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grantcart

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11. The CIA was restricted from using missionaries and journalists in 1977.

Reply to Alamuti Lotus (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 05:31 PM

Feb 2013

And yes it was followed. The World Council of Churches paid for the first year of my contract working with refugees before it was bought out by the UN and in 1978 I was one of the first Americans to re enter the People's Republic of Vietnam.

When I returned I expected to get a call and a general debriefing on general economic conditions (tens of thousands of former supporters of the regime had been located to new economic zones and I could now see them returning and living on the streets of Saigon, news that I knew the CIA would love to have details on). No one ever called.

Other missionaries that I knew who were still going back and forth there and even lived in Vietnam when the communists arrived were never contacted.

The practice was objected to and halted for the reason you mention. Same for journalists.

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Attackers kill 3 North Korean doctors in Nigeria [View all] jsr Feb 2013 OP

Violent religious radicals of all stripes The Wizard Feb 2013 #1

Very principled and consistent stand there, Merlin.. Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #2

These killings of health care workers are beyond senseless. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #3

Appalling, but not senseless Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #4

You have any more Maoist propaganda to spew? Archae Feb 2013 #5

You missed the irony of my word choice Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #6

Wow ... you are some piece of work, aren't ya ? Trajan Feb 2013 #7

Umm...thanks for noticing? Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #8

Actually, I found your post refreshing... magical thyme Feb 2013 #14

How bout idiotic, disgusting and barbaric? Kurska Feb 2013 #9

How about not trying to write my posts for me? Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #10

How bout wrong? Boko Haram isn't targeting western medicine because of their possible roles as spies Kurska Feb 2013 #13

The CIA was restricted from using missionaries and journalists in 1977. grantcart Feb 2013 #11

If it was done by Boko Haram roxy1234 Feb 2013 #17

A bizzare side to this is that once a North Korean doctor gets a posting outside the country grantcart Feb 2013 #12

Then why would they ever let him/her accept a posting out of the country? daleo Feb 2013 #15

I didn't say that he would bad mouth the regime, his family is still back in NK grantcart Feb 2013 #19

I think if a person was exiled they likely would say bad things about the regime that exiled them daleo Feb 2013 #23

23 seconds on Google, boy that was a tough one grantcart Feb 2013 #24

This refers to North Koreans in Libya after the overthrow of Gaddaffi daleo Feb 2013 #25

lol grantcart Feb 2013 #26

More reports from 2011 daleo Feb 2013 #27

I can't say for sure davidpdx Feb 2013 #21

The question one should ask is roxy1234 Feb 2013 #16

There are lots of North Korean workers in foreign countries. David__77 Feb 2013 #20

It was first reported as South Korean doctors, but most have retracted or updated. Socal31 Feb 2013 #18

That could be davidpdx Feb 2013 #22