Arleigh Burke person
also: Admiral Arleigh Burke, Admiral Burke, Burke, chief of naval operations, Navy Chief Arleigh Burke, the Navy chief
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Naval Intelligence Division subsidiary_of
Arleigh Burke documented
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“Shortly after this office was established the Office of Naval Intelligence was transferred to it and renamed the Naval Intelligence Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.96
Arleigh Burke headed
CIA documented
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“Admiral Arleigh Burke Chief of Naval Operations from 1955 through 1961…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.124
Arleigh Burke proposed
Fidel Castro documented
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“The record of the NSC meeting of March 10 1960 (at which President Eisenhower was present) states that Admiral Arleigh Burke in commenting on Allen Dulles statement that the Cuba covert action plan was in preparation 'suggested that any pla…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.128
Arleigh Burke worked_for
United States government documented
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“Burke stated that the reference to his suggestion at the March 10 meeting 'clearly refers to the general covert action plan reported by Allen Dulles at that meeting and to the general consideration given at that time in the U.S Government t…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.129
Arleigh Burke worked_for
Dwight D. Eisenhower documented
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“It is my firm conviction based on five years of close association with President Eisenhower during my service as Chief of Naval Operations that President Eisenhower would never have tolerated such a discussion...…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.129
Arleigh Burke member_of
Taylor/Kennedy Board documented
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“Robert Kennedy General Maxwell Taylor Allen Dulles and Admiral Arleigh Burke comprised the Board…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.135
Arleigh Burke met_with
National Security Council documented
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“The minutes of that meeting report that Admiral Burke thought we needed a Cuban leader around whom anti-Castro elements could rally…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.107
Naval Intelligence Command worked_for
Arleigh Burke documented
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“continues to report to the Chief of Naval Operations through the Command Support Programs Office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.276
Arleigh Burke member_of
United States Navy documented
“Though he claims to have stopped them before they could broach the CIA operation, Cummings necessarily had knowledge of the plan because he was the State Department's intelligence chief. Indeed, we have seen that Foster Dulles discussed ope…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 39:39
Arleigh Burke proposed
Fidel Castro documented
“Admiral Arleigh Burke, attending as chief of naval operations, wanted someone to unite anti-Castro factions. Many of those around Fidel were worse than Fidel himself. Burke felt and therefore said, quote, any plan for removal of Cuban leade…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 18 @ 18:25
John F. Kennedy appointed
Arleigh Burke documented
“He forms a Cuban study group. The study group consists of Alan Dulles, General Maxwell Taylor, who was a personal military advisor to Kennedy. So that was his guy on the inside. Admiral Arleigh Burke and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. The…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set, Chapter 7 @ 35:05
Arleigh Burke supplied_arms_to
Cuba book_quoted
“basically trying to strong arm President Kennedy into approving a direct military attack on Cuba. Admiral Burke had already moved several Navy resources into the area, anticipating the U.S. forces would be ordered to attack Cuba to save fac…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set, Chapter 7 @ 38:03
Arleigh Burke relationship_with
Richard M. Bissell Jr. documented
“to lose faith in the American government. But it was meant to stir up a public outcry and a subsequent demand for direct military intervention. So on public record is a meeting with CIA Deputy Director of Plans Richard Bissell and Lyman Lem…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set, Chapter 7 @ 37:32
Arleigh Burke ordered
U.S. Navy book_quoted
“The Navy reinforced Guantanamo in case Castro should move against it. And Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, quietly put two battalions of Marines on transports in the area just in case. Denison provided a flotilla built arou…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 @ 38:04
Arleigh Burke member_of
U.S. Navy host_asserted
“Kennedy insisted that he had said no armed forces would be used in Cuba, and he was not going to change his mind. Bissell, who had been so deeply engaged in the setup of this whole thing, argued desperately in favor of U.S. air. So did Admi…”
▶ Book Review The Invisible Government Chapter 4 @ 38:53
Arleigh Burke member_of
Freeport-McMoRan host_asserted
“They're still in Indonesia. And let's see. There's mining in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico. They're still in Chile, Peru, Spain, and Central Papa. There was one other thing. Oh, PATH board members, you're going to love this. Henry Kissinger…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Indonesia Part 2 @ 1:44:32
Arleigh Burke supplied_arms_to
U.S. Marine Corps documented
“Without informing the president, Burke had already taken the liberty of positioning two battalions of Marines on Navy destroyers off the coast of Cuba, anticipating the U.S. forces might be ordered into Cuba to salvage the invasion. It was …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 24:01
Arleigh Burke founded
Center for Strategic and International Studies host_asserted
“After Kennedy forced him out of the Navy, Burke quickly found another perch in Washington's far-flung national security complex, becoming the chairman of the newly created Center for Strategic Studies at Georgetown University. Of course, he…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 20 @ 11:31
Arleigh Burke supplied_arms_to
Brigade 2506 book_quoted
“The Navy reinforced Guantanamo in case Castro should move against it. And Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, quietly put two battalions of Marines on transports in the area just in case. Denison provided a flotilla built arou…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23) @ 33:42
John F. Kennedy removed_from_power
Arleigh Burke host_asserted
“already begun to purge Dulles' cold warriors like Arleigh Burke, who was drummed out of the Navy in August. Next to go was Lyman Lemitsker. Unfortunately, they put him in NATO, and that decision would come back to haunt JFK, which nobody ev…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19 @ 22:50
Mentions (26)
▶ 1:45:35
You have, let's see, the director of Texaco, Arleigh Burke, who was the Navy guy that's in the middle of everything as far as Operation Gladio goes. He was part of the bullshit during the naval, that was part of the Navy during the Korean W…
▶ 52:06
I think that was to create a plausible deniability between the link of Alan Dulles and John Foster Dulles. They knew Cummings was going to be the reliable go-between between the two of them, and it gave them kind of a plausible deniability.…
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He also corresponded routinely with the Rockefellers and Alan Dulles. He was a close associate of Admiral Arleigh Burke. And these are the people that are supposedly sitting on committees that are, quote unquote, independent, offering advic…
▶ 39:32
Though he claims to have stopped them before they could broach the CIA operation, Cummings necessarily had knowledge of the plan because he was the State Department's intelligence chief. Indeed, we have seen that Foster Dulles discussed ope…
▶ 8:39
So you have General Taylor, Robert Kennedy, and Alan Dulles, who was there representing the CIA. Admiral Arleigh Burke was there to speak on behalf of the Navy and their role in it. The board held 20 hearings with witnesses that included th…
▶ 17:39
hemmed and hawed that Washington should just go ahead and recognize Permesta as the government and then sell it weapons in the open. The CIA Far East Division had expected the 541-2 group's approval to bring full cooperation, but the Navy c…
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What they were actually doing, Arleigh Burke, was dragging his feet. So instead of sending all of the U.S. Navy off the coast, he sent a couple of destroyers when it was anticipated by the two Dulles brothers that they were going to get a c…
▶ 14:06
It's an oligarch problem. It's not a hemispheric problem. That would eliminate a key obstacle to any action the U.S. wanted to take. Admiral Arleigh Burke, attending as chief of naval operations, wanted someone to unite anti-Castro factions…
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said, quote, any plan for removal of Cuban leaders should be a packaged deal. Alan Dulles observed that the eligible leaders were no longer in Cuba and noted the CIA had a design to deal with Castro. Quote, we might have another black hole …
▶ 33:42
The Navy reinforced Guantanamo in case Castro should move against it. And Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, quietly put two battalions of Marines on transports in the area just in case. Denison provided a flotilla built arou…
▶ 23:02
gathering with him in the Oval Office after an annual congressional party in the East Room. Among them were Bissell and Chairman Lyman Lemesker and Navy Chief Arleigh Burke. Dulles was absent, still keeping his distance from the mess and ho…
▶ 23:32
hoping the two blunt-spoken, highly decorated warriors could strong-arm JFK into using the military. The president was still in his former formal white tie and black tail attire from the party, and the military men were in full dress unifor…
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Without informing the president, Burke had already taken the liberty of positioning two battalions of Marines on Navy destroyers off the coast of Cuba, anticipating the U.S. forces might be ordered into Cuba to salvage the invasion. It was …
▶ 24:32
Now, the Navy chief was browbeating Kennedy into taking the first steps towards a full-scale war. Quote, let me take two jets and shoot down the enemy aircraft, growled Burke, who had become legendary for his speed and daring as a destroyer…
▶ 25:00
But by this point in the unfolding disaster, Kennedy was not inclined to take any more advice from his national security wise men, even if they were World War II heroes. What if Castro forces return fire and hit the destroyer, Kennedy said?…
▶ 25:24
He had made it clear all along that he did not want the Bay of Pigs to blow up into an international crisis with the U.S. in the middle. And here was his Navy chief urging just such a course. Burke, I don't want the U.S. involved in this, h…
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shifting blame from the CIA to the White House. Murphy later claimed that Admiral Burke had been his source. Same thing. But Kennedy brothers suspected Dulles' deputy, General Charles Cabal, was also involved. Kennedy was furious about the …
▶ 41:04
far-flung Washington Network, later called Taylor another key CIA man in the White House. Dulles, who was appointed to the Taylor Commission along with his ally, Admiral Burke, sounds like the Warren Commission, must have thought he had the…
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diplomatically to avoid putting too much blame on the CIA or the Pentagon. But Taylor's strongest tilt in the estimation of CIA historian Jack Pfeiffer were towards deflecting criticism from the White House. Meanwhile, Bobby Kennedy, whom P…
▶ 42:33
The attorney general proved to be a tougher advocate for White House than Dulles and Arleigh Burke were for their institutions. RFK deftly blocked the two Kennedy antagonists from focusing blame on the president. As the committee completed …
▶ 43:02
a chain reaction of success throughout Cuba, with resultant defection of some of Castro's militia, the uprising of the populace, and eventually the success of the campaign. But this hypothetical scenario was a pipe dream that only Dulles an…
▶ 43:31
Quote, at the conclusion of the testimony of the witnesses, it was clear that Burke and Dulles were headed for the elephant's burial ground, thanks to Robert Kennedy's degradation of them and their agencies, and in no small part to the case…
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fumed Lyman Lemesker was unbelievable, absolutely reprehensible, almost criminal, he was heard saying. The name Kennedy still made Burke boil over. The admiral told an oral historian from the U.S. Naval Institute, quote, Mr. Kennedy was a v…
▶ 22:50
already begun to purge Dulles' cold warriors like Arleigh Burke, who was drummed out of the Navy in August. Next to go was Lyman Lemitsker. Unfortunately, they put him in NATO, and that decision would come back to haunt JFK, which nobody ev…
▶ 11:04
Amassing wealth and luxuries had never been important to Dulles, but he did expect to be served and pampered in his retirement. Dulles also stayed in touch with his extensive network of friends and supporters in the U.S. military, who conti…
▶ 11:31
After Kennedy forced him out of the Navy, Burke quickly found another perch in Washington's far-flung national security complex, becoming the chairman of the newly created Center for Strategic Studies at Georgetown University. Of course, he…