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Claims (12)

E. Michael Burke member_of CIA host_asserted
“had by this time become subordinate to the CIA, is suggested by the ease of which the Americans then took Kalaf away from the NTS. Michael Burke had had enough. Returning to Washington in April of 54, he went to dinner at Frank Wisner's hou…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6) @ 37:00
E. Michael Burke funded Bali Komsa documented
“He'd provide his own cover. Michael Burke moved to Rome and pretended to open a new film company. How convenient. In Rome, Burke began seeing Albanian exiles of different political persuasions with U.S. dollars to induce them to bury their …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 40:54
E. Michael Burke transferred_to West Germany documented
“and then became a soldier of fortune, doing the same shit, just getting paid more for it. The CIA E. Howard Hunt welcomed orders for transfer to the Western Hemisphere Division. Michael Burke, promoted from contract to regular CIA officer, …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 56:19
E. Michael Burke worked_with Franklin A. Lindsay documented
“unfortunately, and had been sent to Italy with a team in connection with the surrender of the Axis nation. Toward the end of the war, Burke had gone into Yugoslavia and worked with Lindsay with partisan activities. Another member of the tea…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 39:15
CIA recruited E. Michael Burke documented
“He's a spy. At the luncheon, he had to suppress his excitement and let his CIA interlopers talk him into coming back to the agency like he ever left. The CIA men described the project in words that could have come straight from Frank Wisner…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 40:18
E. Michael Burke headed CIA documented
“We'll get it right next time because he's not the one dying. Widespread disillusionment followed the Albanian experience. Not least among them were the former pixies. Several of them complained, we were used as an experiment. We were a smal…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 55:22
E. Michael Burke member_of Office of Strategic Services documented
“meeting place for spies. So two men come up from Washington to talk with Burke. They had gotten his name from a friend at the OSS, most likely Frank Lindsey. E. Michael Burke had served in the Navy and had been seconded to the OSS. In other…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 38:40
E. Michael Burke reassigned West Germany book_quoted
“CIA manager Franklin Lindsey left for the Ford Foundation, which is a CIA front, while Washington subordinate E. Howard Hunt welcomed his orders to transfer to the Latin Division, where he would be embroiled in coup after coup after coup wi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 29:24
E. Michael Burke headed Office of Policy Coordination book_quoted
“were the former pixies that kept getting killed. One of them says, we were used as an experiment. We were a small part of a big game, ponds that could be sacrificed. That's what they feel about all of us. There was never enough chance of su…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 28:23
E. Michael Burke headed Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus documented
“of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, and later president of the New York Yankees. Burke, at least, could move on. That was not the case with many of the other people because they were dead because of dumbasses putting them in…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 54:50
E. Michael Burke headed New York Yankees documented
“of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, and later president of the New York Yankees. Burke, at least, could move on. That was not the case with many of the other people because they were dead because of dumbasses putting them in…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 54:50
E. Michael Burke worked_with Reinhard Gehlen host_asserted
“and then became a soldier of fortune, doing the same shit, just getting paid more for it. The CIA E. Howard Hunt welcomed orders for transfer to the Western Hemisphere Division. Michael Burke, promoted from contract to regular CIA officer, …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 56:19

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The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3
▶ 28:23 were the former pixies that kept getting killed. One of them says, we were used as an experiment. We were a small part of a big game, ponds that could be sacrificed. That's what they feel about all of us. There was never enough chance of su…
The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3
▶ 29:24 CIA manager Franklin Lindsey left for the Ford Foundation, which is a CIA front, while Washington subordinate E. Howard Hunt welcomed his orders to transfer to the Latin Division, where he would be embroiled in coup after coup after coup wi…
The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3
▶ 54:19 Although they didn't necessarily stop their operations, it basically was acknowledged that they were severely lacking when it came to effectiveness. A guy by the name of Michael Burke had had enough. After working for OSS and OPC on Albania…
The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3
▶ 54:50 of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, and later president of the New York Yankees. Burke, at least, could move on. That was not the case with many of the other people because they were dead because of dumbasses putting them in…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 37:34 Although the Yugoslavs had approached the U.S. through CIA channels for military aid and depended on this assistance to forestall any intervention by Russia, they decided they did not wish to increase Soviet hostility by acting against Alba…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 38:05 the uh a glanquin hotel in new york um it had hosted a thing called the vicious circle a luncheon group that had graced its oak room in pre-war years and included illuminaries like dorothy parker harold ross robert benchley robert sherwood …
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 38:40 meeting place for spies. So two men come up from Washington to talk with Burke. They had gotten his name from a friend at the OSS, most likely Frank Lindsey. E. Michael Burke had served in the Navy and had been seconded to the OSS. In other…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 39:15 unfortunately, and had been sent to Italy with a team in connection with the surrender of the Axis nation. Toward the end of the war, Burke had gone into Yugoslavia and worked with Lindsay with partisan activities. Another member of the tea…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 39:46 He parlayed them into a post-war job as a technical advisor to Warner Brothers. Oh my gosh, another spy in Hollywood. I'm shocked. He worked personally on a film released in 1948 as a tribute to the OSS called Cloak and Dagger. Isn't that f…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 40:18 He's a spy. At the luncheon, he had to suppress his excitement and let his CIA interlopers talk him into coming back to the agency like he ever left. The CIA men described the project in words that could have come straight from Frank Wisner…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 40:54 He'd provide his own cover. Michael Burke moved to Rome and pretended to open a new film company. How convenient. In Rome, Burke began seeing Albanian exiles of different political persuasions with U.S. dollars to induce them to bury their …
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 55:22 We'll get it right next time because he's not the one dying. Widespread disillusionment followed the Albanian experience. Not least among them were the former pixies. Several of them complained, we were used as an experiment. We were a smal…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5
▶ 56:19 and then became a soldier of fortune, doing the same shit, just getting paid more for it. The CIA E. Howard Hunt welcomed orders for transfer to the Western Hemisphere Division. Michael Burke, promoted from contract to regular CIA officer, …
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 23:51 through Cyprus and by the CIA through Greece and Eastern Germany. But the partisans had been broken by the time the agent teams began to arrive. So the underground proved unable to protect them. The dilemma was very direct for Michael Burke…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 24:21 on the Russian infiltration program. Burke missed the Mediterranean easiness of Rome and was not enamored with the German rigidness, but the mission had precedence. He took charge of the CIA's biggest field operation. As Burke put it, a lar…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 35:58 the go-no-go decisions for these flights. Although Koronsky was arrested in 1954, the Soviets captured a solo agent plus yet another CIA team. Mike Burke estimated an agent's chance with all the best backup the CIA could furnish at no bette…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 37:00 had by this time become subordinate to the CIA, is suggested by the ease of which the Americans then took Kalaf away from the NTS. Michael Burke had had enough. Returning to Washington in April of 54, he went to dinner at Frank Wisner's hou…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 37:30 that was needed to deposit agents in Russia. On the most recent intrusion, the CIA plane had been intercepted by two Russian fighters over Hungary during its return. The plane had escaped into clouds, but the sign was ominous. Russian radar…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 38:00 Burke worried the headquarters would avoid telling officers of the dangerous mission. He needed reassurance not only from the CIA's commitment, but that the president wanted these missions to continue. His bosses gave Burke only standard ar…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 38:27 Burke became the executive with Ringling Brothers, later with the Madison Square Garden, and ended up as a general manager of the New York Yankees. Meanwhile, the Kolop affair became only one of a series of Soviet measures against the immig…
The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6)
▶ 40:02 Michael Burke, of course, had moved on, but not so for many of the immigrant recruits by the CIA. One of the legacies of the secret war, the anti-Bolshevik bloc of nations, went on to support dictators and help subvert democratic government…