VVAW and Uncle Ho http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=260
Almost immediately upon assuming his responsibility as head of the Select Committee, Kerry began a personal campaign remove the POW/MIA question as an obstacle preventing billions of dollars in trade between the U.S. and Vietnam. Kerry manipulated, distorted and suppressed evidence allowing MIAs be written off as dead when evidence indicated that many were alive and possibly incarcerated in communist prisons. He and his staff director, Ms. Frances Zwenig, secretly scripted the testimony of important Department of Defense witnesses who were appearing before the Select Committee and were supposed be the subject of Kerry's investigative efforts. Zwenig, in an unprecedented action, met with Vietnamese officials in Vietnam and coached them on how write off as dead on paper, without any physical evidence, American MIAs.
Zwenig, in the meantime, was working as principle author of the Select Committee Final Report.Zwenig edited the Final Report read there is "no conclusive evidence" proving United States prisoners of war still remain alive in Vietnam. In an April 4, 2004 Union Leader article, Zwenig described her 'work' on the Committee as "... one of the most worthwhile things any of us have ever done."
Zwenig had opened the door for normalized trade relations with Vietnam and a new career for herself. Zwenig now has a six-figure position as Vice President on the U.S./Vietnam Trade Council, a front organization established in the U.S., which works closely with Vietnam's Communist Party State Committee for Investment. The Trade Council is funded by conglomerates such as Lippo, which lobbies furiously against any U.S. laws perceived as hindering investment in Vietnam's cheap oil and slave labor market.