The cold six thousand

J. S.

_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 10/27/64. Pouch communiquй. To: John Stanton. From: Pete Bondurant. Marked: "Hand Pouch Deliver Only"/ "Destroy Upon Reading."

I read your summary. Vietnam sounds like my kind of place.

Here's my personnel:

1 – Wayne Tedrow Jr. U.S. Army, '54-'58 (82nd Airborne Division). Former Las Vegas policeman. Chemistry degree/Brigham Young University/ '89.

Tedrow's solid. He's proficient with small arms larger weaponry. He'll do a solid job on the chemical side. He told me he studied "opiate balances" "narcotic component theory" in college. His plan is to find human "test pilots" or "guinea pigs" to test maximum dosage levels on, such as junkies or opium addicts with opiate tolerances. That way he can take the refining process to the final level in Saigon ship street-ready merchandise back to Vegas.

Tedrow's father is a big wheel in Nevada. Tedrow's _very_ estranged from him, but the old man has connections at Nellis AFB that we may be able to use. More on this later.

2, 3 – Laurent Guery Flash Elorde.

You know them from our Miami days. They've been merc'ing out of Mexico City since late '63 they're anxious to find a permanent duty station. They're devoted to the Cause will fit in on the cultivation, enforcement distribution ends. Both men have ties to gulf coast-based exiles that we'll be able to utilize.

4 – Jean Philippe Mesplede.

You sent me his dossier, so I won't repeat his stats. I met him in Mexico City liked him. He's French-English fluent knows some Vietnamese dialect from his '53-'54 tour. He's got in-country narcotics experience, along with some exile ties is solidly committed to the Cause.

8 – Chuck Rogers.

Another old Tiger ops grad. You know his stats: pilot, wet-arts, shortwave radio skills. Deep exile ties connections on the southern gun circuit. A valuable all-around guy. He wants to distribute hate leaflets and broadcast short-wave tirades in-country, I'll humor him on that until it gets out of hand.

6 – Bob Relyea.

I don't know him I'm hiring him off Rogers' recommendation. (They've been shortwave buddies for years. Rogers vouches for him he's already in-country.)

Relyea's a Staff Sgt. with the MP Brigade in Saigon. He was formerly a prison guard in Missouri has strong right-wing ties in the south. He's allegedly a great sharpshooter all-around weapons man.

Per my plan:

I want to get into Laos quick have Tran Lao Dinh negotiate with the "warlords" for their poppy farms. I want to bribe the right ARVN men other Saigon officials to procure us the right level of protection. Then I'll have Rogers fix up a small 2-engine aircraft fly circuits from Laos to Saigon. He'll conduit the morphine-base to Tedrow's lab double as an enforcer at the slave farm(s).

Per the stateside conduit:

I'd like to ship via Agency-courier flights to Nellis. I've got a well-placed lawyer friend who may be able to pull strings Sc get us clearance there. Then we'll distribute out of Tiger Kab, to (expendable) Negro pushers who'll push exclusively in West Vegas. Rogers, Guery Elorde will funnel the final profits to exile groups on the gulf.

The team is solid. I'm confident that they'll work well together. Let's stay focused on the Cuban end of things.

Viva la Causa!

_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 10/29/64. Pouch communiquй. To: Pete Bondurant. From: John Stanton. Marked: "Hand Pouch Deliver Only"! "Destroy Upon Reading."

I like your personnel and plan, per one proviso.

You'll need cargo-manifest cover to land at Nellis, and it must be convincing. What do you advise?

_DOCUMENT INSERT_: 10/31/64. Pouch communiquй. To: John Stanton. From: Pete Bondurant. Marked: "Hand Pouch Deliver Only"! "Destroy Upon Reading."

Per your last pouch:

Howard Hughes (my old boss my lawyer friend's current boss) wants to curry favor with politicians Sc military personnel in Nevada already has Hughes Aircraft-Tool Co charter clearance at Nellis. My lawyer friend will try to convince H.H. to purchase ARVN-surplus ordnance to donate to the Nevada National Guard, as a PR ploy. This will expand his ground clearance allow us to hide our merchandise in with the ordnance fly it straight to Nellis Vegas.

What do you think?