Tom Polger person
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Tom Polger headed
South Vietnam documented
“were not about to determine the outcome of the war. That would be done on the ground in the South. And the prospects dimmed every day. Tom Polger followed Shackley as the Saigon station chief in January of 1972. He had been a European speci…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33) @ 23:42
CIA recruited
Tom Polger documented
“David Murphy, a subordinate at the Berlin base, denies that the field submitted any request to approve CIA intervention, citing the recollection of Tom Polger and Gordon Seward, both senior officers in the overall German program. Murphy not…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 11 (12) @ 50:23
Tom Polger member_of
CIA documented
“They brought this guy in to protect the CIA. They didn't have to hire him. They could have hired anybody. They didn't. They brought him in twice to protect the CIA. The CIA's placing one of its own on a congressional investigation is not un…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Devil’s Chessboard Part 1 @ 15:07
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▶ 15:07
They brought this guy in to protect the CIA. They didn't have to hire him. They could have hired anybody. They didn't. They brought him in twice to protect the CIA. The CIA's placing one of its own on a congressional investigation is not un…
▶ 15:37
including being chief of six CIA field installations in Asia, South America, and Europe. Pulger was also on the staff of Parvus, the consulting firm loaded with intelligence officers that has an advisory director, Theodore Dimitri, of the H…
▶ 50:23
David Murphy, a subordinate at the Berlin base, denies that the field submitted any request to approve CIA intervention, citing the recollection of Tom Polger and Gordon Seward, both senior officers in the overall German program. Murphy not…
▶ 23:42
were not about to determine the outcome of the war. That would be done on the ground in the South. And the prospects dimmed every day. Tom Polger followed Shackley as the Saigon station chief in January of 1972. He had been a European speci…
▶ 24:15
but the war was too far gone. Hanoi staged a huge offensive that year, finally driving the U.S. out of the conflict, at least in terms of military involvement. The Paris ceasefire agreement sealed the fate of Saigon. Polgar presided over 30…
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even though they were trained in basically what amounts to terrorist training camps. Many were left behind, along with Saigon Station records, which fell into the hands of Hanoi when the U.S. Embassy was captured on April 30, 1975. Frank Sn…