Ralph McGehee person
also: Ralph McGeehy, McGeehee
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“of both Chiang Kai-shek and his son. They talked dozens of times about nationalist units and agents in the mainland, about 200 in all during those years. But Ralph McGeehee, an officer in Klein Station, had no recollection of a single excha…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 51:17
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His presentations, i.e. lying. The Langley desk officer, Ralph McGehee, M-C-G-E-H-E-E, who handled Thai matters at the headquarters after a tour in the field, recalled being flattered one day when Far East Division Chief William Colby invit…
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Des Fitzgerald, and went to Congress with a request to fund over 100 secret army units. Vang Pao actually had only a couple dozen at the time, but Langley, McGeehee, and other plans officers performed a paper reorganization of the clandesti…
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The desk officer, McGeehee, felt remorse over his falsification of his testimony to Congress. But Congress was so impressed with the apparent success, which was all a lie, they approved the budget, which was what was unknown to senators and…
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While the Americans refused to help this effort, they did support boat and midget submarine landings of their commandos, anywhere from a dozen to 20 men at a time. Boat groups usually left from Kowloon. The submarines usually left from Taiw…
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If Dulles had lost the battle at the Bay of Pigs, he was determined to win the war of ideas over the failed operation. He began his psychological warfare campaign by sending an all-stations cable to McGee, a 25-year CIA veteran serving in V…
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Months after the failed venture, when longtime veteran Ralph McGeehy returned from Vietnam to the agency headquarters, he too found the CIA in turmoil. Rumors spread that Kennedy was going to exact his revenge by slashing the CIA workforce …
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The hall seemed filled with the strained, anxious looks of soon-to-be unemployed people. When Kennedy's axe did fall, McGeehee was stunned by the carnage. About one out of every five people were fired. The tension became too much for some. …