[A-List] October Surprises

["Craven, Jim" <JCraven@xxxxxxxxx>]

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In addition to the well-known October Surprise in 1980 (see below):

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile.html

 

http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile1.html

 

 

Another one occurred earlier that still has gotten little notice except in "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" CD featuring Christopher Hitchens when he had something closer to something approximating a soul.

 

In 1968, around August/September, Kissinger was known as a "Rockefeller Man" favoring Rockefeller over Nixon for the republican nomination in the upcoming election, he held a fairly high-level Dept of Defense position, was aware of backchannel moves by LBJ to negotiate a settlement to the Vietnam War which both the Vietnamese and LBJ thought might be propitious and mutually advantageous for all. Humphrey's poll numbers were moving upward and very close to Nixon; all were predicting a close race that was ultimately decided by less than 1% of the popular vote.

 

According to this CD, Kissinger made some calls to the Nixon camp telling them about the backchannel negotiations and about the possibility of a breakthrough before the election. The Nixon gang got ahold of Madame Clair Chennault who was tight with Nguyen Van Thieu and told him to stay out of any negotiations and refuse to participate. This effectively caused any potential negotiations or breakthroughs to be sabotaged; and the ensuing carnage is a matter of history.

 

Look for another one coming near you soon.

 

Jim C.

 

 

James M. Craven

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