Roger Hilsman person
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Roger Hilsman headed
Office of Research and Intelligence documented
“So we come across a guy by the name of Robert Thompson, who was from the UK and he was considered a counterinsurgency expert. He was hired by Roger Hilsman, H-I-L-S-M-A-N, in 1961, who was the director of the State Department's Office of Re…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 9:19
Roger Hilsman recruited
Robert Thompson documented
“hired Robert Thompson, the UK counterinsurgency guy, to advise the US and all of the police operations in South Vietnam. And you're going to also find later on that we used quite a few Australians in counterinsurgency too, which of course i…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 10:51
John F. Kennedy appointed
Roger Hilsman book_quoted
“Roger Hilsman, whom Kennedy appointed to head the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which again is the belly button into the State Department for the CIA, believes that both he and Emory were cut out of the loop on Cub…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23) @ 1:36
Roger Hilsman founded
To Build a Nation guest_asserted
“Because there were still some people in the three branches who actually thought they were still trying to do their job. And same with journalism, by the way. Now everybody knows who's boss. But it was an earlier time. And so Hilsman's book,…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 1:15:15
Roger Hilsman instructed
Lucien Conein documented
“and CIA officer Alfonso G. Sparrow to tell the generals the U.S. was fine with the coup. Richardson reported the maneuver through CIA channels. McCone went on to oppose, supposedly, the coup initiative. Washington scuttled the Hillsman Cabl…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 29 (30) @ 1:05:56
Roger Hilsman member_of
U.S. State Department book_quoted
“Then State Department intelligence chief, who we found in other Operation Gladio operations, by the way, records that the president and National Security Council agreed with Harriman's contention that the U.S. should comply with both the le…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 11 @ 54:59
Roger Hilsman member_of
U.S. State Department guest_asserted
“Oh, never mind. Yeah. All right. Bridget, who's next? Are they all along? All right. Hi. Yeah, Colonel. I wanted to make a comment on your mentioning this guy. Of course, the name just slipped my mind because I'm feeling 60-70. But he's a r…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 1:12:21
Roger Hilsman member_of
North Atlantic Treaty Organization host_asserted
“No, no, he wasn't. Oh, and in 1951, he's working at NATO. Oh, come on. You know? So, anyway. Yeah. Well, I think that possibly JFK perceived him as a little bit different, more along the lines of what you would call the old State Department…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 1:18:11
Roger Hilsman spied_on
Chiang Kai-shek guest_asserted
“This CIA gradual takeover of policy from all aspects of the State Department. And it's just so worth reading if you get a chance. Hilsman's book. I'll check the title on it. Yeah. Yeah. Well, he's interesting from the perspective that he wa…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 1:15:45
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the United States had been cultivating for many years. JFK's former aide, Arthur Schlesinger, had written, quote, anxious to strengthen the anti-communist forces, especially the army, in order to make sure if anything happened to Soekarno, …
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So we come across a guy by the name of Robert Thompson, who was from the UK and he was considered a counterinsurgency expert. He was hired by Roger Hilsman, H-I-L-S-M-A-N, in 1961, who was the director of the State Department's Office of Re…
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director and his brother, John Foster Dulles being the secretary of state. We also, if you guys remember, found his sister working there and she'd been in the state department for like 20 years. She was in charge of this office, state depar…
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And what's interesting is, again, the correlation here is that Robert Thompson set up this exact operation in Malaysia. Because everything that he tells Thompson, the guy that's in the theater, and Hilsman back at the State Department.…
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During that critical August 24th, 1963 memo that's highly looked at by historians, there's different interpretations about it, but it's pivotal. And the third one was the guy you mentioned, who, of course, I... His name's Roger Hilsman. Exa…
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The CIA is like, I mean, it grew from the State Department, first of all, the regard group within the State Department, and then it was the whole thing. But Hilsman is like, in a certain way, I call him representative of what I call the bli…
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Because there were still some people in the three branches who actually thought they were still trying to do their job. And same with journalism, by the way. Now everybody knows who's boss. But it was an earlier time. And so Hilsman's book,…
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This CIA gradual takeover of policy from all aspects of the State Department. And it's just so worth reading if you get a chance. Hilsman's book. I'll check the title on it. Yeah. Yeah. Well, he's interesting from the perspective that he wa…
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Right. So, yeah, he's got lots of ties to the background of what we've been researching. Absolutely. And I don't mean to suggest like he's some like, you know, re-virginated State Department, you know, Puritan by any means of the imaginatio…
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I'm not even sure he realizes what he's saying, but it's like from the horse's mouth, you know, the book comes out in 67. So it's very, you know, it's very well. And just watch this. You look at his background. I just looked him up. So Brid…
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are taking over of the Philippines and terrorizing the locals. Right. Yeah, just it's it's and he was there, obviously. His dad was part of MacArthur's staff during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. So he. OK, yeah, I hadn't realize…
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Oh, sure. Yeah. So it says he was with he was in Burma, which means he would have been there with Paul Helliwell because Paul Helliwell was the leading OSS guy hanging around with Chiang Kai-shek. So, yeah, right. They all kind of have. And…
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No, no, he wasn't. Oh, and in 1951, he's working at NATO. Oh, come on. You know? So, anyway. Yeah. Well, I think that possibly JFK perceived him as a little bit different, more along the lines of what you would call the old State Department…
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Prime movers in this effort were the Assistant Secretary of State for Far East, a guy by the name of Roger Hilsman, H-I-L-S-M-A-N, and the American ambassador, Henry Cabot Lodge. In August 1963, a notorious incident occurred when Hilsman, e…
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Nguyen must go. If Diem would not fire his brother, then the United States was going to have to look for alternatives. Nguyen's special forces had just carried out a series of bloody attacks on the Buddhist pagodas that was widely condemned…
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However, reported back through CIA channels that the ambassador had regarded the cable as an order to support a coup d'etat. Richardson opposed this. At Langley, William Colby backed him up. John McCone was on vacation but was quickly infor…
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a CIA officer by the name of Alfonso Spero, S-P-E-R-O, to tell the Vietnamese generals that the substance of Hillman's cable and to say the U.S. would not oppose a coup if they could conduct one. McCone went on to oppose the coup initiative…
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to the 5,000 U.S. troops that had been flown into Thailand. Meanwhile, Kennedy's acceptance of the 62 agreement was violated by the U.S. and Laos in at least two respects. First, Roger Hilsman.…
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Then State Department intelligence chief, who we found in other Operation Gladio operations, by the way, records that the president and National Security Council agreed with Harriman's contention that the U.S. should comply with both the le…
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The agreements called for the withdrawal of foreign military advisors, experts, instructors, and foreign civilians connected with this operation. Yet Air America continued its airlift every single day. Roger Hilsman observed, quote, arming …
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Roger Hilsman tells us that the troops, having been equipped by air, undertook a large-scale raid into China, Yumen's province, but the raid was a colossal failure. Later, in the crisis year of 1959, some 3,000 of troops moved from Burma to…
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In a feat of Laotian daredevilish, Soup converted his guards and walked out of the jail free. President Kennedy did not feel Laos was the place for a major war. In office, he used the U.S. military forces, briefly converting the PEO into an…
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Roger Hilsman, whom Kennedy appointed to head the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which again is the belly button into the State Department for the CIA, believes that both he and Emory were cut out of the loop on Cub…
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The greatest empire within the CIA station was Richardson's own. His problem lay not with the Saigon, but with the U.S. authorities. Convinced that Diem's time had run out, Washington tried desperately to get him to broaden his government. …
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and CIA officer Alfonso G. Sparrow to tell the generals the U.S. was fine with the coup. Richardson reported the maneuver through CIA channels. McCone went on to oppose, supposedly, the coup initiative. Washington scuttled the Hillsman Cabl…
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and briefly converting the program evaluation office into an advisory group. But he wanted to stay within the international guidelines of how to deal with that. With the help of Avril Harriman, Roger Hilsman, and Dean Russ, Kennedy achieved…