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» Migisi - The Times

In response to The Times posted by redback:
Re Harold Holt. Is it far fetched for you to consider the CIA could have got Holt killed?
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From most of what I've read - Holt was "all the way with LBJ", was ~increasing~ troops to Nam, and commited to the US spy base on OZ soil. Obviously the US would be happy with that, so why would the CIA want Holt gone? That's not say it's not possible, given what we know about US covert operations. But why?
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What do you think happened to Holt? Him being an experienced diver, would Holt be so stupid to enter dangerous water? With the intention of suicide? Some conspiratists have said that he wasn't even on the beach that morning, and the whole story was concocted as a cover up - Holt being covertly 'taken out' and disposed of by Holt's political enemies. Who wanted him gone - I mean, besides every anti-war protester?
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US can & would shoot planes down on our sovereign soil if they come near the base.
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A no-brainer, Red. Always baffling to me... other nations ~willingly~ permit (even invite!) foreign military presence on their soil. My mantra 'follow the money' applies. What did Holt stand to gain by handing OZ territory over to the US? Perhaps some thought this treasonous - enough to 'off' him? Or maybe they were promised a piece of the action, and Holt cut them out?
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"Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive"
- Sir Walter Scott

-- posted by Migisi