Mary Bancroft person
also: Bancroft, Mary, one of the Bancroft girls, the mistress, wartime mistress
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Claims (8)
Allen Dulles recruited
Mary Bancroft book_quoted
“and the rumpled clothes, that of a distracted professor. Mary not only possessed the right pedigree, she was a sharp intelligence, and she had a sharp intelligence in accommodating warmth. And Dulles instantly knew he could put her to use. …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 6 @ 23:04
Allen Dulles had_affair_with
Mary Bancroft book_quoted
“But once she was installed in his Zurich home, they settled into a marriage of convenience. When Mary was introduced to Dulles in December of 1942, shortly after he arrived in Switzerland, they took an instant liking to each other. At 39, s…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 6 @ 22:35
Mary Bancroft had_affair_with
Hans-Bernd Gisevius book_quoted
“He wanted to introduce her to Rudolph Diels, D-I-E-L-S. The invitation appealed to Mary in an appetite for danger, but she turned it down. When she told Dulles about it, he was upset, not because there was a rival for his mistress, but she …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 6 @ 28:20
Mary Bancroft patient_of
Carl Jung book_quoted
“They both happened to be patients of a man called Carl. And I don't know if you pronounce this Jung, J-U-N-G. They were both seeking psychological therapy from Carl. And it was being done in Zurich. So it says that Mary…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 6 @ 2:26
Mary Bancroft spied_on
Allen Dulles book_quoted
“Not only was she his girlfriend, she was a friend of his wife's and wrote him intelligence notes back and forth. Bancroft reminded Dulles that she had known Mike Payne's mother extremely well over 40 years and had spent the summers on their…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 24 @ 12:57
Mary Bancroft spied_on
Hans-Bernd Gisevius book_quoted
“The spy chief was confident enough in his control over Mary that he felt he could loan her out to German agents with whom Dulles had established relationships. Dulles arranged for Mary, who was fluent in German, to work with a tall Nazi dou…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 6 @ 27:23
Allen Dulles received_inside_reports_from
Mary Bancroft book_quoted
“During the JFK run for the White House, Dulles received inside reports on the Kennedy camp from a number of mutual friends, including Charlie Reitzman and Mary Bancroft. Reitzman, whose Kennedy's ties seemed to trump his Republican values, …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 17 @ 2:50
Mary Bancroft supported
John F. Kennedy book_quoted
“John and Robert Kennedy, through her Democratic Party activism in New York City politics, became increasingly smitten with JFK. In July of 1959, Bancroft wrote Kennedy a gushing letter after meeting him at a New York political gathering, vo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 17 @ 3:20
Mentions (44)
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was homosexual as well. Dulles' wisecracking mistress, Mary Bancroft, tried to call the FBI director, the Virgin Mary, in pants. Dulles compiled even more scandalous files on Joe McCarthy's sex life. The senator who relentlessly hunted down…
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and was later known for widely reprinting speech decrying that anything goes new morality towards sex, she and her husband seemed to have an aristocratic license to do whatever they wanted sexually themselves. While Dulles was dallying with…
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Two ambassadors, government officials, shakes. The oil man made sure that the spy chief was kept in the loop and brought back intelligence for him. The mere mention of Reitzman recalled Mary Bancroft, his girlfriend, Alan Dulles' girlfriend…
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During the JFK run for the White House, Dulles received inside reports on the Kennedy camp from a number of mutual friends, including Charlie Reitzman and Mary Bancroft. Reitzman, whose Kennedy's ties seemed to trump his Republican values, …
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John and Robert Kennedy, through her Democratic Party activism in New York City politics, became increasingly smitten with JFK. In July of 1959, Bancroft wrote Kennedy a gushing letter after meeting him at a New York political gathering, vo…
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Just unbelievable. I'm sure you've discussed her on many times, but, and also, um, he was, you know, relating, you know, he had sexual relations with, uh, the Bancroft, uh, one of the Bancroft girls in the wall street journals, ownership fa…
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a kind of comfort that is based on, you know, really elite connections. And perhaps that might, you know, his, you know, when you're that connected to media, you know, you own your secret, the secret machine as it were. Yes. I think you're …
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all around her. But it was the family background of Ruth's husband, Michael, that was the most directly overlapping with Alan Dulles. Mary Bancroft, Dulles' mistress, was one of the oldest friends of Michael Payne's mother. Really? Her name…
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She would give herself over to the pursuit of world peace and exploration of human consciousness. Sure. And in the 20s, Mary was a regular at salons presided over by Lyman and Ruth in their spacious studio apartment on the Upper East Side o…
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by Ruth Forbes Payne was Alan Dulles and Mary Bancroft. As the Warren Commission went about its business, Mary wrote Dulles chatty letters about the Forbes and the Paynes and their horrified reaction to the events in Dallas, as if she were …
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Not only was she his girlfriend, she was a friend of his wife's and wrote him intelligence notes back and forth. Bancroft reminded Dulles that she had known Mike Payne's mother extremely well over 40 years and had spent the summers on their…
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Proper Boston homes, she said, and by the Forbes family at Notion, where I spent a lot of time, she wrote in a letter in 1964 to Dulles. In those homes, anyone could say absolutely anything. Everything was accepted and examined. One met lab…
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Oswald story. The housewife who took the Oswalds under her wing had married into a family that was well known to not only Dulles but his mistress as well. Ruth Payne was aware of her mother-in-law's connections to Bancroft and Dulles. Her m…
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which had been clipped off with surgical scissors. The president wore a clip-on tie. By contrast, when Warren had to view Kennedy's autopsy photos, he later remarked, they were so horrible that I couldn't sleep for nights. His new job on th…
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I wish sometime you would sit down and write me a line as to why you think Lee Oswald did this dastardly deed, he wrote the author. All I can tell you is that there is not one iota of evidence that he had any personal vindictiveness against…
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over his inability to slow down. In February of 1966, she wrote Mary Bancroft, the girlfriend, asking for her advice on how to get Alan to slow down. The two women knew that Dulles would not scale back as his health failed. He was, quote un…
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As time went by, even friends of Dulles began to air their doubts to him about the Warren Report. His European friends were particularly skeptical, but some of his intimate closer to home, including Mary Bancroft, began challenging him abou…
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Throughout the entire Warren Commission inquiry, Bancroft was a weathervane for shifting opinions in New York City. She started to consider whether the outspoken critic was right. After listening to him, she was quoted as saying, even I beg…
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Dulles' longtime confidant had gone over to the other side, much to his chagrin. That November, after Mary sent Clover a letter about the commission's failings, Allen wrote her back saying, quote, I imagine that we will have to agree to dis…
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Because I come away from this entire book that the man's a machine. He's not like a human being. And you guys can tell me your opinion when we get done. But this chapter is about Alan Dulles' wife, Clover. And it starts off with introducing…
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They both happened to be patients of a man called Carl. And I don't know if you pronounce this Jung, J-U-N-G. They were both seeking psychological therapy from Carl. And it was being done in Zurich. So it says that Mary…
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They kind of met each other through this process. Now, she's sleeping with Clover's husband and they're both going to the same therapist. If that's not totally weird. Clover and Mary developed a friendship that would last many years. Basica…
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His portrait of Hitler is as chilling a picture as you can find. Dulles was fascinated by his insights into the German leader, and he urged Mary to keep seeking professional help from him. The two most powerful men in Mary Bancroft's life w…
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while Clover was crossing the Atlantic. Then he disappeared. Dulles told Mary soon after meeting her, my wife is an angel. She always is doing things for other people. After Clover began treatment with Jolande Jacoby, who was Dr. Carl's ass…
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Mary Bancroft, the mistress, sympathized with Clover up to a point. They would compare notes on Alan Dulles. But Mary was more fascinated with the world of male power than Clover was. She prided herself in understanding men like Dulles in a…
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In a household dominated by men whose ambitious ambitions always seem just beyond their reach. Her grandfather was a former mayor of Cambridge and Harvard overseer who once talked about as a candidate for governor, but never made it beyond …
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At an early age, Mary became familiar with names like Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie, Harriman, Ford, and DuPont. Their world always seemed to hover just beyond her fingertips. Mary was disappointed in marriage. Her first husband, the father…
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But once she was installed in his Zurich home, they settled into a marriage of convenience. When Mary was introduced to Dulles in December of 1942, shortly after he arrived in Switzerland, they took an instant liking to each other. At 39, s…
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and the rumpled clothes, that of a distracted professor. Mary not only possessed the right pedigree, she was a sharp intelligence, and she had a sharp intelligence in accommodating warmth. And Dulles instantly knew he could put her to use. …
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It seemed to cling to him. Here was the man that would finally take her into the world of action, which she had fantasized ever since she was a girl. When she watched while Bill Donovan paraded down Fifth Avenue with his troops on Armistice…
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Dulles never made Bancroft an official OSS agent, but he quickly found a role for her, phoning her at her Zurich apartment every morning at 9.30 and giving her the day's marching orders. She pumped information out of a variety of sources, f…
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Well read. Mary also proved that she was more tuned in to certain nuances of the spycraft than Dulles. She realized, for instance, the intelligence could be gathered from the enemy as well as the Allied camp by tapping into an underground h…
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Bancroft later recalled, because he wanted to get a, how do you say, you know, a line into this homosexual network. And he used to bang on the desk and say, I wish Washington would send me a reliable fairy. I want somebody with a pretty beh…
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couldn't bring himself to discuss his delicate recruitment needs with the old-fashioned Dulles. As Mary repeatedly observed in her journals, had been born into the 19th century. So Mary broached the subject with Dulles, who did indeed prove…
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Dulles' reports back to Washington were filled with Dr. Karl's insight into the Nazi leadership and the German people. Dr. Karl even correctly predicted that an increasingly desperate Hitler might commit suicide. Mary's appointments with Dr…
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Dulles was so enamored with the flow of provocative psycho-political perceptions that Dr. Carl had that he gave him his own OSS number, Agent 488. After the war, the spy master hinted broadly to Dr. Carl's family friend that the sage of Eur…
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caused by leaking information that he had gleaned through sessions with other people. While Dulles valued Mary as a go-between with men like Dr. Carl, he also found more personal uses for him. One morning, he came rushing into their apartme…
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The spy chief was confident enough in his control over Mary that he felt he could loan her out to German agents with whom Dulles had established relationships. Dulles arranged for Mary, who was fluent in German, to work with a tall Nazi dou…
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He had secretly turned against Hitler after his once promising Gestapo career had stalled and in frustration began feeding Dulles important information about German military operations. One day, he had grown enamored with Mary and as they w…
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He wanted to introduce her to Rudolph Diels, D-I-E-L-S. The invitation appealed to Mary in an appetite for danger, but she turned it down. When she told Dulles about it, he was upset, not because there was a rival for his mistress, but she …
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but she confided to Dr. Carl shuttling back and forth between the two was too much. He became, GVS became one of the principal conspirators in the July 20th, 1944 bomb plot against Hitler, barely fleeing for his life to Switzerland after it…
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The German was fighting for the same thing that Hitler possessed. Dr. Carl told Mary, pure power. He added that JVS and his rival in the conspiracy ring, General Klaus von Stauffenberg, were like a pair of lions fighting over a hunk of raw …
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He just said it was saturated with Nazi ideology. Dr. Carl told Mary that she would always attract extremely ambitious men interested in gaining power for themselves. She would never be the type of woman who judged men like this, whatever t…
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expressed greater disdain for his indiscretions as a moral failing. But by Mary's standard, he was by no means sexually reckless. She took ombrage when British trader Kim Philby described Dulles as a womanizer in his memoir. One evening, wh…