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In Washington, DC, the politics of the POW /MIA issue intensified, but as usual for the wrong reasons.
On June 17, 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin delivered a letter to the Senate and a speech to a Joint Session of Congress . No one, including the CIA, correctly anticipated how Yeltsin would dominate the headlines.
The best con jobs are the cons that take place in the open. Out of the blue during his speech, President Yeltsin promised to answer all questions regarding Americans who he said had been detained against their will in the Soviet Union . President Yeltsin ’s speech brought prolonged applause, cheering, and enthusiastic shouting that was not usually associated with Congress . No one bothered to notice that Yeltsin’s letter and speech contained false statements and empty promises.
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“Determine and describe the issues of significance regarding Prime Minister (sic) Yeltsin during his visit to the US on 15 and 16 June 1992” June 11, 1992. https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002300950001-2.pdf
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Major Peters , who retired as a lieutenant colonel, went on to have a successful career as a writer and novelist. Peters , who published using the pen name “Owen Parry,” became a commentator on Fox News. After Peters referred to President Obama as a “total pussy,” he was suspended by Fox News for two weeks in December 2015.
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Cole, P.M. (2018). Russia’s Involvement in POW/MIA Affairs. In: POW/MIA Accounting. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7128-7_9
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