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Subject: grenada  and the new book milo refers to
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 15:37:06 EST
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the book that milo refers to justifying the invasion of grenada is 
approx. 800 pages of information *sifted* from 35,000 of documents
retrieved by the marines during the invasion. the book was written
in collaboration with the state dept. and obviously had a pre-
determined point to prove. from 35,000 lbs of ducuments one is likely
to be able to justify almost anything if they are *selective* enough
about it.(excuse me, but i meant up top to write 800 pages of info
sifted from 35,000 lbs of documents). if the russians were to write 
a book concerning u.s. policy toward them and cited such examples as
reagan's joke about outlawing and bombing them only a single message
would come across, regardless of what full disclosure of the facts
may have revealed.


steve b