Mr. Aitken skirts Nixon's Watergate problem by relying on Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin's "Silent Coup."

Thailand's Silent Coup of November 29, 1951, otherwise known as the Radio Coup, consolidated the military's hold on the country.

Silent Coup (Thailand)

This theory is central to "Silent Coup," a 1991 book (by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin) that drew a still-unresolved libel suit from Dean.

Silent Coup: Confronting the Big Business Takeover of Canada.

On November 29, 1951, the "Silent Coup," was staged by the Army-led Coup Group and it consolidated the military's hold on the country.

See for example Len Cholodny and Robert Gettlin, "Silent Coup" (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991).

Mr. Kaye said that after reading "Silent Coup," Mr. Liddy became convinced that its conclusions were correct.

Silent Coup was described as one of "the most boring conspiracy books ever written" filled with "wild charges and vilifications" by The Washington Post.

The Deans also sued St. Martin's Press, publisher of Silent Coup.