Committee for the Defense of National Interests organization
also: CDNI, Committee for Defense of National Interest, CD&I
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Claims (4)
Phoumi Nosavan member_of
Committee for the Defense of National Interests documented
“promoted to general by the name of Nocevan. His party, if you will, was called Committee for the Defense of National Interest, which had absolutely nothing to do with national interest and everything to do with Western interest. And for the…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10 @ 15:44
Central Research Agency reported_to
Committee for the Defense of National Interests host_asserted
“Managing Revolutionary Intelligence Operations in South Vietnam was an entity called the Central Research Agency. It reported to the National Defense Committee in Hanoi in conjunction with the Reunification Department. So you had these, the…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Phoenix Program Part (4) @ 18:07
Committee for the Defense of National Interests member_of
Le Cercle host_asserted
“the Committee for International Defense of Civilian Forces. It was a French organization. Its acronym is CIDCC. It basically sought a united front of both Catholics and Protestants. It tried to bridge the gap. There was another organization…”
▶ The Colonels Corner, Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 4 @ 36:23
CIA funded
Committee for the Defense of National Interests book_quoted
“The young people who formed CDNI were called Les Honnes. In the Laotian political capital, many of them had risen through the junior chamber of commerce, and they were reformist, anti-communist, and had the rare advantage of being united ac…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14 @ 16:52
Mentions (14)
▶ 18:07
Managing Revolutionary Intelligence Operations in South Vietnam was an entity called the Central Research Agency. It reported to the National Defense Committee in Hanoi in conjunction with the Reunification Department. So you had these, the…
▶ 15:44
promoted to general by the name of Nocevan. His party, if you will, was called Committee for the Defense of National Interest, which had absolutely nothing to do with national interest and everything to do with Western interest. And for the…
▶ 19:38
i.e. Chiang Kai-shek's troops, were operating in Shan states of neighboring Burma, had crossed over into Laotian territory and were being supplied by an airlift of quote-unquote unknown planes, meaning CIA planes. Matters escalated in May w…
▶ 15:51
to ensure that they were not neutral. By 1960, the United States had provided Laos with more than $250 million. You just buy your friends with our tax dollars. The CIA station played a critical role in political action, showing a new predes…
▶ 16:24
the Leotians, who formed a pro-American committee for defense of national interest. It was referred to as the CDNI. After a 1958 electoral upset in which the Sioux Party and its allies gained the majority of the seats contested, while the p…
▶ 16:52
The young people who formed CDNI were called Les Honnes. In the Laotian political capital, many of them had risen through the junior chamber of commerce, and they were reformist, anti-communist, and had the rare advantage of being united ac…
▶ 20:05
And so we pay for the Civil War. You know, we don't want anybody to be neutral and in peace. And it increased again in 1960 as the conflict got more brutal. As the American conduit to CD&I, the CIA station in the United States Embassy grew …
▶ 24:25
agreed with him. In the fall of 1960, the die was cast for a secret war. Washington still wanted no part in neutralism. Their solution was Colonel Fumi Nocevan. He was an RLAF who had also used the CDNI as the springboard to power, eventual…
▶ 19:15
The CIA station played a critical role in political action inside of Laos. They wanted, the author literally uses this phrase, the third option. The secret warriors backed a pro-American committee for defense of national interest, CDNI, Com…
▶ 19:47
with the money that we gave them in 1958. It achieved a quote-unquote electoral upset over the Seol Fun Vung Yang party, while the prince himself was elected by the largest margin of the country. So, kind of a mixed bag result after all of …
▶ 20:20
The young people who formed the CDNI were called Les Jeannes. In the Laotian political capital, many of them represented and were members of a U.S. created junior chamber of commerce. Not even kidding. They were dead set anti-communist.…
▶ 22:24
were all dismissed. Trouble quickly followed when the Pei Ocean Lao revolted, rekindling a civil war. The Eisenhower administration increased aid when fighting resumed and increased it again as the conflict widened throughout the entire cou…
▶ 35:54
Now, this is going to be very, very important as the story unfolds. So remember this. AESP, referred to as the Academy, and it's in Brussels. Another one was called, they're all in their native words. So it's basically the Defense of Civili…
▶ 36:23
the Committee for International Defense of Civilian Forces. It was a French organization. Its acronym is CIDCC. It basically sought a united front of both Catholics and Protestants. It tried to bridge the gap. There was another organization…