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  • One cleric, Abbd Boulier, referred to NATO commander General Matthew Ridgway (who had commanded U.S. forces in Korea) as "Ridway (sic) le pestell (" Ridgway the plague bearer ") -- thus parroting communist charges of germ warfare in Korea.

    Octavio Paz: Nobel winner and noble man (1914–1998) 2008

  • One cleric, Abbd Boulier, referred to NATO commander General Matthew Ridgway (who had commanded U.S. forces in Korea) as "Ridway (sic) le pestell (" Ridgway the plague bearer ") -- thus parroting communist charges of germ warfare in Korea.

    Octavio Paz: Nobel winner and noble man (1914–1998) 2008

  • One cleric, Abbd Boulier, referred to NATO commander General Matthew Ridgway (who had commanded U.S. forces in Korea) as "Ridway (sic) le pestell (" Ridgway the plague bearer ") -- thus parroting communist charges of germ warfare in Korea.

    Octavio Paz: Nobel winner and noble man (1914–1998) 2008

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