Harry Dexter White person
also: Harry White, White, the big thinker
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Claims (10)
Harry Dexter White member_of
U.S. State Department documented
“In Harry Morgenthau's Treasury Department, White had played a major role in shaping the New Deal policies. Among his top accomplishments were the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two linchpins of the global fi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 57:41
FBI spied_on
Harry Dexter White documented
“Republicans like Richard Nixon, whom Loftus called Alan Dulles' mouthpiece in Congress, made sure that the Dulles Circle would never have to answer for their wartime actions. By the time Harry Dexter White walked into the packed hearing roo…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:02:10
Harry Dexter White member_of
Henry Morgenthau Jr. documented
“Men like Harry White had been driven from Washington, but he still served as a consultant to the IMF, and he was still widely respected. And White still had detailed inside knowledge from his years as Morgenthau's top aide. If the political…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:01:12
Harry Dexter White founded
IMF documented
“In Harry Morgenthau's Treasury Department, White had played a major role in shaping the New Deal policies. Among his top accomplishments were the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two linchpins of the global fi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 57:41
Harry Dexter White targeted_for_regime_change
Bank for International Settlements documented
“of the new financial system. Morgenthau and White led a movement at the conference to abolish the Bank of International Settlements, an institution they saw as an instrument of financial collaboration between New York, London, and Nazi Germ…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 59:49
Harry Dexter White headed
U.S. Treasury Department book_quoted
“Curry, also a member of the CFR, was an administrative assistant to FDR. Harry Dexter White virtually ran the Treasury Department under both Roosevelt and Truman. Both Curry and White were connected to the IPR. By the time McCarran's invest…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot Part 2 @ 37:35
Harry Dexter White founded
Bank for International Settlements documented
“In Harry Morgenthau's Treasury Department, White had played a major role in shaping the New Deal policies. Among his top accomplishments were the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two linchpins of the global fi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 57:41
Elizabeth Bentley spied_on
Harry Dexter White guest_asserted
“was not a card-carrying communist, but she had stepped in front of the dazzling newsreel lights. Her story grew more dramatic. White was no longer simply a misguided idealist, but a central player in the Nathan Silvermaster spy ring, feedin…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:03:04
Harry Dexter White member_of
Nathan Silvermaster guest_asserted
“Before his committee appearance, he informed the committee of his medical history in a confidential letter. But when White began speaking about his connection to Nathan Silvermaster, explaining that it was a harmless relationship that consi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:08:31
Whittaker Chambers spied_on
Harry Dexter White guest_asserted
“When Chambers testified about White before the committee, he was more circumspect than Bentley. He claimed that he had met White from time to time as a Soviet courier, but he conceded that the Treasury economist was always cautious and neve…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 8 @ 1:04:27
Mentions (30)
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The period of the Second World War was one of the most important periods in human history because at that time, the British Empire still kind of existed. America had at least 60% of the world's gold. That would go up to over 80% in the comi…
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Dulles was eager to pump McKittrick for inside information about Germany, since the banker had good connections in Berlin. But the two men also wanted to discuss another issue that was paramount concern to both of them, how to protect the a…
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decor was the scene of the media extravaganza. The day's leading witness was a man who many considered the committee's top target, since he had held a considerable more important post in the Roosevelt administration than his. Harry Dexter W…
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In Harry Morgenthau's Treasury Department, White had played a major role in shaping the New Deal policies. Among his top accomplishments were the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, two linchpins of the global fi…
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White joined forces with the esteemed British economist John Maynard Keynes to hammer out the plans for the world's new financial system. But while Keynes provided substantial intellectual input, it was the political savvy White who was the…
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There is little doubt that Harry Dexter White was one of the main topics for conversation along with Alger Hiss at the Roosevelt Hotel. In fact, the Dulles group saw White as a bigger threat to their post-war plans than Hiss. The formidable…
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With a new global institutions channeling investments to needy countries in ways that produce the broadest public good rather than the private gain. When the Roosevelt administration unveiled the plans for the World Bank and IMF, Secretary …
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which were to be instrumentalities of sovereign governments and not of private financial interests as a danger to new competitors in the global market, which obviously they compromised them too. For the Dulles Group, there was a number of d…
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of the new financial system. Morgenthau and White led a movement at the conference to abolish the Bank of International Settlements, an institution they saw as an instrument of financial collaboration between New York, London, and Nazi Germ…
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which the New Dealers wanted to replace the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. White further unnerved Wall Street and the Republican circle by pushing for the Soviet Union to be integrated into the new international framework. Oh m…
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Men like Harry White had been driven from Washington, but he still served as a consultant to the IMF, and he was still widely respected. And White still had detailed inside knowledge from his years as Morgenthau's top aide. If the political…
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Republicans like Richard Nixon, whom Loftus called Alan Dulles' mouthpiece in Congress, made sure that the Dulles Circle would never have to answer for their wartime actions. By the time Harry Dexter White walked into the packed hearing roo…
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conducted scores of interviews in a determined effort to find evidence that he was a Russian spy. White's two principal accusers were Chambers and an emotionally unstable alcoholic named Elizabeth Bentley, who had taken Chambers' place as a…
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was not a card-carrying communist, but she had stepped in front of the dazzling newsreel lights. Her story grew more dramatic. White was no longer simply a misguided idealist, but a central player in the Nathan Silvermaster spy ring, feedin…
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When Chambers testified about White before the committee, he was more circumspect than Bentley. He claimed that he had met White from time to time as a Soviet courier, but he conceded that the Treasury economist was always cautious and neve…
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knew that their case against White was weak. Earlier in the year, the former Treasury official had already made a successful appearance before a grand jury in New York that was investigating government subversion. The jury, which would late…
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acknowledged that there was simply not enough proof to label him a Soviet spy and warned the FBI officials that they were making a grave mistake in using that phraseology. In his appearance before the committee, White conducted himself with…
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and hysterics, and others cowered cravenly and surrendered all that was asked of them, including self-respect. But White responded to the committee's questions head-on, and when he felt compelled to enlighten his inquisitors on constitution…
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This is what he said. I believe in freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of press, freedom of criticism, and freedom of movement. I believe in the goal of equal opportunity and the right of each individual to f…
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4. To expect and to obtain an increasing measure of political, economic, and emotional security for all. I am opposed to discrimination of any form, whether on the grounds of race, color, religion, political belief, or economic status. I be…
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or against an individual or group. I believe the government of law, not of men. I consider these principles sacred. I regard them as a basic fabric of American way of life and I believe in them as living realities and not as words on a docu…
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who had enlisted in the Army during World War I, and I'm prepared to defend at any time in my life if need be. White's statement, a ringing invocation of the embattled New Deal philosophy, was in full retreat in Washington. It evoked a larg…
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Parnell Thomas, a New Jersey Republican who sought to ride the investigation to political glory, but instead ended his career in prison for corruption, was particularly mean to White. For a number of years, the Economist had been grappling …
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Before his committee appearance, he informed the committee of his medical history in a confidential letter. But when White began speaking about his connection to Nathan Silvermaster, explaining that it was a harmless relationship that consi…
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You certainly can play a lot of sports. He sneered. It was a typical ugly moment for the committee chairman. And when White replied with restraint, pointing out that his athletic days are far behind him, the audience burst in applause. Nixo…
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that they did not meet the definition because they were open to the public. But White pointed out that by not denying alleged subversives the right to confront and cross-examine their accusers, the committee veered dangerously close to oper…
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That is a patient heritage which Americans have, that a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty. And certainly you would be the first to recognize that. In order for a man to have a fair trial, it requires all the rules and regulations…
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Curry, also a member of the CFR, was an administrative assistant to FDR. Harry Dexter White virtually ran the Treasury Department under both Roosevelt and Truman. Both Curry and White were connected to the IPR. By the time McCarran's invest…
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He met with Churchill, General Eisenhower and his staff and the U.S. staff at the European Advisory Commission. Anthony Eden provided Morgenthau with confidential notes taken at Tehran concerning the Soviets and the British and what the gra…
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tarred by Senator McCarthy during the witch hunt for, or the hunt for communists. Morgenthau's aide, Henry Dexter White, let's see, went on to serve as, oh, sorry, Secretary Morgenthau went on to serve as a chairman of the United Jewish App…