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My Elliot's Entry to Rand
- My Elliot, living in Saigon, worked for Rand through a connection of her husband.
- She became part of a secret Pentagon study led by Leon Gurey.
The Morale Project
- Leon Gurey, a Rand academic, led the Viet Cong Motivation and Morale Project.
- Based in a Saigon villa, the project aimed to assess the bombing's impact on Viet Cong morale.
Gurey's Background
- Leon Gurey's family, Mensheviks who knew Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin, were exiled from Russia.
- Finding refuge in the US, Gurey became a staunch patriot, committed to defending his new home.