Pierre de Silva person
also: Da Silva
Explore in graph → Export claims (CSV) ↓
Related entities (most co-mentioned)
CIAintelligence service · 6Gordon Jorgensenperson · 4South Vietnamplace · 4Phoenix Programoperation · 3Viet Congorganization · 3Vietnamcountry · 3Washington, D.C.place · 2William Colbyperson · 2Hong Kongcountry · 2Viennaplace · 1John Richardsonperson · 1James Critchfieldperson · 1Henry Pleasanceperson · 1John Hartperson · 1Frank Scottonperson · 1Bill Lairperson · 1Red Zansenperson · 1Lou Laphamperson · 1Viet Cong atrocitiesevent · 1Sub Rosabook · 1People's Action Teamsorganization · 1Car bomb attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigonevent · 1Barbara Robbinsperson · 1Reinhard Gehlenperson · 1
Claims (3)
Pierre de Silva headed
People's Action Teams host_asserted
“So none of it was reliable. Concurrent with the creation of the People's Action Teams, Scotton's team was renamed by Station Chief Pierre DeSalva, and there began a coordination directly with the White House on policies, policing, paramilit…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Vietnam Part 5 Phoenix Program @ 47:43
Car bomb attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon assassinated
Pierre de Silva documented
“quote-unquote, building a political base for the Saigon government on pacification, unconventional warfare programs. The guerrillas made the war real at the end of March of 1965 when they detonated a car bomb just outside the U.S. Embassy i…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33) @ 4:16
Pierre de Silva member_of
CIA host_asserted
“In an autobiography called Sub Rosa, Da Silva describes arriving in Vietnam in December 1963 and says he was introduced to Viet Cong terror by one of the officers. Two Viet Cong cadres had basically stabbed a village chief and his pregnant …”
▶ Operation Gladio- Vietnam Part 5 Phoenix Program @ 49:14
Mentions (16)
▶ 47:43
So none of it was reliable. Concurrent with the creation of the People's Action Teams, Scotton's team was renamed by Station Chief Pierre DeSalva, and there began a coordination directly with the White House on policies, policing, paramilit…
▶ 49:14
In an autobiography called Sub Rosa, Da Silva describes arriving in Vietnam in December 1963 and says he was introduced to Viet Cong terror by one of the officers. Two Viet Cong cadres had basically stabbed a village chief and his pregnant …
▶ 50:36
on the Viet Cong when, in fact, it was the CIA and their assets doing this very thing. So white-collar intelligence officers who put agents' work above political warfare, De Silva was shocked at what he saw. He goes on to write the Viet Con…
▶ 55:29
I mean, he was basically given filing jobs in some cases back at headquarters, but he decided to stick it out until retirement. And again, it's a whole long story, but I do think we should go through the book because it is very interesting …
▶ 56:27
to bring danger and death to the Viet Cong functionaries themselves, especially in the areas where they felt secure. We had obtained descriptions and photographs of known cadres who were functioning as committee chiefs, recruiters, province…
▶ 56:57
by virtue of prior residents to go into the areas in which we knew the Viet Cong senior cadre were active and eliminate them. Here Da Silva is describing the Phoenix program because oftentimes these pictures and the identification again cam…
▶ 13:56
The station chief at the time is Gordon Jorgensen, J-O-R-G-E-N-S-O-N. We've already talked about Pierre DeSalva on a previous show. He's there. And he ends up going home shortly after this guy gets in theater because he got hurt in an explo…
▶ 14:24
And so this Jorgensen guy who had been his deputy takes over as the CIA station chief. So there's another guy that by the name of John Hart and he ends up taking over shortly. So the De Silva guy doesn't last very long. So John Hart comes i…
▶ 4:40
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…
▶ 6:36
You have another piece of it in Hong Kong. And you have William Colby meeting with these guys on his way to Vietnam to basically set up the Phoenix program. So that's kind of the context of those few sentences. Da Silva had a background in …
▶ 7:07
He and Colby had overlapped for a year at Columbia University. Director McComb approved Da Silva's appointment at the end of 1963, then made the suggestion to LBJ and recalled Da Silva to Washington, D.C. He took Da Silva to meet LBJ.…
▶ 14:06
Meanwhile, on the ground, the CIA recovered its earlier momentum. In search of some means to counter the National Liberation Front in the villages, several agency officers innovated armed bands of villagers within months that accounted for …
▶ 10:06
and air missions. Lair dealt with the U.S. Command and CIA station in Thailand. Through much of this time, the station chief in Bangkok was Red Zansen, J-A-N-T-Z-E-N. Lair had known him for over 10 years. Jansen would be followed by Pierre …
▶ 4:16
quote-unquote, building a political base for the Saigon government on pacification, unconventional warfare programs. The guerrillas made the war real at the end of March of 1965 when they detonated a car bomb just outside the U.S. Embassy i…
▶ 4:43
Agency Secretary Barbara Robbins died while several more persons from the typing pool and at least two case officers like Da Silva were wounded. Eliezer Williams stepped into the breach to act as the temporary station chief until Langley pr…
▶ 48:38
Codenamed Marshal from his Vienna days, Jim Critchfield became the chief of the Galen organization on the American side. His deputy, Pierre De Silva, had helped manage security for the atomic bomb project during World War II. Another, Henry…