Frank Tan person
also: Frank Tan, T-A-N, Tan
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“What at first may have been a casual arrangement soon converted to an intelligence organization in a short time, utilizing British funds, radios, equipment, and Chinese personnel. Gordon was joined by two American associates, one by the nam…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam history 1940’s and prior @ 36:10
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▶ 33:18
number one, Harry Bernard, number two, and lastly, Frank Tan, T-A-N. Gordon was a British-born Canadian with a home in California. After selling his coffee plantation in Kenya, you know, because that's like everybody, you know, no big deal.…
▶ 36:10
What at first may have been a casual arrangement soon converted to an intelligence organization in a short time, utilizing British funds, radios, equipment, and Chinese personnel. Gordon was joined by two American associates, one by the nam…
▶ 47:28
I told him about our work and asked whether he could help us. He said that he might be able to help us, but they had no radios, no radio operators, nor any other equipment. We discussed taking a radio and a generator and a radio operator so…
▶ 49:21
They went back to Vietnam. After arriving in Vietnam at Bac Bo, B-A-C-B-O, at the end of April, Tan wrote his initial impression. The country where I am at is very poor. They could not afford to pay taxes and still exist. As near as I can j…
▶ 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…
▶ 51:14
During these months together, Ho, Tan, and Shin developed a close friendship. He recalled, quote, my relationship with Ho became closer. I began to see him as a man dedicated his life to win the freedom for his people, unquote. During these…
▶ 55:03
But instead, another agent, Lieutenant Dan Phelan, was parachuted into the Viet Minh base in mid-June. Upon landing, he met Tan, who took him to Ho, Giap, and other Viet Minh people. In the OSS Viet Minh meeting held in 1997, Tan recollecte…