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and did not want to continue with the <strong>CIA</strong> just so I wouldn’t have to carryout those types of activities. Afterwards, several things happened. Thelast post I held at the <strong>CIA</strong> was in Mexico, during 67 and 68, as an OlympicAggregate of the United States for the Olympic Games. After the gamesI quit and remained living in Mexico, but without thinking about doinganything regarding the <strong>CIA</strong>, nor writing a book, nor taking any stand. Butduring the first year that I remained away from the <strong>CIA</strong> I thought a lotand this was like a decompression. I wanted to write a book exposing themethodology of the <strong>CIA</strong>, as a way to contribute to the movement againstthe war at Vietnam within the United States. Because what I did in <strong>La</strong>tin<strong>America</strong> was very similar to what the United States was doing in Vietnam,just at a lower intensity level of repression.JG. Does this mean your attitude is an act of treason against the UnitedStates?PA. I don’t think it is an act of disloyalty towards the country. The<strong>CIA</strong> does not serve the country. The <strong>CIA</strong> serves minority interests withinthe United States and those are interests only of the owners and managersof multinational corporations, of the professionals that supportthem, of certain politicians within the government. This is a fraction ofthe <strong>America</strong>n population. None of what I was doing was intended toserve the black, or the natives of the United States, the Puerto Ricans,the chicanos, the larger percentage of the middle class, the majority ofthe population of the United States. What I did was to directly supportthose companies and the politicians that wanted to keep their positions.In such a way that I don’t see it as treason or disloyalty to the UnitedStates. It is a political act in favor of the people.JG. Changing the subject to your experiences as an operations offi-26

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