William Porter person
also: Porter, William Polly
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Lyndon B. Johnson appointed
William Porter book_quoted
“Porter had been designated to improve the management of the U.S. support of the pacification efforts as Comer's counterpart in Saigon, and together they would use the authority of the president over the resistance in the bureaucrats that th…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Relook at Robert Komer (Phoenix) as a Ritchie Boy @ 40:12
William Porter supplied_arms_to
Chiang Kai-shek host_asserted
“He not only was in Southeast Asia setting up Chiang Kai-shek as the drug king over there with an Air Force and a Navy and everything else. He's a multi, multi, multimillionaire that was basically in service with front companies to the CIA. …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner - JFK Files and open mic day @ 37:15
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in Saigon and not Washington in order to implement the direction. There were two approaches to take. The more direct approach, and Comer always preferred the direct approach, was to work with the ambassador at the time. And the ambassador, …
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Porter had been designated to improve the management of the U.S. support of the pacification efforts as Comer's counterpart in Saigon, and together they would use the authority of the president over the resistance in the bureaucrats that th…
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officials in Washington by having these officials instruct their field agencies to comply with Porter or his guidance. One aspect was certain. Comer was not going to waste valuable time working through interagency committees in Washington. …
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The directive spilled out clearly Comer's mandate to carry the responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision in Washington of the U.S. non-military programs for peaceful construction relating to Vietnam. The document also …
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Nonetheless, Comer's views were generally positive. He had established a close working relationship with Lodge, Porter, and Westmoreland. He also was confident that the U.S. government could build an effective non-military effort to complem…
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On Vietnam, he outlined for the president his concern and recommendation to have DOD take steps to reduce the inflationary impact of military outlies and take over port operations from USAID to move material. Johnson's response was simply t…
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that these memoranda were what they were, merely a device to keep Johnson informed. Johnson never issued any orders via the memoranda. Comer kept pressing Porter for more progress, and he kept the pressure on by sending Leah Hard and other …
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In a weekly reporting cable to the president, Lodge included information on pacification efforts, but he was merely responding to what he knew to be Johnson's interest. In truth, Porter was devoting most of his energy to being the deputy ch…
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It just blows my mind. Yeah, yeah. I mean, just look up, if you guys are new to this, go to even his Wikipedia page, although it's not as detailed as some of the articles that have been written about him, even his eulogy, actually. Just loo…
▶ 37:15
He not only was in Southeast Asia setting up Chiang Kai-shek as the drug king over there with an Air Force and a Navy and everything else. He's a multi, multi, multimillionaire that was basically in service with front companies to the CIA. …