Kunming place
also: K-U-N-M-I-N-G
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Chinacountry · 4Flying Tigersorganization · 4Charles Finnperson · 4Claire Chennaultperson · 3Ho Chi Minhperson · 3Bac Boplace · 2Chiang Kai-shekperson · 2Harry Bernardperson · 2Group Gorganization · 2Viet Minhorganization · 2U.S. Air Forceorganization · 2Japanese coup of March 9, 1945event · 1Air Ground Aid Serviceorganization · 1Paul Helliwellperson · 1Burmacountry · 1William J. Donovanperson · 1War Information Officeorganization · 1Office of Strategic Servicesintelligence service · 1Allison Thomasperson · 1Tai Liperson · 1Frank Tanperson · 1Mac Shinperson · 1DEERorganization · 1
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William J. Donovan established_base_in
Kunming host_asserted
“That's where the OSS came in. And we know that it was at the time ran by Wild Bill Donovan. And Wild Bill Donovan, once he was told to establish a presence in the Pacific, decided that they were going to put the base at a place called Kunmi…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam history 1940’s and prior @ 27:10
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▶ 27:10
That's where the OSS came in. And we know that it was at the time ran by Wild Bill Donovan. And Wild Bill Donovan, once he was told to establish a presence in the Pacific, decided that they were going to put the base at a place called Kunmi…
▶ 27:40
of where it was located compared to the northern border of Vietnam. And just so that you guys know, this is, and we're going to get into this tomorrow, but this is where General Claire Chenault and what ends up being called eventually the C…
▶ 29:36
So because 14th Air Force is located at this particular Chinese base, Chiang Kai-shek and Tai Li, his senior military people, are also in close proximity to this location, most of the time at these locations. And they are running the quote …
▶ 36:40
The other guy was actually a Caltexico employee in Saigon, which is South Vietnam, and his name was Harry Bernard. This organization, by the end of 1943, became invaluable for Chinese Genalt's 14th Air Force in Kunming. And so this was thei…
▶ 43:22
at that base in China where the 14th Air Force is. He could hardly have guessed that this action would have proved a magic key to open doors otherwise impregnable. Ho accompanied Shaw and took him to the American base at Kunming. He refused…
▶ 46:02
of March 9th, silenced all the GBT and their existing networks. This meant no information coming and going on targets, air defense, Japanese troop movements, nothing, not even weather reports. Finn had just heard about the Japanese connecte…
▶ 46:30
Office of War Information, where he read everything from Time Magazine to the encyclopedia. So Ho Chi Minh would sit in the offices of the American Office of War Information, which is basically Intel, in Kunming and read every single thing …
▶ 49:48
Tan also gave them an account of the weapons that they had brought, rifles, carbines, guns. Ho quickly sent a first intel report to Patty in Kunming with some details about the Japanese 37th Division, their location units, names of the offi…
▶ 50:18
The GBT Intelligent Network began to take shape again. Charles Finn and Harry Bernard received the reports in Kunming and passed information to the Air Ground Aid Service, an aid organization of the 14th Air Force. Training of the cadre was…
▶ 50:46
I will be very much obliged to you for taking care of our boys, Ho wrote. I wish they can learn radio and other things necessary to help us fight the Japanese. Probably this group consisted of a few men that they had trained for intelligenc…
▶ 54:34
It was highly probable that the assumption of a concrete alliance with Americans might have piqued the prestige of him among these groups. While small-scale training in Vietnam base was ongoing, the routine Khun Ming had become tedious for …
▶ 57:41
The Viet Minh were basically rude to the French. Thomas soon weighed up the odds and decided to return the French and work with Ho directly. While the uncertainty of the mission of Deer Team was continuing, the news of the first Viet Minh a…
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So Alan Dulles puts two and two together. Shit, I can get black market money, and I'm going to need black market money to do black market ops paramilitary for these Gladio units. Hey, it's a match made in heaven. So he takes Galen into the …