Operation Stole operation
also: Operation Stoll, Operation Straggle, Operation Strangle, Operation Wakeful, STOLE, straggle, strangle, Wakeful
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Claims (6)
Operation Stole attempted_to_block
India book_quoted
“Added up the figure, they produced a profit of $100,000. A paramilitary operation, STOLE, S-T-O-L-E, was a covert attempt to block Indian medical aid from being given to Mao's Chinese as a humanitarian mission. So isn't that weird that Indi…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4 @ 54:40
CIA funded
Operation Stole book_quoted
“CIA approved a million dollars for this effort. Hans Tolte met in Tokyo with other station chiefs to plan the operation. At one point, Cox in Hong Kong made preparation for sabotage under the noses of the British authorities. In the case of…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Presidents Secret War Chap 4 @ 55:41
Operation Stole targeted_for_regime_change
Syria documented
“was directed to scout the possibilities on the ground. He was given two months in theater. In July, Kermit Roosevelt went out to Jordan on another assignment related to this same mission. Operation Straggle, known to the Americans as Wakefu…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 8 @ 9:16
Chiang Kai-shek supplied_arms_to
Operation Stole host_asserted
“In the case of the Norwegian ship docked there where the British people were actually on that ship. When the freighter bypassed Hong Kong, a more discreet plan evolved. Topki simply approached Chiang Kai-shek, who was happy to lend his patr…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 4 @ 52:51
CIA carried_out_attack
Operation Stole host_asserted
“in 20 Japanese theaters and played over 700 times. When the Wisner officers added up the figure, they had produced a profit of $100,000. A paramilitary operation, STOLE, S-T-O-L-E, was a covert attempt to block Indian medical aid from being…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 4 @ 51:23
CIA financed_via
Operation Stole host_asserted
“field hospitals were aboard a Norwegian freighter en route to China. Operation Stoll was to stop the shipment at all costs. CIA approved a million dollars for this effort. Hans Tolte met in Tokyo with other station chiefs to plan the operat…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 4 @ 52:21
Mentions (8)
▶ 54:40
Added up the figure, they produced a profit of $100,000. A paramilitary operation, STOLE, S-T-O-L-E, was a covert attempt to block Indian medical aid from being given to Mao's Chinese as a humanitarian mission. So isn't that weird that Indi…
▶ 55:12
humanitarian aid to China, mainland China, and they want to mount a paramilitary operation to stop that. Medical supplies, including makings for three full field hospitals, were aboard a Norwegian freighter en route to China. Operation Stol…
▶ 7:23
He would eventually die of cancer in 1959, and the continuing crisis that followed Hungary took a great toll on him. One of the new plans originating in the months before the Suez, a CIA contract officer assigned for purposes of cover to th…
▶ 9:14
In July, Kermit Roosevelt went out to Jordan on another assignment related to this same mission. Operation Straggle, known to the Americans as Wakeful, so Straggle was the British name, led to a complete disaster. The basic idea was to brin…
▶ 9:14
In July, Kermit Roosevelt went out to Jordan on another assignment related to this same mission. Operation Straggle, known to the Americans as Wakeful, so Straggle was the British name, led to a complete disaster. The basic idea was to brin…
▶ 10:14
The coup was resurrected in 57 and renamed Operation WAPEN, W-A-P-P-E-N, with the CIA in Beirut, Lebanon, coordinating a covert working group composed of representatives from the British SIS plus Iraqi, Jordanian, and Lebanese intelligence.…
▶ 17:49
But Suez represented only the tip of the iceberg and much that lay below the surface involved secret warriors. One plan originated months before Suez, a CIA contract officer assigned for cover purposes to the Operations Coordination Board, …
▶ 29:40
A strategy of tension, peace to this entire puzzle. Operation Wakeful, known to the British SIS as Straggle, led to a complete disaster. The basic idea was to trigger a coup by Syrian officers and forestall the Ba'ath Party rise to power. S…