Douglas MacIernan Jr. person
also: McInernan
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Douglas MacIernan Jr. carried_out_attack
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“Late in 1948, McInernan began a journey into Tibet, but perished at its border in April of 1950. Given the fall of the Nationalists, U.S. desire to resist the Communists, and Tibetan appeals for aid, there is some question whether the trek …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 22:59
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▶ 22:28
In fact, the agency's first death in the line of duty, a combat death, if you will, was of Douglas MacIernan, M-A-C-K-I-E-R-N-A-N, Jr., an officer under State Department cover who had operated equipment to detect Soviet atomic tests in the …
▶ 22:59
Late in 1948, McInernan began a journey into Tibet, but perished at its border in April of 1950. Given the fall of the Nationalists, U.S. desire to resist the Communists, and Tibetan appeals for aid, there is some question whether the trek …
▶ 23:28
He never reached the capital. The companion who survived, Frank Bezak, B-E-S-S-A-K, though apparently an agent contract officer, had no knowledge of their actual mission. Bezak eventually reached Calcutta, where the CIA base chief, Frederic…