David Smiley person
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Harold Perkinsperson · 2Corfucountry · 2United Kingdomcountry · 2Inter-Services Intelligenceintelligence service · 2Maltacountry · 2World War IIevent · 2Operation Valuableoperation · 1Frank Wisnerperson · 1United Statescountry · 1Fort Ben Jemmaplace · 1
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David Smiley trained
Albania documented
“Smiley supervised the training. Feelers were put out in other directions as well. Yugoslavia had halted its aid to Greek guerrillas and broken with Stalin in 1948. They might participate.…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 37:18
David Smiley trained
Hemat Majani documented
“Smiley supervised the training. Feelers were put out in other directions as well. Yugoslavia had halted its aid to Greek guerrillas and broken with Stalin in 1948. They might participate.…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 37:18
David Smiley trained
Hungarian National Committee book_quoted
“on Corfu as a monitoring station for communication purposes. A number of paramilitary experts from wartime were basically commissioned to participate in Operation Valuable, including Harold Perkins, who ran the operation, and David Smiley, …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 12:58
Inter-Services Intelligence recruited
David Smiley documented
“Wisner told an SIS officer, quote, whenever we want to subvert any place, we find the British owns an island within easy reach, unquote. How convenient. And when they want to money launder, they do it on other British isles. It's very, very…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 35:51
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▶ 12:58
on Corfu as a monitoring station for communication purposes. A number of paramilitary experts from wartime were basically commissioned to participate in Operation Valuable, including Harold Perkins, who ran the operation, and David Smiley, …
▶ 28:54
In 1982, that in the end, it was not possible to do without overt air and military support from England and the U.S. You couldn't just do it with locals. And that's why they began roping in the military. David Smiley moved on to an elite mi…
▶ 35:51
Wisner told an SIS officer, quote, whenever we want to subvert any place, we find the British owns an island within easy reach, unquote. How convenient. And when they want to money launder, they do it on other British isles. It's very, very…
▶ 36:20
of staff to a commanding general. In other words, he's wearing a military uniform as a spy. On Malta, Smiley found an old castle, Fort Ben Jemma, suitable for their paramilitary training site. Built during the Napolitanic Wars, there was on…
▶ 36:49
but it was large enough for the trainees and Smiley's staff. Smiley also procured a boat for agent landings, and SIS rented a villa on Corfu as an observation point. I've been to Corfu a couple times. I wish I knew this history back then. T…
▶ 55:50
until 51, voiced a general opinion when he observed, quote, in the end, it was not possible to do without overt air and military support from England and the U.S. or somewhere. You couldn't do it just with the locals, unquote. And so they d…