The 'Strange' End To Ron Brown's Life

[Phil Dragoo]

Dawn, Charlie Yah Lin Trie wrote his friend Bill Clinton a "Dear President" letter fraught with implications--namely, that Clinton ought not have a two-carrier posture in the Strait as it was perceived as insult to his PRC donors.

Here is the text of the letter:

Dear President,

Regarding the current situation in the Taiwan Straight Crisis and also the
U.S. aircraft carriers and cruisers involvement, I would like to propose
some important points to you in order not to endanger the U.S. interest
based on the following:

1. Any negative outcomes of the U.S. decision in the China Issue will your
administration position especially in the campaign year.

2. Why U.S. has to sent the aircraft carriers and cruisers to give China a
possible excuse of foreign intervention and hence launch a real war? And, if
the U.S. recognizes, "one China" policy, don't such conduct will cause a
conflict for "intervening China's internal affairs?" Therefore, won't the
recent inconsistent talks by the captains and some government officials in
the mass media cause problems for the U.S. policy of not interference of
China's internal affairs?

3. With the Chinese background and the recent six years business experiences
in China and Taiwan, I think the U.S. senators and Congressmen do not fully
know that most Chinese don't expect the intervention from the U.S.

4. Before last June, there is no conflict between the common goal of
economic growth and cooperation of China and Taiwan, Li's visit [Taiwan
President Lee Teng-Hui's visit to his alma mater, Cornell University] is the
direct cause of the crisis.

5. Has the U.S. government considered if China starts to occupy the two
small outer islands [Wu Chiu and Ma Tzu], will the U.S. proclaim war against
China? or just withdraw its ships?

6. The complication of China's internal problems of military challenges to
the Jiang Tze-Ming administration, together with other possible independence
movements from Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xin-Jiang and the returning of Hong
Kong issue, the bluff to Taiwan Independence issue, Will U.S. be involved in
such complicated internal matter by showing up the military ships at present
moment.

7. Once the hard parties of the Chinese military inclined to grasp U.S.
involvement as foreign intervention, is U.S. ready to face such challenge?

8. It is highly possible for China to launch real war, based on its past
behavior in sino-vietnam war and then Bao-Tao war with Russia.

I hope the president will carefully consider these issues and make the
decisions that are beneficial to the U.S./China and Taiwan altogether.

Yours sincerely,

Charlie Y.L. Trie

I spoke on conference call with two House counsels regarding Trie's behavior after acquittal. He didn't actually dance in the hall outside the courtroom; it was more subdued than a moon walk, but was evocative.

Ron Brown was first tasked in the Long Beach/COSCO matter. Later found himself headed for the shredder; Clinton advised it was beyond his control. Brown told Nolanda Hill he would not go quietly. Then a beacon went missing from a base whose commander committed suicide. Brown died but Shelley Kelly survived--but not to see the sun set:

Crash site, 7:20 P.M.: Four hours and 20 minutes after the crash, the first Croatian Special Forces search party arrives on the scene and finds only Ms. Kelly surviving. They call for a helicopter to evacuate her to the hospital. When it arrives, she is able to get aboard without assistance from the medics. But Kelly never completes the short hop. She dies enroute. According to multiple reports given to journalist/editor Joe L. Jordan, an autopsy later reveals a neat three-inch incision over her main femoral artery. It also shows that the incision came at least three hours after all her other cuts and bruises

The higher-resolution color photo of the top of Brown's skull showing the perfectly round hole with tissue pressing out has been completely scrubbed. Numerous witnesses remarked it appeared to be a bullet hole.

The lead shower on the x-rays was explained away as a film anomaly; and, the original x-rays went the way of the posted photos, down the memory hole.

Barbara Alice Wise was found in a locked Commerce office half naked and bruised above the waste. This coincided with a Clinton trip back from vacation "to retrieve poetry". Surely nothing to see here.

And Number Three was John Huang who was across the street at Stephens faxing to Lippo partner ChinaResources.

Brown's plane; Colby's canoe. April the cruelest month.