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Claims (67)
NSA worked_for
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
document
“NSA produces signals intelligence in response to objectives requirements and priorities as expressed by the Director of Central Intelligence…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.13
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
New York City documented
document
“Mr Helms explained to the Postmaster General that Mr Cotter the Chief Postal Inspector has been aware of the operation for a considerableperiod of time by virtue of having been on the staff of the CIA's New York field office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.42
Roscoe Hillenkoetter succeeded
Robert Montague documented
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“Mr Cotter you took over as Chief Postal Inspector for Mr Montague in the spring of 1969…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.76
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
CIA documented
document
“When you took over because you had served in the CIA in the Office of Security…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.76
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
CIA Office of Security documented
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“When you took over because you had served in the CIA in the Office of Security…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.76
Roscoe Hillenkoetter operated_in
New York City documented
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“and indeed had served for awhile in New York where the job was done…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.76
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
Postal Inspection Service documented
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“When I joined the Postal Inspection Service I had that feeling the old CIA feeling that perhaps this project was a specially approved program…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
United States Army documented
document
“Back in 1942 1946 I was a captain in the Air Corps Army Air Corps…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
FBI documented
document
“then I was special agent of the FBI from 1947 to 1951…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
John A. Blount appointed
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“the Postmaster General has queried the Director of Central Intelligence as to whether or not he might have some candidates for the position of Chief Postal Inspector... they offered me the job and I accepted the position…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
John A. Blount met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“I was invited over to meet Deputy Postmaster General Klassen and Postmaster General Blount and of course my predecessor Henry Montague…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Klassen met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“I was invited over to meet Deputy Postmaster General Klassen and Postmaster General Blount and of course my predecessor Henry Montague…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Henry Montague met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“I was invited over to meet Deputy Postmaster General Klassen and Postmaster General Blount and of course my predecessor Henry Montague…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Henry Montague succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
document
“my predecessor Henry Montague…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Roscoe Hillenkoetter met_with
Richard Helms documented
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“I don't think I had spoken to Mr Helms maybe once prior to that time and I haven't spoken to him since except for the 1971 meeting…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.83
Richard Helms met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter reported
document
“Mr Cotter and I had had a conversation about this operation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.91
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
CIA New York Field Office documented
document
“Mr Helms explained to the PMGthat Mr Cotter the Chief Postal Inspector has been aware of the operation for a considerable period of time by virtue of having been on the staff of CIA's NewYork Field Office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.201
Peter Osborne met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“In an aside Mr Osborne mentioned that he had seen Mr Cotter since Mr Helms meeting with the Postmaster General…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.201
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
CIA documented
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“Between 1949 and 1952 81 projects were approved by the DCI on his own authority after coordination with either the 10/2 or 10/5 Panels…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.64
John F. Kennedy appointed
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“the President has given the DCI a more direct influence on the national intelligence budget by requiring that the new Committee on Foreign Intelligence (CFI) which is headed by the DCI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.78
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
Committee on Foreign Intelligence documented
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“the new Committee on Foreign Intelligence (CFI) which is headed by the DCI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.78
CIA headed
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“President Truman desired a national intelligence organization which had access to all information and would be headed by a Director who could speak authoritatively for the whole community…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.81
U.S. State Department opposed
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“The State and Defense Departments have steadfastly opposed centralized management of the intelligence community under the DCI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.81
United States Department of Defense opposed
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“The State and Defense Departments have steadfastly opposed centralized management of the intelligence community under the DCI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.81
Roscoe Hillenkoetter succeeded
Hoyt Vandenberg documented
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“In May 1947 Vandenberg was succeeded by Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.109
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
document
“Two months after Hillenkoetter's appointment the CIG was reconstituted as the Central Intelligence Agency…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.109
Walter Bedell Smith succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“It was precisely because of Hillenkoetter's weakness that General Walter Bedell Smith was selected to succeed him in October 1950…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.109
Roscoe Hillenkoetter appointed
Frank G. Wisner documented
document
“Less than a week after taking office Smith announced that as DCI he would assume administrative control of OPC and that State and Defense would channel their policy guidance through him rather than through Wisner…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.116
Roscoe Hillenkoetter founded
Directorate for Administration documented
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“To consolidate the management functions required for the burgeoning organization Smith created the Directorate for Administration (DDA)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.116
Roscoe Hillenkoetter ordered_assassination_of
Saturn Airways documented
document
“the DCI directed on July 31 1973 that SAT be dissolved that it withdraw from the LOG AIR contract and withdraw its application for renewal of supplemental certificate…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.253
Richard Helms met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“On May 24 1963 the DDP advised the Inspector General that he had briefed the Director on the MKULTRA program...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.409
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
document
“Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenkoetter assumed the position of DCI at a time when the Central Intelligence Group was about to be reconstituted as the Central Intelligence Agency…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.17
Roscoe Hillenkoetter studied_at
U.S. Naval Academy documented
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“A graduate of Annapolis in 1919 he served in Central America Europe and the Pacific…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.17
Walter Bedell Smith succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“It was precisely because of Hillenkoetter's weakness that General Walter Bedell Smith was selected to succeed him in October 1950…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.17
Roscoe Hillenkoetter founded
Office of Research and Evaluation documented
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“In August 1946 DCI Vandenberg established the Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) to replace the Central Reports Staff which had been responsible for correlation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.20
Roscoe Hillenkoetter succeeded
Hoyt S. Vandenberg documented
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“However Hillenkoetter preferred not to press for its enactment and instead hoped to rely on day-to-day cooperation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.30
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
CIA documented
document
“DCI Hillenkoetter had his own views on the subject…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.33
Roscoe Hillenkoetter proposed
Joint Chiefs of Staff reported
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“Hillenkoetter also believed congressional authorization would be necessary both for the initiation of psychological warfare and for the expenditure of funds for that purpose…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.33
George F. Kennan met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“In a conversation on August 12 1948 Hillenkoetter Kerman and Sidney Souers discussed the implementation of NSC 10/A…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.36
Roscoe Hillenkoetter met_with
Sidney Souers documented
document
“In a conversation on August 12 1948 Hillenkoetter Kerman and Sidney Souers discussed the implementation of NSC 10/A…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.36
Roscoe Hillenkoetter met_with
Robert A. Lovett documented
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“In a conversation on August 12 1948 Hillenkoetter Kerman and Sidney Souers discussed the implementation of NSC 10/A…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.36
Walter Bedell Smith succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“As OPC continued to grow Smith's predecessor Admiral Hillenkoetter resented the fact that he had no management authority over OPC…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.42
Roscoe Hillenkoetter founded
Deputy Directorate for Administration documented
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“Smith created the Deputy Directorate for Administration (DDA)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.46
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
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“the position went to Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.162
Allen Dulles succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
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“the call went to someone else on this occasion to his old friend and OSS colleague Allen Dulles…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.162
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
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“Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter became director of the Group…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.248
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
Intelligence Resources Advisory Committee documented
document
“an Intelligence Resources Advisory Committee chaired by the DCI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.259
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
CIA documented
document
“only Mr Cotter knows for he has been witting while with CIA…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.61
Roscoe Hillenkoetter worked_for
United States Post Office Department documented
document
“his dilemma is that he owesloyalty now to the Postmaster General…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.61
Osborn met_with
Roscoe Hillenkoetter documented
document
“That was the substance of my conversation with Mr Cotter…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.33
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
“And if the resources were made available, the CIA at that time was building up their capabilities. And the newly assigned Director of Central Intelligence, Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenotter, H-I-L-L-E-N-K-O-E-T-T-E-R, was obviously out of the…”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Book Club about real history @ 1:11:51
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
“at that time, was building up their capabilities. And the newly assigned Director of Central Intelligence, Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenotter, H-I-L-L-E-N-K-O-E-T-T-E-R, was obviously out of the Navy. And basically,…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 1 @ 1:06:28
Roscoe Hillenkoetter recruited
Harry S. Truman documented
“Hillenotter then went to Truman with the problem. A proposal for secret propaganda was initiated for presidential consideration. In this connection, the State Department advised in December that the Soviet covert operations threatened to de…”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Book Club about real history @ 1:13:51
Roscoe Hillenkoetter resigned
CIA documented
“While the cost of NSC-68 was still being calculated in June of 50, North Korea, this is the old version of it, North Korea invaded South Korea. We know the real story. Within days of the attack, Admiral Hilton Cotter requested sea duty and …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 1:02:39
Roscoe Hillenkoetter member_of
CIA book_quoted
“working in the executive branch, when in fact many of them are actual CIA agents. And they have been the focal point of orchestrating all elements of governmental power when we go to overthrow a government. The National Security Council pla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 4 @ 15:51
Walter Bedell Smith succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter book_quoted
“and 74% of the budget. When Roscoe Hillencotter was gone, he turned to a sea command, a cruiser division in the Pacific, and reached Korean waters soon enough to lead the ship, giving gunfight support to the U.S. Marines in the evacuation a…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret wars chapter 5 @ 26:30
Allen Dulles succeeded
Roscoe Hillenkoetter host_asserted
“because Donovan sat on a commission that shaped the entire thing. Donovan wanted the job as the director, and he didn't get it. Went to Roscoe Hillencoffer. Well, he was helping. I guess he actually didn't get the job. He was still working …”
▶ The Shadow State 76 The Pilgrims Society Pt. 2 @ 1:10:14
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
“that it could complete any mission assigned by the National Security Council. At first, the agency concentrated on building up capability. It occupied additional quarters in a complex of temporary buildings that had earlier been the home of…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 4 (3) @ 42:31
Roscoe Hillenkoetter member_of
Missouri Gang host_asserted
“The first DCI we ever had, a guy by the name of Sidney Sowers, and his background was in Missouri grocery stores. So think about that. The second DCI was also from Missouri, a guy by the name of Hoyt Vandenberg. Here's the name you knew fro…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 49 (51) @ 1:06:02
Harry S. Truman appointed
Roscoe Hillenkoetter book_quoted
“working in the executive branch, when in fact many of them are actual CIA agents. And they have been the focal point of orchestrating all elements of governmental power when we go to overthrow a government. The National Security Council pla…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 4 @ 15:51
Roscoe Hillenkoetter appointed
Donald Galloway documented
“A week later, Admiral Hillenkotter ordered his OSO chief, Donald Galloway, to plan a covert psychological campaign using existing CIA resources where possible. Galloway formed a special procedures group within the Office of Special Operatio…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 4 (3) @ 47:28
Roscoe Hillenkoetter served_on
West Virginia book_quoted
“If there was anyone who could have expected to be aware of the danger of another Pearl Harbor-ish type activity, it was Hillen Cotter. He was an Annapolis man. He had been executive officer aboard the USS West Virginia that Sunday morning i…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret wars chapter 5 @ 21:11
Roscoe Hillenkoetter covered_up
Lucky Luciano host_asserted
“And it said the heroin addicts rose in the United States from 20,000 to 150,000 during that time. So meanwhile, Admiral Hillen, not Nodder, insisted that the archivist at the Office of Naval Intelligence collect and burn all records concern…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER - Operation Gladio by Paul Williams Chapter 1 and 2 @ 2:18:29
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
Office of Naval Intelligence host_asserted
“Admiral Roscoe Hillen Coder, who was ONI at the time, Office of Naval Intelligence. He eventually becomes the executive director of the CIA. Damn these military people. What is wrong with them? So former OSS official, Wall Street lawyer, Fr…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER - Operation Gladio by Paul Williams Chapter 1 and 2 @ 2:14:38
Roscoe Hillenkoetter headed
CIA documented
“who's from Missouri, is surrounded by a group of people called the Missouri Gang, a bunch of people he brought to D.C. with him that were loyal to him. And there are a couple of names that are worth mentioning. One guy, Roscoe Hillenkotter,…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Prelude to Terror Chap 25 @ 1:48:06
William D. Leahy recommended
Roscoe Hillenkoetter book_quoted
“He had served as a naval attache in Paris, which that's interesting because that's exactly where they set up NATO originally. Helen Cotter was also an associate of Admiral William Leahy, who at the time was advising President Truman on inte…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret wars chapter 5 @ 22:10
Roscoe Hillenkoetter member_of
Missouri Gang host_asserted
“who's from Missouri, is surrounded by a group of people called the Missouri Gang, a bunch of people he brought to D.C. with him that were loyal to him. And there are a couple of names that are worth mentioning. One guy, Roscoe Hillenkotter,…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Book Club Prelude to Terror Chap 25 @ 1:48:06
Mentions (30)
▶ 1:11:51
And if the resources were made available, the CIA at that time was building up their capabilities. And the newly assigned Director of Central Intelligence, Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillenotter, H-I-L-L-E-N-K-O-E-T-T-E-R, was obviously out of the…
▶ 1:12:22
had spent a lot of time trying to kind of fill out the compliment of what he viewed the CIA mission was going to be all about. And it says that, but the CIA was not ready to take on any covert operations when initially asked. Plus, there we…
▶ 1:12:53
counsel for his opinion. And that's the guy Houston that I read to you earlier. And he basically gave the opinion that there was that loophole. And in the published letter, 35 years later, Houston recalled that Hillenotter expressed concern…
▶ 1:13:22
other considerations in the matter, whereupon the lawyer provided a second memorandum where Houston stated that, quote, if the president, with his constitutional responsibilities for conducting foreign policy, gave the agency the appropriat…
▶ 1:13:51
Hillenotter then went to Truman with the problem. A proposal for secret propaganda was initiated for presidential consideration. In this connection, the State Department advised in December that the Soviet covert operations threatened to de…
▶ 1:48:06
who's from Missouri, is surrounded by a group of people called the Missouri Gang, a bunch of people he brought to D.C. with him that were loyal to him. And there are a couple of names that are worth mentioning. One guy, Roscoe Hillenkotter,…
▶ 25:45
And so then after World War II, he's in the CIA again, but he's wearing an army uniform. That's why this stuff is bullshit. Desmond Fitzgerald was another former officer who had been in Burma and an advisor to the Nationalist Army. As early…
▶ 20:44
that had originally housed the OSS during the war. After the formation of the CIA, its headquarters was placed in the OSS building because the OSS had been deactivated. From there, Rear Admiral Roscoe Hillencotter became the DCI and preside…
▶ 21:11
If there was anyone who could have expected to be aware of the danger of another Pearl Harbor-ish type activity, it was Hillen Cotter. He was an Annapolis man. He had been executive officer aboard the USS West Virginia that Sunday morning i…
▶ 21:39
ship before it began sinking. He returned to the Pacific later in the war to create a functioning joint intelligence center for the theater commander in only six months time. And the theater commander at the time would have been who? MacArt…
▶ 22:10
He had served as a naval attache in Paris, which that's interesting because that's exactly where they set up NATO originally. Helen Cotter was also an associate of Admiral William Leahy, who at the time was advising President Truman on inte…
▶ 22:39
There were many conflicts between Hill and Cotter in the main office and Frank Wisner, who ran his fiefdom from a different building. Intelligence authorities like Ray Klein argue that Hill and Cotter lacked the rank, prestige, and politica…
▶ 26:30
and 74% of the budget. When Roscoe Hillencotter was gone, he turned to a sea command, a cruiser division in the Pacific, and reached Korean waters soon enough to lead the ship, giving gunfight support to the U.S. Marines in the evacuation a…
▶ 26:59
was General Walter Bedell Smith, who assumed office in October 7, 1950. Beadle, which was his nickname, had the prestige and contact that Hill and Cotter lacked. General Smith had been General Dwight Eisenhower's chief of staff during the w…
▶ 42:31
that it could complete any mission assigned by the National Security Council. At first, the agency concentrated on building up capability. It occupied additional quarters in a complex of temporary buildings that had earlier been the home of…
▶ 43:02
most were former OSS people. But in truth, the CIA had yet to attain readiness for covert operations and in important ways, it lacked authority to engage in them. Responding to the initial Pentagon inquiries, Admiral Hillencotter asked the …
▶ 45:34
The memo then declared that we believe this would be unauthorized use of funds made available to the CIA. If such operations were ordered by the NSC, Houston concluded, it would, we feel, still need to be authorized by Congress with an appr…
▶ 46:04
The admiral asked whether there was offsetting considerations in the matter, whereupon the lawyer provided a second memorandum. Here, Houston stated, quote, if the president, with his constitutional responsibility for the conduct of foreign…
▶ 46:58
threatened to defeat American foreign policy objectives absent this Cold War tool. He wanted the U.S. Directorate for Political Warfare. At its very first meeting on December 13th, the National Security Council discussed a program for secre…
▶ 47:28
A week later, Admiral Hillenkotter ordered his OSO chief, Donald Galloway, to plan a covert psychological campaign using existing CIA resources where possible. Galloway formed a special procedures group within the Office of Special Operatio…
▶ 1:06:02
The first DCI we ever had, a guy by the name of Sidney Sowers, and his background was in Missouri grocery stores. So think about that. The second DCI was also from Missouri, a guy by the name of Hoyt Vandenberg. Here's the name you knew fro…
▶ 1:06:32
Yeah. First director of the CIA, Annapolis grad, total linguist. He was a military assay in World War I. He had probably more intel experience of the founders of the CIA, and he left the fewest footprints, which was an interesting comment. …
▶ 1:06:57
Funny story about Hill and Coder. He transfers back to the Pacific Fleet just in time to have his ship sunk from underneath him in Pearl Harbor. And he was the senior surviving officer. And then, of course, he would become the chief of Admi…
▶ 59:13
was out in the field playing games. As Admiral Hill and Cotter struggled to establish the CIA, officials at the NSC wrestled with how to control it. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal wanted supervision by the NSC executive secretary. At …
▶ 1:00:13
William Jackson, and Mattias Correa. All three were lawyers. All three had done intelligence during World War II. All three were part of the Praetorian Guard. The report considered every aspect of U.S. intelligence and had much to do with t…
▶ 1:02:39
While the cost of NSC-68 was still being calculated in June of 50, North Korea, this is the old version of it, North Korea invaded South Korea. We know the real story. Within days of the attack, Admiral Hilton Cotter requested sea duty and …
▶ 1:03:41
Truman already had Hill and Cotter's successor lined up. He was going to ask Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith. The 54-year-old officer had been a wartime chief to Dwight D. Eisenhower. From 46 to 49, Smith had served as a U.S. ambassa…
▶ 8:58
Many of the CIAs vehemently opposed any association with this organization, including Admiral Roscoe Hillenkotter, the agency's first director, who in 1947 strongly urged President Truman to liquidate the Galen organization. The following y…
▶ 15:51
working in the executive branch, when in fact many of them are actual CIA agents. And they have been the focal point of orchestrating all elements of governmental power when we go to overthrow a government. The National Security Council pla…
▶ 1:10:14
because Donovan sat on a commission that shaped the entire thing. Donovan wanted the job as the director, and he didn't get it. Went to Roscoe Hillencoffer. Well, he was helping. I guess he actually didn't get the job. He was still working …