James Forrestal person
also: admiral forestall, Forrestal, Forstall, forestall, Mike Forrestal, Navy Secretary James Forrestal, the first secretary of defense, Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, Forrester, Jim Forrestal, Secretary of Defense, Doolittle
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Claims (16)
James Forrestal member_of
Dillon, Read & Co. book_quoted
“And that's why Angleton spent a lot of time in Italy before he joined the OSS and then the CIA, because his dad was spying and providing information to the State Department based on his franchise in Italy. And that is all very well document…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #4 @ 18:52
James Forrestal covered_up
Sinking of USS Indianapolis book_quoted
“the Navy in the closing of World War II and then the demobilization as it occurred. And he's also over a whole bunch of the different things that happens in the aftermath of World War II, one of which was the court-martialing of the command…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Relook at Robert Komer (Phoenix) as a Ritchie Boy @ 1:01:23
James Forrestal appointed
Allen Dulles book_quoted
“Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, a former Wall Street investment baker at Dylan Reed, who had moved in Dulles' circles and who shared Dulles' suspicions on the Soviet Union. In early 1948, Forrestal persuaded a politically vulnerable T…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 7 @ 15:17
James Forrestal member_of
Riga Group book_quoted
“analysis was to have an enduring impact in escalating hostilities between the U.S. and the Soviet Union later on. The Riga faction drew much of its most important support from the foreign policy elite outside the government. People like Joh…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Splendid Blond Beast #4 @ 32:18
Israel assassinated
James Forrestal host_asserted
“you know, like they did before Zionism. And, you know, if you look back to the history of America and James Forrestal, who is JFK's mentor, basically, and his father's best friend from Wall Street, he was the first Secretary of Defense for …”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Mr Truthbomb @ 3:06:44
James Forrestal mentored
John F. Kennedy host_asserted
“you know, like they did before Zionism. And, you know, if you look back to the history of America and James Forrestal, who is JFK's mentor, basically, and his father's best friend from Wall Street, he was the first Secretary of Defense for …”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Mr Truthbomb @ 3:06:44
James Forrestal mentored
Joseph McCarthy host_asserted
“And, you know, JFK was his like pretty much his apprentice type thing. And so was Joe McCarthy. And Joe McCarthy and JFK joined the Congress at the same time in 1956. Sorry, sorry, 1946, right after World War II. They kind of, Forrestal men…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Mr Truthbomb @ 3:07:13
James Forrestal member_of
U.S. State Department guest_asserted
“when he died in 1949, extremely significant in terms of, will the president be able to control this new, you know, the services conflict that, you know, strongly influenced World War II. That was a hint. And, but, so he had, yes, Harriman a…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam Part 7 @ 1:13:52
James Forrestal appointed
CIA documented
“In the fall of 1948, I'd say they weren't caught. They definitely had oars in their hand, if not being the motor itself. In the fall of 47, the first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, asked if the agency would be capable of undertaking…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 4 (3) @ 41:59
James Forrestal wanted_supervision_by
National Security Council documented
“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 …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 5 @ 59:13
James Forrestal appointed
Ferdinand Eberstadt book_quoted
“that this state of affairs was counterproductive to national defense. He retained New York lawyer Ferdinand Eberstadt. Now he's talking about the part of not having a CIA. That wasn't acceptable. So he retained New York lawyer Ferdinand Ebe…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 4 @ 11:49
James Forrestal recruited
CIA documented
“He says from the creation of the CIA, it was caught up in different flows of which administration. So in the fall of 1947, the first secretary of defense, James Forrestal, asked the CIA if it would be capable of undertaking secret political…”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Book Club about real history @ 1:11:22
James Forrestal appointed
William Draper book_quoted
“engineered Draper's appointment as chief of the economic division of the Joint Allied Control Council for Germany and as director of economic policy for the German territories administered by the U.S. So you have the very people that arrang…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 13 @ 15:22
James Forrestal member_of
Dillon, Read & Co. book_quoted
“They were not interested in denazification. They were interested in expanding their control. By 1945, Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, who used to be Dylan Reed president. So you literally have a Dylan Reed agen…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 13 @ 14:53
James Forrestal succeeded
Frank Knox guest_asserted
“When he becomes the Secretary of Navy in 1944, the guy that was in the job before, Frank Knox, died of a heart attack. And now we all suspect that maybe he didn't actually die of a heart attack, that he was basically moved out of the way fo…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Relook at Robert Komer (Phoenix) as a Ritchie Boy @ 1:00:53
James Forrestal member_of
Operation Gladio guest_asserted
“What's interesting about Forrestal is when you go back and you look at him, he looks like he would be the perfect international syndicate flag officer. You know, from the important part of New York, he was brought up Catholic, very religiou…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Relook at Robert Komer (Phoenix) as a Ritchie Boy @ 59:20
Mentions (36)
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um anomalies in both of those um and uh admiral forestall as well 100 and then admiral um just uh tangentially around the same time uh admiral bird and a bunch of people around that guy too so yeah and and that has to do with the geophysica…
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you know, like they did before Zionism. And, you know, if you look back to the history of America and James Forrestal, who is JFK's mentor, basically, and his father's best friend from Wall Street, he was the first Secretary of Defense for …
▶ 3:07:13
And, you know, JFK was his like pretty much his apprentice type thing. And so was Joe McCarthy. And Joe McCarthy and JFK joined the Congress at the same time in 1956. Sorry, sorry, 1946, right after World War II. They kind of, Forrestal men…
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And then Forrestal found out about what happened with Patton. He was, you know, very aware of it. He was going to come out and make his own newspaper and start telling the truth. They threw him out of a building. And then you had Joe McCart…
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They put him in as a mental patient, and then the night before he got, he was supposed to get out, and his brother was coming to pick him up. They said he committed suicide by jumping, hanging himself, and jumping out of a 16-story window. …
▶ 58:40
Yes, I did hear it, Colonel. My mic went off for some reason. I know who it was. It was Forrestal. So what do you think really happened to him? Did they have to get rid of him to move forward? Yeah, I think so too. He was absolutely murdere…
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What's interesting about Forrestal is when you go back and you look at him, he looks like he would be the perfect international syndicate flag officer. You know, from the important part of New York, he was brought up Catholic, very religiou…
▶ 59:51
and the P2 lodge and you have him you know basically being uh I think he went to Princeton so he has all of the um oh and he went to Dartmouth too I just saw that so he has all of the paper you know he looks like the perfect um guy he goes …
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at Dylan Reading Company, which is a international syndicate. I've seen them come up repeatedly. So at some point in this, he somehow has remorse or whatever, because he is definitely brought up in the shadow of the syndicate. So at some po…
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When he becomes the Secretary of Navy in 1944, the guy that was in the job before, Frank Knox, died of a heart attack. And now we all suspect that maybe he didn't actually die of a heart attack, that he was basically moved out of the way fo…
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They will walk away from you and they will leave you to dry. They have done this repeatedly to people that are in the Navy. There is absolutely no support for commanders in the Navy. So, yeah, Forrestal, during all of this, I mean, you know…
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A bunch of the bullshit that was happening and they killed him because there's no way this man is in the whatever the mental place and window. No way. So next question, Matt, go ahead. Hey, Colonel. Hey, Bridget. And I see a new I see someo…
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So you were talking about Forstall. He was a huge topic. Like we're big on our history and our tradition. So like his name came up a lot and there's many of us within the mess that believe he was absolutely killed. And part of the reason wh…
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They absolutely eat their own in the Navy. You know, if your ship gets into any types of problems, if you have a couple sailors get into a big incident, whatever, the CO is immediately fired. But, yeah, the forestall and that vessel, it was…
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Okay. Thank you. Miles, go ahead. Yeah, I was waiting to see if John was done. I was going to apologize for bringing up Forrestal, but now that I did and where you went with this, it's really interesting. Yeah, Naval Intelligence probably w…
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A lot of people knew about FDR and what that was about and why we got into World War II. And that's probably why he had to be eliminated because he knew what was going on. And I think this is a connection with Catholicism and the Catholics,…
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important to look at. Namely, it was it was a crocodile, you know, what you would call it over its Democratic Harriman, April Harriman. Right. And April Harriman had adopted. Check this out. The first secretary of state forced us, you know,…
▶ 1:13:52
when he died in 1949, extremely significant in terms of, will the president be able to control this new, you know, the services conflict that, you know, strongly influenced World War II. That was a hint. And, but, so he had, yes, Harriman a…
▶ 1:11:22
He says from the creation of the CIA, it was caught up in different flows of which administration. So in the fall of 1947, the first secretary of defense, James Forrestal, asked the CIA if it would be capable of undertaking secret political…
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I mentioned at the beginning of this chapter that you had Doolittle working with a consultant in order to come up with this whole monstrosity and the merger of the two, the adding of psychological operations. The guy that Doolittle wanted.…
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In the fall of 1948, I'd say they weren't caught. They definitely had oars in their hand, if not being the motor itself. In the fall of 47, the first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, asked if the agency would be capable of undertaking…
▶ 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 …
▶ 59:43
that if he wanted to manage intelligence, he would have taken the job of DCI. Hill and Cutter suggested that an outside panel review it and report on the mission. The president approved. Alan Dulles of Solomon and Cromwell agreed to chair t…
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Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, a former Wall Street investment baker at Dylan Reed, who had moved in Dulles' circles and who shared Dulles' suspicions on the Soviet Union. In early 1948, Forrestal persuaded a politically vulnerable T…
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year-old CIA and proposed ways to make it effective. The so-called Dulles-Jackson-Coria committee, over which Dulles quickly assumed control, allowed him to roam freely through the halls of the new intelligence agency and develop a plan on …
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Dulles and Forrestal didn't wait for the report to be finished before taking action. In March of 1948, James Angleton flew back from Rome to meet with Dulles, warning his mentor that Italy's Communist Party was taking over. Seeing an opport…
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Christian Democrats really in favor of NATO. That was the whole objective. Within days, a satchel stuffed with American cash was headed off to Italian agents at the Rome Hotel, a luxurious villa atop Spanish steps favored by Dulles during h…
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government's political clients. On the evening of April 17th, the first day of Italian voting, Dulles scrutinized the election rally from Rome at Forrester's home in Washington. The two men raised a toast when it became clear that the Chris…
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reversal of fortune. Soon after, Dulles would lose his strong ally in the Truman administration because Jim Forrestal, let's see, Jim Forrestal, when the president ousted the Dulles ally from the Pentagon, by that time, by the time he was p…
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He supposedly threw himself out of a window at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Now, obviously, there's lots of controversy about that. The tragic collapse of the defense secretary, a man who had controlled America's fearsome arsenal, was one of th…
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had convinced Harry Truman that we needed a peacetime version of it as well. Truman, of course, agreed and set up all types of intelligence capability, mainly what originally was termed the Central Intelligence Group, which became the Centr…
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And that's why Angleton spent a lot of time in Italy before he joined the OSS and then the CIA, because his dad was spying and providing information to the State Department based on his franchise in Italy. And that is all very well document…
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analysis was to have an enduring impact in escalating hostilities between the U.S. and the Soviet Union later on. The Riga faction drew much of its most important support from the foreign policy elite outside the government. People like Joh…
▶ 14:53
They were not interested in denazification. They were interested in expanding their control. By 1945, Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, who used to be Dylan Reed president. So you literally have a Dylan Reed agen…
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And he ends up in charge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. It's like a slap in the face. The Secretary of Defense, Dylan Reeds, and James Forrestal oversaw much of the birth of the post-war military-industrial complex and …
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He supposedly committed suicide by jumping out of a window while he was being attended to in a medical facility because of a nervous breakdown. Many lawyers and economists from Henry Morgenthau's team at Treasury went on to serve a year or …