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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- commitments. aid. It really was military aid but we called it foreign The Congress then wanted to spend money at home instead of overseas. Now, 90 per cent of the money that we spent for foreign aid was really spent here manufacturing our stuff
- about it. S: Not with that crowd. G: No? S: No. G: What did you do? S: Went home. G: And you were skeptical of this whole operation? Not in the Pentagon. No. Did not. How long were you in thi s pos it ion? S: Well, I got out
- to pressures from Senator Paul Douglas to designate Percy Williams as the deputy executive director for government contract compliance. I recommended the other deputy and Holleman quickly agreed to it. The other deputy was a guy named John Hope [Franklin]. John