US envoy who suspected Mossad hand in Gen Zia's death, passes away

June 14, 2019 11:51

John Gunther Dean, who lost his job as a US ambassador for suggesting that Mossad may have assassinated Pakistan's military dictator Zia-ul Haq, has died.

Readers may like to read this Rediff article from August 2017 to know more about what Mr Dean -- who also served as the US ambassador to India -- said about Israel and Zia's death in a mysterious plane crash in August 1988.

Image: Rajiv Gandhi receives the first copy of a book commemorating 40 years of Indo-US cooperation from then US ambassador John Gunther Dean.

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