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In 1956, Crichton became commander of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, which operated under Lieutenant Colonel George Whitmeyer, the overall commander of all Army Reserve units in East Texas. According to Crichton, there were about a hundred men in the unit, with nearly half of them coming from the Dallas Police Department.<ref name=spartacus/>
In 1956, Crichton became commander of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, which operated under Lieutenant Colonel George Whitmeyer, the overall commander of all Army Reserve units in East Texas. According to Crichton, there were about a hundred men in the unit, with nearly half of them coming from the Dallas Police Department.<ref name=spartacus/>
==Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust Companny==
==Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust Company==
Crichton was also involved with several other oilmen who negotiated drilling rights in [[Cuba]] under President [[Fulgencio Batista]]. [[Standard Oil]] of [[Indiana]] signed an agreement with the Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust Company (CVOVTC), a unit originally established by [[William F. Buckley, Jr.|William F. Buckley, Sr.]], for access to fifteen acres. During the mid-1950s, CVOVTC was one of the four or five most traded entities on the [[American Stock Exchange]].
Crichton was also involved with several other oilmen who negotiated drilling rights in [[Cuba]] under President [[Fulgencio Batista]]. [[Standard Oil]] of [[Indiana]] signed an agreement with the Cuban-Venezuelan Oil Voting Trust Company (CVOVTC), a unit originally established by [[William F. Buckley, Jr.|William F. Buckley, Sr.]], for access to fifteen acres. During the mid-1950s, CVOVTC was one of the four or five most traded entities on the [[American Stock Exchange]].
Batista's [[communist]] successor, [[Fidel Castro]], reduced the size of claims for oil exploration to a maximum of two thousand acres and ended large-scale explorations by private companies.<ref name=spartacus/>
Batista's [[communist]] successor, [[Fidel Castro]], reduced the size of claims for oil exploration to a maximum of two thousand acres and ended large-scale explorations by private companies.<ref name=spartacus/>