Far East Division organization
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Frank Wisnerperson · 5CIAintelligence service · 5Desmond Fitzgeraldperson · 3James Critchfieldperson · 2South Vietnamplace · 2Richard Stilwellperson · 2Washington, D.C.place · 1Indiacountry · 1West Germanycountry · 1United States Armed Forcesorganization · 1Pentagonorganization · 1Defense Office of Inspector Generalorganization · 1Paul Linebargerperson · 1Langleyplace · 1Military Assistance Command, Vietnamorganization · 1Gordon Jorgensenperson · 1Psychological Strategy Boardorganization · 1Charles Whiteperson · 1Office of Policy Planningorganization · 1Alfred Ulmerperson · 1George N. Pattersonperson · 1Sam Halpernperson · 1Tibetcountry · 1Chiang Kai-shekperson · 1
Claims (5)
Richard Stilwell headed
Far East Division documented
“He was very well connected with the government. Corcoran put Chenault in contact with CIA officers, culminating in a series of meetings during the summer. By August, Chenault was talking to Colonel Richard Stilwell, chief of staff of the Fa…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4 @ 12:14
Paul Linebarger member_of
Far East Division book_quoted
“Linebarger never moved psychological warfare techniques beyond a crude level. Linebarger, something of a guru in the field, had written a standard text on the subject and had been a top consultant to Wisner's Far East Division. He ran an or…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 7 @ 12:53
Desmond Fitzgerald headed
Far East Division book_quoted
“setup. The locale this time was going to be Tibet. It was technically part of China. In the Director of Operations area, China belonged to Fitzgerald's barony, meaning he was all things China. It fell in the Far East Division. Technically, …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 19:18
Sam Halpern member_of
Far East Division book_quoted
“He had managed secret air missions for General Erston's Office of Special Operations. Evidence indicate a steady growth in CIA interest in the area of Tibet. There were meetings recounted by George Patterson, former CIA officer, recalled th…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe For Democracy Part 15 (16) @ 36:04
Alfred Ulmer member_of
Far East Division book_quoted
“Far East Division was the biggest in that area of the CIA. As it happened, the division chief, Alfred Ulmer Jr., knew about paramilitary operations, but very little about Asia. He had been transferred from the European operation under a CIA…”
▶ The Colonels corner president’s secret war chapter 8 @ 24:07
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was entirely a CIA responsibility. Their actor operational command was gradually transferred over to the military advisory command by the summer of 1963. So the CIA sets it up and then hands it off to the U.S. military. By then, Colby had l…
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He was very well connected with the government. Corcoran put Chenault in contact with CIA officers, culminating in a series of meetings during the summer. By August, Chenault was talking to Colonel Richard Stilwell, chief of staff of the Fa…
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Frank Wisner's Far East division chief refused to commit the CIA to any command arrangement with the Pentagon. Richard Stilwell would only say that he was reasonably certain that military theater commanders would be informed of and could ap…
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Wisner's subordinate returned to the Far East Division with the word that the new arrangement for Soekarno was going to be moved up in the priority. And one officer in the Indonesian branch recalled being told that if some plan for doing th…
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Far East Division was the biggest in that area of the CIA. As it happened, the division chief, Alfred Ulmer Jr., knew about paramilitary operations, but very little about Asia. He had been transferred from the European operation under a CIA…
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Slightly more than half of them were overseas contract personnel. About half of the OPC, which is Wisner's area, worked for the Far East Division, meaning helping Chiang Kai-shek. German operations employed another 12,000. Just between fisc…
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setup. The locale this time was going to be Tibet. It was technically part of China. In the Director of Operations area, China belonged to Fitzgerald's barony, meaning he was all things China. It fell in the Far East Division. Technically, …
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Soon, he had added people to cover the workload. Thus, a station working in the Far East Division, or for that matter, the Near East, would also be responding to things about the Soviet Union. In 1956, the CIA initiated a similar program to…
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This routinized the special arrangements previously required for the Far East to carry out activities in the Near East. Jim Critchfield did not mind having some of the people act primarily in support of the Far East, and Desmond Fitzgerald …
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He had managed secret air missions for General Erston's Office of Special Operations. Evidence indicate a steady growth in CIA interest in the area of Tibet. There were meetings recounted by George Patterson, former CIA officer, recalled th…
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as in the CIA office in Saigon. Relations between the field command and the CIA station in Laos varied. The agency chiefs of station had different styles and manners. Gordon Jorgensen left for Saigon in 62. Charles Whitehurst presided over …
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Linebarger never moved psychological warfare techniques beyond a crude level. Linebarger, something of a guru in the field, had written a standard text on the subject and had been a top consultant to Wisner's Far East Division. He ran an or…
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Others at Langley, the inspector general actually commissioned a poll and interviewed a significant fraction of the agency employees, demonstrating that morale remained high, except at the very top, where they knew everything. The charges a…