The C.I.A. and the international heroin trade : part 1 / produced by David Emory.

Program Title:
The C.I.A. and the international heroin trade : part 1 / produced by David Emory.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0626.01-.04
Description: 

Documentaries about the CIA's role in reestablishing the international heroin trade following World War II. The programs examine alliances between US intelligence agencies and drug smuggling syndicates in France, Italy, and China, as well as the CIA's role in Southeast Asian drug traffic.

r.1. pt.1. History of world heroin problems (14:11) ; pt.2. Cooperation between US intelligence and American and Sicilian Mafia (11:05) ; pt.3. US intelligence cooperation with American and Sicilian Mafia : continued (12:56) ; pt.4. Revival of the heroin trade following WW II (11:48) ; pt.5. Meyer Lansky and the international heroin traffic (12:37) -- r.2. pt.1. Creation of the French Connection (14:00) ; pt.2. Formation of the French Connection, continued (14:03) ; pt.3. The Corsican Syndicate and te French Connection (13:57) ; pt.4. US intelligence agencies in Asia : opium smuggling (13:40) ; pt.5. The Opium trade in China under Chaing Kai-Shek (12:58) -- r.3. pt.1. World War II alliance between US intelligence and Chaing Kai-Shek (13:01) ; pt.2. Tai Li and the Chinese opium trade (13:19) ; pt.3. CIA's influence in helping the Kuomintang control the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia (10:34) ; pt.4. The Kuomintang continue smuggling from Burma following the rise of Mao (14:11) ; pt.5. CIA helping to market opium from the Golden Triangle (12:11) -- r.4. pt.1. Operation X : French intellignece and the Asian drug trade (13:50) ; pt.2. French and American intelligence smuggling in Asia (14:03) ; pt.3. Air American and Southeast Asian drug smuggling for the CIA (12:40) ; pt.4. Heroin among American soldiers in Vietnam (13:22) ; pt.5. American corporations help fund heroin manufacturing and smuggling (14:20).

r.1. pt.1. History of world heroin problems (14:11) ; pt.2. Cooperation between US intelligence and American and Sicilian Mafia (11:05) ; pt.3. US intelligence cooperation with American and Sicilian Mafia : continued (12:56) ; pt.4. Revival of the heroin trade following WW II (11:48) ; pt.5. Meyer Lansky and the international heroin traffic (12:37) -- r.2. pt.1. Creation of the French Connection (14:00) ; pt.2. Formation of the French Connection, continued (14:03) ; pt.3. The Corsican Syndicate and te French Connection (13:57) ; pt.4. US intelligence agencies in Asia : opium smuggling (13:40) ; pt.5. The Opium trade in China under Chaing Kai-Shek (12:58) -- r.3. pt.1. World War II alliance between US intelligence and Chaing Kai-Shek (13:01) ; pt.2. Tai Li and the Chinese opium trade (13:19) ; pt.3. CIA's influence in helping the Kuomintang control the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia (10:34) ; pt.4. The Kuomintang continue smuggling from Burma following the rise of Mao (14:11) ; pt.5. CIA helping to market opium from the Golden Triangle (12:11) -- r.4. pt.1. Operation X : French intellignece and the Asian drug trade (13:50) ; pt.2. French and American intelligence smuggling in Asia (14:03) ; pt.3. Air American and Southeast Asian drug smuggling for the CIA (12:40) ; pt.4. Heroin among American soldiers in Vietnam (13:22) ; pt.5. American corporations help fund heroin manufacturing and smuggling (14:20).

Date Recorded on: 
1991.
Date Broadcast on: 
-0-
Item duration: 
4 reels (265 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono.
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1991.
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