Bilowgii, Helms waxaa loo aqoonsaday inuu yahay qof ka soo horjeeda shuuciyada. Wuxuu soo jeediyay sharci 1974 ah oo u oggolaanaya Madaxweynaha inuu siiyo dhalashada sharafta leh ee mucaaradka Soviet Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Wuxuu aad ugu xidhnaa arinta Solzhenitsyn, wuxuuna ku xidhay halgankiisa midka xorriyadda aduunka oo dhan. Sanadkii 1975, ciidamada Waqooyiga Vietnam ayaa u soo dhowaaday Saigon
, Helms wuxuu ka mid ahaa kuwa ugu horeeya ee ku booriyay Mareykanka inay ka saaraan dhammaan dadka reer Vietnam ee dalbanaya tan, taas oo uu rumeysan yahay inay noqon karto "laba milyan ama in ka badan toddoba maalmood gudahood". Markii Guddiga Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Senate-ka ay u codeeyeen in la joojiyo warbixin ay ku dhaleeceynayeen mowqifka istiraatiijiyadeed ee Mareykanka ee tartanka hubka, Helms ayaa akhriyay warbixinta oo dhan, isagoo dalbaday in si buuxda loogu daabaco "Diiwaanka Golaha".