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This is John Batcheter, conversation with Mary Kessel, Executive Vice President Stevens Incorporated,

former senior advisor to the Secretary of State about the revelations in the Washington Post in these last hours

China using bully boy tactics in San Francisco

November of 2023.

The hiring of bullies, the hiring of people

to challenge civil rights workers and people who are demonstrating for

Taiwan is evident throughout the reporting. I asked Mary however what about the State Department? What about the local officials?

Did they know? And did they do anything about it? And Mary's answer is

comprehensive. Again, this is China hiring goons to beat up and intimidate Americans and other people in San Francisco during the visit of Shijin Ping in America. More of this later.

This has been happening in democracies around the world for years, John.

I always looked to the goings on in Australia as a Harbinger for what the party was trying

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