressive political activists under some pretext or another.”

“People With Bad Discharges Are in Trouble" – The Discharge Review Board in WDS, the only place to appeal a bad discharge, upgrades only 1 in 7 appeals before it. …This problem has only one solution: a single type of discharge for all military vets & retroactive upgrading of all previously issued discharges…. What right does the military have to define who is an “honorable” citizen?” (FBI Files, 3402, pp. 8-9)/WS
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13. ---March 1, 1974: Watergate: seven former aides of the president..were indicted for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation. SOURCE

14. ---Aug. 9, 1974: President Nixon resigned. (replaced by Gerald Ford) SOURCE

15. ---Fall, 1974: North Vietnam initiates minor probing attacks into South Vietnam, in violation of the Paris treaty. There is no military response by the United States. (T)

16. ---Jan-Mar, 1975: FBI: VVAW/WSO: “The single largest group of people in need of universal & unconditional amnesty are the veterans with less-than-honorable discharges.” (FBI Files, EBF 4213, p.6)

17. ---Early 1975: North Vietnam launches a massive invasion of South Vietnam. (T)

18. ---Apr. 30, 1975: Saigon falls. (T)

19. ---1976: kerry graduated from Boston College Law School,.. After graduation, Kerry was hired as an assistant district attorney under John J. Droney, who was the district attorney of Middlesex County, …“He knew of me because I’d already run for office, and we shared a mutual connection to Senator Kennedy,” Kerry said. … Droney was running for reëlection in 1978, and he decided to make Kerry his first assistant..<..> SOURCE

20. ---1975-1979: Communist regimes in SE Asia murder an estimated two million Cambodians, as well as tens of thousands of South Vietnamese. One million South Vietnamese are imprisoned in "re-education camps," & hundreds of thousands die there. An additional two million flee the country, with many drowning in the attempt. (T)

21. ---1978: The original VVAW splits when a minority breaks away to form Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist (VVAW-AI), with the larger faction retaining the original name. Both the VVAW and the rabidly anti-American VVAWAI remain in operation today. (T)

22. ---1978: Former VVAW leader Robert Muller founds the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA). The VVA also describes John Kerry as a "co-founder" of the organization. In the late 1980s, Muller and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) will split from the VVA. (T)
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23. ---Feb. 16, 1978: KERRY "HONORABLE" DISCHARGE FROM THE RESERVES, LETTER.
(Note: See: July 13, 1978 (Part 10, #24) for “Acceptance” of this discharge)

Dept. of the Navy, Washington, DC (address either redacted, or there is none).
Top right of form: 09; In Reply Refer to: SECNAV NRPC (Code 25);
(redact) unreadable number above the date of Feb 16, 1978.

From: Secretary of the Navy
To: LT John Forbes Kerry USNR (where did the “S-2” designation go? I think the rank “LT” is there, but the text is cut off & it is hard to read…)

Via: __ Naval Reserve Personnel Ctr, New Orleans, LA. 70149
(Note: “…Upon retirement or separation from the Naval Reserve, the member's files are transferred to the Naval Reserve Personnel Center, New Orleans, where records are retained in accordance with MAPMIS Manual”) SOURCE

Subj: Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve
REF: (a) Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1162

B. Ref. Note: re: (a) above:

TITLE 10—Armed Forces; Subtitle A--General Military Law; Part II—Personnel;
Chapter 59—Separation: (U.S. Code as of: 01/06/03):
Section 1162: related to discharge of Reserves.
(Secs. 1162, 1163. Repealed. Pub. L. 103-337, ..Repeal eff. Dec. 1, 1994)
(See sections 12681 and 12682 of this title.)
REF: (b) Title 10, U.S. Code Section 1163

B. Ref. Note: re: (b) above:

TITLE 10—Armed Forces; Subtitle A--General Military Law; Part II—Personnel;
Chapter 59—Separation: (U.S. Code as of: 01/06/03):
Section 1163: related to limitations on separation of Reserve members from their reserve components.
(Secs. 1162, 1163. Repealed. Pub. L. 103-337, ..Repeal eff. Dec. 1, 1994)
(See sections 12681 and 12682 of this title)

B. NOTE: For archived text on the former sections 1162 & 1163 of the Code, (& much other data) see: Beldar's blog (10/13/04) thread on the discharge issue.
REF: (c) BUPERSMAN 3830300
(converted to: MILPERSMAN 1920-160 – “Separation of Naval Reserve Officers on Inactive Duty,”
Responsible Office NAVPERSCOM (PERS-91); Governing Directive SECNAVINST 1920.6A)
Encl: (1) Honorable Discharge Certificate.
(B: WHERE IS THIS?)
1. By direction of the President, and pursuant to reference (a), you are hereby honorably discharged from the U.S. Naval Reserve effective this date.
2. This action is taken in accordance with the approved recommendations of a board of officers convened under authority of reference (b) to examine the official records of officers of the Naval Reserve on inactive duty and determine whether they should be retained on the rolls of the Reserve Component or separated from the naval service pursuant to Secretarial Instructions promulgated in reference (c).
3. The Navy Dept. at this time expresses its appreciation of your past services and trusts that you will continue your interest in the naval service.
(B.Note: I wonder which of his past services were particularly “appreciated” …)

signed: W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Secretary of the Navy
Form: NAVPERS 1926/2 (Rev. 3/77)

(kerry’s Military Service Records: “Honorable Discharge from Reserve”)
(See: Kate’s thread on The Discharge Issue)

B./2 cents:
(1) Note that on Jan. 1, 1970, he received a “Temporary Appointment” as “LT (0-3) USNR.” In the available records, I do not see any Order making this “permanent.” This could mean the record is not provided or that the Order was not issued.
Note that on Feb. 16, 1978, at time of this discharge, his rank is: “LT (0-3) USNR.”*
*(Part 10, #34, History of Service)

--In 8 years as an officer, his rank was never made permanent. (missing or not issued Order/unknown).
--In 8 years as an officer, he received no promotions.

There are promotion and other requirements for an officer in the Reserve (can’t find the specific ref. at this time, but have read it in the manuals) and having been “honorably discharged,” one assumes he met them and/or had them waived under some Rule? Or are there no requirements in the Standby Reserve that he had to meet? One would think there would be a document (a letter, or notice) relating to the issue of his status over all these years; something reminding him of the requirements for remaining in the Reserve. Some sort of “update” form. This is a huge gap in forms: from 1972 to 1978, no paperwork of any kind.

(2) Did he ever go on retirement status?

(3) The form says that the “Honorable Discharge Certificate” is enclosed; however, it is not attached. An “enclosure” is part of a document – it should be included.
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24. ---July 13, 1978: ACCEPTANCE OF RESIGNATION/DISCHARGE
(See: 2/16/78 Letter (Part 10, #23) for the discharge).
(Top right of form): 411/ot -(unreadable)

FIRST ENDORSEMENT on SECNAV ltr NRPC (Code 25) dtd Feb 16 1978.

From: Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Personnel Center, New Orleans, LA 70149.
To: LT John Forbes Kerry, USNR (where did the “S2” designation go??)
(unreadable), Lowell, MA

(B. Note: on the 3/12/01 form (Part 11, #1), it’s addressed to the old “Groton, MA” address… was that his home or his parents?; on this 1978 form, he is in Lowell -- did he keep the Groton home or move back there for the 2001 form? or are his records so messed up they just couldn’t tell where he lives…)

Subj: Acceptance of resignation/discharge from the Naval Reserve
(B. Note: where is the “resignation” form signed by kerry?)
(1) Forwarded.
(2) The Commanding Officer, Naval Reserve Personnel Center, desires to add his expression of appreciation to that of the Secretary of the Navy and offers his best wishes for success in your future endeavors.
(B.Note: what exactly is being “appreciated?”)
(3) You are requested to return your ID card to this command for proper disposition.

B.Note: Why did it take until July (5 mos!) for kerry to accept the 2/16/78 Discharge & be required to return his ID card? Or, is this the Records Dept just getting around to accepting kerry’s previously submitted acceptance of the discharge? Note that at #1 it says “forwarded” – what is being forwarded, just this note, or was there an attachment? Probably not important…but something is missing here.)

signed: B. Haynes, By direction. Copy to: BUPERS (Pers-372)
Form: 8ND-NRPC 1900/3 (Rev. 8-76)

(kerry’s Military Service Record: “Acceptance of Discharge Naval Reserve”)
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25. ---May 1979: kerry and a colleague at the D.A.’s office, Roanne Sragow, opened the firm of Kerry & Sragow, at 60 State Street, in downtown Boston. <..> SOURCE

26. ---1981: Muller leads a VVAF delegation to Hanoi, where he praises the communist leadership of Vietnam and lays a wreath on the grave of Ho Chi Minh. (T)

27. ---Summer 1982: kerry was running in a Democratic primary for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, … <..> SOURCE

28. ---Nov. 7, 1982: Kerry elected lieutenant governor. Michael Dukakis is elected MA governor and Lt. Gov. Kerry becomes the liaison between the governor's office & the U.S. government. SOURCE
Frontline/kerry chronology

29. ---Sept. 18, 1984: Kerry wins the Democratic nomination over James Shannon in a campaign that focuses on a nuclear freeze & cutting defense spending.
.......Nov. 6, 1984: He wins the general election ..beating Republican Raymond Shamie. (Frontline/kerry chronology)

30. ---Jan. 3, 1985: Kerry is sworn in as U.S. senator. (Frontline/kerry chronology)

31. ---1985: Kerry arrived in the Senate: "...it was about war and peace," Kerry said. "We were entering an illegal war in Latin America. One of the lessons of Vietnam was about lying, about people who hide the truth from the American people, and there was a real parallel in Latin America."

Kerry started a series of investigations into the Reagan Administration's involvement with the Nicaraguan Contras, a guerrilla group opposed to the left-wing Sandinista government. … SOURCE

Kerry's opposition to Reagan's policy was so intense that he traveled to Managua, Nicaragua, with Senator Harkin to offer personal support to Ortega on April 18, 1985. … Kerry wanted to negotiate with the communists in Nicaragua and "give peace a chance." <..> Then, one day after the House of Reps. rejected the Reagan aid request for the freedom fighters, Ortega went to Moscow to collect a $200 million loan. A new book by the Boston Globe on Kerry's Senate career quotes Kerry as saying that he was "as mad as anyone" that Ortega went to Moscow. But Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd said, "Where did my colleagues think he was going to go? Disney World? The man is a Marxist." … SOURCE
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32. ---Jan. 25, 1985: Service Record, compiled by a JAG officer.
(On plain paper, no letterhead).
“The following information was compiled from the service record of John Forbes Kerry by LCDR D.H. Myers, JAGC, USN, NMPC-06P, Office of Legal Counsel, Naval Military Personnel Command”:

Feb. 18, 1966: INDUCTED (PEBD)

Aug. 19, 1966: OCIU-2

Dec. 16, 1966: D.O.R. as Ensign, USNR (Active Comm Base Date)

June 16, 1968: D.O.R. as LT(jg)

Jan. 01, 1970: D.O.R. as LT, USNR

Jan. 03, 1970: Release from ACDU/Trf to Naval Reserve

July 01, 1972: Trf to Standby Reserve—Inactive

Feb. 16, 1978: Discharged for U.S. Naval Reserve

(B. Note: the above record info. is missing the Dec 15, 1966 entry that is on the 5/24/86 History of Service at #34 below)

Data at bottom of form:
ORIG: D. Myers, LCDR, JAGC, USNR, NMPC06/OP-IL,42225, DISK #3. TYPD: 01/25/85, NMPC-06, NBI: KERRY1, Courier 10 pitch, 42225, JE.
Enclosure (1)
(kerry Military Service Records, “Service Record”)

(B. Note: there is NO attachment enclosure —someone obviously requested this info and for some purpose, but there is nothing more than this note—why have a JAG officer compile it rather than the Navy, as in the request of 5/24/86? Enclosures are part of a document and should be included.)
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33. ---Mar. 27, 1986: In a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate…Kerry accused President Ronald Reagan of leading the U.S. into another Vietnam in Central America, accusing the administration of Nixon-like duplicity and saying that he should recognize it because of his Vietnam experience. SOURCE
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34. ---May 24, 1986: Navy’s response to kerry request of May 9, 1986 for his service record:
Letterhead: Department of the Navy, Naval Military Personnel Command Liaison Office,
Nat’l. Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd(?), St. Louis, MO (zip).
“In Reply Refer to: BPLNO:RJS:rjs; N O 001 360” (? not clear).

To: The Honorable John Forbes Kerry, U.S. Senate, WDC 20510.
From: R. J. Shultz, LCDR, USN.

Senator Kerry: Your request of the 9th of May concerning documentation of your Naval Service has been forwarded by the National Personnel Records Center to this office for reply. The follow statement of Naval Service accurately reflects the documentation in your Naval Personnel Record:

Feb. 18, 1966: Enlisted as an OCSA (E-2), USNR (inactive)

Aug. 19, 1966: Commenced Active Duty as an OCIU2 (E-5)

Dec. 15, 1966: Honorably Discharged as an OCIU2 to accept commission in U.S. Naval Reserve

Dec. 16, 1966: Accepted Commission, Ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve, continued active duty

June 16, 1968: Date of Rank as Lieutenant (jg) (0-2), U.S. Naval Reserve

Jan. 01, 1970: Date of Rank as Lieutenant (0-3), U.S. Naval Reserve

Jan. 03, 1970: Released from Active Duty, transferred to the Naval Reserve (inactive)

July 01, 1972: Transferred to the Standby Reserve (inactive)

Feb. 16, 1978: Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant (03).

If additional copies of info. is required from your official Naval Records, please feel free to contact this office or the Nat’l. Personnel Records Center directly.
(kerry’s Military Service Record, “Request for History of Service”)

(B.Note: kerry requested this statement; his request of 5/9/86 is not attached – what was the purpose of this request? what did he need it for? Also, note his Temp Rank of LT (0-3) on 1/1/70, and his rank of LT (03) at discharge on 2/16/78 which indicates no promotions in 8 years. Also, I do not see any order making the 1970 temp. rank permanent.)
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35. ---1988: Kerry tried to undermine the "Reagan Doctrine" of supporting anti-communist freedom fighters, known as the Contras, in Nicaragua: Kerry chaired a Senate Subcommittee on Narcotics, Terrorism and International Operations & promoted unsubstantiated charges that the Nicaraguan freedom fighters, some of their supporters, & the CIA had condoned or been active in narcotics trafficking. The purpose was to discredit the policy of stopping communist subversion in the Western hemisphere. A House Committee headed by Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton found no evidence to support the charges. <…>

While Kerry was trying to defeat aid to the Contras through a smear campaign, Senator Tom Harkin & several liberal House members were raising money for pro-Sandinista and other communist front organizations in the region. <..>

Oliver North, a Vietnam combat veteran decorated for bravery, handled counter-terrorism matters for Reagan at the National Security Council from 1983-86. <..> He was devoted to sustaining the Contras in part because he had experienced the betrayal of our South Vietnamese allies to the Communists and didn't want to see it happen again. Kerry, on the other hand, worked to hand over the country to the North Vietnamese Communists and wanted the Sandinistas to stay in power in Nicaragua. <…>

"I'm proud that I stood against Ronald Reagan, not with him, when his intelligence agencies were abusing the Constitution of the United States & when he was running an illegal war in Central America," Kerry told the Dem. National Committee last year. (2003). <..>

“The Reagan/Bush admin.,” said Kerry, was "willing to literally put the Constitution at risk because they believed there was somehow a higher order of things, that the ends do in fact justify the means. That's the most Marxist, totalitarian doctrine I've ever heard of in my life…"

So Kerry found Marxism in an anti-communist policy of the Reagan admin. but couldn't find it in Managua, Nicaragua, where a communist and alleged pedophile was running the show. <…> SOURCE
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36. ---1990: Kerry reelected to the Senate. SOURCE
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37. ---1991: Kerry to chair a committee to investigate the possibility that American prisoners of war were still being held in Vietnam. …After more than a year of research & eight trips to Vietnam, Kerry managed to cajole a unanimous vote from his committee…in favor of a report saying it was very unlikely that any Americans had been left behind in Vietnam. .. The committee's unanimity made it possible for Bill Clinton to normalize relations with Vietnam, in 1995.
SOURCE

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Beatrice1000

** PART 11 **

1. ---Mar. 12, 2001: KERRY’S FORM DD215: “Correction to DD Form 214,
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty” (DD Form 215, Feb 2000).

(1) Kerry, John Forbes
(2) Dept, Component & Branch: NAVY-USNR (where is the S-2 designation?)
(3) SSN (redact).
(4) Mailing Address: “Indian Hill Rd, Groton, MA 01450” (as mentioned previously, the 7/13/78 form has a Lowell, MA address; yet here we are again with the old “Groton, MA” address…)

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(5) Original DD Form 214 is corrected as indicated below--
ITEM 24:
Separation Date on DD Form being corrected: 03-01-70.
Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon
Navy Unit Citation Ribbon

Republic of Vietnam MUC Gallantry Cross Medal Color with Palm
Republic of Vietnam MUC Civil Action Medal Color with Palm

Delete: Vietnam Service Medal
Add: Vietnam Service Medal with 4 bronze stars.
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(kerry's Military Service Records, Form DD-215)

Questions about this form:
(1) Why change the “separation date?”
(2) Why “add” two bronze stars to the Vietnam Service Medal?

This DD215 states it is a correction to the DD214 (but must actually be a correction to the DD214N, which was a previous correction to the DD214…).

This form corrects: (1) kerry’s “separation date” to: 3/1/70 (was previously 1/3/70, why the correction?); (2) adds a couple Republ. of Vietnam medals; (3) deletes the Vietnam Service Medal, and (4) adds the Vietnam Service Medal with 4 bronze stars …

What do the “4 bronze stars” on the Vietnam Service Medal stand for? He was awarded “2”, where did the extra 2 come from? (maybe there are some new rules..??)

There has been some controvery over whether or not this added award is proper. I've pulled a few facts together on this matter as follows:

VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
Created by Executive Order 11213, July 8, 1965. It is awarded to all service members of the Armed Forces who between July 4, 1965 and March 28, 1973, served in the following areas of Southeast Asia: In Vietnam and the contiguous waters and airspace; in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia or the airspace thereover or in the direct support of military operations in Vietnam.

There are (17) "Named Campaign Periods" that denote the service stars. If you served at least 1 day in any period it warrants a "campaign":

SOURCE

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(Detailed description of each Named Campaign)
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Does the the Medal/Ribbon itself represent the first campaign? If so, would a medal and one bronze star signify two campaigns?

Navy Uniform Regulation:

for second or subsequent awards

(U.S. Navy – Uniform Regulations, p. 5-48)

What is the correct interpretation of this Regulation?
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In Kerry’s Military Service Records: the doc. titled: "Vietnam Service Medal" contains two documents indicating awards of the Vietnam Service Medal, as follows:

4/08/68

To: Ensign John F. Kerry (USNR)

Vietnam Service Medal; award of

3/27/69

To: Lieutenant (jg) John F. Kerry (USNR)

Vietnam Service Medal with 02 stars

hard to read, looks like “02 stars

Medal issued this date

Background: Kerry’s time on the U.S.S. Gridley, re: determine Vietnam “Campaign”:

(1) June 1967-Nov. 1967: Gridley operates on the California coast.

(2) Nov. 1967 – Dec. 1967: Gridley sails to the Pacific & operates off the coast of Vietnam (guard duty for planes operating in the China Sea & Gulf of Tonkin) (about 5 weeks)

(3) Jan. 2, 1968 to June 8, 1968: Gridley sails to Australia & returns to Long Beach, Calif. (on 6/8/68)
(UFC, p 24, 198)

SUMMARY: KERRY’S TIME IN VIETNAM CAMPAIGNS:

Nov.-Dec. 1967

U.S.S. Gridley

off coast of Vietnam

11/17/68

Cam Ranh Bay

"Change of Duty" (p.3)

03/19/69

Leaves Vietnam

"Change of Duty" (p.4) -out by 3/20/69)

Using the above dates, I pulled out the following three Campaigns from the above list:

05) Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase III -- June 1, 1967 to Jan. 29, 1968

Kerry on Gridley - Nov-Dec, 1967

09) Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase VI – Nov. 2, 1968 to Feb. 22, 1969

Kerry in Vietnam - 11/17/68 - 3/19/69

10) Tet 69/Counteroffensive – Feb. 23, 1969 to June 8, 1969

Kerry in Vietnam - 11/17/68 - 3/19/69

(there may be a 4th contact with Vietnam that kerry had that is not in the above that would explain the 4th bronze star...)
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Summary:
--If the medal counts as campaign one, then he would have 2 bronze stars (as he was awarded on 3/27/69);
--If the medal does not count as campaign one, then he would have 3 bronze stars (or 4, if there is an unaccounted for mission in the above).

QUESTION: Considering the above information, it still seems unknown as to what the FOUR bronze stars on kerry’s Vietnam Service Medal represent.
(all we know is that this award was "added" on 3/12/01)

Bottom of form: (6) Date: 3/12/01, PERS313/DMM. (7) Official authorized to sign: (a) Dena M. Martin.
(b) Grade: GS-11. (c) Title: Head, Retired Records Section. (d) Signature: /s/Dena M. Martin. (DD Form 215, Feb 2000).

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2004:

Kerry: "I mean, if I screw up, what are they going to do to me—send me to Vietnam?"

(“The Long War of John Kerry,” by Joe Klein, The New Yorker) (last sentence in this article)

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B. SUMMARY COMMENTS: Kerry’s words and deeds speak for themselves. His trail in life is littered with ill-gotten political gains achieved thru the suffering of others. Back in the 70s, he believed he had the right to speak “for the Vietnam vets” and “for the United States” and “for the American people” – even to the extent of meddling in our foreign affairs by having secret, treasonous meetings and negotiations with our enemy. He was not a part of our government’s administration; he was not an elected official – he was only a renegade, a disgrace to the Navy uniform, with a personal political agenda to follow. He had no mandate to decide the course of this country. He operated outside the realm of the voting public.

(Today, once again, he claims to be “speaking for the American people” – however, he only represents those who voted for him -- and in the 2002 MA elections, that was 1,605,976 people.) SOURCE

Kerry will probably fight to the end of his days to justify and/or deny his actions in the 70s – but the facts cannot be denied. The man has caused much harm to our nation in his quest for power and recognition and in his seemingly obsessive desire to change America to fit a personal vision of his own.
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DAVID HOROWITZ ("Radical Son," 1997):

What radicals wanted was to be midwives to a world that was different from the one in which they were going to die

It was time to grow up

Time to take responsibility for who we are and what we do

I had learned to judge it by the evil it had done

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B.Note:

...as to kerry: by the evidence of his words and deeds, I have learned to judge him by the evil he has done.

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Beatrice1000

** PART 12 **

VARIOUS SOURCES/Articles:

1. Secretaries of the Navy, covering Kerry service & document time periods (per Kate)
John H. Chafee..................31 Jan 1969 - 4 May 1972
John W. Warner..................4 May 1972 - 8 Apr 1974
J. William Middendorf.......8 Apr 1974 - 20 Jan 1977
W. Graham Claytor, Jr......14 Feb 1977 - 24 Aug 1979
Edward Hidalgo.................24 Oct 1979 - 20 Jan 1981
John Lehman.......................5 Feb 1981 - 10 Apr 1987

2. NIXON - The Public Papers of the President:
Nixon Library and Birthplace
The American Presidency Project

3. Watergate Timeline (Summary)

4. Rockefeller Commission Report (1975) (Prior to the so-called Church Committee, the President's “Commission on CIA Activities Within the U.S.” was formed by Pres. Gerald Ford. Headed by VP Nelson Rockefeller, this body came to be known as the Rockefeller Commission. It issued a single report in 1975, which delineated some CIA abuses including mail opening & surveillance of domestic dissident groups. The Rockefeller Report is seen by many as a "whitewash," & was certainly superceded by the Church Committee's work in scope and depth.)

5. Church Committee Reports, 1975/76 (The “Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities,” known as the "Church Committee" after its chairman Frank Church, conducted a wide-ranging investigation of the intelligence agencies in the post-Watergate period. The Church Committee took public & private testimony from hundreds of people, collected huge volumes of files from the FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS, & many other federal agencies, & issued 14 reports in 1975 & 1976. ..over 50,000 pgs of Church Committee records have been declassified & made available to the public.)

6. kerry’s Military Service Records (FINDLAW -- used for most of the references in this post.)

7. kerry’s Military Records (with list of the items); also a Fitrep Analysis Detail (sportsmenforkerry.com)

8. kerry’s Military Records (swiftboatarchives.com)

9. Kerry’s Service – Forum Archives (Kate’s post -- Forum Discussions related to Kerry’s service)

10. DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - Acronyms (for the civilians among us)

11. DOD Directive 1300.6: Conscientious Objectors (8/20/71)

12. Navy Directives (OPNAV)

13. Bureau of Naval Personnel – (BUPERS) Ref Library: DOD Directives

14. U.S. Navy- BUPERS CD/Web Connection: Instructions & Notices

15. BUPERSINST 1001.39D (PERS-9) (2/20/01)
“Administrative Procedures for Naval Reservists on Inactive Duty”

16. “Naval Military Personnel Manual” (“MILPERSMAN”) (8/22/02) (replaces 1991 ed.)
(contains conversion charts for old numbering)

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17. SECNAVINST 1920.6A (PERS-212C) – 11/21/83 (pp.9-10)
6. Expungement of Resignations from Officer Service Record
--(a) CHNAVPERS and DC/S (M&RA) will, upon their approval of an officer’s written request to withdraw a resignation, expunge the following from the officer’s official record:
----(1) For officers on active duty – resignations, disapproved resignations, and related correspondence in its entirety.
----(2) For officers who resign & subsequently return to active duty in the naval service – portions of resignation correspondence which contains reasons for resignation. Such expungements will include portions from letters of intent to resign & letters of resignation & endorsements.
--(b) Other resignation related material such as separation orders, fitness reports, and DD214, Certs. of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, will not be expunged.
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18. The Discharge Issue >> Federal Regs, Rules, Orders (Kate’s thread --Resources & Research)

19. “Kerry's Discharge Is Questioned by an Ex-JAG Officer,” Thomas Lipscomb (11/1/04)

20. “The Truth Behind Kerry's Military Discharge. What's What's Kerry hiding?” Robert ‘Buzz’ Patterson (10/26/04)

21. Articles about kerry’s military records (wintersoldier.com)

22. wintersoldier.com (The place to go for the VVAW-FBI files, articles, videos, pictures, timeline, etc.)

23. kerry camp 2004 < know the players (info. on some of kerry’s VVAW & other associates & a timeline on kerry done last year that includes some other info., photos/videos, and excerpts from his speeches from the 90s to 2004 that I have not included here)

24. FBI Files > VVAW // CIA files > HanoiJane (much informative research by Kate)

25. “John Kerry and the VVAW: Hanoi's American Puppets?” by Jerome R. Corsi and Scott Swett (10/26/04)
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26. 5-part series on kerry by FreeRepublic.com poster, FEDORA. (This series has been posted before in many places, but it doesn’t hurt to include this research again as I’m always forgetting where it is.)
"JOHN KERRY’S FELLOW TRAVELLERS"
(A 5-part series exposing John Kerry’s Communist connections.)

Part 1: John Kerry’s Red Roots: Richard Kerry’s Left-Wing Legacy (Richard Kerry/father -1915-2000)

Part 2: Forging a Paper Hero: The Mystery of Kerry’s Medals (1965-2004)

Part 3: Hanoi John: Kerry and the Antiwar Movement’s Communist Connections (1969-1973)

Part 4: Subversion in the Senate: Kerry's Communist Constituency (1970-72 - 1985-2004)
(Portrays himself as a patriot as he campaigns in pursuit of the ultimate irony: he wants to be Commander-in-Chief.)

Part 5: John Kerry vs. the War on Terror: Candidate Kerry's Subversive Campaign (current)
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27. John Forbes Kerry Timeline

28. PBS/Frontline: John F. Kerry Chronology

29. “Get to Know John Kerry, VVAW” - TIMELINE (FrontPageMag)

30. Kerry’s Form 180 (powerlineblog.com – 6/20/05)

31. discoverthenetwork.org (David Horowitz) – search the “Guide to the Political Left”

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kate · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:

Beatrice1000,
Outstanding! This is a huge resource.
Thank you so much for all the effort you put in to this!
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Incredible job Bea...BZ!