GRGR(6) - The Empire's Suicide

Richard Romeo richardromeo at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 19 15:25:55 CDT 1999


>
>Hello
>
> >(128.30) Yet there was one black face, the counter-tenor, a Jamaican
> >corporal, taken from his warm island to this
>
>I've wondered for years whether this is a reference to anybody in
>particular.  Looking for clues this morning I found this:
>http://home.earthlink.net/~montra/
>
>about "Dr. Ernesto A. Moshe Montgomery
>JAMAICAN FUTURIST - He is a former member of the British Intelligence Mi5
>Psychic Division, whose activities on behalf of the Allied Forces during
>World War II, led to the Allied victory in Europe"
>
>I don't suppose he's the corporal in question, but he sure sounds like he
>was involved with PISCES
>
>best
>
>James
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James' post leads me to ask about the use of commonwealth soldiers, 
particularly from say, the Carribbean, and their involvement fighting for 
Britain.  Ok, I know about other "ethnics" (i.e. non-traditional whites) 
like the Gurkhas from Nepal and Indian regiments fighting the Japanese, but 
not sure vis-a-vis the germans. It would be an interesting contrast w/ how 
the african-american GIs, pilots, etc were segregated from the white GIs.> 
Also, would tie in nicely with the bit about exporting the British race 
control ideas onto the American landscape, mentioned later in GR.

P.S.  The Zouave skating--weren't Zouave's French troops, not English?

Rich
>


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