Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Laga soo bilaabo 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. 1975, ciidamada Waqooyiga Vietnam
Markii ay Saigon soo dhawaatay, Helms waxa uu ahaa qofkii ugu horeeyay ee ku booriyay Mareykanka in uu ka saaro dhamaan dadka reer Vietnam ee dalbanaya arintan, kaasoo uu aaminsanaa in ay noqon karto "laba milyan ama in kabadan todobo 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".