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Alan Pope person

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Sukarno pardoned Alan Pope host_asserted
“is another curious character. Why Socorro released him, I don't quite understand. Because he was sentenced to death and Socorro turned him loose. Pope comes back to the States and does everything and anything he wants to for the CIA thereaf…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 1:08:39
Alan Pope carried_out_attack Ambon host_asserted
“John Foster Dulles followed up the next day, saying the U.S. had no legal obligation to control American soldiers of fortune. Well, you could not pay them. Isn't that a form of control? The soldier of fortune argument turned out to be disas…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 47:29
Alan Pope member_of CIA host_asserted
“Washington knew of Pope's detention. General Cabell told John Foster Dulles the CIA had a lot of confidence in him, that there's no way that they could tie him to the U.S. or the CIA, because he had flown in Korea. He had been involved in C…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 48:29
Alan Pope member_of Air America host_asserted
“But the initial CIA airstrike came against Macassar in April 13th. Two B-26 bombers participated and one of them crashed, killing two Polish air crew members. The plane would be replaced, but not the pilots. The poles were not used again du…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15) @ 43:49

Mentions (10)

The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8
▶ 1:08:07 What was the date that he was in? Do you know the date he was in Indonesia? They didn't say that. Yeah, I don't have it off the top of my head. No, that's why I like having books because I write those notes down. SR-71. Was it 50s or 60s? I…
The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8
▶ 1:08:39 is another curious character. Why Socorro released him, I don't quite understand. Because he was sentenced to death and Socorro turned him loose. Pope comes back to the States and does everything and anything he wants to for the CIA thereaf…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 44:19 Alan Pope and William Beale to fly the remaining B-26s. Filipino Antonio Didal and Rex Reyes flew P-51s. More than a dozen raids followed when the airmen seemed close to exhaustion. Richard Bissell actually reached down into his U-2 spy pla…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 48:00 Where have I heard that before? This raid on Ambon finally found ready government defenses. Damaged over its next target, an airfield, the bomber's right wing caught on fire. The crew bailed out and were captured. The bombardier was Indones…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 48:29 Washington knew of Pope's detention. General Cabell told John Foster Dulles the CIA had a lot of confidence in him, that there's no way that they could tie him to the U.S. or the CIA, because he had flown in Korea. He had been involved in C…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 49:32 Why? Because he doesn't work for the United States government. He works for Standard Oil and all of the oligarchs. They want the oil and they want the gold and they all know it's there. 10 prick air raids were not about to do the job, he sa…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 52:04 Certain his pilots could stand up to torture, the CIA sanitized its B-26 bombers to prevent them being linked to U.S. inventories. And the pilots underwent strip searches to ensure they carried no incriminating evidence. That's weird. The A…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 52:34 The Indonesians captured Pope's flight log, Air Force and Civil Air Transport identification cards, his contract, and a post-exchange privilege card from Clark Air Base. So much for sanitation. On May 27th, the papers and Pope appeared befo…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 53:05 fat lie. Some reports suggested that CIA secretly assembled a team at Clark to snatch Alan Pope out of the Indonesian prison. Supposedly agents were going to smuggle him out, but there was no such attempt that we know of. The Pope shoot dow…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 14 (15)
▶ 55:04 with all of the stay-behind units, including Otto Skorzeny. Desmond Fitzgerald got the Far East Division chief's position. Even Alan Pope, tried in December in 1959 to a life sentence in Indonesia, would fly again for the CIA. The disaster …