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1. jessau+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-02-09 03:27:33
Yeah, the idea that he was involved in the American war in Vietnam seems far-fetched. Perhaps this is a confusion with some other, older Stoltenberg?
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2. vinter+GE[view] [source] 2023-02-09 10:16:28
>>jessau+(OP)
Likely. Jens's father was Thorvald Stoltenberg, a powerful Labour politician working in foreign policy most of his life. He was allegedly trying to negotiate between the US and Vietnam.
3. redbar+0v8[view] [source] 2023-02-11 13:14:10
>>jessau+(OP)
Yes. Hersh possibly confused Jens with his father Thorvald Stoltenberg. Who travelled to North-Vietnam in 1970 to negotiate between them and USA, and who was commended for his negotiating skills by the am. intel community in a declassified rapport from 1980.

See my other comment for quotes and sources.

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4. jessau+2SO[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-02-23 19:09:44
>>redbar+0v8
HN favorite Mark Ames has another theory about Stoltenberg fils that wouldn't contradict TFA: perhaps even his teenage war protest was of the "observe then snitch" variety?

https://twitter.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/162420098079862374...

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