About the Book
This monograph contains the original Cold War propaganda tract, I Was A CIA Agent In India, written by a former US State Department code clerk, John D. Smith, who defected to the Soviet Union in the late 1960s. He has not been seen or heard from since, and his final destiny is clouded in mystery. This monograph also includes details of the 1955 Air India aircraft bombing, which Smith alleges was a CIA plot to assassinate Zhou Enlai, China's premier and diplomat, before he reached the Bandung Conference in Indonesia. The document section of this monograph contains US and Hong Kong government documents, along with Taiwan and Indian press reports of the bombing and Smith's defection. The monograph includes an extensive index and bibliography. Analysis of Smith's propaganda tract is provided via footnotes.
About the Author: Wendell Minnick, B.S., M.A., is an author, commentator, journalist and speaker who has spent two decades covering military and security issues in Asia, including one book on intelligence and over 1,000 articles. He joined Defense News in 2006 as the Asia Bureau Chief. Based in Taipei, Taiwan, Minnick covers defense and air shows around Asia. Before joining Defense News, he was the Taiwan correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly for six years. Minnick's first book, Spies and Provocateurs: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Persons Conducting Espionage and Covert Action, 1946-1991, continues to be a benchmark for Cold War research on espionage 20 years after publication. He has lived, worked, and traveled around Asia since 1990. Periodicals include Afghanistan Forum, Air Force Times, Army, Army Times, Asian Profile, Asian Thought and Society, Asia Times, BBC, C4ISR Journal, Chicago South Asia Newsletter, Defense News, Far Eastern Economic Review, International Peacekeeping, Jane's Airport Review, Jane's Asian Infrastructure, Jane's Defence Upgrades, Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's Intelligence Review, Jane's Missiles and Rockets, Jane's Navy International, Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Journal of Asian History, Journal of Chinese Religions, Journal of Oriental Studies, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Journal of Security Administration, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Marine Corps Times, Military Intelligence, Military Review, Nation Shield, Navy Times, Pacific Affairs, Powerlifting USA, South Asia In Review, Taipei Times, Towson State Journal of International Affairs, and The Writer.
