John Magruder person
also: Brigadier General John Magruder, Magruder, General John Magruder
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John Magruder chief_of
Office of Strategic Services book_quoted
“on the 1st of November. And I bet they were singing, we're in the money. Meanwhile, on October 28th, a detailed proposal for covert operations in China from General John Magruder went to the Secretary of Defense. Magruder, citing his experi…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 15:21
John Magruder headed
Strategic Services Unit book_quoted
“The clandestine officers went to the War Department as a new unit called the Strategic Services Unit under Brigadier General John Magruder, who had been the OSS Special Warfare Chief. So Magruder mandate was not to preserve or enlarge the S…”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Book Club about real history @ 34:58
John Magruder member_of
Office of Strategic Services documented
“the CIA signed a formal agreement in November. In the Pentagon, a few days before, a detailed proposal for covert operations in China had been sent to the SEC DEF by a General John Magruder, M-A-G-R-U-D-E-R. Magruder endorsed the proposal, …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4 @ 14:11
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▶ 34:58
The clandestine officers went to the War Department as a new unit called the Strategic Services Unit under Brigadier General John Magruder, who had been the OSS Special Warfare Chief. So Magruder mandate was not to preserve or enlarge the S…
▶ 14:11
the CIA signed a formal agreement in November. In the Pentagon, a few days before, a detailed proposal for covert operations in China had been sent to the SEC DEF by a General John Magruder, M-A-G-R-U-D-E-R. Magruder endorsed the proposal, …
▶ 40:07
There's a bunch of more jargon, but it all sounds basically like that. The close relationship between psychological warfare and covert operations is further demonstrated by the composition of the strategy boards themselves. An early represe…
▶ 15:21
on the 1st of November. And I bet they were singing, we're in the money. Meanwhile, on October 28th, a detailed proposal for covert operations in China from General John Magruder went to the Secretary of Defense. Magruder, citing his experi…
▶ 15:53
Louis Johnson forwarded the proposal and the accompanying memorandum from Wisner to Truman. But the collapse of the resistance, i.e. the Nationalists, on the mainland temporarily paused the process. This became a defining moment for civil a…
▶ 1:05:47
where it should be noted he had good friends. Bob Joyce represented state, while General John Magruder, once head of the pre-CIA Strategic Services Unit, stood in for the Secretary of Defense. Admiral Leslie Stevens, a member of the Joint C…
▶ 1:06:17
We're going to create a paper that says we want to do what we want to do. Not an objective look. Truman, it came back, studied the paper that they wrote, came back, studied with marginal notes in Truman's own hand. One of the few times Harr…
▶ 57:38
Representative of the SECDEF, John McGruder, safeguarded defense interests. The State Department repeatedly construed the Psychological Strategy Board inquiries as infringements. General Smith was CIA's delegate. Frank Wisner, the alternate…