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Study of the Hegemony of Parasitism - michaeljgoodnight.com

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"The OSS has thrown <strong>the</strong> weight <strong>of</strong> American supplies,<br />

arms, money and prestige behind <strong>the</strong> Communist<br />

terrorist organizations <strong>of</strong> Europe and Asia." The Deer<br />

team claimed that Ho was a great statesman whose<br />

nationalism transcended his Communist loyalties.<br />

To supervise <strong>the</strong> developing political situation in<br />

sou<strong>the</strong>ast Asia, Donovan was appointed Ambassador to<br />

Thailand by Secretary <strong>of</strong> State John Foster Dulles on<br />

Aug. 12, 1953. Donovan's assistant was William J. van<br />

den Heuvel. After his return to <strong>the</strong> U.S. Donovan had a<br />

stroke in 1956. He kept to his apartment in Sutton Place<br />

and rarely went to his law <strong>of</strong>fice. In 1957, ano<strong>the</strong>r stroke<br />

left his brain atrophied. He lingered for several years,<br />

finally going to Walter Reed Hospital, where he died in<br />

Feb. 1959.<br />

The OSS trained forces <strong>of</strong> Ho Chi Minh kept up a steady<br />

onslaught against <strong>the</strong> French Colonial Government. John<br />

Foster Dulles, playing a double game, met with Georges<br />

Bidault, and urged <strong>the</strong> French to make a stand. "We will<br />

provide support," he promised. When <strong>the</strong> French forces<br />

were surrounded at Dien Bien Phu, Bidault, to explain his<br />

strategy, read Dulles' <strong>com</strong>mitment to <strong>the</strong> French<br />

parliament. Dien Bein Phu collapsed after a 77 day<br />

siege, and <strong>the</strong> French government was lost. Le Figaro<br />

claimed that <strong>the</strong> State Dept., <strong>the</strong> White House and <strong>the</strong><br />

Kremlin, had made a secret deal to partition French Indo<br />

China into U.S. and Soviet zones, as had been done in<br />

Korea. Whatever agreement may have been reached, it<br />

is a fact that <strong>the</strong> Soviet Army and Navy now have full use

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