The Education of a Non-Believer-The Final Phase 157to bringing it up when we had our discussion about one
organization ruling the world.
My business in Peru at this time had two aspects; one
was to promote movies for a motion picture company,
but I was also there on another assignment: to gather
journalistic information from the South American press
wires and from my connections in Peru, reporting my
findings to one man.
On October 3, 1968, General Juan Velazco Alvarado
took command of the presidency of Peru as a military
junta. Since that time, the relations between this coun
try and the United States had been going downhill, both
diplomatically and in business matters.
I'd been doing public relations work for some large
New York corporations since 197 0, using my connec
tions to help solve some of the conflicts, in order to
preserve their investments in Peru.
When I met Rama, I already knew of the existence of
this centralized corporation, which has subsidiaries all
over the world. I was working for that corporation. One
letter of the alphabet, "1," representing international,
symbolized this company.
I knew the name of only one man within that
organization, a man who was world renowned. I knew
he was with a top secret consolidation, which had been
headquartered in Lima, Peru, for years. This was the
man I reported to. He sent me all over the world on some
very heavy assignments. He trusted me, knowing I
would act in good faith.
When I began accepting assignments from him, it was
difficult for me to believe that people and organizations
like the "Mission Impossible" team really existed. But, as
time went on, I realized they did exist. I began to see how
the manipulation of both business and government is in
the hands of this international conglomerate, headed by
one giant corporation, and that its power was in the