July 4th, 2022. Special Brief: Hugh Francis Redmond
The President's Daily Brief
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Hugh's Death in China
In the mid 19 sixties, china's communist leader felt that bejing was drifting too far away from the revolutionary principles of socialism and communism. In a letter dated july fourth of 19 67, he, as always, asked about how the big independence day parties were... And then closed out his notewith somewhat of a sad request. He needed a bottle of aspron For what it's worth, the c i a did try to get him out. The final attempt was in 19 68, 17 years after hugh was first imprisoned. They basically offered up a ransom that would have been given the chinese government through the yonker citizen committee that i mentioned earlier. But
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