George Smathers person
also: Florida Senator George Smathers, George Smather's, George Smothers, Mr SMOTHERS, Senator George Smathers, Senator Smathers, Smathers
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Claims (6)
George Smathers met_with
John F. Kennedy documented
document
“the subject of a possible assassination of Castro arose in a conversation Smathers had with President Kennedy on the White House lawn in 1961…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.137
John F. Kennedy met_with
George Smathers documented
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“President raises with Smathers subject of assassination indicating his disapproval…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.306
John F. Kennedy met_with
George Smathers documented
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“ConversationBetweenPresident Kennedyand Senator GeorgeSmathers…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.319
George Smathers member_of
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“Mr SMOTHERS Yes sir I believe that is an accurate summary I believe it is particularly true when we look at the subversive investigations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.54
Ed Ball recruited
George Smathers documented
“Because he thought Pepper was getting too liberal. In 1950, Ball put up George Smathers to run against the senator and then orchestrated a smear campaign. This included calling the incumbent Red Pepper, accusing him of being a communist, an…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA and George Bush Part 21 @ 38:05
Ed Ball funded
George Smathers documented
“Because he thought Pepper was getting too liberal. In 1950, Ball put up George Smathers to run against the senator and then orchestrated a smear campaign. This included calling the incumbent Red Pepper, accusing him of being a communist, an…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA and George Bush Part 21 @ 38:05
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telephone book. Berg also told Newsday that he was well acquainted with Chesler. Berg and Roboso, along with former U.S. Senator George Smather's brother, formed Cape Florida Development Company, in which Richard Nixon invested. In a book c…
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Because he thought Pepper was getting too liberal. In 1950, Ball put up George Smathers to run against the senator and then orchestrated a smear campaign. This included calling the incumbent Red Pepper, accusing him of being a communist, an…
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of Senator Paul Claude Pepper. Smathers won. In a 1970s book entitled Richard Nixon and the Mafia, New York Times reporter Jeff Gerth described how Smathers, Ball, and B.B. Roboso were good friends and that Ball was involved in key besting …
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Florida Senator George Smathers. In the guise of asking what he thought the reaction would be in Latin America, Smathers reacted much as had the reporter. Kennedy's response, almost identical, was that he completely agreed. But during the s…