Operation Archipelago operation
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Frank Wisner headed
Operation Archipelago documented
“This move was a signal for Wisner, who loved to be at the scene of action, to leave Singapore and come command the operation. In Singapore, the CIA station chief had been augmented for the project. The Navy also quietly moved two destroyers…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 45:19
Dwight D. Eisenhower covered_up
Operation Archipelago documented
“The government accused American and Chinese, meaning Taiwan, of operating the rebel air force and later acknowledged it was sending a list to Washington identifying these individuals. In response, Eisenhower commented publicly for the first…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 54:55
Sukarno exposed
Operation Archipelago documented
“that John Foster stood before the press to say the Indonesian rebellion should be resolved without intrusion, as he intruded. With the Americans, what the Americans did not know was that Sukarno could prove that Pope had an official relatio…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 57:22
CIA covered_up
Operation Archipelago documented
“which was a serious blow to the CIA's psychological warfare plans, John Foster Dulles made a concerted effort to prevent the American role in the rebellion from becoming public knowledge. In appearances before congressional testimony in Mar…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 47:06
Brian May exposed
Operation Archipelago book_quoted
“was even cited and attacked by the Indonesian government. The rebels' revolt was crushed, and by June 26, the government forces had won. The final result of the rebellion was to strengthen the hand of the central government on Java. In the …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 59:23
Dwight D. Eisenhower covered_up
Operation Archipelago documented
“The government accused American and Chinese, meaning Taiwan, of operating the rebel air force and later acknowledged it was sending a list to Washington identifying these individuals. In response, Eisenhower commented publicly for the first…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 55:02
Frank Wisner headed
Operation Archipelago documented
“This move was a signal for Wisner, who loved to be at the scene of action, to leave Singapore and come command the operation. In Singapore, the CIA station chief had been augmented for the project. The Navy also quietly moved two destroyers…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 45:12
John Foster Dulles covered_up
Operation Archipelago documented
“There were radio stations along the way that were bombed and strafed by the government of Indonesia. The radios were put out of action immediately, which was a serious blow to the CIA's psychological warfare plans. John Foster Dulles made a…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 47:03
Mentions (11)
▶ 4:02
All right. So let's get started. Chapter eight. And let's see. This is probably another one we're going to have to do in two parts because it's fairly long. But it's called Archipelago. And this one starts off with talking about some elemen…
▶ 41:59
They plan to incorporate psychological operations into it, and it is not surprising that in another telephone conversation between the two brothers, the subject of the archipelago came up. In fact, the country was a topic of discussion at 1…
▶ 45:12
This move was a signal for Wisner, who loved to be at the scene of action, to leave Singapore and come command the operation. In Singapore, the CIA station chief had been augmented for the project. The Navy also quietly moved two destroyers…
▶ 45:42
Along with the full extent of British and Australia collaboration, because they were both in on this as well, another prime base for Archipelago was the Philippines. Navy submarines left Subic Bay with supplies to reinforce the efforts. And…
▶ 49:07
Another CIA paramilitary advisor recounted a distressing episode that was all too typical. The rebels were sent to recover weapons from a scheduled airdrop, and the rebels marked the drop zone and knew the plane's timing of arrival, but sti…
▶ 56:55
as Cabell confirmed for Foster Dulles, but CIA had a lot of confidence in the man. Hope had flown in Korea for this civil air transport, including 57 missions to Dinbinfu. He had been recruited for the Indonesian operation in Saigon. His fi…
▶ 58:50
This was the end for the archipelago. An officer that heard Alan Dulles explicitly use the phrase, we must disengage as the director of intelligence ordered a stand down for CIA field forces. Some of the paramilitary advisor teams had to ma…
▶ 59:19
by the Indonesian government. The rebels' revolt was crushed, and by June 26, the government forces had won. The final result of the rebellion was to strengthen the hand of the central government on Java. In the words of historian Brian May…
▶ 1:04
Age 169 in the chapter titled Archipelago. We're talking about Sukarno and the plot, the original plot to overthrow him in the late 1950s, as opposed to the successful one they did several years later in the 1960s, because they weren't goin…
▶ 15:37
With Indonesia up for discussion at the NSC, it is not surprising that the subject of Archipelago came up again on the 5th between the Secretary and Alan Dulles. On February 6th, Alan Dulles told the National Security Council that matters w…
▶ 22:10
Talk of it out of the cabinet room proved almost impossible. In at least one instance, the National Security Council meeting in February 27th, conversation skirted the thin line separating the overt and covert track of Archipelago. John Fos…