The Pond organization
also: PON
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Claims (8)
John Grombach headed
The Pond host_asserted
“In 2008, Associated Press reported that the CIA planned to release a stash of Pond-related papers accidentally discovered in a Virginia barn in 2001 and then hand them over to the National Archives. John Grombach led the Pond in intelligenc…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 11:54
The Pond spied_on
Hungary host_asserted
“both before and after World War II. During the war, they focused on gathering intel on battle information, and one of the admirals from Hungary's attempt to remove Hungary from the war. After the war in 1946, James McGarger became a case of…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 20:18
Marcel Petiot recruited
The Pond host_asserted
“He happened to be a medical doctor as well as a serial killer. And he actually served and was hired as a source for the pond, you know, because those people are always a good bet for information, the serial killers. So he actually practiced…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 18:47
James McGarger member_of
The Pond host_asserted
“both before and after World War II. During the war, they focused on gathering intel on battle information, and one of the admirals from Hungary's attempt to remove Hungary from the war. After the war in 1946, James McGarger became a case of…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 20:18
Hayes Croner founded
The Pond host_asserted
“He was the co-founder of The Pond. What'd you say? He was the co-founder of The Pond. Who? The Pond is an intelligence agency. Hold on just a second. Let me get that tab up. There you go. Now all the rumors are going to start again. Okay, h…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 10:31
The Pond carried_out_attack
Uruguay host_asserted
“The PON began D-A-H-L as an information assembly in Argentina and Uruguay. John Grombach reported on Uruguayan officials that were quote-unquote communists. In other words, they were labeling Uruguayan officials as communists so that they c…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 22:19
The Pond carried_out_attack
Argentina host_asserted
“The PON began D-A-H-L as an information assembly in Argentina and Uruguay. John Grombach reported on Uruguayan officials that were quote-unquote communists. In other words, they were labeling Uruguayan officials as communists so that they c…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 22:19
The Pond front_for
CIA host_asserted
“from large corporations around the world. It started out as part of the War Department, but became a private company working under a government contract. So it was the first of the fake companies to serve the intelligence community. The lis…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Live Research Project into CIA corruption @ 15:19
Mentions (17)
▶ 10:31
He was the co-founder of The Pond. What'd you say? He was the co-founder of The Pond. Who? The Pond is an intelligence agency. Hold on just a second. Let me get that tab up. There you go. Now all the rumors are going to start again. Okay, h…
▶ 11:01
He, let's see, the PON was a small secretive organization formed by the government of the U.S. which operated between 42 and 55 and engaged in espionage. In the spring of 1942, Kroner, K-R-O-N-E-R, let's see, was given the go-ahead to set u…
▶ 11:29
an army captain, Grombach, G-R-O-M-B-A-C-H, that had worked in the OSS for Donovan to head up the pond. The pond was disbanded post-World War when the Central Intelligence had matured enough in 1955 to take over its mission.…
▶ 11:54
In 2008, Associated Press reported that the CIA planned to release a stash of Pond-related papers accidentally discovered in a Virginia barn in 2001 and then hand them over to the National Archives. John Grombach led the Pond in intelligenc…
▶ 13:54
The PON provided the FBI with information on leftist radicals and external influences on the U.S. The covert organization focused on developing and exploiting communists. The PON was extremely small and unknown to most. It used code words, …
▶ 14:21
Grombach never shared the identities of his sources, totaling over 2,500 people in 32 different countries. Although the pond was an army operation, its existence was kept from the chief of the naval intelligence operation, and it was not cl…
▶ 14:49
The extreme secrecy and small size of the pond are the reasons why it survived. The budget, well, we don't need about the budget. The pond employed personnel and agents, observers from, oh my God, from large corporations around the world. S…
▶ 15:19
from large corporations around the world. It started out as part of the War Department, but became a private company working under a government contract. So it was the first of the fake companies to serve the intelligence community. The lis…
▶ 15:49
Soviet intel officer by the name of Alexander Barmine to discover a list of OSS Soviet agents. This was mostly left by the wayside when the U.S. government chose the Soviet unions as an ally. Then they had something that was very interestin…
▶ 19:15
In Paris, and that's how he became a source of information, was through his medical practice. And it says it was later filmed by the FBI, who, let's see, yeah, he had some credibility issues later on. So, while investigating a lead that sug…
▶ 19:49
via diplomatic cable from London, Gromick suspected that the pouches that the British couriers were transporting were being opened, thus submitted an unopened pouch for the FBI investigation, confirming that the pouch had been opened and re…
▶ 20:18
both before and after World War II. During the war, they focused on gathering intel on battle information, and one of the admirals from Hungary's attempt to remove Hungary from the war. After the war in 1946, James McGarger became a case of…
▶ 21:47
who were going to be used to attack the Soviets, and they stuck them in jail, if not killed them outright. And this is a particular instance where they went into Hungary to get some of those people out. So I find that incredibly interesting…
▶ 22:19
The PON began D-A-H-L as an information assembly in Argentina and Uruguay. John Grombach reported on Uruguayan officials that were quote-unquote communists. In other words, they were labeling Uruguayan officials as communists so that they c…
▶ 23:19
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…
▶ 24:48
airlift and military support and stuff like that. And he didn't want to have anything to do with the war department. So anyway, it eventually gets moved and that's, that's why it was completely disbanded in 1955. It does merge into. So goin…
▶ 53:59
It's a private intelligence contracting firm called The Pond, and they were the ones supplying all this money, I mean, all the information, and Shekai Shek's people were the ones, like, funding the whole Red Scare. So it's, like, even, like…