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" The time line link is excellent. It also demonstrates without question that Kerry was part of VVAW at least until April 1972.
Kerry's knowledge of French would have made him an excellent interlocuter between the Vietnamese Communists and the VVAW. There is obviously more to this story and Kerry's involvement with the US Communist party. He had unusual access in Paris for a 27 year old recently discharged veteran"

You make excellent points.
I am reading the new book on Kerry- " John F. Kerry. The Complete Biography By The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best." It's loaded with previously unknown info on Kerry-which is probably why the fossil media has totally ignored it.
Anyway, Kerry's mother, Rosemary was born in Paris and lived most of her adult life in France and Europe, with just a short respite in the US , from 1941 to 1954.
Kerry's mother and her family lived full time in France-they did not just occasionally summer there, as is the common perception.
Kerry already had an established political and family beachhead in Paris-courtesy of his mother's side.
As an aside, Kerry's mother and her family spoke with French accents,Kerry's paternal grandparents spoke with Austrian accents like Arnold and yet Kerry thought he was Irish.

Thanks for the additional info on Kerry's family and the deep "French Connection." I gather that a cousin of Kerry's is currently an official in the French Agricultural Ministry. All of this explains Kerry's European perspective on US foreign policy and the apparent belief that our interests should be subordinate to Europe's more "sophisticated" views.

I hope the GOP's operations research folks are scouring Kerry's particapation in the VVAW and his travels and speeches on behalf of one of the most radical organizations in America at the time and even now. There were joint fund raising events sponsored by Fonda for the VVAW and the Black Panthers. More than likely, the VVAW worked with the US Communist Party judging by Kerry's picture being included several times in the Daily Worker. I assume more will come out after the Dem convention and closer to the election. Presumably, the GOP is holding the good stuff until later.