The Cursed American Presidency

[49ersfootball]

COMING SOON IN THE CURSED AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Segment on Edward William Brooke, III

​

 

[49ersfootball]

Gallup (February 25th, 1976)
Opinion of President Nelson Rockefeller
Approve: 75%
Disapprove: 13%

Opinion of First Lady Happy Rockefeller
Approve: 73%
Disapprove: 16%

Opinion of Vice President Edward Brooke
Approve: 67%
Disapprove: 20%

Opinion of Second Lady Remigia Brooke
Approve: 61%
Disapprove: 27%

Opinion of US House Speaker Carl Albert (D-OK)
Approve: 55%
Disapprove: 23%

Opinion of US House Minority Leader John Rhodes (R-AZ)
Approve: 51%
Disapprove: 33%

Opinion of US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
Approve: 69%
Disapprove: 18%

Opinion of US Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-PA)
Approve: 63%
Disapprove: 23%

 

[49ersfootball]

BREAKING: COUP BREWING IN ARGENTINA?
*Thursday, February 26th, 1976: There's been rumblings of a possible coup d'etat being launched against embattled Argentine President Isabel Peron, who's been facing calls to resign due to ongoing political, economic & other problems engulfing the Argentine government in recent years.

Rumors swirling the Rockefeller administration has strongly tacitly given the greenlight for the Argentine Armed Forces in launching a coup d'etat against the country's first female President. US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was seen leaving a closed door meeting when asked by reporters about the ongoing situation at the US State Department, only saying "No comment".

PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST
*Friday, February 27th, 1976: Making his seventh international trip of his Presidency, US President Nelson Rockefeller began his week-long tour of the Middle East visiting the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt & Israel.

The Rockefeller administration's policy on the Middle East has been one of several priorities since coming into office on September 5th, 1975. Main focus is for the Rockefeller administration promoting the peaceful, diplomatic solutions in solving the multiple crises facing the Middle Eastern countries including boosting US influence as Rockefeller aggressively uses his Pivot to Israel policy by cementing the relationship between Washington, DC & Jerusalem.

VICE PRESIDENT BROOKE MEETS WITH FOREIGN COUNTERPARTS
*Burnishing his foreign policy credentials since ascending to the Vice Presidency, Vice President Edward Brooke met with several of his counterparts in Great Britain, France & Spain.

Arriving in London on February 26th, Brooke met with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson as well as attending a Courtesy Call with Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. He also addressed a joint session of the British House of Commons highlighting the relationship between the United States & Great Britain; discussed the major key areas of common ground, etc.,

 

[49ersfootball]

Brown
2:48 PM EST, Saturday, February 28th, 1976
Boston, MA

Though Carter had the early momentum, there was no doubt about it. Governor Brown quickly emerged as one of the front-runners for the Democratic presidential nomination. As one of the most charismatic, young, energetic, progressive & fiscal conservative Democrats in the race, the first-term California Governor had the benefit of monopolizing the support of the deficit hawkish & fiscally conservative wing of the Democratic Party. Despite his strong showing in New Hampshire, it seemed as if his campaign was lacking any enthusiasm & excitement.

Brown had justifications for striking while the iron was hot: Nixon's Presidency from start to finish, was strongly divisive & chaotic that the country still hasn't recovered from; Ford's hardworking efforts of bringing the country together created by Nixon's downfall abruptly ended with an assassin's bullet & Rockefeller's ascension to the Presidency became way too much for the American people to stomach.

The Denver Post published an editorial with the bold title of "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH". Brown sensed an opportunity & decided to run for the Presidency from an outsider's perspective (despite Carter running as the outsider). The Governor's political hachet man, Chief of Staff Gray Davis got together with his team of ambitious political cohorts to digging up dirt on rivals for the nomination in order to use it against them when the time came. "Just wait until this Playboy Magazine exclusive comes out down the road. The nomination will be ours!"

Brown was finishing up a campaign rally in Boston & got into the blue station-wagon heading to Hyannis Port to meet with United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) for a closed door meeting as well as garnering an endorsement just days ahead of the critical Massachusetts primary. "I need to have Senator Kennedy on my side and not endorse Governor Carter, who's got the early momentum." Accompanying him was his girlfriend & First Partner of California Linda Ronstadt (yes that Linda Ronstadt) including two California Highway Patrol State Troopers as well as Davis.

"Don't mind what those naysayers will say about you with this on the job training mess. I know you have the heart and character to become the next President, Jerry." Linda said as she laid her head next to the Governor's left side in the backseat.

"Shriver is Teddy's brother-in-law and I know they're close, but how am I going to be convinced that he's not biased by refusing to endorse me? I mean Teddy originally planned on running in 1972, but that Chappaquidck thing happened seven years ago and derailed any talk of a presidential campaign," Jerry explained "Everything this campaign is putting it all on the line will all come down to Massachusetts. If we get a win here and Vermont, we'll be firing like a rocket ship."

 

[49ersfootball]

BREAKING: US SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY (D-MA) ENDORSES CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN (D) JUST DAYS BEFORE CRITICAL MASSACHUSETTS PRIMARY
11:39 AM EST, Sunday, February 29th, 1976
​

The Boston Globe reported that United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) has officially endorsed CA Governor Jerry Brown (D) just days ahead of the critical Massachusetts primary as the battle for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination continues to heat up.

Senator Kennedy in a statement "After meeting with Governor Brown and discussing the major key issues facing the American people, I believe that he is the person besr equipped to lead our party to victory in the fall and leading our country into the future."

Governor Brown will go on a last-minute campaign blitz with Senator Kennedy & MA Governor Michael Dukakis (D) across the Commonwealth in the closing days with campaign rallies before Tuesday's vote.

 

[49ersfootball]

1976 Massachusetts Democratic Primary (553,426 Votes; 104 Delegates)
Tuesday, March 2nd, 1976
​

Jerry Brown 248,377 (44.88%) 52 Delegates
George Wallace 127,675 (23.16%) 28 Delegates
Sargent Shriver 101,100 (18.25%) 24 Delegates

1976 Vermont Democratic Primary
(31,362 Votes; 12 Delegates)​

Jerry Brown 14,979 (47.76%) 8 Delegates
Sargent Shriver 6,789 (21.65%) 4 Delegates


*1976 Democratic Primaries
Jerry Brown: 60 Delegates
Jimmy Carter: 50 Delegates
Uncomitted: 4 Delegates
George Wallace: 28 Delegates
Sargent Shriver: 28 Delegates

1976 Massachusetts Republican Primary
(187,902 votes; 43 Delegates)​

*1976 Republican Primaries: Massachusetts (43 Delegates)
Edward Brooke 117,476 (62.46%) 43 Delegates
Ronald Reagan 45,116 (24.19%)
John Connally 23,343 (12.43%)

1976 Vermont Republican Primary
(29,772 votes; 12 Delegates)​

*1976 Republican Primaries: Vermont (12 Delegates)
Edward Brooke 21,509 (71.25%) 12 Delegates
Ronald Reagan 4,773 (16.03%)
John Connally 3,339 (11.27%)

1976 Republican Presidential Primaries Delegate Count:
Edward Brooke: 84 Delegates
Ronald Reagan: 28 Delegates

 

[49ersfootball]

@Carrot of Truth @Circle of Willis @Zyobot @TerrificWarden @Morphic Tide @Planchar @Cherico @Airedale260 @WolfBear @DarthOne @Husky_Khan @Zachowon @Rusty Shackleford @stevep @TheRomanSlayer

Spoiler Alert folks: Somewhere in the latter part of Chapter 5: the 1976 Presidential election will be dragged out due to potential recounts in several states 😎

 

[49ersfootball]

COMING SOON IN CHAPTER VII OF THE CURSED AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Backstory on the creepy Jose Lopez Rega
​

 

[49ersfootball]

COMING UP THIS WEEK: Howdy from the Alamo City folks. I'll be working on 1975 Retrospective of the TL which will be a mixture of National & International highlights.

Be on the lookout for the 1975 Retrospective Looking Back!

@Husky_Khan @Zachowon @Rusty Shackleford @WolfBear @Buba @Simonbob @Carrot of Truth @Circle of Willis @DarthOne @Zyobot @stevep @TheRomanSlayer @DarthOne @TerrificWarden @Morphic Tide @Planchar @bintananth @Captain X @almostinsane

 

[49ersfootball]

*Wednesday, March 3rd, 1976: Due to low showings in the first primaries & caucuses, former US Treasury Secretary John B. Connally vows to remain in the race for the Republican presidential campaign all the way to the Florida Primary; unlike the Northern states, the wealthy former 3-term TX Governor has campaigned vigorously in the Sunshine State, spending considerably amounts of money on the TV & radio airwaves promoting his presidential campaign.

*Thursday, March 4th, 1976: Campaigning in Jacksonville, FL., former CA Governor Ronald Reagan (R) harshly criticizes Vice President Edward Brooke's record on public safety, crime & zero-based budgeting calling him "weak on crime, weak on law and order, weak on balancing the budget". Reagan declared "I will not be held politically hostage by Speaker Albert and Senator Mansfield."

*Friday, March 5th, 1976: Under maximum pressure from Governor Reagan on the issue of public safety, Vice President Brooke was completely caught off guard during a sit-down interview with the Washington Post. In an effort to appear more honest, straightforward as well as avoiding being isolated, Brooke answered a question about the public safety question as well as debates whether tough-on-crime methods have worked, "As an experienced prosecutor tackling corruption, other crimes at all levels including my time as a former State Attorney General and United States Senator, I have more experience getting tough on crime and defending law and order plus I've got a record on public safety. Unlike Governor Reagan, I am a staunch supporter of law and order. That's the truth of it."

*Saturday, March 6th, 1976: Exploiting Brooke's gaffe by corraling more support in FL, Governor Reagan seized on Vice President Brooke's gaffe about the record on who's more tough on crime & a stronger record on public safety. "Vice President Brooke is a typical Washington politician, who's so out of touch with the forgotten American, he doesn't understand traditional values."

*Monday, March 8th, 1976: United States Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) announces he'll be placing his own name on the WV Primary ballot as a "Favorite Son". Some strongly speculate that this move is nothing more than a pretext at gunning for the position of US Senate Majority Leader, currently held by retiring US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-MT).

*Tuesday, March 9th, 1976: The primaries in FL are being held.
1976 Florida Democratic Primary: 1,026,918 votes; 81 delegates
Jimmy Carter 331,463 (32.19%) 32 Delegates
George Wallace 270,388 (26.33%) 27 Delegates
Henry Jackson 203,427 (20.20%) 22 Delegates

1976 Florida Republican Primary: 574,667 votes; 66 Delegates
Ronald Reagan 249,759 (43.59%) 30 Delegates
John Connally 175,337 (30.19%) 20 Delegates
Edward Brooke 132,546 (23.73%) 16 Delegates

1976 Democratic Presidential Primaries: Delegate Count Update
Jimmy Carter: 82
Jerry Brown: 60
George Wallace: 55
Henry Jackson: 22

1976 Republican Presidential Primaries: Delegate Count Update
Edward Brooke: 100 Delegates
Ronald Reagan: 58 Delegates
John Connally: 20 Delegates

*Wednesday, March 10th, 1976: During a press conference in Miami, former US Treasury Secretary John B. Connally announced he was suspending his presidential campaign, but doesn't endorse either Governor Reagan or Vice President Brooke; although Connally clarified "I will support the Republican nominee for President once the primaries are finished."

 

[49ersfootball]

COMING UP THIS WEEK IN CHAPTER V OF THE CURSED AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
The Bloodthirsty rebellion of March 24th, 1976 & the violent revenge of La Presidente as she maintains her grip on the Presidency

 

[49ersfootball]

BREAKING NEWS: SUSPICIOUS MILITARY EXERCISES IN ARGENTINA; DETAILS COMING IN

*Tuesday, March 23rd, 1976: Regular programming was abruptly interrupted by signoff screens as according to the Associated Press & CBS News, suspicious military activities have been escalating in parts of Argentina.

During a birthday party for one of her colleagues, Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron was notified about the situation of suspicious military operations & had to leave the Casa Rosada (Government Office) via helicopter, which took her back to Quinta de Olivos (Residence of the Argentine President). There she was informed by close loyalists of the Argentine Armed Forces of rebellions inside the military.

Speculation is swirling around Army Lieutenant General Jorge Videla, the Argentine Army Chief of Staff, who is reportedly leading the revolt against the Peronist government.

BOMBINGS IN METRO BUENOS AIRES; CASA ROSADA AMBUSHED BY GUNFIRE

*Wednesday, March 24th, 1976: The situation in Argentina escalated with armed rebellions inside the Argentine Armed Forces as General Videla & several other high-ranking generals addressed the nation from the Argentine Army Headquarters that they were taking over the government & there must not be any resistance whatsoever.

While Videla was justifying the coup attempt, some rebellious military troops were met with outright hostility by the populace as the tense situation turned dangerous with bombings in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires: The death toll increases to 6,000 & counting. Videla ordered the capture of the Casa Rosada, which several loyalists to La Presidente ambushed the soldiers by opening fire on them via sniper attack.

In response, the military troops returned gunfire & much more: one of the regiment brigades of the Argentine Air Force launched an airstrike at the Casa Rosada, which caused parts of the building to get set on fire after the airstrike.

Watching the situation from her office, Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron was enraged by Videla & the Argentine High Forces Command's betrayal "How could these bastards betray their own commander-in-chief?" Noticing one of the Air Force fighter jets flying fast toward the Casa Rosada, Army Major Gustavo DeLeon nervously tried to get the President away from the window "Madam President, we need to get you to safety now" as they were leaving, a huge explosion occurred BOOM!

Falling on her back with glass shattering all over her, La Presidente was more enraged as she helped herself off the floor. Major DeLeon & several others escorted the President out of the office, leaving the Casa Rosada via hidden underground tunnel as they continued toward another hidden underground bunker: where she was met with several key figures of the Argentine government.

Because it was classified, it's unknown what took place in that closed door meeting. But it's likely reinforcements were deployed to crush the rebellions of Videla & Co.,

It wasn't going to be easy though....

 

[49ersfootball]

COMING UP IN CHAPTER V OF THE CURSED AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Personal PoV's on the Explosive situation in Argentina as Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron plots retaliation against Videla & Co., ​

 

[49ersfootball]

@Husky_Khan @Zachowon @Rusty Shackleford @WolfBear @DarthOne @TerrificWarden @Morphic Tide @Planchar @bintananth @Captain X @Carrot of Truth @Circle of Willis @Zyobot @stevep @TheRomanSlayer @Airedale260 @Cherico
@Buba @Tiamat @Bear Ribs

Howdy from the Alamo City folks. Following stories this week & next week:
*March 24th, 1976 Rebellion in Argentina
*Personal PoV's
*Rockefeller administration monitoring the explosive situation in Argentina
*Peronists exploit the turmoil by encouraging protests against the coup attempt
*International fallout & political fallout

 

[49ersfootball]

The Fighting that got ugly fast
10:00 AM ARGST, Wednesday, March 24th, 1976
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Casa Rosada following the aftermath of the violent airstrike.
​

On the early morning hours of March 24th, 1976, the Casa Rosada (Government Office) was sitting at the eastern end of the Plaza de Mayo, a large square which since the foundation of Buenos Aires in 1850, had been surrounded by many of the most important political institutions of the Capitol City & the Argentine Republic. Since the late night hours of March 23rd, the area was closely guarded by military vehicles & hundreds, if not thousands of diehard loyalists of the Peronist government had every intention of not only defeating this coup attempt initiated by General Videla & his cohorts, but also taking back the government ministry buildings by killing almost anyone in sight.

What instigated this mess began months earlier in late 1975: allegations had surfaced that embattled Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron had been accused of embezzling large sums of money from the government-run charity of Cruzada de Solidaridad, transferring them into her own personal bank accounts back in Spain. In November of 1975, the National Congress launched congressional investigations into the charity fund embezzlement allegations all but evaporated any remaining political support Isabel had in the Congress; these revelations also prompted the second-largest political party, the centrist MID to leave the FREJULI Alliance. It also caused deep divisions of the Peronist Caucus: the Vericalist & Rebel factions were formed in response.

Emboldened by the backlash & eager to up the ante, the UCR initiated impeachment proceedings against La Presidente in February 1976, where they got the support of the Rebel Peronist faction in the National Congress. Just when you thought the situation would top anything else in Argentina, the deeply despised Montoneros struck again when on March 15th, they detonated a bomb at the headquarters of the Argentine Army, which resulted in one death & 29 people injured in the bombing attack. As result of the violence & political instability, Julio Broner, the head of the CGE & his family left the country altogether; CGT Secretary General Casildo Herreras had followed suit.

Opposition leader UCR Ricardo Balbin held a private meeting with Army Lieutenant General Jorge Videla, the Army Chief of Staff sometime in February of 1976; it was during this meeting that Balbin told him "If you're planning to stage a coup, do so as soon as possible----expect no applause from us, but no obstacles either."

Strongly backed by Chilean President General Augusto Pinochet, the local wealthy elite of Argentina; the US Central Intelligence Agency & the US administration of President Nelson Rockefeller, gave the Argentine Armed Forces High Command the greenlight to launch the military coup d'etat against the embattled Peronist government.

Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera, one of the leaders of the rebellion, had a clear sight of the Casa Rosada & the Mayo de Plaza from his office at the ministry, including a perfect view of the area in broad daylight.

At 10:00 AM, nearly several hours after General Videla began the mutiny & ordered the bombing of the Casa Rosada (which Brigadier General Orlando Ramon Agosti had the Air Force launch airstrikes at the Government House) to begin the military coup attempt in Operation Aires, the Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Raul Alberto Quijano called on the people of Buenos Aires including the Argentine people to defend the government by any means necessary.

Thousands of people had left their workplaces, gathering at the Plaza de Mayo as well as other places in the heart of Buenos Aires. The paramilitary movement behind the Peronist government & the openly distributing of weapons to the workers. The controversial Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, a death squad operated by a sector of the Argentine Federal Police, had gathered their militias & private army officers to launch full-scale violent attacks against the rebel military troops including their families & supporters.

"What are these idiots doing now?" asked Admiral Massera to one of his soldiers, stationed at the rooftop of the ministry & keeping General Videla informed on the events in the street.

Massera: "There are barricades being built around the Casa de Gobierno. Civilians are building them; the soldiers are only just standing there, preparing their tanks and anti-aircraft artillery."

Videla: "I see"

Massera: "Over at the Correo Central, I think there are hundreds gathering sir, I can't see much going on"

Videla: "Uh-ha. I see"

Massera didn't need to see actually what was going on at the Post Office in knowing what was really taking place over there. La Presidente's most fanatical followers, the crazed whacky Isabelistas, were obviously using the blind spots as well as the blind sides, gathering their own troops & arming them with military equipment.

****(10:43 AM ARGST)
"Now what's going on?"

"These stupid incompetent idiots haven't learned their damn lesson from the events of December 18th, when General Capellini had an unsuccessful coup attempt by seizing the Moron Airport & Air Base."

As he was communicating with his fellow officers at the Plaza de Mayo, he decided to look at the parking lot which was being used by the Army as a demarcation line. Between twenty-seven & thirty-nine corpses covered the area, all workers called by the CGT & armed by the Triple A Alliance, all attacking without cover, protection or any particular strategy whatsoever other than blind loyalty & fanaticism.

"Dumb, stupid fools"

"Did you say something sir? Is there anything you need to get updated?"

"Where are the reinforcements? Are they're ready, corporal?"

"The reinforcements are taking awhile to get here because of the civilians sir. Corrientes ans Saenz Pena just cannot be used, including the other avenues."

From his position, the Captain could see the Ministry, surrounded by the armed soldiers & sailors & "Infantes de Marina", barricaded & waiting for another "valiant charge". Taking a glimpse at the dead men scattered all along the parking lot, dressed as civilians & armed with rifles, shaking his head.

Ministry of Defense Headquarters
3:56 PM ARGST, Wednesday, March 24th, 1976

Argentine Ministry of Defense Headquarters.
​

The air was getting quite tense inside the underground war room of the Argentine Ministry of Defense Headquarters. On the table were piles of documents, detailed reports, scattered papers over a map of the city of Buenos Aires. Around the table, the embattled President of the Argentine Republic was surrounded by several of her trusted military generals including Brigadier General Hector Fautario, who was named as Minister of Defense in late 1975.

"As you can see here, we have been able to blockade any other incoming reinforcements from the Navy's School of Mechanic at Nunez, and we are expecting having just enough troops to surrounding the Ministry by a few hours Madam President, only if the current conditions of the traffic will allow it. Now for the moment, Madam President, the flow of the workers at the main avenues...continued General Fautario.

"I am completely aware of the situation" interrupted La Presidente while shaking her head & covering her face with her hands while sitting in her chair.

"Now according to several reports, there are of armed civilians in parts of the Capitol City and the CGT has also been arming them..."
"Once again I am completely aware of the situation!" La Presidente interrupted once again.

"This is not how I wanted things to turn out this way" La Presidente muttered to herself, as she imagined & dreaded the bloodbath being launched by General Videla's rebel troops & the hundreds of civilians killed in the process in the streets of Buenos Aires.

"Any update on the casualties?" inquired La Presidente, as her posture had normalized, much to the relief of the Cabinet & several loyalists in the Armed Forces High Command.

"Once we manage to secure the specified areas held at Madero..."

"I want an update on the number of civilian casualties General Fautario!"

"Well, Madam President. So far, based on the number of the deceased being counted by this so-called coup attempt from the rebels as well as the initial bombings at the Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosada including the violent machine gun usage on the civilian population ranging from men, women, children, even the elderly, we have estimate the casualties to increase of around 5,000, perhaps even more. I should also note the number of civilian casualties will likely be increasing, in regards to those lost to the violent gunfight around the Ministry and parts of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. I don't want to alarm anyone, but there's the possibility of enemy fighter jets launching airstrikes."

Alarmed & disturbed by the onslaught of increasing civilian casualties, La Presidente decided to do something by making plans on fighting back against Videla & his cohorts: "Its time to shoot those enemy planes down right now. Time to fight back NOW!"

"We've got our own planes flying in the specified areas, and we're currently engaging the enemy nearby an Air Force base near the Newberry International Airport as well as the Rio de la Plata... we've got some reports of the rebel troops' Meteors...."

"Just keep me informed. Now what about the fighting ground-game situation?" as she asked, the tensions inside the room had become more & more evident. While everyone was doing their best to keep a tense situation escalating into a full-scale civil war, there was a possibility of Videla's rebel forces using spying planes to track underground activity & launching airstrikes at the bunker of where La Presidente & members of her Cabinet were inside....

The sounds of the radio & continuation of reports followed: "Madam President. We're receiving reports of the Units of the Fourth Battalion of the Navy Infantry have opened fire around the Correo Central, they might be trying to bust into the siege of the Ministry..." announced Fatuario.
La Presidente responded sternly, "And the reinforcements...."

 

[49ersfootball]

Isabel
9:41 PM ARGST, Monday, March 29th, 1976
Somewhere in the outskirts of Olivos, Argentina

It had been just five days since the rebellion exploded in Argentina when Lieutenant General Jorge Videla & his allies of the Armed Forces High Command launched the coup attempt against the Peronist government. Despite some early gains in a bid to topple it, somehow loyalists of Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron managed to push back Videla's forces by preventing an all-out violent assault of Buenos Aires.

While the world was watching an explosive situation before their very eyes, La Presidente (nickname Isabel got upon becoming President two years earlier) was somewhere in an undisclosed location in the outskirts of Olivos. Due to the recent violent airstrike launched by Videla's forces on the Casa Rosada (Government Office), which almost killed Isabel, she had to be shuttered into underground tunnels meeting with several of her Cabinet ministers as well as several military figures of the Argentine Armed Forces who remained loyal to the President no matter what happens.

The phones had to be thoroughly examined by Peronistsas because of fears of being wiretapped by the coup plotters. After praying inside the Presidential Chapel on the grounds of Quinta de Olivos (Residence of the Argentine President) where the body of her late husband, the legendary & iconic three-term Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron was inside. She had loyalists take measures to ensure nothing happens to the General's body: she had the chapel strongly guarded with armed bodyguards 24/7.

Following more meetings of intelligence reports including update on the government forces making aggressive gains against Videla & his cohorts in other parts of the country, Isabel was tempted to phone disgraced Argentine Ambassador to Spain Jose Lopez Rega, but decided against it for now....

Isabel was determined to defeat this coup attempt (which US intelligence agencies assumed Videla & Co., would've taken over the government quickly on March 24th). She was also going to retaliate violently against those who supported the coup attempt when this rebellion would be crushed (more on that later in Chapter 5).

While the Peronist government was plotting strategic military operations in crushing the rebellion, over at the besieged Argentine Army Headquarters: Army Lieutenant General Jorge Videla, the Army Chief of Staff was getting frustrated at the lack of progress "Why can't we get rid of this incompetent bitch?" Videla angrily growled. Nothing was going his way despite support from Chilean President General Augusto Pinochet, US President Nelson Rockefeller, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the US Central Intelligence Agency, etc.,

Videla's troops had been ambushed in the outskirts of southern Argentina where they lost somewhere around 23,000 soldiers in an evening ambush. Turned out the number of people aggressively resisting the coup attempt was growing fast: one instance took place when three Navy sailors got ambushed by a group of civilians at a small town farm; the group of civilians called themselves "Resistance of the National Reorganization Progress" not only captured them but also killed all three of the Naval sailors as well as thirteen rebel Federal Police officers, who were supporters of the coup attempt.

Then just when Videla couldn't handle any more bad news. A radio broadcast blurted out something intriguing................

BREAKING: ADMIRAL MASSERA KILLED IN EEXPLOSION IN METRO BUENOS AIRES
On the evening of March 29th, radio news reports that Argentine Navy Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera, one of the leaders of the rebellion against the Peronist government, was killed by government-backed militias during gunfight somewhere in Metro Buenos Aires. Details remaimed sketchy, but it had appeared that secret militias (backed & supported by the Peronist government) tracked where Admiral Massera & his Naval associates were stationed, then launched an attack which followed by large explosions when Massera refused to surrender.

Television stations reporting on the story mentioned the gunfight battle & ultimate explosions at one of the Naval bases where Massera was being stationed. Unconfirmed reports say the Triple A Alliance (on the orders of Lopez Rega) hunted down the families of Massera & several Naval Admirals: the Triple A Alliance reportedly kidnapped, tortured & killed them in most dusturbing, graphic ways.

REPORTS: ARGENTINE NAVY ALL BUT WIPED OUT IN VIOLENT, DEADLY AIRSTRIKES

The Washington Post reported that sources from Buenos Aires confirmed that government forces loyal to the Peronist government of Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron, launched more than 27 missiles at the Argentine Navy Headquarters: killing all who were stationed there.

It has been reported that those killed at the Naval Academy Headquarters were staunch supporters of the coup attempt. Without Naval intelligence due to the Argentine Navy getting wiped out altogether, this leaves the coup plotters disabled & pulling back rebel troops from all of the Metropolitan Areas of Buenos Aires altogether.

​

 

[49ersfootball]

BREAKING NEWS: MARTIAL LAW INDEFINITE IN MEXICO
*Mexican President Lieutenant General Oscar Robles enforces nationwide martial law across all of Mexico
*Violence breaks out in parts of Mexico
*Military Junta of Mexico declares elections will not be held for decade or more.

*Wednesday, March 31st, 1976: While everyone's distracted by the explosive civil war in Argentina, thousands of miles away in the Western Hemisphere: Mexican President Lieutenant General Oscar Robles announced during a nationwide address from Los Pinos (Residence of the Mexican President) that martial law will be enforced nationwide effective immediately & he also said in concurrence with the Military Junta of Mexico that national elections will not be held for a decade or possibly more until outside agitators "infecting the homeland" will be exterminated altogether.

 

[49ersfootball]

BREAKING NEWS: WASHINGTON POST LEAKS EXPLOSIVE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REVEALING THE ROCKEFELLER ADMINISTRATION'S COMPLICITY IN THE COUP ATTEMPT IN ARGENTINA

*May 19th, 1976: Less than two months following the beginning of the bloody civil war in Argentina, the Washington Post revealed an explosive bombshell with political & national security ramifications: leaked classified documents revealed the complicity of the Rockefeller administration's involvement & staunch support of the botched coup attempt against Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron.

It also revealed how US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger held private, secret meetings with Argentine Army Lieutenant General Jorge Videla, the Army Chief of Staff & told him "get rid of any political opposition as soon as possible before the media starts asking questions on possible human rights violations."

Carl Bernstein during a press conference, also detailed how Kissinger, State Department senior officials strongly encouraged Videla's troops to kill any outside agitators including foreign journalists who oppose the coup with the green light approval of President Rockefeller.

 

[49ersfootball]

COMING UP IN CHAPTER V OF THE CURSED AMERICAN PRESIDENCY
Backlash against the Rockefeller administration escalates

 

[49ersfootball]

Kissinger
3:16 PM EST, May 20th, 1976
Oval Office, White House , Washington, DC

President Rockefeller was reading the intelligence briefings non-stop everyday, with a sinking feeling of dread. CIA Director George HW Bush informed the President that the Peronist government appeared increasingly likely not only to win the 2-month civil war, but defeat the coup plotters as government forces loyal to Argentine President Isabel Martinez de Peron have continued to gain more momentum as they've successfully crippled the rebels air support including destroying their will. She also managed to rally a majority of Argentinians to the government's side; realization was setting in among many political analysts & foreign policy analysts that the Rockefeller administration dropped the ball big time as well as pushing too many trigger buttons.

US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in his finest suit, with his shoes polished, glasses carefully fixed & with a neatly tight tie around his neck, strolled into the Oval Office where he gave cordial smalk talk to Vice President Brooke (who took some time off the campaign trail), CIA Director Bush & US Defense Secretary Clements. He was greeted with the stealy, silent gaze of Rockefeller, peering over the top of his newspaper only once. After a few seconds of awkward silence, in which he reviewed the latest intelligence briefings, the President spoke up.

"What the fuck did you do down there?" asked the President. "You said that Videla was going to take over the Argentinian government quickly on March 24th without any obstacles!" Kissinger knew all the answers to every question & even the Presidency wasn't going to spare Rockefeller from the display of his arrogance. "Mr. President, the Chilean Armed Forces and Paraguayan Armed Forces each have deployments at the ready along their borders in support of the coup in Argentina" replied Kissinger, but Rockefeller interrupted with a booming voice "Then why the fuck did the Argentine Navy get entirely wiped out by the Peronist government forces?" Now Director Bush just told me that the Air Force got wiped out too earlier this morning plus there's reports of those crazy ass idiots of the Triple A Alliance wreaking havoc again for God's sake!" "under orders from Ambassador Lopez Rega out of Madrid" answered Kissinger, "now remember, there was some controversy surrounding Lopez Rega and his odd strange behavior including the mannerisms" said the Secretary of State, who was again interrupted by the President.

"Bullshit Henry! You try dealing with those crazy nutjobs with hidden agendas in the region and then tell me the entire region in our hemisphere is going whacky!"

"Mr. President. Your comments on the situation during a daily press conference a few weeks ago, didn't calm things down." "Blah-blah-blah" interjected the President. "I figured why Ford didn't like your ass by having you removed as National Security Adviser two years ago. I also kind of figured those crazies of the Washington Post fucking leaked national security documents to the world God damn it! Plus if Videla and his group of nutties weren't so bipolar and crazy, they would've taken over the Argentinian government by now. Instead that nightclub dancer is making us look silly. Get the fuck out of here and go find a job that you're good at!"

Brooke, Bush & Clements all witnessed this ugly altercation before their eyes & kept calm during the time.

Kissinnger, humiliated & angry with vicious rage, was walking toward his vehicle as the thunderstorm clouds were circling outside; he got inside, pulled out the card from his suit pocket, picked up the phone & waited for the person on the other line to answer....... "This is Roger Stone". "Roger, this is Henry. I've got something major to share with you, but it's gonna cost you."