Project Hake operation
also: H-A-I-K, Haig, Hake, Project Haygas, Archipelago, Haig fiasco
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Claims (11)
Allen Dulles covered_up
Project Hake host_asserted
“of working for the rebels and later announced that he had sent Washington a name of the people they viewed, they had found out was involved. In response, President Eisenhower at a news conference talking to us on April 30th, declared that t…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 46:36
Roger McCarthy member_of
Project Hake documented
“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 …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 11:56
National Security Council funded
Project Hake book_quoted
“The council ordered new planning, a process that led directly to Project HAIK, H-A-I-K, as the Indonesian operation would be called. The Joint Chiefs of Staff complained that the concept conceded Java, the most important part of the country…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 5:08
Chicago Daily News exposed
Project Hake book_quoted
“The incident with the plane forced to make an emergency landing in the Philippines created another problem. On March 8th, the Chicago Daily News published an article on American airdrops to the rebels, triggering more consternation in Washi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 31:10
Gregory Poling exposed
Project Hake book_quoted
“And it describes the situation in 1958. And again, in 1963, the Indonesian coup happened in effect in Dallas, Texas, because the policy was changed 180 degrees from the JFK assassination, which produced a genocide of 1.5 million. But it als…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 1:01:30
Dwight D. Eisenhower funded
Project Hake host_asserted
“they were basically making the CIA stand on their own two feet. So what did you think indicated that they took over the military? Well, let's see, they jumped the gun, all right, before they were given any authority to do anything, if I und…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 59:27
CIA financed_via
Project Hake book_quoted
“he would be expected to carry the brunt of the load. When Wisner hand-carried a simple voucher to the director's office authorizing $10 million for Hake, Allen Dulles, it is reported, signed unhesitantly. The initial outlay would be about a…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 7:07
CIA covered_up
Project Hake host_asserted
“Certain his pilots could stand up to torture, the CIA sanitized its B-26 bombers to prevent them being linked to U.S. inventories. And the pilots underwent strip searches to ensure they carried no incriminating evidence. That's weird. The A…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 52:04
CIA funded
Project Hake host_asserted
“At the Far East 5 Division, Heard Allen Dulles used the phrase, we must disengage as the director ordered a stand down. The CIA phase for Permesta revolt ended with the fall of Manitou to Sukarno's forces on June 26. The final result streng…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 53:29
Allen Dulles covered_up
Project Hake book_quoted
“He had not yet issued any such orders. John Foster Dulles attempted to prevent the American role in Indonesia from becoming public knowledge. This is very interesting and pay attention because this happened all the time. In appearances befo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 27:17
Directorate of Operations carried_out_attack
Project Hake book_quoted
“Project Hake served as an example of how things could go wrong. Robert Lovett, co-author of the board's previous covert study, pressed Eisenhower to transfer review authority to the 5412 group. Gordon Gray, the guy that we talked about earl…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 2:39
Mentions (18)
▶ 5:08
The council ordered new planning, a process that led directly to Project HAIK, H-A-I-K, as the Indonesian operation would be called. The Joint Chiefs of Staff complained that the concept conceded Java, the most important part of the country…
▶ 5:41
without affecting any real capability against the quote-unquote rebels. They anticipated some people in Java to be loyal to the government. Imagine that. They grudgingly, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, grudgingly approved with the action…
▶ 7:07
he would be expected to carry the brunt of the load. When Wisner hand-carried a simple voucher to the director's office authorizing $10 million for Hake, Allen Dulles, it is reported, signed unhesitantly. The initial outlay would be about a…
▶ 7:35
From that moment, John Foster Dulles spoke to his brother frequently about Haig. Foster overruled his own ambassador in Jakarta, John Allison, who had learned of the CIA contact with the rebels and argued against involvement, as had been th…
▶ 12:42
Simultaneously, Al Ulmer sent John Mason, chief of his air branch to the Philippines, to board a submarine, Bluegill, and watch the unloading while taking photographs. Alan Dulles, pleased at the successful delivery, told his brother on Jan…
▶ 15:37
With Indonesia up for discussion at the NSC, it is not surprising that the subject of Archipelago came up again on the 5th between the Secretary and Alan Dulles. On February 6th, Alan Dulles told the National Security Council that matters w…
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Now feared Sukarno might allow Russian bombers to use the facility. Again, there's no Russians. They're not coming. Navy's resistance melted. The Navy began aerial photo missions to support Project Hake. Naval flights created the possibilit…
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Talk of it out of the cabinet room proved almost impossible. In at least one instance, the National Security Council meeting in February 27th, conversation skirted the thin line separating the overt and covert track of Archipelago. John Fos…
▶ 24:40
The secretary just wanted him to know that he had the feeling we can't play too safely here and we have to take some risks because it looks to him that this is the best chance we have. Alan Dulles is glad to hear it, unquote. Arms delivery …
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had been augmented for the project. Through Scott Breckenridge, its liaison officer in Australia, the CIA also pressed the Australians to do something about journalists because they were reporting on what was going on. Do something in Austr…
▶ 26:46
and more discharges followed. Nasusen declared that force would be used, and a week later, a warship maneuvered off the coast of Padang. Radio stations were bombed by government planes, as Soekarno's order. In another conversation on March …
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Okay, reliance on a movement neither cohesive nor unified was to be the key error in Project Hake. The Permesta colonels opposed rule from Java, but their political program revealed their motivation as personal. That envisioned a loose fede…
▶ 47:02
Every rebellion that I have ever heard of has its soldiers of fortune, unquote, being paid by the U.S. government. Ike felt that he had done so well with his lie that he called Foster to brag about it. The only time during the entire operat…
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risk overt intervention. Again, covert operations had run their course. Director Dulles reluctantly told John Mason's deputy, James Aglarum, we're going to pull the plug. Three successive headquarters cables were necessary to get the field …
▶ 2:39
Project Hake served as an example of how things could go wrong. Robert Lovett, co-author of the board's previous covert study, pressed Eisenhower to transfer review authority to the 5412 group. Gordon Gray, the guy that we talked about earl…
▶ 3:39
He then told Gray to study the entire relationship between the CIA and the 5412 group. What happened next had less to do with Indonesia than with the president's desire to fine-tune his own staff. Although angry about the Haig fiasco, Eisen…
▶ 9:10
military people involved in CIA operations. Such operations as Project Hague required close coordination with the military. The Pentagon CIA link ran through the 5412 group, whose staff the CIA provided. So just so you guys know, just imagi…
▶ 11:56
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 …