The quaint Little Free Library shown here in the sugar town of Ingham ,North Queensland , contained an unexpected connection with one of the most powerful and controversial men in global geo-politics, Henry Kissinger, now 99.
A Little Darwin picker roaming about the north , looking for ephemera, books and oddities , found a copy inside of the following l976 book by American freelance author ,Gary Allen ,who had wrtiten about the uses and abuses of great power and wealth for more than a decade .
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It said KIssinger , the chief architect and apologist for U.S. foreign policy , had been the most controversial Secretary of State in America's history.
Sensational claims made by the investigative journalist included that KIssinger plotted to help the Soviets achieve military superiority over the United States ; that Kissinger's highly touted Middle East " shuttle diplomacy " succeeded in arming both sides for an even bigger war to come ... while helping the oil cartel to make billions from a fake shortage;
The difference between Kissinger's rhetoric and his actions , it continued, revealed a record which was quite appalling .
Kissinger is regarded as a war criminal by many of those involved in the East Timor struggle . It was said that Kissinger and US President Gerald Ford gave the green light for Indonesia to invade East Timor during their visit to Jakarta in l975.
