the french connection, part deux: sects and drugs · yfirst indochina war ycaptain antoine savani...
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Carmen K. Steigman, M.D., M.P.H.Independent Scholar
The French Connection, Part Deux:Sects And Drugs
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The French Connection
The French Connection: The World’s Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation (1969) Robin Moore
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French Connection, Part DeuxFrench Expeditionary Forces
Binh Xuyen
Operation X
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French Expeditionary ForcesFirst Indochina War
Captain Antoine SavaniCorsican Machiavelli
Major Roger TrinquierScientific Tactician
Deuxième Bureau
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French Expeditionary ForcesNew Counterinsurgency Strategies
Supplementary Forces
Hill Tribes
Binh Xuyen Pirates
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SDECEService de Documentation Extérieure Et de Contre-Espionnage
French Equivalent Of The CIA
Colonel Maurice Belleux
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MACGMixed Airborne Commando Group
Hill Tribes Of Central Highlands
Training Camp At Cap Saint JacquesVung Tau
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CorsicansItalian Catholic Culture
Marseille, France
Gangsters, Cops Or Priests
Syndicates And Underworld
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Corsican SyndicatesFrench Fascists, Gestapo, CIA
Political Influence
Marseille’s Heroin Laboratories
International Crime
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Binh XuyenRiver Pirates, 1920s
Terrorism, Extortion, Paramilitary Intelligence
Opium Refineries
Bay Vien Boss TweedAl Capone
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Shifting LoyaltiesFrench
Japanese
Viet Minh
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Dieuxieme Bureau – 1948Binh Xuyen Swore Loyalty To Bao Dai
Viet Minh Roundup
Increasing Control Over Saigon
Chief Of Police
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French Opium Monopoly1862
Legal Opium Franchise
Created Revenues For New Colony
1863 – 1883Expanded To Other Areas In Indochina
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French Opium MonopolyAnti-Opium Crusade
1920s And 1930s
Exploitation Of Vietnam By French
World War II Embargoes
Meo TribesmenLaosTonkin
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Operation X1946
Opium Monopoly Ended First Indochina War Began
Unpopular War
Curtailed Military Funding
Secret Opium Trafficking To Finance Covert Operations
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Operation XTop Secret, Known To Few
Sanctioned By Colonel Maurice Belleux (SDECE)General Raoul Salan (FEC)
MACG
Major Trinquier Supervised Purchase Of Opium From Meo
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Operation XOpium Flown To Cap Saint Jacques
Trucked To Saigon
Binh Xuyen Refineries (2)
Captain SavaniDieuxième Bureau
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Operation XSold In Opium Dens
Saigon-Cholon
Proceeds SplitMacgDeuxième BureauBao Dai
Excess SoldChinese MerchantsCorsican Syndicates
ExportHong KongMarseille
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Colonel Edward Lansdale1953
Discovered Operation X
Told To Keep Quiet, Don’t Embarrass Friendly Government
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April 1955CIA And Deuxième Bureau Battle For Saigon
Diem Holed Up In Presidential Palace
Captain Savani At Binh Xuyen HQ In Cholon
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May 1955Binh Xuyen Defeated
Opium Traffic Halted In Saigon For 3 Years
Opium Trade Becomes Purview Of Small Time Criminals
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The Ghost Of Operation X
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The Ghost Of Operation X1958
Diem’s Brother Nhu Needs Money
Opium Traffic Revived
Corsican Charter AirlineAir Laos Commercial
Dr. Tran Kim Tuyen
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Nguyen Cao KyNguyen Ngoc Loan
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Nguyen Ngoc LoanDirector Of Military Security Service
Director Of Central Intelligence Organization
Director-General Of National Police
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Nguyen Ngoc LoanRevived Large Scale Corruption
Organized Opium Exports
Contacted Corsicans And Chinese
Taxed Corsican Morphine Exports To Europe
Taxed Chinese Morphine And Opium Exports To Hong Kong
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Nguyen Van Thieu
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Alfred McCoy
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CounterinsurgencyBinh Xuyen Effectively Countered Urban Guerilla Warfare
Combination Of Counterinsurgency And Crime
Governments And Gangsters
Blurred Lines Between War And Law Enforcement
Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Questions
Thank You
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