Hugh Cumming Jr. person
also: Hugh Cummings, Cummings, Hugh's dad, U.S. Surgeon General, State Department's intelligence chief
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Claims (5)
Hugh Cumming Jr. headed
National Security Council book_quoted
“stream about the U2. The main center of the planning moved to the State Department, where meetings at the National Security Council Special Interagency Committee were chaired by State Department's Intelligence Director Hugh Cumming. Now, wh…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 3:04
Hugh Cumming Jr. member_of
U.S. State Department book_quoted
“one time. He went to the same law school that Frank Wisner went to. And he was actually the ambassador at one point in Indonesia from 1953 to 57. He's in charge of the State Department Intelligence and Research Division. That's the same pla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 3:35
Hugh Cumming Jr. headed
CIA host_asserted
“He had Marines and paratroopers and knew how to use them. The rebel colonels had nothing like that and weren't interested in being trained on how to do it, thanks to the CIA. The light weapons and ammunition the Americans delivered didn't m…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 40:01
Allen Dulles appointed
Hugh Cumming Jr. host_asserted
“But that really is the only thing that I would say that I have a problem with in all of this. So let me do this one last. Well, there's a couple of points here. Thank you. That I want to make. Why did John Foster Dulles want Cummings as his…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Indonesia Part 6 @ 51:35
Allen Dulles appointed
Hugh Cumming Jr. documented
“which it predicted would be delivered on the 5th of February, but critically miscalculated in its assessment that Sukarno would not attempt to put pressure on the outer islands in the short run. CIA assumed that their group would be in a be…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 38:36
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And there's a couple of quotes in here that I wanted to call out. First, it says Cummings, who is one of Dulles' in-country contacts, three of Cummings' own agents were sent to Indonesia to report independently of the U.S. embassy and their…
▶ 51:35
But that really is the only thing that I would say that I have a problem with in all of this. So let me do this one last. Well, there's a couple of points here. Thank you. That I want to make. Why did John Foster Dulles want Cummings as his…
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I think that was to create a plausible deniability between the link of Alan Dulles and John Foster Dulles. They knew Cummings was going to be the reliable go-between between the two of them, and it gave them kind of a plausible deniability.…
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We may never have a better opportunity than now. And on December 12th, the secretary's intelligence director, Hugh Cumming Jr., told Foster he hoped the secretary, quote, will get the British with us in Indonesia. MI6 and SIS wants to move …
▶ 38:36
which it predicted would be delivered on the 5th of February, but critically miscalculated in its assessment that Sukarno would not attempt to put pressure on the outer islands in the short run. CIA assumed that their group would be in a be…
▶ 39:05
as between a territorial united Indonesia, which is leaning towards communism, and a breakup of that country into geographical units. I prefer the latter, because that's what they did everywhere. That's why they broke up Yugoslavia and all …
▶ 51:31
Because, of course, they didn't. They were paid not to. Still casting about for some means of strengthening the rebels, the Americans considered recognition of the rebels. Foster Dulles seemed to have favored this course, which was mentione…
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stream about the U2. The main center of the planning moved to the State Department, where meetings at the National Security Council Special Interagency Committee were chaired by State Department's Intelligence Director Hugh Cumming. Now, wh…
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stream about the U2. The main center of the planning moved to the State Department, where meetings at the National Security Council Special Interagency Committee were chaired by State Department's Intelligence Director Hugh Cumming. Now, wh…
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She actually works for this man, who's basically running point on this operation. Indonesia Project is unique in revealing John Foster Dulles' role in secret warfare. The secretary in New York for the UN General Assembly learned of the go-a…
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What he would like to do is see things get to a point where we could plausibly withdraw our recognition of the Sukarno government and give it to the dissident elements on Sumatra and land forces to protect the life and property of Americans…
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furnished 48 hours advance notice. At State, Secretary Dulles called Hugh Cummings to demand results. Cummings had two officials brief Foster in greater detail, but stopped them before they could broach the CIA action. Indeed, Foster, Dulle…
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He had Marines and paratroopers and knew how to use them. The rebel colonels had nothing like that and weren't interested in being trained on how to do it, thanks to the CIA. The light weapons and ammunition the Americans delivered didn't m…