Franklin A. Lindsay person
also: Lindsay, Division Chief Franklin Lindsay, Frank Lindsay, Frank Lindsey, Franklin Lindsey
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Claims (8)
Franklin A. Lindsay headed
International Telephone and Telegraph documented
“He had become the head of ITEK, I-T-E-K Corporation, which was a contractor for equipment used in U.S. spy satellites. Now, I want to say this as well. ITEK, if you go back and look, this guy was in the CIA. He leaves, quote unquote, leaves…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 32 (34) @ 52:45
Franklin A. Lindsay member_of
CIA book_quoted
“for the people of the Soviet Union. Its broadcast station later became known as Radio Liberty. Its principal person or executive was called Franklin A. Lindsay, L-I-N-D-S-A-Y, who also was a CIA asset and represented the CIA on a joint comm…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Book Club_ President’s Secret War Chap 2 @ 22:11
Franklin A. Lindsay proposed
Frank Wisner book_quoted
“Lindsay was another OSS veteran and one of the real paramilitary, well-experienced agents. During the war, he had worked in what was then Yugoslavia, arranging secret arms shipments. It was Lindsay, together with a former State Department o…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 16:07
E. Michael Burke worked_with
Franklin A. Lindsay documented
“unfortunately, and had been sent to Italy with a team in connection with the surrender of the Axis nation. Toward the end of the war, Burke had gone into Yugoslavia and worked with Lindsay with partisan activities. Another member of the tea…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 39:15
Franklin A. Lindsay led
Lindsay Group documented
“There's a lot of people's opinion that's done research that iTech was a CIA proprietary, and he didn't actually leave the CIA, kind of like QNTEL. Lindsey took up the reins again briefly in 67 and 68 to lead a study group on covert operatio…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 32 (34) @ 53:19
Franklin A. Lindsay member_of
Office of Policy Coordination book_quoted
“a detached foreign service officer for the Office of Policy Coordination, which is Frank Wisner's area. It also included Frank Wisner's deputy, Franklin Lindsay, with a leadership role in the Albanian campaign. So the first OPC, Office of P…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 10:03
Franklin A. Lindsay reassigned
Ford Foundation book_quoted
“CIA manager Franklin Lindsey left for the Ford Foundation, which is a CIA front, while Washington subordinate E. Howard Hunt welcomed his orders to transfer to the Latin Division, where he would be embroiled in coup after coup after coup wi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents’ Secret Wars John Prados Chap 3 @ 29:24
Allen Dulles covered_up
Franklin A. Lindsay book_quoted
“but Lindsey stuck to his guns. He left, and guess where he ended up? At the Ford Foundation. His replacement would be John Bross, the guy who had just given away a million dollars to the Soviets. There were many reasons for concern until 19…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 (6) @ 32:15
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for the people of the Soviet Union. Its broadcast station later became known as Radio Liberty. Its principal person or executive was called Franklin A. Lindsay, L-I-N-D-S-A-Y, who also was a CIA asset and represented the CIA on a joint comm…
▶ 10:03
a detached foreign service officer for the Office of Policy Coordination, which is Frank Wisner's area. It also included Frank Wisner's deputy, Franklin Lindsay, with a leadership role in the Albanian campaign. So the first OPC, Office of P…
▶ 29:24
CIA manager Franklin Lindsey left for the Ford Foundation, which is a CIA front, while Washington subordinate E. Howard Hunt welcomed his orders to transfer to the Latin Division, where he would be embroiled in coup after coup after coup wi…
▶ 52:15
started viewing them as necessary. Nixon's desires were reinforced by a group assembled by old line man, Frank Wisner's guy, Franklin Lindsay. One of the out of business for several years had direct…
▶ 53:19
There's a lot of people's opinion that's done research that iTech was a CIA proprietary, and he didn't actually leave the CIA, kind of like QNTEL. Lindsey took up the reins again briefly in 67 and 68 to lead a study group on covert operatio…
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Their work relevant to whomever wins the election in 68, which happened to be Richard Nixon. Under the Harvard Center of International Affairs, which is Henry Kissinger's CIA proprietary, Lindsay's group included old war horses Richard Biss…
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There were also Abrams Chains and Adam Yarmolinsky and academics like Samuel Huntington, Richard Neustadt, Lucian Pye, Roger Fisher, Edwin Reitzauer, and Max Milliken. The group finalized its report in December of 68 and gave it to Henry Ki…
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So do you think it's going to say anything other than what the CIA and Henry Kissinger want it to say? Oh, my gosh. Dispensing of the traditional plausible deniability, the Lindsay Group advised the president to concern himself directly wit…
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representative that's going to be in charge of all covert operations. And I'm the guy. Imagine that. Holy shit. The Lindsay group, which should be the CIA group slash Kissinger group, viewed Richard Helms as an effective CIA director and sa…
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NSC Special Envoy Kissinger should be able to say no whenever he wanted to. An immediate program change seemed necessary, except that the group pushed hard for public funding for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. In general, the Lindsay …
▶ 58:35
remained the need to do things covertly. The cautious approach was quite evident. In the 74 survey, ranging over the many examinations of intelligence through the years, the CIA characterized the Lindsay report as concluding that there was …
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Instead, the OPC materialized under Frank Wisner. The CIA joined the British intelligence in the Baltic partisan struggle using Wisner's Office of Policy Coordination. Wisner, in turn, relied on Franklin Lindsay, his Eastern European divisi…
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Lindsay was another OSS veteran and one of the real paramilitary, well-experienced agents. During the war, he had worked in what was then Yugoslavia, arranging secret arms shipments. It was Lindsay, together with a former State Department o…
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So Lindsay can fairly be said to have contributed to the origins of Frank Wisner's unit. Enthralled by the Marshall Plan as an economic bootstrap for downtrodden Europe, as a Harvard grad student, Lindsay had watched Marshall's speech point…
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where they met with Harry Carr and other senior SIS officers concerned about these operations. Harry Rositsky led the group for the CIA, and one of the more suspicious Baltic officers accompanied the OPC team. Officers like Lindsay and Jerr…
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Lindsay's, whose wartime OSS service was in Yugoslavia, was well known there too. The hopes in Washington were high. Frank Wisner exclaimed to Joyce, quote, a clinical experiment to see whether larger rollback operations would be feasible e…
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meeting place for spies. So two men come up from Washington to talk with Burke. They had gotten his name from a friend at the OSS, most likely Frank Lindsey. E. Michael Burke had served in the Navy and had been seconded to the OSS. In other…
▶ 39:15
unfortunately, and had been sent to Italy with a team in connection with the surrender of the Axis nation. Toward the end of the war, Burke had gone into Yugoslavia and worked with Lindsay with partisan activities. Another member of the tea…
▶ 32:42
from Bolshevikism, started up in 1950. It was incorporated the following year. Franklin Lindsay put together its board of directors. It was another CIA front. Robert Dreher, D-R-E-H-E-R, joined the CIA in 1951 as a Navy Reserve lieutenant. …
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by means of its powerful insurgent army. In Washington, there was growing interest in these operations. In 1948, the NSC study advocated ties with anti-Soviet groups as a prime means of acquiring information. Frank Wisner demanding the Gale…
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who naturally had Wynne connections and sought to forge links to the underground. Poland seemed a logistical theater for CIA political warfare, certainly a place to argue for democracy against communism. Wynne seemed the ideal instrument. F…
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In February of 49, the British bowed out. The Wisner Group then furnished all the money for when? More than a million dollars over three years, going directly to the Russians. In 51, Lindsay recruited John Bross, another of the former lawye…
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The Russians, knowing the game was up, blew the operation for his propaganda value. A star agent first recruited by the British revealed himself as a Russian spy, recounting how Wynn had deceived the West. Then the Soviets staged a show tri…
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were the end for Frank Lindsay. Burned out with a chain of disasters, Lindsay announced his departure. Allen Dulles asked him to write a paper on the lessons learned. Dulles and Lindsay went over a draft one at his house on a weekend. The c…