William Nelson Cromwell person
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William Nelson Cromwell exposed
Project AFRIEND documented
“Nelson knew the downside of covert action. By December, an insider could certainly view Angola trending in that direction. For whatever reason, Bill Nelson suddenly admitted the truth about Project Feature. Then McColkey arrived and laid ou…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 38 (40) @ 1:16:20
William Nelson Cromwell recruited
Roger Farnham host_asserted
“in the new Panama Canal Company. Cromwell spent six months preparing the commission's visit to Paris, taking advantage of the French's 10 years experience in Panama. He gathered all of the information, he set up a press bureau, he had write…”
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William Nelson Cromwell paid
Republican Party host_asserted
“was involved with the Panama Railroad that was there to take advantage of the Panama Canal. Meeting Hannah in Simmons' office, Cromwell extended the benefits of the Panama Route and donated $60,000 of the new Panama Canal Company's money to…”
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New Panama Canal Company removed_from_power
William Nelson Cromwell host_asserted
“Cromwell cabled Paris the same day, urging the company to take the $40 million, even though they had a $270 million investment into it. Instead of French consent, Cromwell got back a letter firing him. The French company that had hired him …”
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New Panama Canal Company recruited
William Nelson Cromwell host_asserted
“The former engineer in Panama who had a $200,000 investment riding on the canal cabled Bo from America, and it said, failure to rehire Cromwell will alienate sympathies indispensable to saving this entire deal. On January 4th, Bo cabled Adm…”
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New Panama Canal Company funded
William Nelson Cromwell host_asserted
“They came to the United States and hired a man by the name Cromwell. You'll recognize that because it's Sullivan and Cromwell, the infamous John Foster Dulles, Alan Dulles law firm that was behind the overthrow of Nicaragua and a whole bunc…”
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William Nelson Cromwell recruited
John Spooner host_asserted
“for the Paris company. He added the insulting condition that Cromwell accepted fees set by the company. Three days before the debate on the Nicaraguan bill at the opening session, Wisconsin Senator John Spooner, one of the most powerful Rep…”
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William Nelson Cromwell recruited
John Walker host_asserted
“the previous Nicaraguan canal and advocated a canal be chosen by experts. Of the nine members of the commission that was going to be assembled, Admiral John Walker, it was named after John Walker, three were Cromwell's choices. Cromwell per…”
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William Nelson Cromwell funded
Panamanian Revolution of 1903 book_quoted
“which of course were U.S., who were under the control of William Cromwell of New York and the State Department officials in Washington, knew about any revolution that was going to happen. So it was not an organic revolution. And the purpose…”
▶ Operation Gladio - The History of the International Syndicate @ 1:23:33
William Nelson Cromwell founded
Sullivan & Cromwell host_asserted
“The existence of certain law firms held a key importance for the future of the agency. Obviously, the most prominent one was Sullivan and Cromwell. Established in 1879, its founders were no longer around during this time frame. But of cours…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (4) @ 9:11
William Nelson Cromwell funded
Mark Hanna host_asserted
“In the final debate, Senator Hanna gave an impassioned speech for the Panama, which notes Cromwell had basically prepared his speech for him. He spoke for hours, he was too exhausted to go on, and he brought out all of the factors of why it…”
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They came to the United States and hired a man by the name Cromwell. You'll recognize that because it's Sullivan and Cromwell, the infamous John Foster Dulles, Alan Dulles law firm that was behind the overthrow of Nicaragua and a whole bunc…
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and had all of the support of the southern states because that's where all of the produce and stuff like that from the Banana Republics came into the United States, into New Orleans, Galveston, Biloxi, all of that. This was a huge boon for …
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to go against what was in the best interest of the United States, especially the southern states because he hated them. So he goes to Washington on a crusade to persuade Congress to take over his client's lease of the Panama Canal project. …
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But Cromwell and Curtis went down there to argue about the Panama and that we just couldn't abandon it because he's now hired by the French company who's going bankrupt and wants to basically sell it and make some money off of it. Other inv…
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Cromwell and Curtis tried to show as many legislators as possible all of the statistic maps and everything else that they had already done and that it was 40% finished, according to them. So he thought that he was going to be able to wear h…
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He had been a 30-year Senate veteran who had fought for the South in the Civil War and saw the Nicaraguan Canal as kind of his hallmark project. So he wasn't going to budge. Having taken the measure of his competition, Cromwell set himself …
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lawyers into his suites at the Shoreham Hotel. And after Reed had presented the case for the Panama Canal to Reed, he and Curtis said, basically, what is it, what's in it for your company? Curtis said that we just want you to look at it. It…
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in the works for decades at this point and had already been started. With the Investigation Commission to be appointed by the president, Cromwell ingratiated himself with President William McKinley. His right-hand man was Senator Mark Hanna…
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was involved with the Panama Railroad that was there to take advantage of the Panama Canal. Meeting Hannah in Simmons' office, Cromwell extended the benefits of the Panama Route and donated $60,000 of the new Panama Canal Company's money to…
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the previous Nicaraguan canal and advocated a canal be chosen by experts. Of the nine members of the commission that was going to be assembled, Admiral John Walker, it was named after John Walker, three were Cromwell's choices. Cromwell per…
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in the new Panama Canal Company. Cromwell spent six months preparing the commission's visit to Paris, taking advantage of the French's 10 years experience in Panama. He gathered all of the information, he set up a press bureau, he had write…
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to be the head of the Sullivan and Cromwell's political department as a journalist. That's weird. For Panama, Farnham released press releases throughout the entire time. He was basically softening up the opposition. He accompanied Cromwell …
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at one point to McKinley saying, advise the Senate of the facts of the case. He then got the Senate to pass a resolution forcing the president to transmit all of the documents that he himself had produced with Farnham to Congress, which mea…
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Cromwell scheduled all of the key personnel to explain the work that had been done, what remained to be done, and each commissioner sat in front of 340 documents that the Sullivan and Cromwell's name was on top of. They were geological stud…
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another country would take over the canal and finish it before the U.S. could finish the Nicaraguan Canal, and that this was a dire need that needed to be done immediately. The final eight-course breakfast in Paris had Cromwell speaking. He…
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A German consortium was thinking about taking over the Panama Canal and that they must act quickly. That was not true. Cromwell stayed in Paris to convince his clients to sell the canal to the Americans. He told the French company that on f…
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He let Cromwell speak, but he said nothing. Determined to make America build the canal on his terms with the fringe at least partners in the project, Cromwell rushed back to America to stop another bill pushing the Nicaraguan canal before t…
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So it got the nod because there was going to be rights and everything else that was very laborious with the Panama Canal. Panama had its advantages, but complete control was the overriding factor for most of the people on the commission. Bu…
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The maps, drawings, records, 2 million, and added an additional 10% for contingencies. Though the French had sunk 260 million into the Panama Canal, the new Panama Canal was capitalized at only 12 million, with an agreed division of any inc…
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Cromwell cabled Paris the same day, urging the company to take the $40 million, even though they had a $270 million investment into it. Instead of French consent, Cromwell got back a letter firing him. The French company that had hired him …
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American newspapers called for the French to basically get out of this entire conversation. They said that they were arrogant, obstinate, blah, blah, blah. Curtis, who had accompanied Cromwell to Washington, regretted that the firm was invo…
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He had been replaced with a banker and a creditor called Maurice Bowe. At his first shareholders meeting as president, Bowe pushed for them to accept the $4 million American offer. Police had to break up the riot as a result of this because…
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The former engineer in Panama who had a $200,000 investment riding on the canal cabled Bo from America, and it said, failure to rehire Cromwell will alienate sympathies indispensable to saving this entire deal. On January 4th, Bo cabled Adm…
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for the Paris company. He added the insulting condition that Cromwell accepted fees set by the company. Three days before the debate on the Nicaraguan bill at the opening session, Wisconsin Senator John Spooner, one of the most powerful Rep…
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a leader of the most conservative Republican faction and a staunch admirer of Cromwell's. When the Northern Pacific went bankrupt in 1893, Cromwell had used Spooner's Milwaukee law firm. And at the time, Spooner had wrote admirably of Cromw…
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There was a declaration of independence in Panama that was prepared in New York City, not Panama, and taken down there by the office of Cromwell. And Congressman Rainey went on to say that only 10 or 12 of the top pandemonium revolutionarie…
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which of course were U.S., who were under the control of William Cromwell of New York and the State Department officials in Washington, knew about any revolution that was going to happen. So it was not an organic revolution. And the purpose…
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Arpasio, Lister had written FDN coordinator. Another list of names included Bill Nelson, the CIA former deputy director of operations, Salvadoran politician Roberto de Albruson, that's the guy that was basically functioning as their preside…
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appreciated. Stone and Alexander revived Stop the Steal in 2018 as well, particularly in Florida, where they rallied around a ballot recount in a U.S. Senate race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson. And in fact, Stone was practicing this as…
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Appointed Chief John Stockwell was a 12-year veteran and old African hand who had served in other areas such as Southeast Asia, the agency's equivalent of a colonel, relatively junior for the job. Stockwell held a slot normally reserved for…
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Director of Operations William Nelson. Potts, his deputy George Costello, and Stockwell prepared the detailed plans right up to the last minute. On July 27th, President Ford upped the ante, giving them $8 million. The CIA principals gathere…
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Senator Clark's subcommittee. The CIA witness, William Nelson, went first. Nelson, a Colby protege, probably feared his own days were numbers, as Ford had suddenly fired Colby a month earlier. Having spent most of his career in the Far East…
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Nelson knew the downside of covert action. By December, an insider could certainly view Angola trending in that direction. For whatever reason, Bill Nelson suddenly admitted the truth about Project Feature. Then McColkey arrived and laid ou…
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Another, completed in 76, recommended cutting the DO by 1,350 officers over a five-year period. That spring, Deputy Director William Nelson sent Bush a memo about moving ahead on reductions. As Nelson later described it to journalists, quot…
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I told him that the lower 25% should be identified and should be encouraged to seek other employment. I said we owe these people a lot, but not a lifetime job. Unquote. Bush would think about it. He told Nelson, but he put the paper in the …
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A few months later, he selected E. Henry Nock over Nelson to be the deputy director. Nelson retired. That opened up the deputy director of operations position for which Bush chose William Wells, a experienced officer who had served in the O…
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The existence of certain law firms held a key importance for the future of the agency. Obviously, the most prominent one was Sullivan and Cromwell. Established in 1879, its founders were no longer around during this time frame. But of cours…
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who in turn gave the firm's lawyers seats at some of the key passages of history. Cromwell, for example, represented the corporation that successfully arranged for the U.S. to take over the Panama Canal, which we've talked about. And the bo…