Roswell Gilpatric person
also: Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense under McNamara, Gilpatric, Gilpatrick, Mr Gilpatric, Mr GILPATRIC, Ras Gilpatric, Roswell Gilpatrick
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Claims (10)
Roswell Gilpatric member_of
5412 Group documented
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“As a result of the report the standing members of the Special Group included... Roswell Gilpatric Deputy Secretary of Defense…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.57
Roswell Gilpatric worked_for
Robert McNamara documented
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“Roswell Gilpatric Deputy Secretary of Defense under McNamara said that killing Castro was not within the mandate of the Special Group…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.133
Roswell Gilpatric worked_for
United States Department of Defense documented
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“Roswell Gilpatric served as Deputy Secretary of Defense throughout the Kennedy Administration and represented the Department on the Special Group and the SG A during the MONGOOSE operation…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.173
Roswell Gilpatric member_of
Operation Mongoose documented
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“Roswell Gilpatric served as Deputy Secretary of Defense throughout the Kennedy Administration and represented the Department on the Special Group and the SG A during the MONGOOSE operation…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.173
Robert McNamara met_with
Roswell Gilpatric documented
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“Robert McNamara testified before the Committee on July 11 1975 that he had spoken with Gilpatric on May 30 1975…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.173
Roswell Gilpatric did_business_with
Edward Lansdale documented
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“Gilpatric had previously recommended Lansdale for promotion to Brigadier General and had worked closely with him earlier on a Viet Nam operation…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.173
Roswell Gilpatric member_of
5412 Group documented
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“a meeting of the Special Group was held with Messrs McNamara Gilpatric Bowles Bundy Dulles Bissell and General Cabell ha attendance…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.216
Edward Lansdale met_with
Roswell Gilpatric documented
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“Early in the MONGOOSE Program on December 7 1961 Gen Lansdale sent a memorandum concerning the Cuba Project to Maxwell Taylor U A Johnson Roswell Gilpatric and John McCone then DCI…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.349
John F. Kennedy approved
Roswell Gilpatric documented
“Still, the Gilpatrick group came to President Kennedy with a list of 40 items. Kennedy's decision set a course for the American experience in Vietnam. Between doing nothing and committing U.S. forces, JFK chose a gradual expansion of effort…”
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Roswell Gilpatric member_of
General Dynamics host_asserted
“The department, the Deputy Secretary of Defense is Roswell Gilpatrick, who before he took up that post, he was the Chief Counsel for General Dynamics.…”
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Mentions (9)
▶ 56:21
General Dynamics had several favors, factors in its favor. The president of the company was Frank Pace, the guy we just talked about. He's Secretary of the Army. The department, the Deputy Secretary of Defense is Roswell Gilpatrick, who bef…
▶ 13:34
Kennedy formed a committee to canvas the alternatives and present him with a list of options. Given the Pentagon's status as the biggest player in Vietnam, it was not surprising that McNamara's deputy, Roswell Gilpatrick, chaired the group.…
▶ 14:04
Many of the members had entered the new administration and were just finding out about all of this. Gilpatrick's own recollection is that none of us who were charged with the responsibility for this area had any preparation for this problem…
▶ 14:35
Nevertheless, Gilpatrick's group came back to Kennedy with a menu of 40 options, which is ridiculous on the surface. Kennedy's decision in this initial case conditioned much of the subsequent U.S. experience in Vietnam. Between doing nothin…
▶ 15:01
beginning a cycle that would be repeated many times. In the case of Gilpatrick's recommendation, Kennedy approved some of them in National Security Action Memorandum 52, which was a directive which he signed on May 11th. The U.S. would expa…
▶ 32:32
Castro's government statements pointedly feared a new larger, better equipped exile brigade. The U.S. denied such plans, but in fact, there was another exile initiative organized by the American military. It created a special Cuban voluntee…
▶ 46:17
Given the Pentagon's status as the biggest player, McNamara's deputy, Roswell Gilpatrick, chaired the group. The Gilpatrick committee faced a difficult task. Many of its members had entered with the new administration and were just finding …
▶ 47:58
they basically blackmail you with it. Kennedy's decision, hold on a second. Okay. Gilpatrick's own recollection is that none of us who were charged with the responsibility for this area had any preparation for the problem. What we didn't co…
▶ 48:34
Still, the Gilpatrick group came to President Kennedy with a list of 40 items. Kennedy's decision set a course for the American experience in Vietnam. Between doing nothing and committing U.S. forces, JFK chose a gradual expansion of effort…