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Claims (18)
Soviet Union funded
People's Liberation Army host_asserted
“arms dealing countries in the entire world, maybe second only to Israel and the U.S. The USSR, however, in the person of Joseph Stalin, had adamantly opposed to assisting the Greeks in any way. He refused funding. He refused to directly sup…”
▶ Revolution by another name Operation Gladio —GREECE @ 19:26
Panchen Lama member_of
People's Liberation Army documented
“The PLA helped resolve these qualms by bombing the monasteries. Ultimately, even the monks took sides. The Panshin Lama, Tibet's second most important religious leader, cast his lot with the Chinese. But most lamas took the rebel side. This…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 10:52
Nepal Volunteer Defense Army carried_out_attack
People's Liberation Army documented
“Late in 1958, the NDBA began an offensive into central Tibet. The partisans attacked Han garrisons. By December, the PLA post, they were attacking within 25 miles of Lhasa. In late January or early February 59, the PLA garrison at Tung Seng…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 21:52
People's Liberation Army targeted_for_regime_change
Dalai Lama documented
“For the first time, the NDVA had a presence close to the capital. The Chinese sought to make the Dalai Lama a hostage. They invited the Tibetan leader to a dramatic presentation at a compound of the PLA military area command. They also had …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 22:25
Nepal Volunteer Defense Army carried_out_attack
People's Liberation Army documented
“The French explorer and scholar Michael Piasel describes these events as one of the strangest and most ill-understood coups of recent times. Under its top leader, General Tashi Antrasong, the NVDA's offensive drove within miles of the capit…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 24:59
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
China documented
“The People's Liberation Army concentrated forces and wiped them all out. Kind of harkens us back to Albania and every other place they tried this. Western Enterprises went on recruiting guerrillas and achieved a psychological warfare coup b…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 56:29
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Jinmen documented
“The People's Liberation Army began an artillery war that lasted for years. The first of almost half a million cannon shells falling on that one island alone to disrupt guerrilla bases. It became even more difficult to raid the China coast a…”
▶ The Colonel’s CornerSafe for Democracy Part 10 (11) @ 1:11:35
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Tibet book_quoted
“they had with the Dalai Lama. Signs in the capital were ominous. A sacred object, a gilded wooden dragon, began to drip water from its mouth. The People's Liberation Army approached the area in the summer of 1950 and then eventually to Tibe…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 23:59
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Tibet book_quoted
“never had time to succeed. In August, the PLA 18th Army defeated a tiny Tibetan force that was futile in nature. A handful of ancient guns, the Dalai Lama's personal guard, and armed monks and farmers fled. Dalai Lama then agreed to Chinese…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 24:31
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Tibet book_quoted
“In one of the mountainous regions, tribesmen disarmed them, cut off their noses, and then sent them back as a warning. These people joined forces with a neighboring chief of more than 100,000 families, already fighting for several years. Th…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 35:02
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Kuomintang documented
“Shortly before, Peking claimed the arrest of an astonishing 20,000 agents of U.S. military intelligence since the beginning of 1949. During the course of the 1950s, the People's Liberation Army mobilized more than 1.2 million men in central…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4 @ 31:34
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Tibet book_quoted
“The Chinese Mao's forces was known to be approaching. Then in the summer of 1950 to Tibet itself, a belated effort to create an effective army with military aid from India never had the time to succeed. Now, keep in mind that we've already …”
▶ The Colonel’s corner president‘s secret wars chapter 8 cont @ 28:34
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Tibet book_quoted
“with a chief of over 100,000 families who had been fighting for several years already. The PLA responded by sending large detachments to eastern Tibet. One force of three regiments met and was defeated by the United Rebels. The Chinese situ…”
▶ The Colonel’s corner president‘s secret wars chapter 8 cont @ 32:47
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Tibet documented
“The PLA helped resolve these qualms by bombing the monasteries. Ultimately, even the monks took sides. The Panshin Lama, Tibet's second most important religious leader, cast his lot with the Chinese. But most lamas took the rebel side. This…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 10:52
People's Liberation Army attempted_coup_against
Greece host_asserted
“Basically, Greece in the aftermath of World War II was living a hell. In the fall of 1946, the inevitable occurred. They took to the hills and launched a phase two of their civil war. The British were weighed down by many other projects, an…”
▶ Revolution by another name Operation Gladio —GREECE @ 13:00
United Kingdom carried_out_attack
People's Liberation Army host_asserted
“And we just shook our heads. A trick to raise the morale of the German people. It had to be. But we soon faced up to the evidence. Some of us listened in secret to the Allied broadcast, which confirmed the news. There was no doubt about it.…”
▶ Revolution by another name Operation Gladio —GREECE @ 2:26
People's Liberation Army carried_out_attack
Litang Monastery documented
“start from there. We're in February of 1956, and we were talking about the CIA operation of recruiting Tibetans to create stay-behind units. So in late February, in the third week of the Tibetan New Year celebration, the PLA suddenly laid s…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 16 (17) @ 4:49
Soviet Union supplied_arms_to
People's Liberation Army host_asserted
“of the American rationale over the next two and a half years that Russians were trying to get into Greece, that they were paying the guerrillas, and that had it not been for the U.S. and the divisive tactics being used, Greece would go comm…”
▶ Revolution by another name Operation Gladio —GREECE @ 18:30
Mentions (44)
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And we just shook our heads. A trick to raise the morale of the German people. It had to be. But we soon faced up to the evidence. Some of us listened in secret to the Allied broadcast, which confirmed the news. There was no doubt about it.…
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From the ELAS forces, district by district, it was an unequal fight. ELAS had neither tanks nor planes, but Radio Moscow had said nothing, and this silence was variously interpreted. So let me say this about that quote. ELAS, we were told, …
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before and in the immediate aftermath of the Germans fleeing Greece. The evacuation of the Germans fleeing was in large part attributed to ELAS, which was referred to as People's Liberation Army trying to liberate Greece. It was founded in …
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It was made up of everybody. It was made up of Catholics. It was made up of atheists. It was made up of all political parties, a large segment of the Catholic priests. And they fought basically a guerrilla-style warfare from the fringe area…
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ELAS were basically liberating Greece from the World War. And they also had some very interesting beliefs in that they wanted to promote education. They wanted to regenerate the Greek society. And they even...…
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maintained a fighting battalion of women. They were all about women's rights. And there was approximately 2 million of the 7 million Greeks that this movement incorporated. So it was hardly a minor faction.…
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Quislings and conservatives of all stripes found themselves in positions of political power, predominantly in the new Greek army and police. And then, as a result, members of the ELAS found themselves either dead or in prison. In the early …
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had went so far as to refer to the ELAS as gallant guerrillas fighting the Nazis. And ELAS supporters had welcomed the British in November 1944, thinking they were there to free Greece. But as you see in a reoccurring theme, the same thing …
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However, shortly after British arrived in Greece, the fighting broke out between ELAS and the British forces, many of whom had fought against ELAS during the war and in the process of collaborating with the Germans. Others had simply served…
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Ernest Bevins acknowledged in August 1946 there were 228 members of the Nazi security battalion, full-fledged Nazis, whose main task had been to track down Greek resistance fighters and Jewish citizens living in Greece on active service in …
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with Nazi Germany. They were invading Greece, who was trying to fight off the Nazis at the same time. That's crazy. In mid-January 1945, ELAS agreed to an armistice, one that had much the appearance and the effect of a surrender. I mean, th…
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attempted to preempt criticism by admitting that the Greek government was not perfect and that it had made plenty of mistakes. Yet somehow, by some alchemy, best known to the president, the regime in Athens was democratic and its opponents,…
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Papandros began to reintroduce civil liberties and readmit into Greece those people who had fought against basically the ELAS people who had been tortured during the time the U.S. was basically running the government. And he wanted to make …
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Shortly before, Peking claimed the arrest of an astonishing 20,000 agents of U.S. military intelligence since the beginning of 1949. During the course of the 1950s, the People's Liberation Army mobilized more than 1.2 million men in central…
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Mao's movement was unified and also more determined to impose central control. The new Mandarins had a program, tremendous energy, and the People's Liberation Army. There were ultimately no way the lowlanders could have kept out Mao's force…
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maneuvers from the communists. It sparked several uprisings and demonstrations. When a unit of 200 PLA troops arrived to restore order in the mountainous area, the tribesmen captured and disarmed them, cut off their noses, then sent them ba…
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with a chief of over 100,000 families who had been fighting for several years already. The PLA responded by sending large detachments to eastern Tibet. One force of three regiments met and was defeated by the United Rebels. The Chinese situ…
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on traders. It was said that one of the monasteries with 5,000 monks and 113 satellite monasteries literally thrived on such trade and smuggling. Fearing the worst, the PLA garrison had tried to disarm the populace but were themselves overw…
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Special scout troops received parachute training at other bases. The initial operation went off in September of 1951 when the Nationalist guerrilla unit went ashore to mainland China to try to establish a beachhead with supplies and more tr…
▶ 1:11:35
The People's Liberation Army began an artillery war that lasted for years. The first of almost half a million cannon shells falling on that one island alone to disrupt guerrilla bases. It became even more difficult to raid the China coast a…
▶ 23:59
they had with the Dalai Lama. Signs in the capital were ominous. A sacred object, a gilded wooden dragon, began to drip water from its mouth. The People's Liberation Army approached the area in the summer of 1950 and then eventually to Tibe…
▶ 24:31
never had time to succeed. In August, the PLA 18th Army defeated a tiny Tibetan force that was futile in nature. A handful of ancient guns, the Dalai Lama's personal guard, and armed monks and farmers fled. Dalai Lama then agreed to Chinese…
▶ 31:26
unified and determined to control every corner of China triumphed. The new Mandarins had a program, they had tremendous energy, and they also had the PLA. There was ultimately no way to keep the lowlanders out of Tibet, and the Han had no u…
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deer enough to command a whole sheep, fell to just two pounds of raw wool. Such effects were unwanted changes to the Tibetans. Early in 1955, the Chinese attested one of their leaders who spoke against these new inequities. When a unit of 2…
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In one of the mountainous regions, tribesmen disarmed them, cut off their noses, and then sent them back as a warning. These people joined forces with a neighboring chief of more than 100,000 families, already fighting for several years. Th…
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start from there. We're in February of 1956, and we were talking about the CIA operation of recruiting Tibetans to create stay-behind units. So in late February, in the third week of the Tibetan New Year celebration, the PLA suddenly laid s…
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It was crowded with monks. A couple thousand more were in for the festivities. There were merchants and townspeople, about 8,000 in all. They put up a stiff resistance. The Chinese besieged the place for 64 days, culminating in strikes by j…
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which is where this was. Many died. A few thousand escaped. Letang became a Chinese scorched earth strategy designed to break the theocracy. Instead, Tibetans united to resist them. For the Chinese communists, the Tibetan War was a struggle…
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defended the roads at 20-mile intervals. Just manning these required 40,000 PLA troops, plus half that number in militia. The roads determined the capability of the PLA. They quickly became the main target. Tibet's soldiers of the fortress …
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It was estimated in 1957 that the main Tibetan force with 80,000 partisans with another 10,000 bandits and local tribesmen were arrayed against the Chinese. One of Chow Enlai's promises to the Dalai Lama had been withdrawn. A few party cadr…
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came to Tibet in a sort of colonization program. The PLA removed most soldiers from central Tibet. But instead of transporting them to the interior of China, the army reinforced them at some outpost. Soon the PLA had 14 divisions fighting t…
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in Lhasa. Not even these measured stemmed partisans' success, especially by the Kampas, who by 1958 claimed to have ejected the Han from all the Southeast area in Tibet. The partisan leader claimed 40,000 PLA soldiers had been killed. After…
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After September 57, the CIA trained Tibetans were a couple of self-contained teams. One was linked to the major resistance area. Warfare brought cleavages to the Tibetan society. The nonviolent Buddhist Tibetans had a moral problem in choos…
▶ 10:52
The PLA helped resolve these qualms by bombing the monasteries. Ultimately, even the monks took sides. The Panshin Lama, Tibet's second most important religious leader, cast his lot with the Chinese. But most lamas took the rebel side. This…
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Late in 1958, the NDBA began an offensive into central Tibet. The partisans attacked Han garrisons. By December, the PLA post, they were attacking within 25 miles of Lhasa. In late January or early February 59, the PLA garrison at Tung Seng…
▶ 22:25
For the first time, the NDVA had a presence close to the capital. The Chinese sought to make the Dalai Lama a hostage. They invited the Tibetan leader to a dramatic presentation at a compound of the PLA military area command. They also had …
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And this was interpreted as a device to capture the Dalai Lama. So they urged him not to go. The Dalai Lama made excuses not to go to the Chinese compound. Then a crowd surrounded the palace where he had been hiding out. On March 10th of 19…
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in the streets died, stoned to death. Over the following days, tension began to mount. There were mass demonstrations. The PLA's garrison of perhaps 40,000 troops strengthened its fortifications around the city. One later wrote, quote, I fe…
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On March 15th, Chinese troops appeared outside the Dalai Lama's palace. His guards had been kept from shooting. On the 17th, as the Tibetan leader met with his cabinet, two mortar shells exploded nearby. That fateful Tuesday, the Dalai Lama…
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left disguised as a common soldier of the guard. In order to avoid attracting attention, the group carried nothing with them. Over subsequent days, between 8,000 and 13,000 citizens left the capital. On March 20th, General Tan ordered open …
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The French explorer and scholar Michael Piasel describes these events as one of the strangest and most ill-understood coups of recent times. Under its top leader, General Tashi Antrasong, the NVDA's offensive drove within miles of the capit…
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Partisan units formed a rear guard behind the party through its trek to the Indian border region and also created a diversion for the PLA. On November 1st, 1958, Gordon Gray sent a note to the NSC executive secretary, James Lay. It read, qu…
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Ellsworth Bunker kept Washington apprised. But the best information came from the CIA because they're running the operation. During that period, General Charles Cabell or Desmond Fitzgerald was on the phone with Gordon Gray almost daily. On…
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In the course of the discussion, revealing that the CIA had known of his progress from its communicators and had forwarded his request for asylum to India. The CIA director also avered that the agency remained in close contact with the Dala…