Douglas Valentine, author of The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America’s War on Drugs, documented how the U.S. government began blocking high level drug trafficking investigations before Harry Anslinger even took office with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). Ralph Oyler, a top federal narcotics detective, traveled to China in 1926 to pursue a major heroin trafficking organization, but the U.S. War Department and State Department interfered with his investigation. They did so because his targets were closely connected with Chiang Kai-shek, a key ally. Chiang Kai-shek was the political and military leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (known as the Kuomintang or KMT). Chiang Kai-shek removed the communist leaders from their party, including Mao Tse Tung, and led a revolution to take over the country. The Chinese Nationalist Party or the KMT won their civil war and controlled most of mainland China from 1928 to
Douglas Valentine, author of The Strength of the Wolf: The Secret History of America’s War on Drugs, documented how the U.S. government began blocking high level drug trafficking investigations before Harry Anslinger even took office with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). Ralph Oyler, a top federal narcotics detective, traveled to China in 1926 to pursue a major heroin trafficking organization, but the U.S. War Department and State Department interfered with his investigation. They did so because his targets were closely connected with Chiang Kai-shek, a key ally. Chiang Kai-shek was the political and military leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (known as the Kuomintang or KMT). Chiang Kai-shek removed the communist leaders from their party, including Mao Tse Tung, and led a revolution to take over the country. The Chinese Nationalist Party or the KMT won their civil war and controlled most of mainland China from 1928 to