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Franklin Gowan person

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The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5
▶ 36:56 No one would get to know the deeply clever ways of Angleton in Rome better than William Gowan, who at age 18 was one of the youngest members of Pagnotta's crew of Nazi hunters. It was only a matter of time before Jim Angleton, who made it h…
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5
▶ 37:25 Franklin was a career diplomat who had served under Ambassador Joseph Kennedy in London and was currently the assistant to Myron Taylor, the former U.S. Steel Chairman, whom FDR had appointed to be a special representative at the Vatican du…
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5
▶ 37:55 tradition Democrats. Roosevelt was fond of Franklin Gowan, whom he regarded as one of the few blue-blooded members of the diplomatic corps he could trust. The younger Gowan brought a special sense of mission to his army counterintelligence …
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5
▶ 39:24 The Gowan's family Italian background also infringed on Angleton's turf. I think between the father and son, the Angletons thought they had a lock on Italy and the Vatican, Gowan observed. Jim Angleton was very jealous of my family because …
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 5
▶ 40:50 social register background. And despite his young age, he was already a man of the world. He had traveled all over Europe to diplomatic posts with his father. Gowan seemed bred for the top tier. Angleton was also raised in wealth, but his f…