Hoyt Vandenberg person

“He was not interested in having that job long term. He did say that he would take the job initially, but only stayed in it a few months. Army Chief of Staff General Dwight D. Eisenhower then recommended one of his top Pentagon planners to t…”

“authority, and then the first executive secretary of the National Security Council. Army Chief of Staff Dwight D. Eisenhower recommended Charles Bonestell, a top Pentagon planner, for the DCI job. Truman instead selected Lieutenant General …”

“He was not excited about the job. He actually didn't want the job. He was replaced by Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg. He was the nephew of Senator Arthur Vandenberg and a war hero. Under Vandenberg, the Central Intelligence Group grew t…”

“The first DCI we ever had, a guy by the name of Sidney Sowers, and his background was in Missouri grocery stores. So think about that. The second DCI was also from Missouri, a guy by the name of Hoyt Vandenberg. Here's the name you knew fro…”

“Week after week sent alarming reports to US President Truman in the White House. Washington and the US Secret Service were convinced that the PCF had to be attacked and defeated in a secret war. General Hoyt Vandenberg, who was the director…”

“He was not excited about the job. He actually didn't want the job. He was replaced by Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg. He was the nephew of Senator Arthur Vandenberg and a war hero. Under Vandenberg, the Central Intelligence Group grew t…”

“goes on to talk about the Voight-Vandenberg, who is a military general from the Air Force, became the director of the CIA and wanted to consolidate the power of organizations like the Pond and others that had been fielded like that and to a…”

“Succeeded in gaining control of the former OSS Strategic Services Unit, the espionage and secret intelligence organization that had both commandos, paramilitary, and spies. That grew his organization to 1,300 people. Vandenberg was not sati…”

“Vandenberg had been a combat commander with minimal intelligence experience, but he was a good organizer and began to build the Central Intelligence Group. Under Sowers, the CIG, the Central Intelligence Group, had operated out of a suite o…”

“PCF in France, they could seize power whenever they wanted, which was not true. They did not have a majority. In discounting the possibility that a French government could be formed excluding them, Ambassador Caffrey asserts that the commun…”

“already held by the US and British troops. His was one of the most important voices in the US-Soviet relationship, and his opinion carried the day. Roosevelt and Stalin exchanged increasingly bitter notes as negotiations continued in Switze…”