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From: x@mit-prep.ARPA (Dean Elsner)
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Subject: Re: Nigel West's Books  <flame>
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 23:05:54 EST
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I have noticed Mr West's books becoming more and more sensational.
At risk of libel I will claim that he suggested (Australian Prime
Minister) Harold Holt was a chinese spy, then failed to offer any
support of this theory. I gave up reading his books when I realised
that the sources for one of his books was mostly interviews with
less than a score of people, mostly working in one theatre of war,
from which he generalised commentary about much of WW2. Perhaps he
does have "other sources" but I wish he would tell me about them.
Would someone like to correct me? Am I misjudging the man?
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x@prep.ai.mit.edu Disclaimer: I am not me.