The Goa File

First Edition: 2007 Second Edition: 2009 THE GOA FILE A contemporary historical novel Argentina 1945 - 1982 Commander Alfredo Di Martino, an intelligence officer in the Argentine Navy investigates the murder of a US oil company executive in Buenos Aires supposedly committed by terrorists. As Di Martino pursues the clues, a more sinister plot begins to unravel that implicates Colonel David Jones of Welsh origin, who is Director of Communications of the Presidency of the Argentine Republic. The storyline traces the early background and military careers of both characters and ends in an unexpected climax as both meet at the height of the planning of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands invasion by the Argentine military in 1982. The time period stretches from the Peron dictatorship era of 1945 through to the Dirty War of the 70 s and early 80 s. The salient national and international historical events and real political characters involved are introduced as Alfredo and David s lives evolve and are affected by the tumultuous era of Latin America s struggle against communism that turned into brutal military persecution and murder of thousands of innocent human lives, indirectly backed by the CIA and the Pentagon. The Falklands War in 1982, supposedly triggered off by a scrap merchant s enterprise on the island of South Georgia was the turning point that ironically brought an end to the horrible bloodshed.