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BORDER GUARD

Also by Don Whitehead:

THE FBI STORY JOURNEY INTO CRIME

Don Whitehead

BORDER GUARD

THE STORY OF THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York Toronto London

BORDER GUARD

Copyright © 1963 by Don Whitehead. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publishers.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-12134

First Edition

69947

For Ruth and Gene Neilsen

CONTENTS

1. A Slight Case of Conscience 1

2. A Time of Crisis 21

3. A President is Bamboozled 32

4. The Pirates of New Orleans 44

5. The Dark Years 55

6. Booze and Bribes 69

7. The Enforcers 86

8. Test Tube Detectives 96

9. The Informers 107

10. The Violent Border 120

11. A Dirty Business 131

12. The Case of the Crooked Diplomat 147

13. A Strange Little Room 157

14. The Diamond Smugglers 166