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Claims (25)
Kangxi carried_out_attack
Formosa documented
document
“He led the conquest of three southern regions that had been ruled by Chinese defectors, captured Taiwan…”
source: book — Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making · p.126
Air America operated_in
Formosa documented
document
“Maintenance work in Taiwan however was normally a money-maker…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.231
Air America located_in
Formosa documented
document
“Corporate headquarters were in Washington D.C. with field headquarters in Taipei Taiwan…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.217
Chiang Kai-shek carried_out_attack
Formosa host_asserted
“historical non-truth like Taiwan was a democracy in the 1950s. And you just, again, you have to, yeah, that's not true. They were under martial law for 40 years. So any discussion of Taiwan's history that does not admit Chiang Kai-shek imme…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anticommunism&Cold War #13 @ 1:21:02
Allen Dulles operated_in
Formosa documented
“Turkey, Pakistan, India, Thailand, South Vietnam, Singapore, Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. Now let me point out for you guys exactly what's going on here. This is in 56. This is as we're getting ready to upend …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 12:34
James Lilly operated_in
Formosa host_asserted
“So, yeah, that's not strange at all. A lot of the international syndicate went to school there. Oh, my gosh. And he went to Columbia University and then joined the CIA. So let's see where he worked as a CIA. As a CIA representative, he work…”
▶ Albert Einstein Inst's How to Conduct a Revolution through Gladio Glasses @ 9:40
Kuomintang moved_to
Formosa host_asserted
“Maybe that's what they're trying here. And the key thing to this I want for future studies is the fact that they hide opium and drug, like the illicit drug productions in pharmaceutical companies. Because when the KMT eventually moves to Ta…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Colonel's Corner Book ClubReview Gold Warriors Chapter 2 @ 27:19
Chiang Kai-shek moved_to
Formosa host_asserted
“Flying Tigers, the Claire Chenault and all of those people back then that was all helping Chiang Kai-shek in this entire drug operation. They all decide that they're going to move Chiang Kai-shek to Formosa and rename it Taiwan. So now Taiw…”
▶ Operation Gladio 101 with Janet from Another Planet @ 46:48
Chiang Kai-shek operated_in
Formosa guest_asserted
“poppy in Burma, which is where they set Chiang Kai-shek up initially. Well, the Burmese government gets tired of all of the weapons and the murders and everything else. And so the CIA now decides they're going to move Chiang Kai-shek to thi…”
▶ William Ramsey Investigates with Colonel Towner Watkins @ 15:41
William J. Polk supplied_arms_to
Formosa documented
“and Chiang Kai-shek's KMT military Chinese, because the U.S. was recognizing it as being kind of the government in exile because they didn't recognize Mao. So they were using extensively Taiwanese pilots. And where did those come from? Oh, …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 6 @ 44:53
Chiang Kai-shek operated_in
Formosa host_asserted
“basically created Taiwan because it used to be Formosa after World War II. And he ran it during this time, basically for 40 years, as a martial law by de facto dictatorship through him and his son. Now, what's interesting about this timing …”
▶ Albert Einstein Inst's How to Conduct a Revolution through Gladio Glasses @ 8:07
Chiang Kai-shek moved_to
Formosa host_asserted
“So they're not allowed to vote. And keep in mind, as we go through this, KMT, that entity that Chiang is the leader of, is the element that when communism takes over, he claims rightful title to the president of the Republic of China and mo…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 1 @ 51:24
Chiang Kai-shek operated_in
Formosa guest_asserted
“And for the next 40 years, until the early 1980s, when we finally recognize mainland China and go into this one China policy, Chiang Kai-shek and his son ran the island of Taiwan as a dictatorship.…”
▶ Colonel Towner with Enjoy the Show Hosted by DC Lidzone @ 23:48
Chiang Kai-shek installed
Formosa host_asserted
“paramilitary people to you know cause trouble in china as they go back across the border that's that's this whole divide and conquer these people's abilities their knowledge of how to rule and divide populations it's it goes back centuries …”
▶ LIVE Research Dig - Ukraine and Pompeo @ 17:34
Sam Giancana trafficked
Formosa host_asserted
“He also says Roselli introduced Mayhew to Sam Giacomo and Santo Trapacani Jr. And of course, we know what they were involved in. They were involved in all of the opium coming in from Taiwan.…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 11 @ 1:19:43
Santo Trafficante Jr. trafficked
Formosa host_asserted
“He also says Roselli introduced Mayhew to Sam Giacomo and Santo Trapacani Jr. And of course, we know what they were involved in. They were involved in all of the opium coming in from Taiwan.…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 11 @ 1:19:43
Political Warfare Cadre Academy located_in
Formosa host_asserted
“If we want you to have a more responsible job and we're grooming you for a leadership job in your death squads, we're going to send you to a thing called the Political Warfare Cadre Academy that is located in Taiwan. Political warfare. Do y…”
▶ Colonel Towner with Enjoy the Show Hosted by DC Lidzone @ 1:19:38
Chiang Kai-shek became_president_of
Formosa host_asserted
“and chiang becomes basically the president of taiwan and it's still the major drug manufacturer in the world um once he moves there after world war ii um but this is in the lead up to world war ii you know we're still around the 1930 time f…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Colonel's Corner Book ClubReview Gold Warriors Chapter 2 @ 27:48
Chiang Kai-shek trafficked
Formosa book_quoted
“and also said that he probably was the chief CIA asset in Japan. Kodama continued to oversee Japan's post-war drug trade. Heroin Labs moved back from the island of Taiwan, but from North China and Korea. And so isn't that interesting? Becau…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in Gold Warriors Chapter 8 @ 43:32
CIA trained
Formosa host_asserted
“Skyboat for airplane and SkyClock for parachutes. Some recruits transcended their lack of experience with Western technology to become radio specialists. Others became weapons experts for the drop zones. On Taiwan, the recruits were eventua…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner president‘s secret wars chapter 8 cont @ 41:03
Chiang Kai-shek trafficked
Formosa host_asserted
“The Burmese government gets tired of being in the crosshairs with all of the killing of their citizens and stuff by the gangs affiliated with the drugs and the CIA's glommed all over them. So they kick Chiang out of there, too. He, at that …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in Gold Warriors Chapter 8 @ 29:33
CIA operated_in
Formosa caller_asserted
“the drug epidemic to the cia that could be very very profound yeah and it definitely is tied to the cia and it's tied to taiwan not china and you know it sounds like you know the receipts are there oh my god there are so many receipts it's …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 2:03:22
Chiang Kai-shek moved_to
Formosa host_asserted
“The Burmese government gets tired of being in the crosshairs with all of the killing of their citizens and stuff by the gangs affiliated with the drugs and the CIA's glommed all over them. So they kick Chiang out of there, too. He, at that …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in Gold Warriors Chapter 8 @ 29:33
Chiang Kai-shek operated_in
Formosa host_asserted
“the martial law was what shanghai shek implemented and the timing in the song indicates to me it is um taiwan shanghai shek not mainland china um and of course he took it in the spirit in which it was meant um but his his comment to me was …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 1:19:35
Chiang Kai-shek trafficked
Formosa host_asserted
“And, you know, when you think about it, you look at the you look at what what was what was Chiang Kai-shek doing? He was basically poisoning his like you said, he was poisoning his his citizenry. He became the world's most prolific drug tra…”
▶ Colonel's Corner Podcast with Ron Partain Operation Gladio Part 3 @ 33:46
Mentions (43)
▶ 1:39:59
Oof. So, I was listening to some history channel on the YouTubes, and they were saying there was a pope named Formosa. And I was like, what? I always wondered why Taiwan was named Formosa before. It's like, that's not a Chinese word.…
▶ 1:40:28
Anyway, I thought you would be interested in it. Well, Formosa was obviously the name of the island. And it was the the the indigenous people to Formosa trace their heritage back to Chinese. But that island was called Formosa, obviously, we…
▶ 1:47:27
It's all, yeah, you blow my mind, love. Thank you very much. Sure. Yeah, well, obviously you're in good company because the CIA has couped over 80 of them. You guys are definitely on the list. Okay, so let's see. Cousin It said that it is P…
▶ 56:44
When I got back to the department, I found news from G2 that a Japanese expedition had started. Five divisions had come down from Shantung and Shanxi to Shanghai, and there they had embarked on ships, 30, 40, or 50 ships, and have been sigh…
▶ 4:57
weapons and human trafficking cash into real estate. And they set up a whole bunch of like 20 some front companies in order to do the money laundering. And it grew so fast and so big that they ended up having to create BCCI and Nugent Hand …
▶ 46:13
grandchild of the political warfare cadre academy that we first talked about years ago in Taiwan. You set up these grassroots fake efforts to overthrow a government and then you slap on a political party name to a foreign-backed opposition …
▶ 1:19:43
He also says Roselli introduced Mayhew to Sam Giacomo and Santo Trapacani Jr. And of course, we know what they were involved in. They were involved in all of the opium coming in from Taiwan.…
▶ 9:56
Terrorism 102 was hosted in Taiwan at the Taiwanese Political Warfare Cadre, and Terrorism 103 was hosted in Israel, and that was reserved for the people that they wanted to actually run the network, like the leadership of it. And that was …
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And so that allows the government a part in protecting this whole drug operation. And then you just keep shifting it around from country to country like they've been doing since 1948 when they went into business with Chiang Kai-shek out of …
▶ 1:46:53
This is the basically what we would call like an AVSOC, which is, you know, basically what they are now at Hurlburt Field. This is the precursor. And they were flying out of the Philippines and out of where? Formosa. And they were basically…
▶ 1:48:27
Yeah, this is the recon planes that flew out of the Philippines and Taiwan into Vietnam, Laos. And yeah, I knew I recognized the name. I just had to look in my notes. Thank you. Thank you. Miles, go ahead. Yeah, I rarely take a microphone i…
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Chiang Kai-shek has taken not just Formosa and turned it into Taiwan, but they occupy almost all of the islands off the coast of China. They had forces in Burma at this time, and they would eventually insert forces through this covert opera…
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indelicate to draw attention to the explicit paramilitary effort to stir up trouble for that very nation. Refusal to open the records on Tibet is ironic. Given the many failures that pepper the CIA's paramilitary, you would think that that …
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using those same trails during World War II to smuggle arms to Chiang Kai-shek. They had a very well-established support network, including a warehouse that was now reopened. Recruits traveled in groups to Calcutta by train when the next li…
▶ 41:03
Skyboat for airplane and SkyClock for parachutes. Some recruits transcended their lack of experience with Western technology to become radio specialists. Others became weapons experts for the drop zones. On Taiwan, the recruits were eventua…
▶ 41:30
one to remain in the training camp as instructors and translators, and the last group selected for special missions given further training. The special mission training during the early years were given on another island, very probably Saip…
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Cadre Academy on Taiwan also went on to further training on other Pacific islands. The initial training on Taiwan squarely places the Tibetan operation within the larger framework of an attack on the People's Republic of China. Taiwan was a…
▶ 42:27
After the Taiwan Straits crisis in 1954 and was reemphasized after the, let's see, in 1958, Chiang Kai-shek still nursed his dream of a return to the mainland to attack Mao. During the 1958 crisis, Rear Admiral Roland Smoot, S-M-O-O-T, comm…
▶ 43:01
training of special forces, some 5,000 of them. Shang Kai-ku, which is Shang's son and deputy for intelligence matters, described an ambitious plan to land special forces all along the coast of China. While the Americans refused assistance …
▶ 43:29
The CIA station from early 1958 to June 62 was under Ray Klein, who became a close personal friend of Shanghai coups through his CIA presence there and also with the Nationalist Special Forces and became a joint agent in propaganda activiti…
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The use of agents was largely replaced in about 1960 with overhead reconnaissance. Nationalist pilots were trained to fly U-2s given to Taiwan under a military assistance program. Think about that for just a second. The U.S. gave a dictator…
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within the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron equipped with C-130s. Highly qualified air crew were vital to the Tibet flights. These were made at night at low altitude and within the Himalayan mountains. To find remote drop zones, you needed navig…
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They used them to get rid of an elected president in Nicaragua in order to continue to use slave labor in Nicaragua. And in Tibet, you have their overall agenda was basically death by a thousand cuts to China because they want Chiang Kai-sh…
▶ 32:17
and the resistance commanders made an increasingly desperate plea for supplies. When JFK took the oath of office on January 20th, 1961, the CIA had already prepared proposals for what to do in Tibet. Not like they were setting them up or an…
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And that's literally what you start off with with Paul Williams' book and the role model of Chiang Kai-shek. Well, then every piece of that had to be looked at. The entire drug thing had to be looked at. The entire Chiang Kai-shek apparatus…
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with the first air mission on October 20, 1957, required a modified B-17 aircraft flown from Taiwan. Agency officers, meaning the CIA, Roger McCarthy, went along to mine them. Thor's rug, as he would also be involved in Project Hague, used …
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and the godfather of his children, yes, that close, was one of WACL's top U.S. supporters. Also connected to these lobby groups was Lucian Koenig and the State Department former intelligence chief turned CIA guy, Ray Klein, who attended Tai…
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History as it relates to Operation Gladio, like the fact that the CIA overthrew Congo, overthrew Chile, overthrew and what we did in Taiwan and all and the fact that we have attacked China repeatedly through Tibet, the Uyghurs and all that …
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historical non-truth like Taiwan was a democracy in the 1950s. And you just, again, you have to, yeah, that's not true. They were under martial law for 40 years. So any discussion of Taiwan's history that does not admit Chiang Kai-shek imme…
▶ 1:21:02
historical non-truth like Taiwan was a democracy in the 1950s. And you just, again, you have to, yeah, that's not true. They were under martial law for 40 years. So any discussion of Taiwan's history that does not admit Chiang Kai-shek imme…
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martial law and lived under martial law and murdered tens of thousands of Formosans is to me bullshit. And the latest article that he had sent me, I don't even know what the publication date of it was because I'd had a long conversation wit…
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Also in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. And basically what we're talking about is the rat lines that took the within the Catholic Church that took the Nazis down. These are the exact hotspots of Gladio. Southeast Asia wit…
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McIntyre concluded that the future imbalance of world power is to be determined not in Europe, but in Asia. He invested much more energy and resources in that area than he did in Europe. ICCC Southeast Asian Network included high-ranking fi…
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It lines up perfectly with the World Anti-Communist League and the Unification Church and the drug lord, Chiang Kai-shek. The South Korean president in 1950s was Syngman Rhee, was a longstanding personal friend of one key ICCC official. Oth…
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close cooperative contact with the son of the president of Taiwan, General Shengkai Ku, who directed the country's secret police. Nothing like missionaries and church officials getting in bed with secret police. Nothing to see here. In the …
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were begun about allowing the ICCC to start radio broadcasts on the island. Occasionally, the ICCC received intelligence products from their Asian counterparts, including from intelligence officers in the U.S. occupation forces in Japan. Th…
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called the World Anti-Communist League. The Asian network benefited from McIntyre's closeness to several key people in the China lobby. Holy crap! The collection of anti-communist politicians, newspaper editors, and businessmen who advocate…
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How's that for a religious organization? Let's go nuke them. From that year through the 1960s, the ACCC kept proposing that the contested islands of Queen Mimoy and Matsu be used as launching pads for an invasion of communist mainland China…
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for Taiwan. So those of you who haven't heard me talk about that, Taiwan is not just Taiwan. Taiwan actually consists of six or seven other islands that the CIA took from China, one of which is like two miles off their coast. And they launc…
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veteran sets out what Shackley hoped to achieve in his story. Now, again, B. Hugh Tover was one of the guys that helped set Chiang Kai-shek up in Formosa and was there when Paul Helliwell was arranging the entire drug trade and how it was g…
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industry down there with the casinos, the hotels and all of that stuff. So we owned a lot. And plus the CIA was using it, which doesn't come up often enough. They were using it as the hub for the heroin trafficking coming out of Southeast A…
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And so we had basically developed the plan. And then supposedly there's some leak of this plan where the Japanese knew exactly how to do it. So go ahead. Excellent. Going back to that document. Okay. When I got back to the department, I fou…
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Isn't that pretty much the recipe for Gladio? Right there. Patterns. A decade before Gladio had ever been invented, they were already doing this. So Mao Zedong comes to power and kicks a lot of those bad guys out. They end up in Hong Kong o…