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Publisher of Raleigh’s Metro Magazine Speaks at
Campbell
Bernie Reeves, the editor and publisher of Raleigh’s
Metro Magazine, addressed Campbell University students at a
recent honors banquet sponsored by the Department of Government,
History, and Justice. Reeves’ topic was the Cold War and the spy
conference he organized in Raleigh that gained international
attention.
Dubbed “Spies, Lies, and Treason,” the conference was
initially set to feature Dr. Christopher Andrew, one of the most
renowned scholars and authors on Cold War espionage and the official
historian of the British Security Service (M15). Through Reeves’
association with Brian Kelley, the “wrong man” accused in the Robert
Hanssen FBI investigation, however, the event mushroomed into one of the
world’s major intelligence forums. In addition to Christopher Andrew and
Brian Kelley, the conference featured Keith Melton, owner of the world’s
largest collection of counterintelligence; KGB General Oleg Kalugin, who
was chief of Soviet counterintelligence; Nigel West, British military
intelligence historian; and Hayden Peakes, curator of the CIA’s
historical intelligence.
“They all provided interesting insights,” Reeves said.
“For instance, Kalugin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is
still KGB. ‘Do not trust Putin,’ he said. The Soviet Union started the
Cold War, maintained the Cold War, and it ended when the Soviet Union
collapsed.”
Some of the more startling information coming out of
declassified intelligence involves President Franklin Roosevelt’s
administration. According to documents, Roosevelt’s choice for a vice
president before Harry Truman, Henry Wallace, was a Soviet asset, Reeves
said. It was also well-known that Roosevelt was gravely ill before
taking office for a third term and died three months after being sworn
in. Had Wallace become president, the U.S. would have had a KGB
controlled president and administration.
“It was all planned out,” said Reeves, “Wallace would
become president and serve with other members of Roosevelt’s cabinet who
also had communist connections.”
A total of 58 students were inducted into four national
honor societies during the Government, History, and Justice Honors
Banquet. Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, inducted
21 students; Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society inducted 12;
Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honor Society inducted 22; and Alpha Phi
Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society inducted three.
Founded in 1887, Campbell University is North Carolina’s
second largest private institution of higher education and the second
largest Baptist university in the world. Located in Buies Creek, NC,
just east of the center of the state, Campbell combines academic
excellence and Christian commitment.
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