Program Evaluation Office organization
also: PEO
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Laos documented
“Obstensible task of monitoring the effects of American programs in the country. The PEO had its beginning in December 1955 with the installation of a six-man staff in the Capitol. By early 56, the PEO was dispatching small teams of advisors…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 14 @ 29:00
Project White Star part_of
Program Evaluation Office documented
“The Eisenhower administration added 107 Green Berets to the PEO presence and by the summer of 1959 had labeled it Project White Star. This was the assignment of mobile training teams to each of the 12 battalions of the Laotian forces. White…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 14 @ 29:29
CIA founded
Program Evaluation Office book_quoted
“The PEO had its beginning in December 1955 with the installation of a six-man staff in the capital. By early 1956, the PEO was dispatching small teams of advisors with units and Thai interpreters to effectively work in Laos. The Eisenhower …”
▶ The Colonel’s corner President’s secret wars Chap 14 @ 29:00
Mentions (6)
▶ 28:30
One special feature of the U.S. operating mission in Laos was the military representation was not restricted to an attache. There was a military advisory group in all but name only. It was headed by a U.S. general officer. In deference to t…
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The PEO had its beginning in December 1955 with the installation of a six-man staff in the capital. By early 1956, the PEO was dispatching small teams of advisors with units and Thai interpreters to effectively work in Laos. The Eisenhower …
▶ 30:29
that happened to be sharing a river with North Vietnam. That was their big sin. Green Beret and Laos wore civilian clothes and used the PEO as cover. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur D. Simons, nicknamed Bull, was the first White Star commander, a…
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who basically didn't know what the hell was going on, and the Laotian government, at least the side that was friendly to the United States. He even met routinely with the French military mission, which was still involved in Laos. The early …
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the most pro-Western leader suitable in Laos. Brown believed the CIA station chief, Gordon Jorgensen, agreed. In fact, the Eisenhower administration was pursuing its own game in Laos with the CIA at the center of it and Jorgensen squarely o…
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and briefly converting the program evaluation office into an advisory group. But he wanted to stay within the international guidelines of how to deal with that. With the help of Avril Harriman, Roger Hilsman, and Dean Russ, Kennedy achieved…