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Claims (72)
William Sullivan met_with
J. Edgar Hoover documented
document
“The Director indicated he would not approve our last SAC letter until there was a clarification and a meeting of minds relative to the question of the extent of communist influence over Negroes and their leaders…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.115
William Sullivan did_business_with
Alan Belmont documented
document
“Memorandum from William Sullivan to AlanBelmont 8/30/63…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.114
William Sullivan worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“On September 6 1963 Assistant Director William Sullivan first recommended to Director Hoover that the FBI install wiretaps on Dr King's home and the officesof the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.121
William Sullivan proposed
Southern Christian Leadership Conference documented
document
“On September 6 1963 Assistant Director William Sullivan first recommended to Director Hoover that the FBI install wiretaps on Dr King's home and the officesof the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.121
William Sullivan proposed
Communism and the Negro Movement: A Current Analysis documented
document
“He proposed that it be distributed to the Attorney General the White House CIA State Department Defense Department and Defense Department intelligence agencies.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.138
William Sullivan member_of
FBI documented
document
“In attendance were Assistant Director Sullivan Internal Security Section Chief Frederick Baumgardner three other FBI headquarters officials and two agents from the FBI's Atlanta Field Office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.139
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
William Sullivan documented
document
“Memorandumfrom J Edgar Hoover to Clyde Tolson Alan Belmont John Mohr Cartha DeLoach Alex Rosen and William Sullivan 10/25/63…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.139
William Sullivan met_with
National Council of the Churches of Christ documented
document
“On June 12 1964 William Sullivan wrote a memorandum stating that he had been contacted by the General Secretary of the National Council of the Churches of Christ…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.148
Frederick Baumgardner met_with
William Sullivan documented
document
“Memorandum from Frederick Baumgardner to William Sullivan 9/8/64…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.149
William Sullivan met_with
Alan Belmont documented
document
“Memorandum from William Sullivan to Alan Belmont 11/22/64…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.149
William Sullivan ordered_assassination_of
Martin Luther King Jr. reported
document
“Sullivan testified that he ordered a 'tight-lipped reliable agent to fly to Tampa Florida to mail a package to Coretta King... The agent testified that he flew to Miami and then called Sullivan who instructed him to address the package to M…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.165
William Sullivan met_with
Alexis Johnson documented
document
“In December 1966 Domestic Intelligence Director William Sullivan reported that he had met with Ambassador U Alexis Johnson during a tour of the FBI's Legal Attache Office in Japan…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.179
Alexander Haig met_with
William Sullivan documented
document
“The next morning Alexander Haig personally visited William Sullivan at FBI Headquarters…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.331
William Sullivan worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“In an April 3 1964 memorandum to William Sullivan a Bureau Supervisor wrote…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.55
James Jesus Angleton met_with
William Sullivan documented
document
“On May 13 1964 he contacted William Sullivan stating that it would be well for both McCone and Hoover to be aware that the Commission might ask the same questions…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.55
Federal Bureau of Investigation worked_for
William Sullivan documented
document
“This was mentioned in a November 23 memorandum to William Sullivan…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.72
William Sullivan met_with
A. H. Belmont documented
document
“FBI memorandum from Sullivan to Belmont indicates there is no evidence that Oswald's assassination of the President was inspired or directed by [pro-Castro -j organizations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.110
William Sullivan met_with
Cartha DeLoach documented
document
“June 20 1969 memorandum to Cartha D DeLoach from William Sullivan Subject Tom Charles Huston Staff Assistant to the President…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.3
William Sullivan met_with
Clyde A. Tolson documented
document
“June 20 1970 memorandum to Clyde A Tolson from William C Sullivan Subject Interagency Committee on Intelligence…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.4
William Sullivan worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“No 32 July 19 1966memorandumto Cartha D DeLoach from William Sullivan Subject "Black Bag Jobs…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.5
C. D. Brennan met_with
William Sullivan documented
document
“No 38 March 12 1970memorandumto WilliamC Sullivan from Charles Brennan Subject New Left Movement Finances IS Mis cellaneous…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.5
Tom Charles Huston met_with
William Sullivan documented
document
“Prior to June 1970 had you had numerous conversations with Mr William Sullivan of the FBI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.9
William Sullivan headed
Interagency Committee on Intelligence (Ad Hoc) documented
document
“Who chaired the working group Mr HUSTON Mr Sullivan…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.11
William Sullivan member_of
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“Mr Sullivan as the chief of internal security Assistant Director for Internal Security…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.66
Charles Thomas Huston relationship_with
William Sullivan reported
document
“it was my understanding sir that they had known one another for over a year prior to the meetings…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.66
William Sullivan headed
Domestic Intelligence Division documented
document
“Mr BRENNANYes sir…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.102
C. D. Brennan succeeded
William Sullivan documented
document
“Mr BRENNANSpecifically August 1970…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.102
William Sullivan worked_for
Domestic Intelligence Division documented
document
“the Director of Domestic Intelligence Division informed us he wrote because he believed that he at that point had to give the Director words he believed the Director wanted to hear…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.66
William Sullivan worked_for
FBI documented
document
“this memorandum again from Mr Sullivan... To the No 3 man in the Bureau Mr Belmont…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.67
William Sullivan proposed
Communist Party USA documented
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“We regard Martin Luther King to be the most dangerous and effective Negro leader in the country... We are disturbed by this and ought to be I want him to know that we will do everything that is humanly possible to develop all of the facts…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.67
William Sullivan headed
FBI Intelligence Division documented
document
“Similarly the man who for ten years headed FBI's Intelligence Division testifed…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.30
William Sullivan proposed
Martin Luther King Jr. documented
document
“William Sullivan proposes a plan to promote a new Negro leader January 1964…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.85
William Sullivan worked_for
FBI documented
document
“Former Assistant Director Sullivan testified 'If a man is not under the discipline and control of the Communist Party ipso facto he is not really a member of the Communist Party'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.95
William Sullivan headed
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“William Sullivan who was head of the Domestic Intelligence Division during the investigation of Dr King…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.97
William Sullivan headed
Domestic Intelligence Division documented
document
“The head of the Domestic Intelli gence Division William Sullivan responded by recommending more intense FBI surveillance of the civil rights movement…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.101
Frederick Baumgardner worked_for
William Sullivan documented
document
“Memorandum from Frederick Baumgardner to William Sullivan 8/22/63…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.111
William Sullivan relationship_with
J. Edgar Hoover documented
document
“Sullivan's comments however should be considered in light of the intense personal feud that subsequently developed between Sullivan and Director Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.112
J. Edgar Hoover removed_from_power
William Sullivan documented
document
“which ultimately led to Sullivan's dismissal from the Bureau…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.112
William Sullivan worked_for
Domestic Intelligence Division documented
document
“The Director penned sarcastic notes on subsequent memoranda from the Domestic Intelligence Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.113
William Sullivan worked_for
J. Edgar Hoover documented
document
“This [memorandum] set me at odds with Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.113
William Sullivan proposed
Communist Party USA documented
document
“Sullivan recommended on September 16 1963 'increased coverage of communist influence on the Negro.'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.114
J. Edgar Hoover proposed
William Sullivan documented
document
“Hoover rejected this proposal with the remarks 'No I can't understand how you can so agilely switch your thinking and evaluation'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.114
William Sullivan did_business_with
Frederick Baumgardner documented
document
“Memorandum from Frederick Baumgardner to William Sullivan 8/26/63…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.113
Richard Nixon appointed
William Sullivan book_quoted
“Sounds like a wonderful plan. Nixon, however, decided he wanted William Sullivan. Once second to J. Edgar Hoover in the FBI, Sullivan had managed Division 5, which unfortunately, whether he knew it or not, Division 5 was basically the sheep…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 10 @ 16:11
William Sullivan headed
Office of the Director of National Intelligence book_quoted
“while Sullivan concentrated on domestic. The White House now controlled narcotics intelligence at home and abroad, but that wasn't enough. Nixon's staff also sought to control the enforcement, and that required a strike force. In January of…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 10 @ 17:47
Richard Nixon removed_from_power
William Sullivan book_quoted
“There wasn't a bag of rice dropped in Laos he didn't know about, said William Bundy of Ambassador Sullivan. But in the capital of Laos, which is where Sullivan was and had been for now four years, in the spring of 1969, the new Nixon admini…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 37:57
Richard Nixon appointed
William Sullivan documented
“Two days earlier, France had closed out a series of raids against the Marseille heroin labs. The great heroin coup was well on its way to completion. On 9 August 1972, Nixon made William Sullivan, the director of the Office of National Narc…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 43:33
Jake Sullivan relationship_with
William Sullivan documented
“He served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Saigon. Interestingly enough, and I didn't know this, I didn't have this in my notes. I was just looking at his wiki page. His nephew is named John Sullivan. And he became the …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:55
William Sullivan member_of
United States Secret Service documented
“He went to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, which is international relations, heavily recruited source of CIA people to begin with. He joins the Foreign Service, which again is closely related to the CIA. And he goes to almost imme…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:03
William Sullivan headed
Office of the Director of National Intelligence documented
“Two days earlier, France had closed out a series of raids against the Marseille heroin labs. The great heroin coup was well on its way to completion. On 9 August 1972, Nixon made William Sullivan, the director of the Office of National Narc…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 43:33
William Sullivan studied_at
Harvard University documented
“ever looked into his background because when I was reading this book originally, I made a bunch of notes about his career. You know, it's very interesting and it's kind of telling again about all of the stuff that we research because he was…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 57:32
William Sullivan studied_at
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy documented
“He went to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, which is international relations, heavily recruited source of CIA people to begin with. He joins the Foreign Service, which again is closely related to the CIA. And he goes to almost imme…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:03
William Sullivan operated_in
Laos documented
“for the Biden administration. He was the ambassador to Laos in 64 when the CIA is basically running the narcotics program there. And it also has him involved with that Lima site 85 that was overran. And he also,…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 59:28
William Sullivan removed_from_power
William Westmoreland book_quoted
“The Military Advisory Command prepared plans for such an invasion in September 1966 and again in 68, but Sullivan repeatedly advised against it. The biggest job Bill Sullivan had, observed one American official, was to keep Westmoreland's p…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 29:06
Maxwell D. Taylor appointed
William Sullivan book_quoted
“We're going to pick up right there. William Sullivan almost missed his assignment to Laos as the ambassador because Maxwell Taylor had wanted him to serve as chief of staff for the new mission in Vietnam. Taylor, as ambassador there, direct…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 1:23
William Sullivan succeeded
Leonard Unger documented
“Unger successfully protected Suvanna when coup attempts were made against him. Although his successor calls Unger a reluctant militarist, the escalation of the CIA secret war told otherwise. William Sullivan followed Unger. While Sullivan h…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 10:55
G. McGrethory Godley succeeded
William Sullivan documented
“Geneva that said we weren't supposed to be in Laos at all. There wasn't a bag of rice dropped in Laos that he didn't know about, William Bundy said of Sullivan. G. McGrethory Godley replaced Sullivan in 1969. They actually called him Field …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 11:27
William Sullivan member_of
CIA documented
“At this October 69 hearing, Senator Symington nudged William Sullivan into the admission that there had been no formal U.S. obligation to Laos or the Hmong. In his own testament, Mone, Richard Helms refused to be drawn out on the authority …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 41:17
William Sullivan operated_in
Iran documented
“just so happens, I'm sure it's a coincidence, to be the ambassador to the Iran in the lead up to the quote unquote revolution there. Again, I'm sure that's just a coincidence. So he does seem to be in all of the right places at exactly the …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 59:57
William Sullivan headed
CIA book_quoted
“of the CIA Intelligence Medal for heroism. I felt like one of the knights at the King Arthur's table. I was sitting on one side of a long table with a clutch of executives from the IG office while the acting head of the operations directora…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 5 @ 5:04
William Sullivan spied_on
Ho Chi Minh Trail book_quoted
“North Vietnam anti-aircraft fire against the planes led to the first bombing, so-called protective reaction strikes by aircraft accompanying the reconnaissance planes. Even with this support, the results were awful. In June 1965, Ambassador…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 20:50
William Sullivan member_of
CIA host_asserted
“The Sukarno-Suharto coup. And no one ever volunteered the information. No one told Carter that the U.S. ambassador to Iran, William Sullivan, who was publicly criticizing Carter's policy in Iran, had been the ambassador to Laos while Ted Sh…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 20 @ 26:26
William Sullivan member_of
CIA documented
“At this October 69 hearing, Senator Symington nudged William Sullivan into the admission that there had been no formal U.S. obligation to Laos or the Hmong. In his own testament, Mone, Richard Helms refused to be drawn out on the authority …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (32) @ 37:13
William Sullivan operated_in
South Vietnam documented
“He served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Saigon. Interestingly enough, and I didn't know this, I didn't have this in my notes. I was just looking at his wiki page. His nephew is named John Sullivan. And he became the …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:55
William Sullivan removed_from_power
Anthony Poshepny documented
“whatever the hell that is, Ambassador Sullivan issued strict orders for Americans to not engage personally in combat. He says that, quote, when I found those orders were willfully disobeyed, I removed the offenders from the country, unquote…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 19:28
William Sullivan operated_in
Tokyo documented
“um to bangkok thailand when paul heliwell is there setting up this entire um drug thing then he goes on to india um tokyo oh and does a few stints in rome both at naples uh in italy both at naples and rome um and goes to the um netherlands …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:29
William Sullivan operated_in
Bangkok documented
“um to bangkok thailand when paul heliwell is there setting up this entire um drug thing then he goes on to india um tokyo oh and does a few stints in rome both at naples uh in italy both at naples and rome um and goes to the um netherlands …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:29
William Sullivan operated_in
Naples documented
“um to bangkok thailand when paul heliwell is there setting up this entire um drug thing then he goes on to india um tokyo oh and does a few stints in rome both at naples uh in italy both at naples and rome um and goes to the um netherlands …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:29
William Sullivan operated_in
Netherlands documented
“um to bangkok thailand when paul heliwell is there setting up this entire um drug thing then he goes on to india um tokyo oh and does a few stints in rome both at naples uh in italy both at naples and rome um and goes to the um netherlands …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:29
William Sullivan covered_up
Secret War in Laos host_asserted
“I'm sorry, I thought Carter was supposed to be loyal to the Constitution. What did I just miss here? Holy shit, these people are crazy. Carter had no way of knowing that Sullivan and Shackley shared a series of secrets that went back to inc…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Prelude to Terror Chapter 20 @ 27:26
William Sullivan operated_in
India documented
“um to bangkok thailand when paul heliwell is there setting up this entire um drug thing then he goes on to india um tokyo oh and does a few stints in rome both at naples uh in italy both at naples and rome um and goes to the um netherlands …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:29
William Sullivan operated_in
Rome documented
“um to bangkok thailand when paul heliwell is there setting up this entire um drug thing then he goes on to india um tokyo oh and does a few stints in rome both at naples uh in italy both at naples and rome um and goes to the um netherlands …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 7 @ 58:29
Mentions (20)
▶ 34:42
And no one ever volunteered the information. No one told Carter that the U.S. ambassador to Iran, William Sullivan, who was publicly criticizing Carter's policy in Iran, had been the ambassador to Laos while Ted Shackler was running the sec…
▶ 35:13
focus on human rights over intelligence. Sullivan and his colleagues preferred the base, believed that the basis for all foreign policy stopped at the doorstep of the best interest of U.S., regardless of the human rights violations. Accordi…
▶ 35:44
Holy shit, these people are crazy. Carter had no way of knowing that Sullivan and Shackley shared a series of secrets that went back to include covering up all of their drug trafficking from Laos. According to William Corson, more than 100 …
▶ 36:12
that no one was fighting in Laos. Corson said that the policy of lying about where soldiers had actually been captured or killed had begun under the Johnson administration and intensified under Nixon's administration. Corson believed that t…
▶ 1:23
We're going to pick up right there. William Sullivan almost missed his assignment to Laos as the ambassador because Maxwell Taylor had wanted him to serve as chief of staff for the new mission in Vietnam. Taylor, as ambassador there, direct…
▶ 1:53
President Johnson had prevailed on Taylor to assume the ambassadorship at Saigon, leaving his post as chairman. That's kind of where we left off yesterday. So Bill Sullivan could hardly refuse the summons. Taylor was President Johnson's lik…
▶ 3:21
who was known as the crocodile and his influence in Washington, D.C., and how they were basically going to work with the Hmong in theater. So as boss in the Laotian capital, Sullivan could be certain that the American mission would pursue t…
▶ 5:13
million dollars a year. In keeping with covert operations, Sullivan issued strict orders for Americans to keep out of the combat and say that, quote, when I found those orders were willfully disobeyed, I removed the offenders from the count…
▶ 20:50
North Vietnam anti-aircraft fire against the planes led to the first bombing, so-called protective reaction strikes by aircraft accompanying the reconnaissance planes. Even with this support, the results were awful. In June 1965, Ambassador…
▶ 28:41
Ambassador Sullivan's biggest problem with the cross-border operation was the commander of the military, General Wes Moreland. Saigon wanted a lot more action in the Laos panhandle, either an occupation by friendly forces or an actual invas…
▶ 29:06
The Military Advisory Command prepared plans for such an invasion in September 1966 and again in 68, but Sullivan repeatedly advised against it. The biggest job Bill Sullivan had, observed one American official, was to keep Westmoreland's p…
▶ 37:28
to keep them safe. North Vietnamese attacks failed in May, but again in June, Lima Site 108 was overran, necessitating another air rescue. Vang Pao did not lose many more positions and even managed to recapture a couple. Even Bill Sullivan'…
▶ 37:57
There wasn't a bag of rice dropped in Laos he didn't know about, said William Bundy of Ambassador Sullivan. But in the capital of Laos, which is where Sullivan was and had been for now four years, in the spring of 1969, the new Nixon admini…
▶ 43:43
In October 1969 hearing, Senator Symington succeeded in drawing William Sullivan into admitting that there were no formal obligations by the U.S. to the Mao, the Meng, sorry. In his own testimony, the CIA chief Helms refused to be drawn out…
▶ 7:01
The escalation of the CIA secret war told otherwise. William Sullivan followed Unger. While Sullivan had been a senior member of the U.S. negotiating team at Geneva, in Laos, he became an enthusiastic field marshal in the secret war. The on…
▶ 15:09
that grew to be $300 million for a war that didn't exist. 300 million. In keeping with covert operations etiquette, whatever the hell that is, Ambassador Sullivan issued strict orders for Americans to not engage personally in combat.…
▶ 15:36
He says that, quote, when I found those orders were willfully disobeyed, I removed the offenders from the country, unquote. But despite Sullivan's orders, the CIA station appears to have taken little action against the, quote, unquote, cowb…
▶ 37:13
At this October 69 hearing, Senator Symington nudged William Sullivan into the admission that there had been no formal U.S. obligation to Laos or the Hmong. In his own testament, Mone, Richard Helms refused to be drawn out on the authority …
▶ 12:40
Angry Hoover would later mete out punishment for errors such as this, quietly disciplining 17 agents. But the FBI director was desperate to avoid public censure, and he fully supported the commission's lone gunman story. Angleton, who had a…
▶ 5:04
of the CIA Intelligence Medal for heroism. I felt like one of the knights at the King Arthur's table. I was sitting on one side of a long table with a clutch of executives from the IG office while the acting head of the operations directora…