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Claims (73)

Ivor Montagu member_of Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Ivor Montagu, a Fabian of long standing who was also a member of the Communist Party…”
source: book — The Story of Fabian Socialism · p.311
Federal Bureau of Investigation covered_up Belgian Communist Party documented document
“the Director instructed at that point that the figures should no longer be revealed to the Department and the Bureau should hereafter take the position that that information was classified…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.68
COINTELPRO targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“In fact out of all of the COINTELPRO operations that were approved 59 percent of them were directed at the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.80
Federal Bureau of Investigation targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Mr ADAMSWell there were about 3,200 activities and about 2,300 I believe or so were approved under the COINTELPRO and over 59 percent were addressed to the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.84
Federal Bureau of Investigation spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Mr ADAMSIt justifies our doing nothing in the way of COIN TELPRO activities I still feel it has a justification that you agree with to investigate the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.85
Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack Belgian Communist Party reported document
“I don't know whether it is in the record open or not what purpose other than to occasion violence moved the Bureau to approve of forged signatures of Communist Party personnel on letters addressed to Mafia owned businesses attacking the emp…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.87
Belgian Communist Party recruited Mr. Wannall alleged document
“We may have an informant that not only belongs to the Communist Party but belongs to several other organizations and as part of his function he may be sent out by the Communist Party to try to infiltrate one of these clean organizations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.151
United People's Action Committee linked_to Belgian Communist Party reported document
“It might be noted that the United People's Action Committee is reported to have Communist influence in it…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.465
Belgian Communist Party linked_to National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reported document
“In at least one area information has been received that Communist elements are interested in attending the national meeting [of the NAACP] and desire to send a delegate to it…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.466
Benjamin Panell linked_to Belgian Communist Party alleged document
“Panell is alleged to be closely affiliated with the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.467
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions linked_to Belgian Communist Party reported document
“the IndependentCitizens Committeeof the Arts SciencesandProfessions is lookeduponbyFire~Communist party as oneof its successful organizational attempts…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.468
CIA spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“because we have penetrated the Communist Party so totally we know exactly what they are doing…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.48
Socialist Party of Chile linked_to Belgian Communist Party reported document
“If oneaccepts the unarguableevidencethat the Socialist Party of Chile was in fact a Left Communistparty…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.117
Gaylord Nelson member_of Belgian Communist Party reported document
“I USED A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S GENIUS SENATOR TEITELBOIM…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.138
FRAP member_of Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Allende's coalition was an uneasy alliance composed principally of the Socialist and Communist Parties labeled the Popular Action Front (FRAP)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.156
Belgian Communist Party member_of Labour Party (UK) documented document
“The abuse, though violent, had none of the vicious spite which the Communist Party later brought into the Labour movement.…”
source: book — The Story of Fabian Socialism · p.179
FBI spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“This was the most persuasive rationale for continuing FBI intelligence investigations of Communists and Fascists as well as German and other nationality groups before World War II…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.183
Belgian Communist Party operated_in Russia documented document
“After the collapse of communism in Russia, leaders wrested economic and political control out of the hands of one small group—the top leaders of the Communist Party and members of the Politburo...…”
source: book — Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making · p.172
Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Following Director Hoover's testimony about the establishment of an Intelligence Division and some public furor over the FBI arrest of several Communist Party members in Detroit Senator George Norris (R Neb.) asked whether the Bureau was vi…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.46
Belgian Communist Party operated_in Soviet Union documented document
“In this Act Congress made findings that the Communist Party was 'a disciplined organization operating in this nation 'under Soviet Union control…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.57
U.S. Supreme Court removed_from_power Belgian Communist Party documented document
“the Court overturned the convictions of second-string Communist leaders…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.57
Soviet Union recruited Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Soviet intelligence was then using the Communist Party as a vehicle for the recruitment of espionage agents.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.58
Canadian Royal Commission proposed Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The Royal Commission stated that 'a number of young Canadians public servants and others who begin with a desire to advance causes which they consider worthy have been induced into joining study groups of the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.58
FBI spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“By the raid-1950s the Bureau believed that the Communist Party was no longer used for Soviet espionage it represented only a "potential recruiting ground for spies"…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.59
Hu Jintao member_of Belgian Communist Party documented document
“By the time he left college, he had become a member of the Communist Party…”
source: book — Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making · p.188
COMINFIL spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The FBI collected intelligence about Communist "influence" under the following categories…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.64
Internal Revenue Service spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“As part of its COI TELPRO against the Communist Party the FBI arranged for IRS investigations of Party members and obtained their tax returns.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.69
FBI targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“From 1956 until 1960 the COINTELPRO program was primarily aimed at the Communist Party organization…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.83
J. Edgar Hoover covered_up Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Sullivan described this process of 'interpretive memowriting to lead a reader to believe the Communists were influential without actually stating they were in control of a movement…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.266
Federal Bureau of Investigation targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“In 1958 Director Hoover informed the subcommittee that the Bureau had an 'intensive program to 'disorganize and disrupt the Communist Party'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.295
FBI spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“It made it ineffective to prosecute Communist Party members made it impossible to prosecute Communist Party members at the time.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.16
FBI targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“the choice of individuals and organizations to be neutralized and disrupted ranged from... the Communist Party...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.33
FBI carried_out_attack Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The Jewish members of the Communist Party appear to have been inundated with clippings dealing with Soviet mistreatment of Jews…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.40
Lester Johnson carried_out_attack Belgian Communist Party documented document
“"Lester Johnson used the organization to distribute fliers and letters opposing the candidacy of a lawyer running for a judgeship and to disrupt a dinner at which an alleged Communist was to speak.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.56
Operation Hoodwink carried_out_attack Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Operation Hoodwink was intended to be a long-range program to disrupt both La Cosa Nostra (which was not otherwise a COINTELPRO target) and the Communist Party by "having them expend their energies attacking each other.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.56
Federal Bureau of Investigation targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The Bureau requested that the local police have him arrested for homosexuality it was then intended to publicize the arrest to embarrass the Party.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.64
FBI framed Belgian Communist Party documented document
“According to the documents 'operating under the direction of New York headquarters, a document was placed in the record by the Committee which according to the 'presiding officer, indicated that the CP planned to hold its national conventio…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.66
Federal Bureau of Investigation spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Director Hoover told Deputy Attorney General Bryon White in May 1961 in the internal security field we are utilizing microphone surveillances on a restricted basis even though trespass is necessary to assist in uncovering the activity of So…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.119
Charles Garry linked_to Belgian Communist Party alleged document
“...allegedly showed that Garry was connected with the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.218
Vietnam Veterans Against the War did_business_with Belgian Communist Party reported document
“VVAWwas receiving funds from former CPUSA members…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.241
Belgian Communist Party member_of Young Socialist Alliance reported document
“One was described by a source as a Young Socialist Alliance 'sympathizer'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.253
W. E. B. DuBois Club linked_to Belgian Communist Party reported document
“A speaker representing the W.E.B DuBois Club was identified as a Communist…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.253
J. Edgar Hoover spied_on Belgian Communist Party reported document
“In 1941 J Edgar Hoover also requested wiretaps on two Americans who were members of the Communist Party and on a bookstore which was 'engaged in the sale of Communist literature and [was] opened by persons connected with the Communist Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.321
Department of Labor did_business_with Belgian Communist Party documented document
“Nevertheless the Labor Department refused to deport automatically every Communist Party alien instead adopting a policy of differentiating between 'conscious' and 'unconscious' membership...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.391
U.S. Supreme Court targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“At the peak of international tension during the Korean War the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act for conspiracy to advocate violent overthrow of the government…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.433
Belgian Communist Party linked_to Soviet Union documented document
“The conspiratorial nature of the Communist Party and its ideological links with the Soviet Union at a time of stress in Soviet-American relations were cited by the Court as the reasons for its decision…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.433
Belgian Communist Party operated_in Soviet Union documented document
“Congress made findings that the Communist Party was 'a disciplined organization operating in this nation 'under Soviet Union control with the aim of installing 'a Soviet style dictatorship.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.433
Soviet Union recruited Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The program originated out of serious and well-founded concern that Soviet intelligence was using the Communist Party as an effective vehicle for the recruitment of espionage agents…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.437
Belgian Communist Party targeted_for_regime_change United States documented document
“Prosecution of Party officials and responsible functionaries would in turn result in a judicial precedent being set that the Communist Party as an organization is illegal that it advocates the overthrow of the government by force and violen…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.445
Belgian Communist Party linked_to NAACP reported document
“follow CP infiltration of the national organization of the NAACP and local branches of the NAACP…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.489
Belgian Communist Party linked_to Students for a Democratic Society reported document
“Students for Democratic Society which is largely infiltrated by communists…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.490
Belgian Communist Party linked_to Socialist Workers Party reported document
“follow and report interest and activity of the CP and SWP in the NAACP in St Louis…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.489
Emergency Detention Program member_of Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The unit would also draw on the Departmental files on individuals maintained under the Emergency Detention Program which contained 'brief synopses of approximately 10,000 individuals who are members of the Communist Party the SWP the Nation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.504
FBI spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“The way this was done in the case of the Communists was revealed in the secret instructions to the Bureau's special agents from its headquarters dated December 27 1919 in a document which the Bureau's agents were required to produce in [a] …”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.120
Belgian Communist Party member_of New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam documented document
“These organizations include the Communist Party... NMC is not an individual membership organization It is a coalition of many organizations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.313
Federal Bureau of Investigation spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“[Iin the internal security field we are utilizing microphonesurveillances on a restricted basis even though trespass is necessary to assist in uncovering the activities of Soviet intelligence agents and Communist Party leaders…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.72
FBI spied_on Belgian Communist Party documented document
“A part of their problem is that they attempted to translate the tactics first used against the Communist Party against virtually every perceived enemy…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.44
FBI targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document
“There were after the fact notifications of the activities against the Communist Party and against the Klan.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.58
Charles Cabell asserted Belgian Communist Party documented
“testified in a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that neither the Cuban Communist Party nor the CIA considered Castro a communist. The Cuban Communist Party did not control Castro's government, but that it was seeking to influence him. Cabell a…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 23:05
Julian Lahant headed Belgian Communist Party documented
“activists were directly implicated in anti-constitutional political activity including serious acts of violence and anti-government coup plots unquote the former member of the belgium peace and liberty organization confessed on his deathbed…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 9 @ 54:14
Henry Abrams member_of Belgian Communist Party host_asserted
“Commenting on a rally at Madison Square Garden, Senator James Eastland, Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Chairman, said this. The communists publicized the meeting well in advance through their own and sympathetic periodicals. The affa…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot Part 5 @ 49:30
William R. Pears carried_out_attack Belgian Communist Party book_quoted
“got hurt during one of these training things, and so William Pears replaces him. Pears subsequently becomes the head of OSS operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. He personally oversaw the commando operations carried out by the KMT tr…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 1 @ 1:19:02
Fidel Castro relationship_with Belgian Communist Party book_quoted
“Note, therefore, that in 1959, notwithstanding Castro's pronouncement decades later, Fidel Castro had not become a communist, nor was his January 26th movement anything associated with the Communist Party. Nor did Castro bring communism int…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 45:34
Belgian Communist Party relationship_with 26th of July Movement book_quoted
“favored general strike tactics. They wanted nothing to do with the M26 movement. Even people in Cuba, they had a very small contingent that actually called themselves communists. They wanted nothing to do with Castro. Argentina, Brazil, Chi…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 46:03
Julian Lahant member_of Belgian Communist Party host_asserted
“and was obviously labeled a communist. And after he was arrested by the Germans, Lahant had spent the war in captivity. And upon his liberation in 1945, was basically appointed as honorary president of the Belgium communist. Lahant openly a…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Belgium @ 22:02
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. spied_on Belgian Communist Party host_asserted
“As an OSS analyst, Schlesinger had been stationed in the London and Paris office. He held strong anti-communist views. After the war, Schlesinger became the leading architect of the Cold War liberalism, joining the anti-Soviet propaganda ca…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19 @ 29:27
Time Inc. spied_on Belgian Communist Party host_asserted
“effort by Loose Life magazine, which the young Pulitzer Prize winning historian sometimes wrote for, to develop a blacklist of celebrities that the magazine believed belonged to the Communist Party. And of course, all of them, like Albert E…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19 @ 30:28
Getúlio Vargas banned Belgian Communist Party book_quoted
“by banning the local Communist Party, which, again, is analogous to the workers' rights movements throughout Latin America, because it was the only alternative to the dictators. They tried unsuccessfully to storm the presidential palace, an…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 8:15
Belgian Communist Party attempted_coup_against Getúlio Vargas book_quoted
“by banning the local Communist Party, which, again, is analogous to the workers' rights movements throughout Latin America, because it was the only alternative to the dictators. They tried unsuccessfully to storm the presidential palace, an…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 8:15
Kintex member_of Belgian Communist Party host_asserted
“And if you look up Kintex, basically what it says, it was an arm of the Bulgarian Communist Party. It was actually a company owned by the state, which in 1991, obviously, the Communist Party went away and it was still manufacturing weapons.…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bulgaria @ 23:30
George Lyman Payne Jr. member_of Belgian Communist Party book_quoted
“with minds as restless as hers. Lyman was an architect and a gentleman Trotskyite whose political activities earned him a place in the FBI watch list. Ruth Forbes Payne hailed from the Boston Blue Blood family that had made its fortune on C…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 24 @ 10:58
Cora Weiss member_of Belgian Communist Party guest_asserted
“You got to wonder if she's not one of those double agents. Totally. Did you scroll down and see where it says the Vietnam's in there? And then where is it? Yeah, she was a member of the Communist Party. Yeah. And then there's also Cold War.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner MLK Conspiracy Trial wGladio Glasses @ 1:45:55
CIA funded Belgian Communist Party host_asserted
“for the fascism of the Nazi Party and the same people paid for the Communist Party. And so at the end of the day, they are making villains in order to manipulate all of us. Carrie? Yeah, the Hegelian dialectic strikes again. Hey, Colonel, d…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10 @ 1:11:04

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Operation Gladio - Belgium
▶ 21:06 So the British and the Belgium authorities in late 1944 were anxious to disarm the resistance, i.e. the people that had helped defeat the Nazis because they're getting ready to call them communist, and to arm the police as quickly as possib…
Operation Gladio - Belgium
▶ 22:02 and was obviously labeled a communist. And after he was arrested by the Germans, Lahant had spent the war in captivity. And upon his liberation in 1945, was basically appointed as honorary president of the Belgium communist. Lahant openly a…
Operation Gladio - Bulgaria
▶ 23:30 And if you look up Kintex, basically what it says, it was an arm of the Bulgarian Communist Party. It was actually a company owned by the state, which in 1991, obviously, the Communist Party went away and it was still manufacturing weapons.…
The Colonel’s Corner Book Club Overview
▶ 9:15 And you guys can just search my timeline. I did a whole thread on Alexander Haig. He's a treasonous bastard. For the implementation of terror attacks and coup attempts, Kissinger was deeply concerned about the monumental gains of the quote-…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 1:09:37 buying off the warlords like Chiang Kai-shek to grow the opium in China, and then basically using that to fund all of these covert wars. Because at the time, they wanted all of China. I mean, it was very clear they were taking it a piece at…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 1:10:06 not that communism as a philosophy is good. You just wonder what it all was about at the time, not the stories we've been told. Because there's a lot to be said about a lot of the famines that were blamed on the communist party and the comm…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 1:11:04 for the fascism of the Nazi Party and the same people paid for the Communist Party. And so at the end of the day, they are making villains in order to manipulate all of us. Carrie? Yeah, the Hegelian dialectic strikes again. Hey, Colonel, d…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 1:23:04 and the IDF are fighting in a battle against the terrorists, and the KGB is funding the whole thing, and it's the communists, they want to take away our freedom. Like, they are 100% indoctrinated into one side. I wish I'd have known this, b…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 1:29:24 And then on the other side, you've got this rampant operation to just have to believe that the Islamists are taking your freedom and combining it with everything that's evil, the communists taking away your freedom. And we're just radicaliz…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3
▶ 8:15 by banning the local Communist Party, which, again, is analogous to the workers' rights movements throughout Latin America, because it was the only alternative to the dictators. They tried unsuccessfully to storm the presidential palace, an…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3
▶ 11:54 The Brazilian Communist Party was legalized as a fourth party, but just temporarily. In 1947, it was outlawed again by the Brazilian government. The landowners in the Social Democrats and the Workers' Party each owed debts to Vargas, and th…
The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4
▶ 36:15 was the care and attention that U.S. training lavished on their political thinking. For instance, under Byron Ingalls' direction, a student at the police academy devoted 165 class hours, about one-third of his total studies, to internal sec…
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 22:41 any of the political parties, it should once again be legal. All parties should be legalized to include the Communist Party, which at the time was not legal. But, you know, we've got all these communists running around, even though you're n…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 37:31 All of the ambassadors are going to not want a Castro because the ambassadors actually represent the international syndicate, not us. The station warned of Batista's vulnerability, even as the CIA tried its 11th hour efforts. On December 23…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 45:04 Note, therefore, that in 1959, notwithstanding Castro's pronouncement decades later, Fidel Castro had not become a communist, nor was his January 26th movement anything associated with the Communist Party. Nor did Castro bring communism int…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 45:33 favored general strike tactics. They wanted nothing to do with the M26 movement. Even people in Cuba, they had a very small contingent. They actually called themselves communists. They wanted nothing to do with Castro. Argentina, Brazil, Ch…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18)
▶ 58:20 from expats from the DR that were living in Puerto Rico. The American government, even the CIA, recognized these factors to some degree. By November 5th, 1959, Director Cabell told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that either the Cuban commu…
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19
▶ 7:03 and he shut down its armed unit, the Shock Battalion, the 11th Shock Battalion, which he suspected as being a breeding ground for the coup, and he was correct. Grossen, who was closely aligned with the CIA, had told Frank Wisner over lunch …
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19
▶ 27:53 that he had heard Republicans were spreading vicious stories, that they had found someone claiming to be an old Harvest classmate of Schlesinger's, and he will swear that you knew then that you were a member of the Communist Party. Come on.…
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19
▶ 29:27 As an OSS analyst, Schlesinger had been stationed in the London and Paris office. He held strong anti-communist views. After the war, Schlesinger became the leading architect of the Cold War liberalism, joining the anti-Soviet propaganda ca…
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19
▶ 29:57 If you're in the way, they will run you over. Schlesinger was a passionate believer in New Deal liberalism, which he saw as the only way to civilize capitalism. He was an equally ardent anti-communist, viewing it as a plague. Schlesinger be…
The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19
▶ 30:28 effort by Loose Life magazine, which the young Pulitzer Prize winning historian sometimes wrote for, to develop a blacklist of celebrities that the magazine believed belonged to the Communist Party. And of course, all of them, like Albert E…
The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 24
▶ 7:31 party crusade. Ruth remembers passing out Norman Thomas presidential campaign buttons in 1940 when she was eight years old with her parents. Her parents were active members of a cooperative movement and William went to work as an executive …
The Colonel's Corner The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot Part 5
▶ 50:00 Of the communist party. It is to the credit. Of the officers of the organization. That when Abrams record of communist connections. Was brought to the attention. Abrams was. Immediately discharged. Like oh crap. You figured that out. Now we…
The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 5
▶ 51:24 Perhaps 30, maybe more. Shackley said he never forgot the sight of his fellow officers realizing that five years of planning and millions of dollars had gone down the drain. The unkindest cut might have been their discovery that the Poles h…
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