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Re: "Betrayed" by Joseph Douglass

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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Date: August 20, 2002

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Witness to Communist Atrocities

Czech general details crimes of the Cold War

FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA - The Cold War is long over but the crimes committed by Communist regimes against their enemies, both at home and abroad, have remained beyond the reach of justice. Betrayed (now available through 1stBooks Library) by Joseph Douglass brings to light Communist atrocities and intelligence operations and capabilities still hidden in top secret safes. Drawing heavily on the testimony of former top Communist officials, Betrayed is a unique and timely effort to expose particularly heinous secrets of Communism.

Armed with data uncovered by dozens of researchers, Douglass shows how US officials abandoned over 30,000 American POWs (prisoners of war) and MIAs (missing in action) to Communist regimes after World War II and during the Vietnam, Korean and the Cold wars. Douglass thoroughly examines what the US government knew. He identifies the officials who decided to abandon the captives and details the subsequent efforts to hide information and cover-up what happened.

Douglass' investigation was inspired by the congressional testimony of Czech general major Jan Sejna, who defected to the US in 1968. Sejna revealed that thousands of American prisoners captured by Communists were used as human guinea pigs in ghastly medical experiments, mostly terminal, using atomic radiation and chemical and biological warfare agents. Sejna helped design, coordinate, and monitor the operation that used American POW/MIAs in experiments when he was a member of the Czech Communist governmentís decision-making hierarchy. Betrayed also reveals how and why Sejnaís reputation and credibility were viciously attacked behind his back in an effort to undermine what he had to say.

Joseph D. Douglass, Jr., Ph.D., has worked in the national security field for over 35 years. He is widely respected for his studies of US and Soviet nuclear strategy, Communist decision-making, chemical and biological warfare, and Communist strategic intelligence operations. His last book, Red Cocaine: The Drugging of America and the West, received international acclaim. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

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