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John Irwin person

also: John Irving II, Ervin, John Irvin, I-R-V-I-N

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John Irwin member_of 5412 Group book_quoted
“FOMA, the renunciation of all of their ties to the patent law, in effect, abandoning any chance of them ever being neutral. Subana refused. Shortly thereafter, 5412 group, you know, the assassin group, member John Irvin, I-R-V-I-N,…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14 @ 25:53
John Irwin funded Phoumi Nosavan documented
“the actual government. Yet even as he did so, two men flew to Sivanik and gave Fumi the green light to march on Laos capital. The two men were not some CIA spook in the field, but John Irving II, who was the Assistant Secretary of Defense f…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10 @ 40:57

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The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 40:57 the actual government. Yet even as he did so, two men flew to Sivanik and gave Fumi the green light to march on Laos capital. The two men were not some CIA spook in the field, but John Irving II, who was the Assistant Secretary of Defense f…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 10
▶ 41:26 A declassified State Department cable confirms that Ervin and Riley met Fumi in Ubon, Thailand. The thrust of their discussion was that the U.S. was prepared to support, at least secretly, a march on the capital and recapture the government…
The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14
▶ 25:53 FOMA, the renunciation of all of their ties to the patent law, in effect, abandoning any chance of them ever being neutral. Subana refused. Shortly thereafter, 5412 group, you know, the assassin group, member John Irvin, I-R-V-I-N,…
The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14
▶ 26:16 who represented the Pentagon as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, visited southern Laos for direct talks with Fomi Nozavan. A second urban trip occurred before Kennedy took office. The Americans began to cha…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 30 (31)
▶ 28:39 They were also recruiting Hmong secret armies. Desmond Fitzgerald dropped in to survey the scene. Toward the end of 1960, John Irwin, representing the Pentagon and the 5412 group, visited South Laos and talked to Fumi. A second Irwin trip o…