Lucien Conein
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Lt. Col. Lucien Emile Conein (b. November 29, 1919 in Paris, France; d. June 3, 1998, Bethesda, Maryland, USA)[1] was noted U.S. Army officer and OSS/CIA operative. Among other exploits, he was instrumental in the October 1963 coup against Ngo Dinh Diem, having served as the CIA's liaison officer with the coup plotters, and delivering $42,000 of the known cash disbursements.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Barnes, Bart, "Lucien E. Conein Dies at 79: Fabled Agent for OSS and CIA." Washington Post, 6 Jun. 1998, p. B6
- ^ John Prados, JFK and the Diem Coup, November 5, 2003
[edit] External links
- Military.com: Lucien Conein
- Spartacus Biography: Lucien E. Conein, photos
- Conein and the Prouty Hypothesis
- NameBase - Lucien Conein
- Russel Holmes Papers - Lucien Conein, boxes 42A, 42B
- An excerpt from Alfred McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, 1972, pp. 210-217, on Lucien Conein
- Lucien E. Conein at Arlington National Cemetery
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