I Inform the Entire Iran/Contra Committee of these allegations made by the former spokesperson for the Pentagon who these congressional leaders all knew personally. None of These Puffed Up Wimps Replied!!

The Honorable Lee Hamilton

House Select Committee To Investigate Covert Arms Transactions With Iran

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C.

20515

Subject: Disturbing Allegations of Involvement of Richard Armitage,Tom Clines, and Ted Shackley In Major Heroin Trafficking

Dear Congressman Hamilton,

Because Bo Gritz has served for two years as Chief of Congressional Relations for the Pentagon, it is highly probable that you and the others on the Iran\Contra Committee are well acquainted with him.

Attached is a partial list of radio and television shows on which Mr. Gritz has expressed his belief that Richard Armitage, Ted Shackley, Felix Rodriguez and Thomas Clines have been engaged in major Southeast Asian narcotics trafficking with the late Santo Trafficante.

This is most disturbing since I have been told that the above were involved with Santo Traficante in CIA\Mafia assassination attempts against Fidel Castro in the early 1960's. Indeed, the careers of these shadowy figures weave through many scandals and many foreign policy disasters both in Latin America and Southeast Asia as well as the Nugan Hand Bank collapse. They seem to just float away from one ugly scandal after another giving the impression that they are protected from very high up.

Bo Gritz filmed 40 hours of interviews in Burma conducted with General Khun Sa, the acknowledged heroin kingpin of the world, in which Khun Sa revealed the names of his largest American customers. Senator Inouye, Jack Brooks and Les Aspin have copies of the edited version of this video tape. In this tape Khun Sa proposes a plan to stop the shipment of 900 tons of opium to the U.S.

If there is some truth in these allegations of Mr. Gritz then it seems to me that public hearings are required. Perhaps the best approach would be to reconvene the Iran\Contra committee.

I should think that you would want to take the most direct path to an understanding of this very serious matter and this would be to pick up your telephone and call Bo Gritz 702-723-5266 at his Nevada home. Please find the courage to call Bo Gritz and listen to what he has to say.

Please have someone from your staff call me to acknowledge receipt of this correspondence and to assure me that this matter will be treated with the necessary seriousness.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

Respectfully,

BRIAN DOWNING QUIG

10-1-87

10-3-87

cc: Daniel Inouye

cc: Lee Hamilton

Warren Rudman

Dick Cheney

George Mitchel

Dante Fascell

Sam Nunn

William Broomfield

Paul Sarbanes

Thomas Foley

Howell Heflin

Henry Hyde

David Boren

Peter Rodino

James McClure

Jack Brooks

Orrin Hatch

Jim Coulter

William Cohan

Louis Stokes

Paul Trible Jr.

Les Aspin

Bill McCollum

Edward Boland

Michael De Wine

Ed Jenkins

The following is a partial list of the one to four hour live interactive call-in radio talk shows and one hour television talk shows plus news print media and wire services that have featured Lieutenant Colonel Bo Gritz between June 6th and August 31st 1987.

In these interviews Bo Gritz has indicated his belief that Richard Armitage, Thomas Clines, and Ted Shackley have been trafficking in tons per year of Southeast Asian heroin using the late Santo Trafficante as a U.S. distributor.

Recordings of these live call-in programs will show that in almost every interview ex-servicemen have called in with first party accounts of large narcotics shipments entering this country via U.S. military transports (no customs!).

KCZN ANTHONOY J. HILDER VENTURA, CA
US ENTERPRISE DAVE HENDRIX RIVERSIDE, CA
ASSOCIATED PRESS (WIRESERVICE STORY) JUNE 6TH)
KCKC - AM DR. CECIL JOHNSON SAN BERNADINO, CA
KABC RAY BRIEM ABC RADIO NETWORK NATIONAL
(75 STATIONS COAST TO COAST)
LOS ANGELES
KGIL - AM JIM SAN FERNANDO, CA
KRNN - AM ALAN DALE SHOW SAN ANTONIO, TX
WLS - AM CHUCK BRITTON HOST CHICAGO, IL
(COVERS 38 STATES - THE CARIBBEAN AND EASTERN CANADA)
KTAR - AM PRESTON WESTMORELAND PHOENIX, AZ
KSL/KCZN BOB LEE SALT LAKE CITY, UT
(COVERS 12 WESTERN STATES)
WWL - AM RICK ZURICK NEW ORLEANS, LA
KSDO - AM STACY TAYLOR SAN DIEGO, CA
(300,000 PER QUARTER HOUR -- AFTERNOON DRIVE)
KIRO - AM JIM FRENCH SEATTLE, WA
KTOK - AM KABC - AM BOB GRANT NEW YORK, NY
KCZN/NATIONAL BLACK NETWORK BOB LAW "NITE TALK" VENTURA, CA
SYNDICATED (NATIONAL) 175 STATIONS
WRKO - AM JERRY WILLIAMS BOSTON, MA WORLD WATCHERS INT'L MAE BRUSSELS CARMELL, CA
"NEWS ALERT" WIOD - AM BILLY MC QUAE MIAMI, FL
WCKY - AM JAN MICKELSON CINCINATTI, OH
THE NAT'L EDUCATOR JIM RITCHIE/RON MATHESON FULLERTON, CA
"NATIONAL TABLOID" UNITED PRESS INT'L WASHINGTON, DC (WIRESERVICE STORY)
WWDB - AM BERNIE MC RAIN PHILLADEPHIA, PA
KGO - AM JIM EASON SAN FRANCISCO, CA
DAILY NEWS DIGEST JOHNNY JOHNSON PHOENIX, AZ
"NAT'L NEWSLETTER" WPRB - AM RANDY TAYLOR PALM BEACH, CA SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN RAY ROBINSON OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (FRONT PAGE HEADLINER)
KNBC - TV NEWS LOS ANGELES, CA
KTTV - TV NEWS LOS ANGELES, CA
WASHINGTON TIMES ARTICLE WASHINGTON, DC
WBEZ - AM SANDRA GAIN CHICAGO, IL
KMOX - AM ANNE KEEFE ST. LOUIS, MO (NATIONAL SYNDICATED 3 MILLION CABLE AND MINNEAPOLIS, MN
KJIL - AM KEN BLOOD OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
(CHRISTIAN VOICE - JIMMY SWAGGART - 17 STATIONS) WMCA - AM GARY DEE SHOW NEW YORK, NY
KDWN - AM ART BELL LAS VEGAS, NV (13 STATES)
KVOM - AM ANDY MARLOW MINNEAPOLIS, MN
WMID - AM DON WILLIAMS ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
WFLA - AM DICK NORMAN TAMPA, FL
WISN - AM LARRY JOHNSON MILWAUKEE, WS
KUZU - AM MAE BRUSSELS CARMEL, CA
DON BELL REPORT DON BELL NEWSLETTER
TASS SOVIET NEWS AGENCY - NEW YORK/MOSCOW
KPFK - FM ALAN FONG NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA
(PACIFIC RADIO - 5 STATIONS NAT'L - 24 AFFILIATES)
KXL - AM JIM BICKEL SHOW PORTLAND, OR
NEW YORK TRIBUNE NEWS ARTICLE NEW YORK, NY
WERC - AM BOB GAMBACURTA BIRMINGHAM, AL
WBAL - AM ED HARTLEY BALTIMORE, MD
THE SPOTLIGHT TOM VALENTINE WASHINGTON, DC
"NAT'L TABLOID) KPRC - AM ROGER GREY HOUSTON, TX
KARN - AM PAT LYNCH LITTLE ROCK, AR
WOKN - AM
WWWE - AM JOHN DAYLE CLEVELAND, OH
UJPRIGHT OSTRIDGE PEGGY POOR MILWAUKEE, WS "NAT'L NEWSLETTER" WCCO - AM JIM RODGERS MINNEAPOLIS, MN
KNBR - AM JACK DIAMOND SAN FRANCISCO, CA
WNIS - AM ART FINDLEY NORFOLK, VA
PHOENIX LETTER DR. ANTHONY SUTTON PHOENIX, AZ
"NAT'L NEWSLETTER" KPIX - TV "PEOPLE ARE TALKING" SAN FRANCISCO, CA
MAI/POW ISSUE WKIS - AM CLIVE THOMAS ORLANDO, FL
MONTHLY LESSON LARRY PATTERSON CINCINATTI, OH
IN CRIMINAL POLITICS "NAT'L NEWSLETTER"
WJRC - AM CAROL PATRIZI JOLIETTE, IL
WKRG - AM JOHN NODAR MOBILE, AL
AMERICAN INFO JOHNNY JOHNSON ORANGE, CA
NETWORK SEATTLE TIMES PETER LEWIS SEATTLE, WA
TIME MAGAZINE GEORGE CHURCH WASHINGTON, DC
(COVER FEATURE STORY "THE SECRET ARMY")
KOA - AM GARY TESTLER DENVER, CO (16 WESTERN STATES)
THE OTHER AMERICAS RADIO 10,000,000 in US and Australia
KNUS John Katz Modesto, Ca. 50,000 Watts
THE LARRY KING SHOW Largest radio audience in the world 11,000,000 listeners
Cover Story LIFE MAGAZINE Nov. 1987
624 RADIO STATIONS AIRED THE STORY

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