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Categories: Starting with Jonathon Kwitny's "The Crimes of Patriots" pages 13-16, the keyname categories are:

•  Investigators = Kwitny's investigators into Nugan Hand (5) and added others
• Actors  = Yanks in the Bank (15), The Aussies & Others in the Bank (16), Others on the Scene (24).

Bainerman

(Investigating journalist) “'The Crimes of the President”, by Joel Bainerman.

Corporate Affairs

(NH investigators) Corporate Affairs Commission of NSW. 6th and 7th Interim Reports into Nugan Hand Ltd and Other Companies - final report Mar 1983. Recommended further investigation. Kwitny: "Like the US Securities and Exchange Commission".

Dr Jiggins

(Investigating writer) Book about Nugan Hand, Murray Riley and the murder of Donald Mackay by Dr Jiggins.

Hong Kong Liquidator

(NH investigators) Hong Kong Liquidator's Office, a government agency "still working on the case", says Kwitny.

Kwitny

(Investigating journalist) 'The Crimes of the Patriots' by Jonathon Kwitny.

Lithgow inquest

Lithgow police and Lithgow Courthouse inquest, week-long in April 1980 three months after Nugan body found. Insurance lawyers and reporters dominated the attendance.

McCoy

(Investigating journalist) 'The Politics of Dope' by Alfred McCoy

Nugan exhumed

The second police inquest held March 1981 confirmed, after Frank’s body was exhumed, the earlier findings on the basis of dental evidence.

O'Brien

(NH investigators) The court-appointed bankruptcy liquidator, John O'Brien, "still working on the case", wrote Kwitny 1987.

Royal commissions

Williams and Woodward royal commissions, in which unsolved murder of Mackay had a role in NSW and Australian drug policy said Dr Jiggens. See also Stewart = Stewart royal commission.

SMH

Sydney Morning Herald press coverage references.

Stewart

(NH investigators) The Stewart royal commission of inquiry (1983-85) into the activities of the Nugan Hand Group - Don Stewart uncovered little new information. Assigned by NSW Parliament to resolve many unanswered questions of previous investigations. Don Stewart also headed Royal Commission into Drug Trafficking 1981 revealing murder and "Mr Asia". In the 1940s and 50s a NSW policeman. Gained Law degrees, served NSW District law bench 1977-81, NSW Supreme Court from 1981.

Stich

(Investigating journalist) Rodney Stich, author 'Those Ugly Americans' , 'Drugging America - a Trojan Horse' and long-time anti-CIA activist. See record of his extensive bio of service to the US.

Task force

(NH investigators) Joint Task Force - Commonwealth of Australia/NSW Joint Task Force on Drug Trafficking - elite police unit, final report March 1983 - recommended further investigation.

Toohey

(Investigating journalist) Brian Toohey, acknowledged by Kwitny along with Marian Wilkinson, also Vicki Barker, Robert Stack, Andrew Scaduto, Starling Lawrence, Ellen Levine, Friend and Wall Street Journal colleague John Emschwiller, John Kelly editor of the National Reporter, Jonathon Marshall editor of editorial page of the Oakland (California) Tribune. More on pages 399 and 400.

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Abeles

(Other on the scene) Sir Peter Abeles, Australian transportation tycoon and partner of Rupert Murdoch. His close associates employed Houghton and Hand - their close friends fixed his Mafia problem.

Alexander

(Other on the scene) Brian Alexander, lawyer for the "Mr Asia" dope syndicate - and for Frank Nugan's brother. Mysteriously vanished.

Ashton

(Other on the scene) John Ashton, Alexander's law partner who says he never realised that there was cash in those bags he sent to NH on behalf of clients.

Beazley

(Yank in the bank) Donald E. Beazley. Florida banker, was rushed in late as president of the NH holding company to rescue the faltering bank. The US banks he ran before and after were also enveloped in scandal, but he's never been charged with anything.

Black

(Yank in the bank) General Edwin F. Black, was colleague and pal of CIA bosses Allen Dulles and Richard Helms, boasted of being involved in "right-wing" groups, ran the Nugan Hand Washington office.

Brincat

(Aussie/other in the bank) George Brincat [Aus], the CPA who signed phony books (but then so did Price Waterhouse).

Carter

(Other on the scene) Leo Carter, the Australian spy [ASIO] chief who vouched for Houghton.

Charody

(Aussie/other in the bank) John Charody, consultant in the Sydney office, on the outside a business associate of Sir Paul Strasser.

CIA

US Central Intelligence Agency

Clark

(Other on the scene) Terry Clark, became head of the worldwide "Mr Asia" drug gang, after having his predecessor murdered. Enjoyed chopping up bodies for multinational burials.

Clines

(Other on the scene) Thomas G. Clines, CIA covert ops official, huddled with Hand, Houghton and Secord on military deals for Pentagon, rescued Houghton from Australia when the bank failed, later Secord's deputy running Iran-Contra covert arms network.

Cocke

(Yank in the bank) Gen Erle Cocke Jr, Survived and execution, headed the American Legion, ran the NH Washington office

Colby

(Yank in the bank) William Colby, retired as Director of CIA after a long and controversial career in clandestine services, became lawyer for NH

Collings

(Aussie/other in the bank) Clive ("Les" Collings, headed the NH Hong Kong branch.

Evans

(Aussie/other in the bank) Neil Evans, NH's Chiang Mai (Golden Triangle) branch representative.

Farris

(Yank in the bank) George Farris, military intelligence specialist and war buddy of Hand's, worked in the NH Hong Kong and Washington offices, then moved into a special forces training base.

Gehring

(Other on the scene) Robert Gehring, Vietnam vet who worked in Houghton's operations.

Gilder

(Aussie/other in the bank) Jerry Gilder, chief of the NH sales staff, master extractor of cash from reluctant investors.

Gregory

(Aussie/other in the bank) Wilfred Gregory, ran the Philippine office alone, then worked with General Manor, had his own ties to the Marcos’s.

Hand

(Main Yank in the bank)  Michael Jon Hand. Bronx-born Green Beret war hero, CIA operative, vice-chairman and half-owner of the bank, pal of dope dealers and of retired and not-so-retired military intelligence officials; now one of the world's most wanted men.

Helliwell

(Other on the scene) Paul Helliwell, CIA's drugs-and-money man for 30 years, who died and his Caribbean bank with him, right before the rise of NH - was it a replacement?

Hill

(Aussie/other in the bank) Stephen Hill, NH's financial officer - the young money manager who agreed to testify to save his skin.

Holmgren

(Yank in the bank) Dale Holmgren, was head of flight services for the CIA's airline, ran the NH Taiwan office.

Houghton

(Yank in the bank) Maurice Bernard ("Bernie") Houghton, the mysterious puppet-master of NH, a Texas manipulator who made money where the wars were - was he also a spy?

Jantzen

(Yank in the bank) Robert ("Red") Jantzen, was CIA's station chief in Thailand, announced as NH officer there, inquired about drug connection, then backed out of the job.

Kerr

Sir John Kerr, Australia's Governor General who sacked Whitlam Labor Government 1976 []

Lowe

(Aussie/other in the bank) Andrew Lowe, brought in Chinese customers, his commodity speciality was heroin, and his in-law ran a big Hong Kong bank that backed NH.

MacDonald

(Yank in the bank) Walter MacDonald, former deputy director of CIA for economic research, became consultant to Nugan Hand.

Manor

(Yank in the bank) Gen LeRoy J. Manor, was of chief of staff for US Pacific Command, US Government liaison with Philippines President Marcos, ran NH Philippine office. US Air Force bio: http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6292

McArthur

(Aussie/other in the bank) John McArthur, worked with Collings in Hong Kong.

Moloney

(Other on the scene) Michael Moloney, the lawyer Hand and Houghton brought in at the end. "Perhaps the most surprising fact in this book is this. As of today, no one has been convicted for a crime for the activities of Nugan Hand. Only two relatively minor figures - Patricia Swan, the secretary, and Michael Moloney, the lawyer who showed up at the very end - have been charged [in Australia], and only in connection with the cover-up, not with the bank's substantive work." Source: 'The Crimes of Patriots' by Jonathon Kwitny

Morrison

Bill Morrison, Whitlam Government's Defence Minister at time of government's sacking by Gov Gen John Kerr.

Mr Bigs

'Mr Bigs' - ex-New South Wales detective and organised crime entrepreneur Murray Riley.

Mulcahy

(Other on the scene) Kevin Mulcahy, the CIA man who blew the whistle on Ed Wilson, then wound up a corpse outside a trailer park.

Nugan

(Main Aussie in the bank)  Frank John Nugan. Son of a Griffith, Australia, fruit-packer; chairman and half-owner of the bank; shot dead in his Mercedes. Frank Nugan the principle participant. Frank attended the University of Sydney (LL.B., 1964) and the University of California at Berkeley (LL.M., 1965), United States of America. 23 May 1970 Frank married Charlotte Lee Sofge, who came from Tennessee.

Nugan

(Other on the scene) Ken Nugan, Frank's older brother, ran the fruit and vege business. The appearance of mobster's names on his company's cheques "a coincidence" he assured everyone.

Ogden

(Other on the scene) Dr John and Barbara, lost their son, lost their daughter, then entrusted all their $689,000 savings to NH - all lost.

Owen

(Aussie/other in the bank) John Owen, was career British naval office, ran NH Bankok branch while forwarding detailed reports on communist troop movements in Indo-China to Mike Hand.

Parks

Colonel Allan Parks, U.S Air Force (ret.)

Pauker

(Yank in the bank) Guy Pauker, personal advisor to Kissinger, Brzezinski, Nugan and Hand.

Pittard

Dennis Pittard, Nugan Hand Bank employed the retired footballer as "goodwill ambassador".

Pulger-Frame

(Aussie/other in the bank) Ron Pulger-Frame, the money courier from Deak & Company who always made it through Customs.

Quasha

Staunch Ferdinand Marcos support, William Quasha gave legal advice to Nugan Hand in the Philippines.

Quntero

(Other on the scene) Rafael (Chi Chi") Quintero, CIA sabotage and assassination specialist under Clines, purged Secord's name from Houghton's travel bag. Later organised Contra arms deliveries for Secord.

Rayhill

Tom Rayhill, American worker in Saudi Arabia who explained Houghton's pitching of the bank's investment scam.

Rewald

Ronald Rewald, co-founder of CIA's replacement for Nugan Hand who, after 10yrs prison, gave his boxes of CIA papers to Stich

Riley

(Other on the scene) Murray Stewart Riley, former Australian Olympic star and cop, one of the biggest dope smugglers who used NH, socialised with Hand.

Ronald

Saffron

(Other on the scene) Abe Saffron, the Sydney vicelord Hand who Houghton dealt with.

Schlacter

(Other on the scene) Douglas Schlacter, "J" in the task force report, he worked for Ed Wilson and remembered NH's help in covert arms deals.

Secord

(Other on the scene) Gen Richard V. Secord, pal to Houghton and Wilson, introduced Houghton to Clines, later organised and ran the Iran-Contra arms network for the CIA and White House.

Shackley

(Other on the scene) Theodore G. Shackley, top clandestine man at CIA, in Colby's career shadow, dealt with Hand, Houghton and Holmgren. Http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Theodore_Shackley Exceprts: By 1975 he was promoted to Deputy Director of Operations, where he served under George H. W. Bush. He therefore became second-in-command of all CIA covert activity. Shackley was a close friend of Edwin Wilson, an ex-CIA agent, who became an arms dealer. Wilson was jailed for shipping plastic explosive and detonators to Libya. Stansfield Turner, the head of the CIA, believed Shackley was closely involved in this affair and he was forced to resign. CIA chief, Richard Helms, reportedly said: Ted is what we call in the spook business a quadruple threat - Drugs, Arms, Money and Murder." Ted Shackley died in Bethesda, Maryland, in December 2002. His autobiography, Spymaster: My Life in the CIA, was published in May, 2005. ISBN: 157488915X

Shaw

(Aussie/other in the bank) George Shaw, linked to the Lebanese money, much of it drug-related - agreed to testify despite threats to his life.

Spencer

Michael Hand also left the country accompanied by James Oswald Spencer, a man who served with Ted Shackley in Laos.

Steer

(Aussie/other in the bank) Graham Steer, American-educated Australian, worked under Hand in Singapore and Malaysia.

Strasser

(Other on the scene) Sir Paul Strasser, Australian real estate tychoon, close friend of Sir Peter Abeles, personally hired Bernie Houghton in a coffee shop the weekend Houghton hit Sydney.

Sultan of Brunei

(Other on the scene) Sultan of Brunei. "NH got to him long before Oliver North did.

Swan

(Aussie/other in the bank) Patricia Swan, Frank Nugan's long-time administrator, secretary and executive assistant.

Tan

(Aussie/other in the bank) Tan Choon Seng, bookkeeper-administrator Hand hired in Singapore.

Terpil

(Other on the scene) Frank Terpil, former CIA man wanted for selling arms to lunatic dictators.

US Congressmen

Bob Wilson, Bill Colby

Wainwright

(Other on the scene) Harry Wainwright, fugitive lawyer from San Francisco, Australian drug figure who used NH, friend of Murray Riley, regular chess opponent of Nugan.

Whitlam

(Other on the scene) Gough Whitlam, Prime Minister of Australia, dumped in a constitutional coup during a spat with Shackley and the CIA over exposing secrets.

Wilson

(Other on the scene) Ed Wilson, the politically influential CIA and naval intell operator now in prison who, while betraying the US arsenal to Libya, was dealing with Shackley, Clines, Secord and Houghton.

Yates

(Yank in the bank) Admiral Earl ("Bud") Yates, was chief of US strategic planning for Asia and the Pacific, president of NH Bank.

Young

(Yank in the bank) Young - Billy and Gordon, Thai-born American brothers with on-going, off-again CIA jobs for many years, helped NH in the Golden Triangle drug zone.

 

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