Lee Kuan Yew person
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Claims (8)
Lee Kuan Yew member_of
Singapore documented
“But he's a Singaporean. So everything about these people have not changed a bit. But I wanted to point that out. So listen to this guy's answer. First of all, I can't speak as a Chinese because I'm a Singaporean. I'm of Chinese ethnic stock…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 41:43
Lee Kuan Yew headed
Singapore documented
“Colonial powers were retreating and newly independent nations were pushing for political identity and survival. In the fog of this chaos was Singapore, a tiny city-state with no natural resources situated at a strategic maritime crossroads.…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 10:28
Lee Kuan Yew member_of
People's Convention Party documented
“His People's Action Party had leftist elements, and there was growing concern that he could potentially lean towards socialist or communist ideals. The United States was afraid that the domino effect theory might happen with the spread of c…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 11:47
Lee Kuan Yew ordered_assassination_of
CIA host_asserted
“he demanded the immediate termination of all CIA activities on Singaporean soil. And in a final calculated blow, Lee hinted that if the US didn't comply, he would go public with the scandal, exposing the CIA's interference to the world. The…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 14:10
United States funded
Lee Kuan Yew host_asserted
“He demanded $100 million in aid. And they wanted to give it directly to him. And he said, no, because then you're going to say you bought me. You will give it to this third party. And this is how it's going to work. So you're absolutely rig…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 1:00:10
Lee Kuan Yew founded
Internal Security Department host_asserted
“CIA operatives were embedded throughout the region. They worked secretly, attempting to gather intelligence on Lee's intentions, who his allies were, and whether Singapore could be turned into a defensive line against communist influence. H…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 12:43
Lee Kuan Yew exposed
CIA host_asserted
“Read until you see what we can learn from the exchanges near the end of the video. Okay. Basically, let me go up just a little bit further. Singapore's independence. And laid out a narrative of Singapore as a sovereign state standing agains…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 18:36
CIA financed_via
Lee Kuan Yew host_asserted
“The Internal Security Department, ISD, modeled on the British system designed to counter any foreign interference. One day, an intercepted communication confirmed Lee's suspicions. There was a CIA network operating in Singapore, funneling m…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Singapore History @ 13:12
Mentions (25)
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Colonial powers were retreating and newly independent nations were pushing for political identity and survival. In the fog of this chaos was Singapore, a tiny city-state with no natural resources situated at a strategic maritime crossroads.…
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What lay ahead for him was not only internal struggles, but also the tricky game of geopolitics. The United States, embroiled in deeply suspicious of communist influences in Asia, had turned its eyes towards Singapore. In 1965, Lee Kuan Yew…
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He was no puppet. His trueness, determination, and desire to protect Singapore's autonomy would set him on a collision course with the CIA. Chapter two, rising tensions. The United States saw the rise of communism in Southeast Asia as an ex…
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CIA operatives were embedded throughout the region. They worked secretly, attempting to gather intelligence on Lee's intentions, who his allies were, and whether Singapore could be turned into a defensive line against communist influence. H…
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Fearing the wrath of the United States would have buried such evidence. Lee, however, decided to take an audacious step. He would confront the U.S. directly. Lee's invitation to the U.S. embassy in Singapore was laced with diplomacy, but sh…
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he demanded the immediate termination of all CIA activities on Singaporean soil. And in a final calculated blow, Lee hinted that if the US didn't comply, he would go public with the scandal, exposing the CIA's interference to the world. The…
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I want to be quite frank with you. If the British withdraw, I'm prepared to go on with the Australians and the New Zealanders. But I'm not prepared to go on with the Americans. Hello, Mr. Prime Minister. Why do you think the Americans... Ca…
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And they did not intend any harm in each one of them. The tragedy was they did real harm. This is old stuff now. An American CIA agent trying to subvert our intelligence special branch officer. So that the special branch officer will see th…
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might have succeeded. But I'm proud to say that the officer offered large sums of money and continuing sums of money. This was in 1960. But the matter was more than that. He was locked up. It was on razor's edge whether we charged him and o…
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No, no, listen to me. I didn't tell, you know, I never spoke to the Americans direct because, you know, they lack the finesse and they may say, yes, they give it to you. Why not? Why should the Singapore government just give to you, to me, …
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Read until you see what we can learn from the exchanges near the end of the video. Okay. Basically, let me go up just a little bit further. Singapore's independence. And laid out a narrative of Singapore as a sovereign state standing agains…
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It positioned him as the protector of Singapore's fragile democracy, someone who would not bow to external pressure, not even from a superpower like the United States. Chapter five, the CIA's humiliation. Behind the scenes, the CIA was furi…
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The US State Department agreed to Lee's demands. The CIA operatives involved were recalled, and the US issued a diplomatic apology, though unofficial, to Singapore. The covert interference had backfired. Instead of destabilizing Lee's gover…
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which helped to harden his image as an unyielding defender of Singapore's independence. Chapter six, The Lion Roars. In the years following the CIA debacle, Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore into one of the most prosperous and stable natio…
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It became part of the legend of Lee Kuan Yew, a leader who, against all odds, defied the odds and the might of the world's most powerful intelligence agency. The lesson Lee imparted was clear. No matter how small a nation might be, it could…
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I found that clip, frankly, amazing for lots of different reasons. But number one, let me just illustrate to you again a point we've driven home multiple times. Let's look at who he would have been talking about. So if you go back and you l…
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in the way he handled it. So not only did he foil the CIA and stick a finger in the eye of the United States State Department, and they're playing around through Johnson. Listen to this exchange here. This is so incredible. And a lesson sho…
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The Prime Minister of Singapore. The Prime Minister of Singapore. First question now from Colleen Frederick of NBC.…
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at which they must react. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. We'll be back with Meet the Press and more questions for our guest, the Prime Minister of Singapore. But first, this message. Back to Meet the Press, an unrehearsed press conference. …
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Elaine Frederick of NBC News. The other reporters on our panel are Roland Evans of the Chicago Sun-Times, Seymour Topping of the New York Times, and Crosby Noyes of the Washington Evening Star. Lauren C. Spivak, permanent member of the Meet…
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in Southeast Asia. What did you mean by unscramble the whole lot of us? One of the problems in Southeast Asia is that there's relatively new and fragile independent nations. They've just become a great problem. And it melts very easily beca…
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You know, you bend with the wind like the bamboo, as the Chinese saying goes. And if it looks as if the east wind is growing stronger than the west wind, then people start bending that way even before the wind comes. What you're saying, sir…
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No, may I say what I mean myself in my own form of words? I think Americans have, I think it's a friendly habit of trying to help a person think for himself, but I'd rather do my own composition if I may. Don't you love that? May I say what…
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the rest of Southeast Asia, and we were not consulted. You decided again in 1956 that ZM, because he didn't want to have free elections, and you supported him because elections couldn't be free, and I've read all the semantics about what is…
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American advisors in the Kennedy administration, you had your last chance when Diem got knocked down by a bus, or perhaps it was a tank, and you could have got out and said to the generals, well, we'll help you, guns, uniforms, pay for the …