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- 1 2 3 4 Gus Russo (2010), Live by the Sword: The Secret War Against Castro and the Death of JFK , Bancroft Press, p161-2
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- ↑ Marcus Stern, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 October 1994, Hill of plenty: Some Americans living in Haiti look down on slum-dwellers
- ↑ The New York Times , October 12, 1994, MISSION TO HAITI: THE RICH; Business Owners Fear Chaos at the Hands of Mobs When Aristide Returns