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Plan Blue operation

also: P-L-A-N-B-L-E-U, playing blue

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Claims (8)

U.S. Navy founded Plan Blue host_asserted
“present policy of the Kremlin, meaning the Kremlin wanted to stay the hell out of it, weren't going to give them any backup, and therefore they'd be on their own. So they had all of the information to say that that was not going to happen, …”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 37:56
Plan Blue targeted_for_regime_change French Communist Party host_asserted
“plan blue. It supposedly had the objective of keeping the PCF from coming to power. And basically one of the SAS officers said, quote, we are setting up a secret army, especially in the area of Bretagne, B-R-E-T-A-G-N-E.…”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 38:30
British Special Air Service founded Plan Blue host_asserted
“So there's all kinds of turmoil that goes on there. And at the initiative of the British Special Air Services, the SAS, which kind of oversaw their stay-behind units in England during World War II, there was a series of armed networks that …”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 10:32
Edme de Fulpian member_of Plan Blue book_quoted
“In the wake of the revelation, several arrests and investigations followed. Among the arrests of those arrested was Earl E.D.M.E. D. Fulpian, F-U-L-P-I-A-N. His castle was called, quote unquote, Forest. And it was close to Lambali.…”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 41:02
Plan Blue attempted_assassination_of Charles de Gaulle book_quoted
“It was even planned to assassinate de Gaulle in order to increase the public's resentment. So the reason why I like quoting these things verbatim is because I want people to understand the extent to which these people will go in order to ma…”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 42:17
Plan Blue attempted_coup_against France host_asserted
“effort was called Plan Blue, P-L-A-N-B-L-E-U. And that resulted in an attempted coup in 1947. And in 1949, the U.S. Embassy cabled the State Department in Washington, and it said the following, the fight…”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 11:02
Plan Blue carried_out_attack France book_quoted
“The plans revealed that the essential component of the secret war of plan blue conspirators had intended to escalate the already tense political climate in France by committing acts of terror. Sounds like Operation Northwood. Blame them on …”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 41:48
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure member_of Plan Blue host_asserted
“and that the cells of the secret army were going to be spread all over France, and that it also included members of an entity called DGER. I'm looking for the acronym. He doesn't actually define DG. I don't know if it doesn't have the spell…”
▶ Operation Gladio - France @ 39:01

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Operation Gladio - France
▶ 10:32 So there's all kinds of turmoil that goes on there. And at the initiative of the British Special Air Services, the SAS, which kind of oversaw their stay-behind units in England during World War II, there was a series of armed networks that …
Operation Gladio - France
▶ 11:02 effort was called Plan Blue, P-L-A-N-B-L-E-U. And that resulted in an attempted coup in 1947. And in 1949, the U.S. Embassy cabled the State Department in Washington, and it said the following, the fight…
Operation Gladio - France
▶ 37:56 present policy of the Kremlin, meaning the Kremlin wanted to stay the hell out of it, weren't going to give them any backup, and therefore they'd be on their own. So they had all of the information to say that that was not going to happen, …
Operation Gladio - France
▶ 39:34 And under their director, it included also members of the communist resistance, conservative agents, and above all, the United States members. This applied to, talking again about Plan Blue, top secret operations targeting French communists…
Operation Gladio - France
▶ 40:02 by the SDECE, which is the one that we mentioned earlier. And it's under the SDECE that basically the entire Gladio program inside of France is set up under Plan Blue. And let's see, there was one other I had marked here because I wanted to…
Operation Gladio - France
▶ 41:30 L-A-M-B-A-L-L-E, in northern France. It had served as the headquarter for the final coup preparations. Investigating commissioner found heavy weaponry, battle orders, and operational plans in the castle.…
Operation Gladio - France
▶ 44:10 Kind of like the Department of Justice telling us that the FBI is fine. You know, there's nothing to see here. He concluded that the CIA and the MI6 were to blame and that they were responsible for playing blue and not the SDECE, which, of …