Camco organization
also: C-A-M-C-O, Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company Federal Incorporated, Camco Corporation
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Related entities (most co-mentioned)
Claire Chennaultperson · 3Flying Tigersorganization · 2United Statescountry · 1William Perryperson · 1Franklin D. Rooseveltperson · 1William E. Boeingperson · 1Thomas Corcoranperson · 1Joe Alsopperson · 1CIAintelligence service · 1
Claims (5)
Claire Chennault recruited
Camco host_asserted
“Because they want first dibs on the opium as far back as then. So one of those Washington squadron was lawyer Thomas Colcoran and a young columnist by the name of Joseph Alsop. Chenault would visit bases to recruit pilots for the Central Ai…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 37:30
William E. Boeing secretly_owned
Camco host_asserted
“a corporation wholly owned by none other than our famous William Polly, a salesman, and actually he wasn't just a salesman. He was the franchise owner of Curtis Wright Inc. Aircraft, and he was also head of the Pan Am subsidiary in China. H…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 38:00
Chiang Kai-shek financed_via
Camco host_asserted
“and fighting a war. In theory, the whole contract was to be paid for by the quote-unquote Chinese government, and by Chinese government, they mean Chiang Kai-shek's drug money, because the Chinese government at this point was in the middle …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 39:00
United States financed_via
Camco host_asserted
“and fighting a war. In theory, the whole contract was to be paid for by the quote-unquote Chinese government, and by Chinese government, they mean Chiang Kai-shek's drug money, because the Chinese government at this point was in the middle …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 39:00
Curtiss-Wright Corporation supplied_arms_to
Camco host_asserted
“not unlike how they paid for Operation Gladiator in Europe. The operation was highly profitable for both Polly's former employers. Curtis Wright was able to unload 100 P-40 Pursuit airplanes, which even the hard-pressed British had rejected…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 9 b @ 39:31
Mentions (3)
▶ 17:17
from New York's legal and financial circles. These men use their corporate experience and connections to set up dummy private organizations as proprietaries, wholly owned by the CIA, particularly for Far Eastern operations, on the model of …
▶ 37:30
Because they want first dibs on the opium as far back as then. So one of those Washington squadron was lawyer Thomas Colcoran and a young columnist by the name of Joseph Alsop. Chenault would visit bases to recruit pilots for the Central Ai…
▶ 40:49
It was agreed that Polly's new Camco Corporation could not take American pilots into the private war business without presidential authorization, and there was some delay in getting that approval. But by April 15, 1941, Roosevelt signed an …