Austrian Information Service organization
also: Information Service, U.S. Information Agency, U.S. Information Services, U.S. Information, the Austrian Information Service
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Related entities (most co-mentioned)
CIAintelligence service · 3Frank Scottonperson · 2USAIDorganization · 2Uruguaycountry · 1United Statescountry · 1Thailandcountry · 1Voice of Americaorganization · 1Albaniacountry · 1U.S. Embassyorganization · 1Edward Lansdaleperson · 1Joan Dullesperson · 1Fritz Moldenperson · 1Eugene Burekperson · 1Everett Bumgartnerperson · 1Douglas Blaufarbperson · 1Charles Burke Elbrickperson · 1Don Gouldperson · 1Office of Operationsorganization · 1Vietnamese Veterans Legionorganization · 1Tom Donahueperson · 1Dan Mitrioneperson · 1Barry Zorthianperson · 1U.S. State Departmentorganization · 1Phoenix Programoperation · 1
Claims (4)
Frank Scotton member_of
Austrian Information Service host_asserted
“was going to perform the same type of propaganda. It was just going to pretend like it's another entity. And they brought in the quote-unquote American Way crusade, basically setting up TVs, radio stations, satellites, posters, all of that …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program Part (4) @ 1:05:59
Frank Scotton member_of
Austrian Information Service book_quoted
“to create Agent Net, unquote, just like what I said. After passing the Foreign Service exam, Scotton was persuaded by a patron to join the Information Service, which dealt with people and observed them from a distance, which is basically ki…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program Part (4) @ 1:08:27
Everett Bumgartner member_of
Austrian Information Service book_quoted
“B-U-M-G-A-R-T-N-E-R, who was the chief of the U.S. Information Services field operations in Vietnam. A Lansdale disciple, Bumgartner had launched wanted posters and defector programs in Laos in 54 and implemented similar programs in Vietnam…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program Part (4) @ 1:09:58
Austrian Information Service front_for
CIA host_asserted
“They established them throughout the Vietnam area, and they were actually manned by people from the U.S. Information Services, which is a CIA front. They took over the distribution of newspapers, magazines, you know, all of the typical prop…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Phoenix Program part 2 @ 1:04:54
Mentions (12)
▶ 20:26
During the 1961 election, the CIA ongoing program was augmented by an operation from other American quarters, like the infamous U.S. Information Service, which is another CIA entity ran out of the State Department.…
▶ 59:19
This is a quote. So I went out to try to get some co-sponsors for the record. They weren't easy to come by. So he goes to the U.S. Information Services chief, which is just another front for the CIA, by the way, Barry, and I'm going to spel…
▶ 57:01
President Johnson gave the civilians one last shot. The result was the Office of Civil Operations, OCO. It was formed in October 1966. OCO combined the field operation units of AID, the U.S. Information, the propaganda arm, and the CIA, whi…
▶ 1:04:54
They established them throughout the Vietnam area, and they were actually manned by people from the U.S. Information Services, which is a CIA front. They took over the distribution of newspapers, magazines, you know, all of the typical prop…
▶ 1:05:30
in order to create one of these units. Dang, that sounds familiar. Aren't we importing criminals from prisons all over the world? The importance of information management in political warfare also meant a larger role in Vietnam for the U.S.…
▶ 1:05:59
was going to perform the same type of propaganda. It was just going to pretend like it's another entity. And they brought in the quote-unquote American Way crusade, basically setting up TVs, radio stations, satellites, posters, all of that …
▶ 1:08:27
to create Agent Net, unquote, just like what I said. After passing the Foreign Service exam, Scotton was persuaded by a patron to join the Information Service, which dealt with people and observed them from a distance, which is basically ki…
▶ 1:09:58
B-U-M-G-A-R-T-N-E-R, who was the chief of the U.S. Information Services field operations in Vietnam. A Lansdale disciple, Bumgartner had launched wanted posters and defector programs in Laos in 54 and implemented similar programs in Vietnam…
▶ 51:33
Get out of Uruguay or you will be killed. No U.S. official could serve long in Latin America without receiving death threats. In Gould's case, he had been in Honduras when revolutionaries shot up his hotel. This call was much more specific.…
▶ 44:41
and the police. When Elbrick drove up, there was a wild shout. Enough policemen surrounded the cab that they could have picked it up and carried it to the front door. Newsmen from the U.S. television stations crowded around, and Elbrick bas…
▶ 11:08
But much of his field experience had been in Thailand, running the drug operations there. Douglas Blaufarb, B-L-A-U-F-A-R-B. Blaufarb came to the CIA from a career at Voice of America and the U.S. Information Services, both CIA fronts. He c…
▶ 37:02
And I didn't know how many of his girlfriends would be on board or how long we'd be at sea. Joan divorced Molden in 1954, but as if to not disappoint her father, she quickly replaced him with another high-ranking Austrian diplomat named Eug…