John Richardson person
also: Richardson, Jocko Richardson, Jaco Richardson, Jocko
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Claims (8)
John Richardson liquidated
Project FF documented
“It fell to the Southeast Europe Division Chief John Richardson to liquidate Project Fiend, a wartime veteran of the Counterintelligence Corps of the U.S. Army in Italy. Richardson had been renowned for his skill and tact and ease in which h…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 56:47
John Richardson member_of
Operation Gladio guest_asserted
“They were all rated locations. We had a wonderful screenwriter, John Richards. I had a wonderful producer, Michael I. Levy, who's one of the leading producers in Hollywood. Big time movies. The Fast and Furious. His Three Men and the Baby. …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner interview with Paul Williams (Operation Gladio) Part 2 @ 1:22:41
John Richardson followed
William Colby documented
“John Richardson followed Colby in Saigon. From the Army's Counterintelligence Corps, Richardson had an authentic espionage. He had been a espionage hero during World War II. He had been instrumental in capturing a notorious German spy in It…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 29 (30) @ 1:01:17
William Colby introduced
John Richardson documented
“He had worked in Vienna and Therese and moved to Saigon from Manila, Philippines. You know, another terrorist training place. Colby introduced Richardson to Nguyen Dinh Ngu, now head of Diem's intelligence services. Richardson had been a cl…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 29 (30) @ 1:02:19
John P. Cabot Lodge transferred
John Richardson documented
“had undermined him. The ambassador insisted on transferring the station chief. He specifically wanted Ed Lansdell to replace Jocko. Yeah, like Ed Lansdell's any better, because he's not. Then, no, two sold out the CIA boss having a newspape…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 29 (30) @ 1:07:01
John Richardson headed
CIA documented
“waiting for the CIA to be set up. Once a new intelligence service emerged, the Central Intelligence Group, its first Vienna station chief, John Richardson, would be a former CIC man. The same functions were carried out by the 970th CIC deta…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 4 (3) @ 20:14
John Richardson headed
Operation Valuable book_quoted
“where he ran agent drops directly into the Soviet Union using stay-behind units. It fell to the Southeast European Division Chief John H. Richardson to liquidate Operation Valuable, a wartime veteran of the Counterintelligence Corps in Ital…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 29:52
John Richardson member_of
Counterintelligence Corps book_quoted
“where he ran agent drops directly into the Soviet Union using stay-behind units. It fell to the Southeast European Division Chief John H. Richardson to liquidate Operation Valuable, a wartime veteran of the Counterintelligence Corps in Ital…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 29:52
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Colby's place as chief of station at Saigon was taken by John Richardson, an officer from the Army Counterintelligence Corps who had joined the CIA. Richardson was an authentic espionage hero in Italy back in 1944-45 when he was instrumenta…
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Richardson stayed on at the Army Counterintelligence and switched over to the CIA afterwards. He had been assigned to Italy, Vienna, Trieste, which is the northeast, just north of Venice area of Italy, and moved to Saigon from Manila, which…
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A veteran secret warrior, it was Richardson who, in the denouncement of the Albanian campaign, had been given the job of closing down the operation. Richardson's style was not unlike that of John McCone, who let his subordinates carve out e…
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The paramilitary crowd made up one circle. The espionage crew made up another. Since 1961, there had been a communications intelligence circle as well. One of the CIA political action men played a major role in the demise of President Diem,…
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and also to the Philippines that Lansdale brought over to Vietnam. Of course, the biggest empire within the CIA was Richardson's own. It was customary for station chiefs to maintain certain relationships, in particular with the chiefs of th…
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However, reported back through CIA channels that the ambassador had regarded the cable as an order to support a coup d'etat. Richardson opposed this. At Langley, William Colby backed him up. John McCone was on vacation but was quickly infor…
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a CIA officer by the name of Alfonso Spero, S-P-E-R-O, to tell the Vietnamese generals that the substance of Hillman's cable and to say the U.S. would not oppose a coup if they could conduct one. McCone went on to oppose the coup initiative…
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He insisted on the transfer of the station chief. Richardson was abruptly recalled on October 5th after little more than a year on station. For a time, the Vietnamese generals backed down, but two days before Richardson's hurried recall, Ko…
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Ed Lansdale said, I think we should never have done it. We destroyed the Vietnamese constitution. Not we, but the people we were working with. We, not the people you were working with, is correct. Okay. There would be several more coups bef…
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They were all rated locations. We had a wonderful screenwriter, John Richards. I had a wonderful producer, Michael I. Levy, who's one of the leading producers in Hollywood. Big time movies. The Fast and Furious. His Three Men and the Baby. …
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where he ran agent drops directly into the Soviet Union using stay-behind units. It fell to the Southeast European Division Chief John H. Richardson to liquidate Operation Valuable, a wartime veteran of the Counterintelligence Corps in Ital…
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Flying to Rome after the Mejade disaster, Richardson had the most delicate mission. Joseph Lieb, L-E-I-B, the Rome station chief, still believed that the Albanian adventure could be done. Richardson sat down over drinks with his station chi…
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had become the station chief in Manila. The CIA could not decide who to support in the contest. John Richardson replaced Arell in time for the next congressional elections, and this time they were the CIA favorites. Manila became an importa…
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John Richardson followed Colby in Saigon. From the Army's Counterintelligence Corps, Richardson had an authentic espionage. He had been a espionage hero during World War II. He had been instrumental in capturing a notorious German spy in It…
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Army's counterintelligence corps after the war. He switched to the CIA afterwards. It was Richardson who in the denouncement of the Albanian project had shut down the operating bases. And the Albanian project is where they were trying to se…
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He had worked in Vienna and Therese and moved to Saigon from Manila, Philippines. You know, another terrorist training place. Colby introduced Richardson to Nguyen Dinh Ngu, now head of Diem's intelligence services. Richardson had been a cl…
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college. Isn't that interesting? His nickname was Jocko. And like Leighton, spoke four or five languages, including French, which was indispensable in Saigon since everybody there spoke French because they'd been a French colony for so long…
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the French and had thought it was haunted. He then wondered why the Vietnamese wouldn't visit him there because so many of them had been killed in the house. With a style not unlike John McCone, who let subordinates carve out entire empires…
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The Saigon station was no longer a homogenous unit of 40 that Bill Colby had been in charge of. The paramilitary crowd made up one circle, the espionage crew another. And in 61, there had been a communications intelligence circle while the …
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One of the agency's political specialists played a key role in the demise of Diem, Lucien Koenig. His cover as a lieutenant colonel assigned to the Vietnamese Interior Ministry, but whose real function involved contact with the Vietnamese g…
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The greatest empire within the CIA station was Richardson's own. His problem lay not with the Saigon, but with the U.S. authorities. Convinced that Diem's time had run out, Washington tried desperately to get him to broaden his government. …
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and CIA officer Alfonso G. Sparrow to tell the generals the U.S. was fine with the coup. Richardson reported the maneuver through CIA channels. McCone went on to oppose, supposedly, the coup initiative. Washington scuttled the Hillsman Cabl…
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But supposedly, according to all of the CIA that had orchestrated the coup and prepared everybody, it was JFK that gave the final okay. And then supposedly everybody else was against it, even though they set it up. If Diem could not fire hi…
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had undermined him. The ambassador insisted on transferring the station chief. He specifically wanted Ed Lansdell to replace Jocko. Yeah, like Ed Lansdell's any better, because he's not. Then, no, two sold out the CIA boss having a newspape…
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Soon after the Diem coup, William Colby arrived in Saigon. He had John Richardson to dinner the night before leaving Washington, D.C. on his way to Saigon. His priority was to replace the station chief. Colby called on Pierre de Silva, rece…
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waiting for the CIA to be set up. Once a new intelligence service emerged, the Central Intelligence Group, its first Vienna station chief, John Richardson, would be a former CIC man. The same functions were carried out by the 970th CIC deta…
▶ 56:47
It fell to the Southeast Europe Division Chief John Richardson to liquidate Project Fiend, a wartime veteran of the Counterintelligence Corps of the U.S. Army in Italy. Richardson had been renowned for his skill and tact and ease in which h…
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Rome station chief still believed in the adventure. Richardson sat him down over drinks and told him that it was over. He said, I don't know what they'll say about it in London. Richardson assured him they already knew. Fighting in Albania …