The History of the CIA: Operation Paper and Trouble in the Golden Triangle [pt. 6]

Hi All! 

Here's the newest part of the History of the CIA Series. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it below. Especially, I am curious about your thoughts regarding a short section from 25:30-30:19. I am considering cutting this from the version that goes on Youtube. Although I stand by my points articulated, I'm not sure if bringing in the counterinsurgency in Afghanistan into the narrative at this point is useful for the video itself. It's a short segment and is a bit of a digression, so it may become a Patreon exclusive clip. I really value your feedback, did you think that this section was valuable? Did you appreciate this link to the future or did you find it just muddied the waters of the overarching video. Would love to hear your honest thoughts about the video as a whole and this section specifically.

Thanks as always for the support and patience! Bibliography below:

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

[1]

Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy - Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy (p. 14-15, 17, 23-24, 130)

Douglas Valentine - Strength of the Wolf (p. 159)

Alfred McCoy - The Politics of Heroin (p. 93-94, 167-169)

Helliwell “Three stick brown bars” from Wall Street Journal (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100100061-5.pdf)

[2]

Alfred McCoy - The Politics of Heroin (p. 162-165)

Peter Dale Scott - Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma (https://apjjf.org/-Peter-Dale-Scott/3436/article.html)

April 10, 1950 memo from the Joint Chiefs (https://nara-media-001.s3.amazonaws.com/arcmedia/research/pentagon-papers/Pentagon-Papers-Part-V-B-2b.pdf) (PDF p. 68-73)

Whitney Webb - One Nation Under Blackmail (p.18-19)

[3]

Alfred McCoy - The Politics of Heroin (p. 162-178)

Alfred Cox History Paper on Civil Air Transport: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/%28est%20pub%20date%29%20civil%20air%20%5B15503622%5D.pdf

Peter Dale Scott - Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma (https://apjjf.org/-Peter-Dale-Scott/3436/article.html)

Whitney Webb - One Nation Under Blackmail (p.18-21)

[4]

Alfred McCoy - The Politics of Heroin (p. (Burma)162-178, (Thailand) 179-192)

Arne Kislenko - A Not So Silent Partner: Thailand's Role in Covert Operations, Counter-Insurgency, and the Wars in Indochina (https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/292/465)

Douglas Valentine - Strength of the Wolf (p. 75-79)

Peter Dale Scott - Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma (https://apjjf.org/-Peter-Dale-Scott/3436/article.html)

Memo from William Turner to Robert Joyce on Willis Bird (https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v06p2/d91)

Memo from Ambassador Key to Ast. Secretary of State Rusk (https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v06p1/d134)

[5]

Alfred McCoy - The Politics of Heroin (p. (Bruma KMT) 162-178, (Khun Sa) 349-351)

Sebald Memo to State Department (https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v12p2/d23)

Khun Sa Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdauR1Kdiew&ab_channel=MekongFarang

Peter Dale Scott - Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma (https://apjjf.org/-Peter-Dale-Scott/3436/article.html)

Whitney Webb - One Nation Under Blackmail (p.18-21)

Victor S. Kauffman - Trouble in the Golden Triangle: The United States, Taiwan and the 93rd Nationalist Division (p. 440-443) (https://www.jstor.org/stable/3451165?read-now=1&seq=9#page_scan_tab_contents)