NSC Directive 10/2 operation
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Harry S. Truman funded
NSC Directive 10/2 documented
“Also wanted basically a special operations caveat. In June 1948, President Truman resolved this matter by expanding the function not only of the CIA, but of the state and defense departments with the National Security Council as well. Throu…”
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NSC Directive 10/2 funded
CIA documented
“which that was the first time any president had approved any governmental entity doing any paramilitary at all. And that was Truman people. Both kinds of missions would be carried out by the new organization that would take an operational o…”
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NSC Directive 10/2 funded
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“and support of indigenous anti-communist elements in threatened countries of the free world. Now, this last, what, 10 words is the most critical part of this as it relates to Operation Gladio. Support of indigenous anti-communist elements i…”
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Also wanted basically a special operations caveat. In June 1948, President Truman resolved this matter by expanding the function not only of the CIA, but of the state and defense departments with the National Security Council as well. Throu…
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The 10-2 panel funds for the new organization would be included in the budget of the CIA, while the director would be nominated by the Secretary of State and approved by the NSC. According to 10-2 directive, the overt foreign activities of …
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evolution of American covert operations. For the first time in a governmental decisional document, there appeared to be a mechanism designated by the president to approve and manage a secret operation and make them responsible to him. Secon…
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The core of the 10-2 definition explained, and I'm quoting, such operations shall include any covert activities related to propaganda, economic warfare, preventative direct action, including sabotage, anti-sabotage, demolition, and evacuati…
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and support of indigenous anti-communist elements in threatened countries of the free world. Now, this last, what, 10 words is the most critical part of this as it relates to Operation Gladio. Support of indigenous anti-communist elements i…
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that if you designated somebody a communist, that it unleashed the full spectrum of covert operations as a result of that designation. Not that they actually had to be a communist, they just had to be designated as one. Virtually the only i…
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a level just short of armed conflict, the definition of covert operations contained in 10-2 endured for over three decades. It created a new office of special projects to carry them out, which was later merged into the CIA. And that is the …