James Potts person
also: CIA deputy chief in Athens, Jim Potts, Potts, James Pott
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CIA documented
“its hands full of watching dozens of nations. In 71 policy review chaired by the State Department, according to a subordinate officer, concluded that the CIA had been useless in Africa and recommended closing the division. James Potts was i…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 38 (40) @ 41:33
James Potts headed
Operation IA Feature book_quoted
“a civilian general officer equivalent. Judging from Stockwell's account of Operation Feature, it was then run by Potts, the division chief, rather than directly by William Nelson, which it would have been under normal procedures. Jim Potts …”
▶ The Colonels Corner_ Presidents’ Secret Wars chapter 16 continued @ 28:01
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of James Potts, the CIA deputy chief in Athens before the coup, were often told, go see George, he's my boy. In mid-February 1967, a meeting took place in the White House and a guy by the name of Marquis Childs to discuss CIA reports that l…
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Colby, William Colby, might have been lukewarm was that he probably knew the difficulties involved. Langley simply was not prepared. The African division was the smallest in the agency and had it hands full with some 50 nations. James Pott,…
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a civilian general officer equivalent. Judging from Stockwell's account of Operation Feature, it was then run by Potts, the division chief, rather than directly by William Nelson, which it would have been under normal procedures. Jim Potts …
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Nathaniel Davis resigned when he learned that the Angola effort was going to proceed despite his objections. CIA principals gathered in the director of operations office for a review of the plans and the interagency working group. When Pott…
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its hands full of watching dozens of nations. In 71 policy review chaired by the State Department, according to a subordinate officer, concluded that the CIA had been useless in Africa and recommended closing the division. James Potts was i…
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Appointed Chief John Stockwell was a 12-year veteran and old African hand who had served in other areas such as Southeast Asia, the agency's equivalent of a colonel, relatively junior for the job. Stockwell held a slot normally reserved for…
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John Stockwell fought alongside the Hmong in Laos and had also been in service with Methvin. But their relations soured over Project Feature. Stockwell saw Methvin as far too willing to pander to Joseph Mubato, presiding over payoffs and ba…
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Stockwell's account maintains that the Africa division chief, Potts, entertained even wider cooperation with South Africans. These were stifled by staunch State Department opposition. Not really. The diplomats upheld the arms embargo on Sou…
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The covert funds from Nugent Hand was moving weapons through South Africa at an alarming rate. Journalists confirmed the presence of South African troops with UNITA. Instant black African revulsion towards the Western supported factions fol…
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In 1994, a debate waged on the letters page of the Washington Post. Former CIA James Potts attributed the legislation to a complete outsider, the academic Gerald Bender. The true story revolves around California Democrat Alan Cranston, the …