Whiting Willauer person
also: Whiting Willout, Will Aulner, Will Aulner guy, Willauer, Will Auer, Will Allert
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Claims (16)
Air America founded_by
Whiting Willauer book_quoted
“Louis Johnson forwarded the proposal and the accompanying memorandum from Wisner to Truman. But the collapse of the resistance, i.e. the Nationalists, on the mainland temporarily paused the process. This became a defining moment for civil a…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 15:53
Whiting Willauer member_of
Air America book_quoted
“the bulk of the time devoted to the operational covert aspects. Soon, the newly minted ambassador, his appointment encouraged by Tommy Cochran, was in Honduras. Willauer is going to be the Honduran ambassador. Arranging for a rebel air forc…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 10 @ 14:08
Whiting Willauer ambassador_to
Costa Rica host_asserted
“to be the American ambassador to Costa Rica and Honduras. And he is also considered one of the key players in the 1954 operation against Arbenz that we just covered because he was in Honduras, just as a refresher. His specialty was admiralt…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 16:57
Whiting Willauer ambassador_to
Honduras host_asserted
“to be the American ambassador to Costa Rica and Honduras. And he is also considered one of the key players in the 1954 operation against Arbenz that we just covered because he was in Honduras, just as a refresher. His specialty was admiralt…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 16:57
Whiting Willauer involved_in
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état host_asserted
“to be the American ambassador to Costa Rica and Honduras. And he is also considered one of the key players in the 1954 operation against Arbenz that we just covered because he was in Honduras, just as a refresher. His specialty was admiralt…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 16:57
Whiting Willauer involved_in
United Fruit Company host_asserted
“because of the Boston Brahmins and the maritime monopoly. That's also where United Fruit was. And remember, he was involved in the United Fruit Guatemalan coup. So this is one of the main players in the beginning of the CIA. Also, so there …”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 17:24
Whiting Willauer partner_of
Claire Chennault book_quoted
“Chenault's partner in civil air transport was Whiting Willauer, which we talked about a couple of days ago, W-I-L-L-A-U-E-R, a U.S. economic intelligence officer who, during World War II, supplied the Flying Tigers as an officer of China De…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 13 @ 25:06
Whiting Willauer member_of
CIA book_quoted
“A former Navy ace seconded by another Navy vet were backed by a variety of air crew. A total of about a dozen aircraft was assembled, including three bombers plus P-47s and P-51 fighter bombers. Willauer gave the CIA advice on airmen on the…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 10 @ 15:44
Whiting Willauer headed
CIA documented
“of approximately 600 men. All now depended on Whiting Willauer's Rebel Air Force. It had run a number of bombing and leaflet missions since the first day of the invasion. A raid that caused some damage to Porto Barrios involved a hand grena…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 10 @ 47:48
Whiting Willauer appointed
Honduras documented
“by an air component of the CIA. The groundwork was prepared as quietly as possible. An unenthusiastic station chief in Guatemala was replaced early by a guy by the name of John Doherty, D-O-H-E-R-T-Y. Appointed ambassador to Honduras in lat…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 43:22
Whiting Willauer headed
Operation Pluto book_quoted
“On December 7th, the president approved. These men handled everything related to ATE. Willauer, the chairman, who had done so well in maintaining the Honduran base for the CIA Guatemalan coup, was recalled from Costa Rica, ostensibly as the…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 21 (22) @ 11:55
Whiting Willauer exposed
Operation Pluto book_quoted
“were still grappling with problems that could only be passed on. The horns of the dilemma were even clearer then. Whiting Willauer wrote a memo on January 18th that explicitly said the Cuba project might not succeed under existing plans. Th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 21 (22) @ 16:33
Whiting Willauer member_of
Air America book_quoted
“Chanel's partner, Whiting Willauer, W-I-L-L-A-U-E-R, went from civil air transport to be the U.S. ambassador in Honduras, which, of course, is right next door and where they launched all the operations for Guatemala from, where he helped Un…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 a @ 23:24
Whiting Willauer appointed
Guatemala host_asserted
“Will Aulner. It's spelled W-I-L-L-A-U-N-E-R. He goes on to become, actually, he was specifically appointed ambassador during 1953 Guatemala coup by the CIA. This Will Aulner guy who buds with this attorney, they fire,…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO - CHAPTER 56 - 'INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE - WHO ARE THEY' @ 34:37
Whiting Willauer member_of
Air America documented
“W-H-I-T-I-N-G is his first name, and Will Allert, W-I-L-A-U-E-R. So, and you'll never guess where we got him from. He was the senior manager at the Civil Air Transport, the CIA front airline. So, he had reported, he's been mentioned several…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 43:53
Whiting Willauer member_of
Air America host_asserted
“supplied Chenault not only with the contract, but also with planes at a bargain price, as well as with a loan to pay for them. One of Corcoran's connections, Whiting Willauer, promptly became Chenault's number two man. With a generous finan…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 41:48
Mentions (35)
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He represented them in court over the they basically wanted to give the Nationalists their own air fleet. That's where William Polly comes in. But they got sued in the process. And that's how we found out that this guy was their attorney, b…
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Will Aulner. It's spelled W-I-L-L-A-U-N-E-R. He goes on to become, actually, he was specifically appointed ambassador during 1953 Guatemala coup by the CIA. This Will Aulner guy who buds with this attorney, they fire,…
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Chenault's partner in civil air transport was Whiting Willauer, which we talked about a couple of days ago, W-I-L-L-A-U-E-R, a U.S. economic intelligence officer who, during World War II, supplied the Flying Tigers as an officer of China De…
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In June of 1950, Whitting Willauer, W-I-L-L-A-U-E-R, who supposedly was working for the Civil Air Transport Airline, flew to Washington to negotiate the final takeover of the airline by the U.S. government's Office of Policy Coordination, p…
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Chanel's partner, Whiting Willauer, W-I-L-L-A-U-E-R, went from civil air transport to be the U.S. ambassador in Honduras, which, of course, is right next door and where they launched all the operations for Guatemala from, where he helped Un…
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$1.8 million, and as they considered me to be his heir, they held me responsible for the payment. In 1960, while Willauer, a United Fruit official, and Civil Air Transport pilots were participating in the CIA's preparation for the Bay of Pi…
▶ 41:48
supplied Chenault not only with the contract, but also with planes at a bargain price, as well as with a loan to pay for them. One of Corcoran's connections, Whiting Willauer, promptly became Chenault's number two man. With a generous finan…
▶ 51:39
where his former partner, Whiting Willauer, now U.S. ambassador to Honduras, was playing a key role in the CIA-organized disposition of the Guatemalan president, Arbenz, in other words, overthrowing that government. Willauer and Polly were …
▶ 15:11
Founded in 1946 by Chenault and a guy by the name of Whiting Willauer, W-I-L-L-A-U-E-R, civil air transport was essentially a paramilitary operation from the beginning. Yes, it was. It made its living flying troops, supplies, and dignitarie…
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Delicate interagency discussion. Sometimes a little horse trading had to go on. In Asia, with the civilian air transport, the Frank Wisner crowd could dispense of all the politics and do whatever they wanted. Sometimes there was a question …
▶ 43:22
by an air component of the CIA. The groundwork was prepared as quietly as possible. An unenthusiastic station chief in Guatemala was replaced early by a guy by the name of John Doherty, D-O-H-E-R-T-Y. Appointed ambassador to Honduras in lat…
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W-H-I-T-I-N-G is his first name, and Will Allert, W-I-L-A-U-E-R. So, and you'll never guess where we got him from. He was the senior manager at the Civil Air Transport, the CIA front airline. So, he had reported, he's been mentioned several…
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So they're going to start dropping bombs and killing people when all else fails. So Whiting Willauer's Air Force that he's supposed to be assembling is going to be, that's like the linchpin of the whole thing at this point because everythin…
▶ 13:37
Always project onto others what you're doing. In El Salvador, a Castillo Armas-directed immigrant publication also received CIA money. Agency press assets throughout Central America began planting stories designed for psychological programm…
▶ 14:08
the bulk of the time devoted to the operational covert aspects. Soon, the newly minted ambassador, his appointment encouraged by Tommy Cochran, was in Honduras. Willauer is going to be the Honduran ambassador. Arranging for a rebel air forc…
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So they're bringing the guy that ran the proprietary CIA airline and posting him as an ambassador to Honduras. He had reported to Claire Chenault in a letter that he worked day and night to arrange training sites and instructors plus air cr…
▶ 15:44
A former Navy ace seconded by another Navy vet were backed by a variety of air crew. A total of about a dozen aircraft was assembled, including three bombers plus P-47s and P-51 fighter bombers. Willauer gave the CIA advice on airmen on the…
▶ 16:12
the frequency of black flights best at night, and on which local officials were or needed to be apprised of the activity. Visiting home on two occasions, Willauer went to CIA headquarters to convey his views directly. The ambassador spoke o…
▶ 16:42
known to be in charge of opium weapons trafficking and all this stuff, posing as an ambassador in Honduras, running a covert air force while serving as an ambassador against a neighboring state. By mid-April, CIA officials were concerned, a…
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That's why you hired the guy that runs your proprietary airline because you didn't think he was going to be involved operationally. The State Department publicly termed the charge that Americans had a role in the Castillo Armas plans ridicu…
▶ 47:48
of approximately 600 men. All now depended on Whiting Willauer's Rebel Air Force. It had run a number of bombing and leaflet missions since the first day of the invasion. A raid that caused some damage to Porto Barrios involved a hand grena…
▶ 15:53
Louis Johnson forwarded the proposal and the accompanying memorandum from Wisner to Truman. But the collapse of the resistance, i.e. the Nationalists, on the mainland temporarily paused the process. This became a defining moment for civil a…
▶ 16:26
And just real quick, I want to remind you guys, because we talked about him already, who this is. Whiting Willauer is none other than a Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate. He will go on.…
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by Claire Chenault to be quote-unquote co-founder of the Civil Air Transport, which was going to be a proprietary entity of the CIA. Because again, these oligarchs, part of which is the Boston Brahmins, that were in, they know how they're g…
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inside the CIA that will go on to be an ambassador and manipulate all of these world affairs on behalf of these oligarchs is critically important to this story. Okay, Claire Chenault and Willauer in 1950, in the lead up to all of this, basi…
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Occasionally, there came a question whether civil air transport crews would volunteer for flights. But since Willauer's pilots flouted their skills and can-do attitude, that was rarely a problem. And these are the same pilots that go and fl…
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And anybody that's ever worked, especially in military operations, panels, multiple people being in charge is the first sign of failure. You can't do an operation with a panel of people. Somebody has to be in charge if there's any chance fo…
▶ 11:55
On December 7th, the president approved. These men handled everything related to ATE. Willauer, the chairman, who had done so well in maintaining the Honduran base for the CIA Guatemalan coup, was recalled from Costa Rica, ostensibly as the…
▶ 12:59
We've said that the State Department is an extension of the CIA. This illustrates that point perfectly. You have an ambassador serving as the head honcho for a covert operation. He wanted 5,000 to 10,000 volunteers to train in the US to get…
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On the skimpy air side of the project, his experience with civil air transport was illustrative to the meeting. The leaders of the secret war gathered again on January 3rd, 1961 to discuss progress as well as the rupture of diplomatic relat…
▶ 16:33
were still grappling with problems that could only be passed on. The horns of the dilemma were even clearer then. Whiting Willauer wrote a memo on January 18th that explicitly said the Cuba project might not succeed under existing plans. Th…
▶ 16:59
At the conclusion, and this is the day after Eisenhower's famous speech and the day after the CIA had killed Patrice Lumumba, by the way, January 18th, Willauer wrote an infamous memo that basically said this likely was not going to work an…
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would ever be. The point had also been noted by the State Department on January 3rd and most recently by Will Auer on the 18th of January that American forces would have to back up the invasion. They knew it. They were counting on it. The c…
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Support by jets, the most obvious form the U.S. intervention might take, had been mentioned by CIA officers Whiting Willauer. Kennedy rejected it, and the CIA knew he was reluctant. By February 9th, Admiral Robert Dennison, commander of the…
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I don't know how you say his name, P-E-U-R-I-F-O-Y to Guatemala. He's going to be the coup ambassador. Whiting Willauer's name had already been entered on the list for a security clearance investigation, so he could be sent to Honduras as t…