Behind the Bamboo Curtain | CIA
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The Rise and Fall of Jack Downey
When Kissinger flies to Beijing in July of 1971, for a secret tete-a-tete with Joe and Lai, the two CIA officers are on his agenda. He brings it up sort of at the end, says, look, for American public opinion it would help. Fekto is actually released in December of 1971. But what about Jack Downey? You know, Downey is serving a life sentence. So only one of the two men is released.
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