Emmett McCarthy person
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CIAintelligence service · 1Vietnamcountry · 1Switzerlandcountry · 1Military Assistant Grouporganization · 1Viet Minhorganization · 1Special Technical and Economic Missionorganization · 1
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“to take over the Vietnamese army from the French. The Special Technical and Economic Mission provided CIA officers under Station Chief Emmett McCarthy with the cover they needed to mount political operations and negotiate contracts with the…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Phoenix Program part 2 @ 47:35
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which of course he then just put into a Swiss bank account. In 1952, American advisors began training Vietnamese units. In December 53, an army attache unit arrived in Hanoi and its officers and enlisted men began interrogating Viet Minh pr…