G. McMurtry Godley person
also: George McMurdy Godley, Godley, Ambassador Godley, Ambassador G. McMurphy Godley
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Claims (7)
G. McMurtry Godley carried_out_attack
Laos documented
“Nixon's nomination of Ambassador G. McMurphy Godley for the post of Assistant Secretary of State in Far East Affairs. Godley's role in running the Laos secret war was an important factor in gathering the opposition for his new nomination. A…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16 @ 21:20
Richard Nixon appointed
G. McMurtry Godley book_quoted
“Lumumba around for two weeks in his trunk, dead. And G. McMurtry Godley, who was the former ambassador to the Congo, is now Richard Nixon's choice for Laos. Oh, imagine that. Just like I said, move them around to do the destabilization slas…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 38:55
Marvin Laird covered_up
G. McMurtry Godley book_quoted
“Thus, Godley's request for airstrikes came in the midst of all of this political charged situation. Fearing leaks from the Pentagon about the B-52 in Laos, Secretary Marvin Laird, Secretary of Defense, instructed his representatives to oppo…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 1:07:48
G. McMurtry Godley appointed
Congo host_asserted
“We've got a George McMurdy Godley, Hotchkiss class of 1935. And he is a U.S. diplomat also. Went to Yale, but was not in the Skull and Bones. He was the ambassador to Congo from 1964 to 66. Anything happening in Congo? That was right after …”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies with WarHamster Bady 2025-05-22 @ 16:51
G. McMurtry Godley appointed
Laos host_asserted
“They assassinated Luwamba on January 17th, 1961. They installed the dictator, Mubatu, and they were basically stealing everything from the Congo during the time he was the ambassador. Nice job if you can get it. So we leave the Congo. Oh, w…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies with WarHamster Bady 2025-05-22 @ 17:23
William Fulbright removed_from_power
G. McMurtry Godley host_asserted
“He got rejected by the Senate because J. William Fulbright opposed because he was too closely associated to failed American policies in Asia. So he was he was nominated not to the CFR. I think you mistakenly said that he was nominated for t…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies with WarHamster Bady 2025-05-22 @ 18:27
G. McMurtry Godley ordered_assassination_of
Mafia host_asserted
“And so over 300 mafia people were assassinated, like just literally walk up and blow their head off with a gun. One after another, after another, after another. So that happens. And the guy that was the chemist that had perfected this, they…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 56:58
Mentions (15)
▶ 16:51
We've got a George McMurdy Godley, Hotchkiss class of 1935. And he is a U.S. diplomat also. Went to Yale, but was not in the Skull and Bones. He was the ambassador to Congo from 1964 to 66. Anything happening in Congo? That was right after …
▶ 17:23
They assassinated Luwamba on January 17th, 1961. They installed the dictator, Mubatu, and they were basically stealing everything from the Congo during the time he was the ambassador. Nice job if you can get it. So we leave the Congo. Oh, w…
▶ 17:56
Yes, exactly what they were doing. But we weren't involved in Laos, were we? CIA sure as hell was. Yeah, I've written about Godley before. Yeah, he's the guy who had to testify in Congress in 1992 about the POWs. He was criticized for leavi…
▶ 18:27
He got rejected by the Senate because J. William Fulbright opposed because he was too closely associated to failed American policies in Asia. So he was he was nominated not to the CFR. I think you mistakenly said that he was nominated for t…
▶ 38:55
Lumumba around for two weeks in his trunk, dead. And G. McMurtry Godley, who was the former ambassador to the Congo, is now Richard Nixon's choice for Laos. Oh, imagine that. Just like I said, move them around to do the destabilization slas…
▶ 39:27
Godley proved, if anything, to be even more involved than his predecessor in the day-to-day managements. They referred to him as a field marshal. Richard Nixon backed up the ambassador's authority with a letter confirming the primacy of the…
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Still held any sway at all because we've ignored it the entire time. But the propaganda was designed to justify a further intensification of the war. Planning for the counteroffensive was ordered by Ambassador Godley, because we ain't givin…
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of Fort Worth, Texas, was killed by sniper fire on a supply ferry flight into the Plain of Jars. In the Laos capital in Washington, the situation looked serious. Ambassador Godley requested massive airstrikes by B-52s as a result. By this t…
▶ 1:07:25
which is literally not secret anymore. Symington was pressing for a release and a full transcript of the meeting that they had already had on Laos so that it wasn't going to be secret at all. The Nixon administration sanitized the transcrip…
▶ 1:07:48
Thus, Godley's request for airstrikes came in the midst of all of this political charged situation. Fearing leaks from the Pentagon about the B-52 in Laos, Secretary Marvin Laird, Secretary of Defense, instructed his representatives to oppo…
▶ 1:11:58
A stringer for the New York Times in the Bangkok Post actually walked into one of the secret army's main bases and watched two hours before being challenged by a Laotian colonel, then questioned by Americans. The other reporters, Max Kofet …
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Ambassador Godley was furious. The American mission has lost any interest in helping out because the press. It is too late to halt revelations. However, Altman filed a dispatch to LA Times. For the first time, the base had been observed by …
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Numbers of Americans in the country was put at 228 military, 388 government employees, and 424 contract personnel. In the Senate, Symington asked the administration to bring Godley back to testify in front of the committee, Foreign Relation…
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So he had already couped one government that we know of. Tovar helped maintain the warm relationship between the CIA and the Indonesian military, which was responsible for giving the U.S. access to a wide range of information. Together with…
▶ 21:20
Nixon's nomination of Ambassador G. McMurphy Godley for the post of Assistant Secretary of State in Far East Affairs. Godley's role in running the Laos secret war was an important factor in gathering the opposition for his new nomination. A…