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David R. Dennis oral history interview

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David Dennis talks about his responsibilities as a director of GVEC at Gonzales and the company's responsibilities as a whole. He also describes what he believes sets GVEC apart from other co-ops.

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Lewis Borgfeld oral history interview

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Lewis Borgfeld talks about how he came to be a director of GVEC, the responsibilities that come with his position, and what he thinks GVEC will be like in the future.

Max Winkler oral history interview

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Max Winkler talks about how he got started in the CIA, primarily through working on a program dedicated to eradicating the spread of foot and mouth disease in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Winkler describes his adventures and exploits, spending much of the interview discussing his role in training Cuban nationals to overthrow Castro during the disastrous Bay of Pigs in Cuba in the early 1960s. He details how Fidel Castro took control of Cuba and instituted communism, due in large part to Hugo Chavez, whom Mr. Winkler interviewed. Along with describing the trainees, Winkler recalls how the CIA treated number of imprisoned defectors. Mr. Winkler also shares how the U.S. worked with President Ydigoras of Guatemala during this period. Eventually, Mr. Winkler and his wife (also a CIA agent) left the Foreign Service and moved to New Braunfels. Mr. Winkler administered LBJ's Head Start Program in Central Texas, the first in the U.S., before becoming principal of Seele Elementary.

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Compliation of last recorded words of David Koresh

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Compliation of last recorded words of David Koresh, from negotiations with FBI, April 16-18, 1993. Beginning of recording: "This tape contains the last recorded words of David Koresh. It's taken from telephone conversations between David Koresh and FBI negotiators. It was recorded by the government and the tapes were recently released by the Justice Department." Speaker then introduces each segment with context. Speaker is unidentified. Label reads, "The Last Words of David Koresh April 16-18, 1993 (May be copied and distributed)."