The World - News from Feb. 20, 1987
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John K. Singlaub, a retired U.S. Army major general, denied published reports that he recruited Vietnam War veterans to fight Communist rebels in the Philippines and dismissed reports linking him to a recent coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino. “Any discussion that I’m in any way involved in any political activity is a total lie,” Singlaub told a Manila radio station in an interview from his home in Colorado. Singlaub acknowledged that he has worked for years in support of the U.S.-backed contras fighting the Nicaraguan government.
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