DEDICATION

am caused to wonder how many Americans in this present day, because of our type of education, or perhaps it might better be said, because of it‘s miss-application, would feel comfortably qualified to correctly use the term great.

Since I have spent at least as many years de-educating myself as the servants of mammon have spent in their attempt to educate me, I choose to make the assumption that I am at last somewhat qualified to recognize and acknowledge truly great attributes in others.

The most valuable legacy a man can leave to posterity is his awareness of truth. To qualify in doing this skillfully and meaningfully is a gift granted to but a few who are thus inclined.

Col. L. Fletcher Prouty is such a man. I have no doubt that Col. Prouty has a fine formal education in the institutions of man, but he is also one of those rare individuals to whom our Creator has bequeathed a penetrating insight and has chosen to take him aside to educate him privately and progressively near the borders of the labyrinth of man‘s darkest endeavors.

Col. Prouty has paid attention in class and has earned his teachers credentials with honors. Thus, it is our supreme privilege that he has chosen to share his knowledge and appreciation of truth with us. There is greatness in this, for his wisdom, should those of us who recognize it, make the additional effort to further propagate these truths which lie behind our most important history making, as well as civilization influencing events, will empower many to make correct choices for the future. Surely it will be a more secure future, based upon true and correct information that will lead away from certain tyranny and into a muchimproved world of assured freedom.

Col. Prouty is a modern Olympian passing his torch of truth to a waiting generation. As a representative of that generation which follows his, I gratefully take a share of that torch in hand and with it, dedicate this work to him and his courageous stand, in the hope that it will help awaken others to this man‘s much deserved place of honor and respect in the annals of historical events which he has helped to create and are still as yet unfolding.

The Author

Col. Prouty is the author of two best selling books which every American must read to be truly informed, THE SECRET TEAM: "The C.I.A. And Its Allies In Control Of The U.S. And The World." and J.F.K.: "The C.I.A., Vietnam, And The Plot To Assassinate John F. Kennedy." These books inspired the epic film JFK from Oliver Stone and this present work. Prouty was also a retired Banker, Yale Professor, top railroad and aircraft firm executive. A man of many parts, Prouty, recently deceased, was an American without peer in our day.

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