Stuart Symington person
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Richard Nixon covered_up
Stuart Symington book_quoted
“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…”
▶ The Colonels corner president, secret wars chapter 14 continued @ 1:07:25
Stuart Symington funded
Secret War in Laos documented
“who helped, had been especially important because of his membership on a CIA subcommittee. Symington had backed the Laotian War. On a visit to Laos and Thailand in 66, the senator said great things about the pilots and the embassy people an…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (32) @ 35:50
Stuart Symington funded
Secret War in Laos documented
“Two years later, Stuart Symington steered a different course. At hearings on the U.S. worldwide commitment, he demanded explanations, asserting that the U.S. was waging war in Laos and had been for years. Yeah, with his approval and funding…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (32) @ 36:47
Stuart Symington funded
Secret War in Laos documented
“In late 1971, Senator Symington sponsored an amendment to the appropriation bill that set a ceiling of $350 million for all U.S. funds spent in Laos. $350 million. Wow, you really heard him. This level prevailed in 1972, though it increased…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (32) @ 56:56
Stuart Symington exposed
CIA documented
“Seymour Hearst published a front page New York Times article claiming that the CIA had been spying on anti-war activists for more than a decade, violating the agency's charter, former CIA officials and some lawmakers, including Senators Wil…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #9 b @ 42:05
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total helicopters of this type lost in Laos during the entire war. Perhaps the sudden amount of losses had something to do with the change of heart, a most important one that occurred in the United States Congress. Political support was gon…
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But given his membership on the CIA subcommittee, he was now expressing concerns. Symington had backed the Laotian War. And on a visit to Laos and Thailand in 66, the senator had had good things to say to the pilots and the embassy people a…
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hiring like Filipino mercenaries and sending them, just like they do Colombians today. Two years later, Stuart Symington was taking a different approach. He demanded an explanation in hearings about the U.S.'s military commitments in waging…
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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…
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Clearly, Symington had some reason to be exasperated with the agency's disingenuousness because, of course, he had been one of their biggest supporters. He was over there. He knew exactly what they were doing. Here's another quote from Symi…
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on Symington's change of heart as dishonesty. And in a 1981 interview, Helms said that when Senator Symington got up and started talking about a secret war, he knew far better than that. One element that may have helped sour key people in W…
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inevitably led for you to be involved with their operations, which again is horseshit. In turning against the Laotian secret war, Senator Symington and others in Washington were reacting in part to factors other than basic military situatio…
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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…
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Opposition to the Vietnam War led to questioning about many policies, including intelligence. There were revelations of the U.S. involvement in Laos from Senator Stuart Symington and others brought another close call for the CIA. This time,…
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a most important one that occurred in Congress. Political backing for Indochina war was beginning to be less and less. Support for Laos especially, since they weren't even supposed to be there. At one time or another, 50 senators had been i…
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who helped, had been especially important because of his membership on a CIA subcommittee. Symington had backed the Laotian War. On a visit to Laos and Thailand in 66, the senator said great things about the pilots and the embassy people an…
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Two years later, Stuart Symington steered a different course. At hearings on the U.S. worldwide commitment, he demanded explanations, asserting that the U.S. was waging war in Laos and had been for years. Yeah, with his approval and funding…
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conducting warfare so simmington felt he had reason to be exasperated with the agency's disingenuousness as the senator put it quote i have never seen a country engage in so many devious undertakings as this unquote with your assistance sir…
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Stuart Symington got up and started talking about a secret war, he knew far better than that. In his later memoirs, Helms added that the senator had been briefed several times on the CIA program and had even been Ted Shackley's house guest …
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With Hanoi and the Paocean Laos pressing against the Plain of Jars in the Hmong area, Ambassador Godley asked for massive strikes from B-52s. By now, Washington was at loggerheads over the secrecy of the Laotian War. Symington pressed for r…
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mind, quote, to trigger the domestic outcry, unquote. Senators Eugene McCarthy and Frank Church, along with the Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, deplored the escalation. By February 25th, Symington, with Mansfield and Charles Mattias,…
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And then they discovered that the base had an air-conditioned American-style officer's club with panoramic glass windows. Beginning with the Los Angeles Times, the Long Tan story appeared everywhere. In the Senate, Symington asked the admin…
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In late 1971, Senator Symington sponsored an amendment to the appropriation bill that set a ceiling of $350 million for all U.S. funds spent in Laos. $350 million. Wow, you really heard him. This level prevailed in 1972, though it increased…
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Seymour Hearst published a front page New York Times article claiming that the CIA had been spying on anti-war activists for more than a decade, violating the agency's charter, former CIA officials and some lawmakers, including Senators Wil…