Christian Democratic Union organization
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International Telephone and Telegraph funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“agencies on the special group approved cash. Langley ordered Hexter to sharpen his propaganda and aim it more directly at Salvador Allende. The late hour did not prevent the CIA from accomplishing a great deal in Chile, nor did the 40 commi…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 1:07:04
Heinrich Albert member_of
Christian Democratic Union host_asserted
“Albert had a close relationship with John Foster Dulles, working with him in a variety of projects for at least 30 years. In the immediate post-war period, Albert also played a pivotal role in the establishment of West Germany's post-war ru…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #4 @ 34:50
Arthur Ruppert member_of
Christian Democratic Union host_asserted
“and its extended network. A key figure for the BFF was its vice president, Arthur Ruppert, R-U-P-P-E-R-T. He was a journalist. He also was a Christian Democrat Party militant. He had participated in the party's reconstitution in Hamburg and…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Transnational AntiCommunism&Cold War Part 5 @ 7:25
National Security Council funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“and his agency station chief to help selected candidates. On February 5th, 1965, the group allocated another $175,000. Richard Helm recorded this as half a million dollars for covert assistance in the March elections. Again, the results wer…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 42:49
CIA funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“war days when the agency began funneling money to the Italian party. Dulles himself had confirmed this relationship when he was CIA director during a secret meeting with Morrow that was held in the Rome office. Following that meeting, the C…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 21 @ 14:00
National Security Council funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“to interfere and prop up a political party. Keith Wheelock, one of the new CIA officers, became the field man on the initiative. Corey himself instigated another. Looking ahead to congressional elections in 1969, he proposed a classic suppo…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 49:41
Eduardo Frei removed_from_power
Christian Democratic Union documented
“had to pay a price. Hexter's project became an interesting challenge. It considered an operational success because it targeted races when the CIA's backed guy won. The election yielded a net loss of Christian Democrats, though. Both the Nat…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 51:06
Committee of 40 funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“Think of Chileans like they think of Americans. He complained in his memoirs that the CIA state private exchanges had kept him in the dark about the proposal for four months. And then that the 40 committee approved this grand sum of just a …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 1:04:02
Committee of 40 funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“Alessandri ahead of Allende, with the supposition he might be defeated. On June 27th, the 40 committee added another $300,000 to the pot. State still argued against Corey's latest idea, a two-phase proposal, which included a contingency pla…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 1:06:38
CIA covered_up
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“That plenty held some piece of the puzzle. Inevitably, suspicions found expression. Termination of the latest project in the June of 1965 did not end the danger. The agency shut down lines to Jesuit priests who had been considered very usef…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 43:47
CIA funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“of the CIA activities. Richard Helms related that Fitzgerald had learned what he had learned to the special group, which met again on April 14th, directing McCone to disburse $1.25 million from his contingency fund to fund election interfer…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 35:21
CIA funded
Christian Democratic Union book_quoted
“but supposedly the 303 committee rejected those offers. And it's weird that the author doesn't put those in because they're well-established by the time this book was written. That's PepsiCo, Anaconda slash Freeport Mining, and ITT. We know…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Safe for Democracy Part 34 (36) @ 40:55
Christian Democratic Union front_for
Stay-behind units host_asserted
“to the Christian Democrat Party. Instead of actually calling them a fascist, they are now going to have a new name. We're going to call them Christian Democrats. And the Christian Democrats agreed collectively in Italy and Germany, France, …”
▶ Operation Gladio 101 Pt 2 @ 22:58
Mentions (25)
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to the Christian Democrat Party. Instead of actually calling them a fascist, they are now going to have a new name. We're going to call them Christian Democrats. And the Christian Democrats agreed collectively in Italy and Germany, France, …
▶ 42:33
U.S. intelligence agency set up the organization that was called Technical Service. And that's kind of the important, why I want to say these names of some of these organizations is for when you guys are doing your own research, if you find…
▶ 22:33
trade unions, and political parties in the early 1960s. It concentrated its support on the center-left Christian Democratic Party, whose leader, Eduardo Frey, F-R-E-I, was in, they categorized him as a reformer in exactly the right mold to …
▶ 41:22
Ray Prendes, the newly elected head of the Salvadorian Assembly and powerful figure to the Christian Democrat Party. Nothing like having a Christian Democrat Party forming in a country with death squads. But they had the Christian Democrat …
▶ 57:25
after he was deported from Canada of the area under leadership of the mafia boss in the province of Argento. Giuseppe Settecassi, the power base of the Klan, reached into politics. An influential politician, Calargerio Manino,…
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but primarily the Christian Democrat. There would be no CIA task force, but an interagency group that periodically reviewed political payments would monitor the election interference operation. At the CIA, Helms began daily sessions with De…
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In all, the propaganda operations cost more than $3 million. Langley considered the scarce campaign the best part of the Chilean operation. Gomez conducted a second political project distinct from the CIA's help to the Christian Democrat Pa…
▶ 40:55
but supposedly the 303 committee rejected those offers. And it's weird that the author doesn't put those in because they're well-established by the time this book was written. That's PepsiCo, Anaconda slash Freeport Mining, and ITT. We know…
▶ 42:49
and his agency station chief to help selected candidates. On February 5th, 1965, the group allocated another $175,000. Richard Helm recorded this as half a million dollars for covert assistance in the March elections. Again, the results wer…
▶ 43:19
piece of this, had been defeated by Christian Democrat politicians. The vote gave the Christian Democrat more senators than anyone else in the absolute majority of the deputy, the chamber of deputies. Too many Chileans knew something about …
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media manipulation in Japan, he was a pro. Santiago was a prestigious post. It would be his last before retirement. Arrogant though resourceful, Hexter had a difficult time with Ed Corey, himself something of a prima donna. Hexter, who saw …
▶ 51:06
had to pay a price. Hexter's project became an interesting challenge. It considered an operational success because it targeted races when the CIA's backed guy won. The election yielded a net loss of Christian Democrats, though. Both the Nat…
▶ 57:32
Christian Democrats stood any chance in the upcoming election. Fry, though personally popular, could not succeed himself under the Constitution. But Kissinger's account misleads by what it fails to say. Far from not facing Chilean realities…
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Hexter heavily favored Alexandre, who could not get a hearing from the ambassador. He wore Corey down only in December of 1969, using the argument that unless they did something, they would have to answer to Salvador Allende's victory. The …
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of 1974, the New York Times counterpart, associates were told that their subsidies were going to end. At about the same time, the 40 Committee considered a proposal to fund the Christian Democrat Party. They're not going to have an election…
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They would assassinate him too, by the way. He was a rising star in the Christian Democrat Party who would soon become Italy's prime minister. Pianzio was a skull and bone member at Yale class of 1950. And zealous cold warrior was adamantly…
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had discussed with Kennedy a few days early during an afternoon stroll that JFK and the Italian politician had taken through the garden. To his great dismay, Pianzio was told that Morrow and Kennedy had agreed that a united government would…
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war days when the agency began funneling money to the Italian party. Dulles himself had confirmed this relationship when he was CIA director during a secret meeting with Morrow that was held in the Rome office. Following that meeting, the C…
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from the CIA. In the beginning, it was Frito who collected the cash in large suitcases, a duty that later fell to other administrative secretaries of the party. These monthly CIA payoffs to the party were in addition to all of the under-the…
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with the socialists did not enjoy full support in Washington, particularly of the national security circles. Afterward, Morrow, who had received conflicting messages from Kennedy and the CIA within days of each other, could be forgiven if h…
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was one more flagrant example of how the agency sought to undermine Kennedy's presidency as well as an Italian democracy. In November of 63, Aldo Moro finally formed a coalition government with the socialists, despite the less than enthusia…
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Albert had a close relationship with John Foster Dulles, working with him in a variety of projects for at least 30 years. In the immediate post-war period, Albert also played a pivotal role in the establishment of West Germany's post-war ru…
▶ 6:55
He had created the association similar to VFF called the Anti-Com Intern. The anchoring of the VFF at the heart of a state apparatus was made possible by an extensive anti-communist consensus that had reigned in Bonn, built particularly arr…
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and its extended network. A key figure for the BFF was its vice president, Arthur Ruppert, R-U-P-P-E-R-T. He was a journalist. He also was a Christian Democrat Party militant. He had participated in the party's reconstitution in Hamburg and…
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in November 1950, following the approach by Engelman. In Bonn, in May of 1951, they had preliminary meetings around the Christian Democrat executive, sorry, Rudolf Junges, for the creation of the German part of it.…