[FreeTheHostages]

Why thanks again LarryLied for the reading suggestions. This is very interesting! And just on those rare days when Free Republic seems a hopeless mode of communciation overrun by conspiracy theorists, ya' meet some educated and thoughtful Freepers. Even in the darkest of threads. Why thanks. :)

[LarryLied]

My pleasure! So you don't have to get the book, there is the entire December, 1997 American Spectator article on line:

The Secret War Over Tibet A story of Cold War heroism -- and Kennedy administration cowardice and betrayal.