Sidney Sowers person
also: Sidney Sowers, Admiral Sidney Sowers, Sidney Sauer, S-O-U-E-R-S, Rear Admiral Sidney Sowers, Sowers
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Harry S. Truman appointed
Sidney Sowers documented
“who ran the Central Intelligence Group. And so the first guy that was selected to do this was a guy by the name of Sidney Sauer, S-O-U-E-R-S. Now, this guy was a businessman. He had a commission in the Navy as a rear admiral, and he had par…”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Book Club about real history @ 39:16
Sidney Sowers refused_job
National Security Council documented
“was out in the field playing games. As Admiral Hill and Cotter struggled to establish the CIA, officials at the NSC wrestled with how to control it. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal wanted supervision by the NSC executive secretary. At …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 59:13
Sidney Sowers headed
Intelligence and National Security Alliance book_quoted
“as the Secretary of War. It was a very interesting dynamic back then, and legitimately so. The group, the four-man group, was known as the National Intelligence Agency. It became known as the Cloak and Dagger Unit that reported directly to …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 4 @ 13:16
Harry S. Truman appointed
Sidney Sowers documented
“Truman's first DCI was Sidney Sowers, S-O-U-E-R-S. He was a St. Louis businessman and presidential crony. He was also a reserve officer in his wartime service with the Navy Intelligence. But Sowers served only five months as director of the…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 4 (3) @ 24:54
Sidney Sowers member_of
Missouri Gang host_asserted
“The first DCI we ever had, a guy by the name of Sidney Sowers, and his background was in Missouri grocery stores. So think about that. The second DCI was also from Missouri, a guy by the name of Hoyt Vandenberg. Here's the name you knew fro…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 49 (51) @ 1:06:02
Harry S. Truman appointed
Sidney Sowers book_quoted
“plan for national psychological warfare when he signed NSC 74. He also asked Rear Admiral Sidney Sowers, S-O-U-E-R-S, to return as a consultant and review non-military Cold War activities. Sowers learned that suggestions were afloat for the…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret wars chapter 5 @ 33:54
Hoyt Vandenberg succeeded
Sidney Sowers book_quoted
“He was not excited about the job. He actually didn't want the job. He was replaced by Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg. He was the nephew of Senator Arthur Vandenberg and a war hero. Under Vandenberg, the Central Intelligence Group grew t…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 4 @ 13:52
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▶ 39:16
who ran the Central Intelligence Group. And so the first guy that was selected to do this was a guy by the name of Sidney Sauer, S-O-U-E-R-S. Now, this guy was a businessman. He had a commission in the Navy as a rear admiral, and he had par…
▶ 39:45
He was not interested in having that job long term. He did say that he would take the job initially, but only stayed in it a few months. Army Chief of Staff General Dwight D. Eisenhower then recommended one of his top Pentagon planners to t…
▶ 33:54
plan for national psychological warfare when he signed NSC 74. He also asked Rear Admiral Sidney Sowers, S-O-U-E-R-S, to return as a consultant and review non-military Cold War activities. Sowers learned that suggestions were afloat for the…
▶ 24:54
Truman's first DCI was Sidney Sowers, S-O-U-E-R-S. He was a St. Louis businessman and presidential crony. He was also a reserve officer in his wartime service with the Navy Intelligence. But Sowers served only five months as director of the…
▶ 25:57
Vandenberg had been a combat commander with minimal intelligence experience, but he was a good organizer and began to build the Central Intelligence Group. Under Sowers, the CIG, the Central Intelligence Group, had operated out of a suite o…
▶ 1:05:37
He had to staff his own intelligence, and he had a group of about six guys. They were all from Missouri. And that was the original. These are the guys that were going to do the non-covert action that ended up replaced and ousted as soon as …
▶ 59:13
was out in the field playing games. As Admiral Hill and Cotter struggled to establish the CIA, officials at the NSC wrestled with how to control it. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal wanted supervision by the NSC executive secretary. At …
▶ 43:55
Shortly before Congress created the CIA, Gray, from his post with the Army, nominated himself for director of the CIA to replace Hoyt Vandenberg. This major departure from his usual manner suggests how serious Gray must have been about the …
▶ 44:24
after that bold move. But Truman had such confidence in him that when it came time to set up the new National Security Council subcommittee, the president could not be dissuaded from appointing him. After Sowers left Washington early in 195…
▶ 46:16
The Pentagon got into the act in 49, pressing Admiral Sowers at the NSC to report on peacetime planning for wartime psychological operations. That spring, the NSC executive secretary circulated a draft directive mandating a fresh initiative…
▶ 40:51
Eisenhower never paid any attention to it, and it got out of hand. It became a government all of its own and all secret. That's a very dangerous thing in a democratic society, he said. Likewise, after the Washington Post essay ran, Truman's…
▶ 13:16
as the Secretary of War. It was a very interesting dynamic back then, and legitimately so. The group, the four-man group, was known as the National Intelligence Agency. It became known as the Cloak and Dagger Unit that reported directly to …