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-- Craig J. Spence --

Craig J. Spence (b. 1941 - d. November 11, 1989) was a Republican lobbyist representing Japanese business.

Spence attended Syracuse University before becoming a correspondent for ABC News. During the Vietnam War, he covered Southeast Asia, but eventually left the network in ???? due to ideological differences.

In January of 1985, Spence registered with the U.S. State Department as a foreign agent for Japan and began lobbying for Japanese interests.

Spence was arrested on July 31, 1989 for criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of cocaine. Casey Regan, a man Spence invited to his hotel room, had stolen the weapon from Spence and used it to steal $6,000 from him as well. Regan was charged with possession of the gun and cocaine and additionally with armed robbery.

Death
On November 11, 1989, Spence's body was discovered in his room at the Boston Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The room was barricaded shut from the inside with a bed and Spence was lying on it, dressed in a tuxedo and with no physical damage visible. His death was ruled a suicide.

Several months before, the Washington Times reported in a June 30, 1989 article   the ties of Craig J. Spence to, "A homosexual prostitution ring is under investigation by federal and District authorities and includes among its clients key officials of the Reagan and Bush administrations, military officers, congressional aides and U.S. and foreign businessmen with close ties to Washington's political elite.'' that Spence had told a friend the CIA might kill him and "make it look like a suicide." However, they also reported several months later that Spence had AIDS and was threatening to kill himself.



// Craig J. Spence //

Craig Spence worked as a correspondent for ABC News in Vietnam until losing his U.S. military accreditation after he was caught in a sting changing money on the black market. He free-lanced for several years from Japan before moving to Washington. While in Japan, he formed a close relationship with Motoo Shiina, a prominent political figure, who financed much of what he did in Washington, including the purchase of an expensive home on Kalamorama. The source for this information is Craig Spence, whom I knew in Vietnam and Japan and also encountered several times in Washington.