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Eiler Jensen member_of Danish Federation of Trade Unions documented
“the Social Democrat Party had received somewhere in the same ballpark. Eiler Jensen, E-I-L-E-R, Jensen, J-E-N-S-E-N, was the president of the trade union there. And the trade union there was called DFTU. He informed Irving Brown.…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2 @ 6:32
Irving Brown recruited Eiler Jensen documented
“Let me spell that. H-A-A-K-O-N-L-I-E. He encouraged Jensen to gather the leaders of all of the Nordic unions and persuade them to support the Marshall Plan. Late in that year in December, Brown informed Lai that Jensen was prepared to meet …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2 @ 36:13
Eiler Jensen member_of Free Trade Union International documented
“playing a major role, and with Eiler Jensen as its vice chairman, was formed. Through its affiliation with the ICFTU, that's the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the DFTU became involved in intelligence work, no kidding, an…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2 @ 39:41

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The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 6:32 the Social Democrat Party had received somewhere in the same ballpark. Eiler Jensen, E-I-L-E-R, Jensen, J-E-N-S-E-N, was the president of the trade union there. And the trade union there was called DFTU. He informed Irving Brown.…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 28:02 the Second World War. And again, the oligarchs wouldn't have got rich off the Second World War. So you see the problem building. Eiler Jensen had been elected as a representative of a Nordic national organization. Personally, Jensen believe…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 28:34 used as a guardian against any future war. The reoccurring bone of contention in the World Federation Trade Union was an organizational statute. The conflict was about the autonomy and independence associated with national organizations und…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 29:08 to be able to control certain aspects. Immediately upon returning home in July of 1946 from a meeting of the World Federation Trade Union that had happened in Moscow, Eiler Jensen reported to the labor movement's Nordic Cooperation Committe…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 29:39 In Jensen's opinion, efforts should be made to make them a part of the World Federation Trade Union, but under their terms. Another statement, quote, we should not nourish any illusions. The new trade union international will be bigger but …
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 31:44 It's not surprising. Nothing we can't handle, I guess. Okay. Okay. All right. So, I don't know what to do about the sound. Let's see. Okay. At the same time, there was a split forming, thanks to people like our buddy over here, Jensen, in t…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 35:08 Brown continued his offensive during the first two months of 1948. He met with representatives in as many as 14 different countries in Western European to include the Nordic countries. And Brown wrote to Eiler Jensen, quote, I feel the time…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 35:38 that have a common belief and goal, meaning no communists. Then he also said that he wanted all of the Scandinavians to convene trade union conferences and embrace the Marshall Plan, which would further ostracize the Soviet Union. And Brown…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 36:13 Let me spell that. H-A-A-K-O-N-L-I-E. He encouraged Jensen to gather the leaders of all of the Nordic unions and persuade them to support the Marshall Plan. Late in that year in December, Brown informed Lai that Jensen was prepared to meet …
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 37:37 registered some hesitation about how to proceed. Jensen promised to do everything in his power to persuade the Nordic colleagues to embrace the Marshall Plan and to collectively then they would approach the British. If Jensen, let's see, th…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 39:41 playing a major role, and with Eiler Jensen as its vice chairman, was formed. Through its affiliation with the ICFTU, that's the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, the DFTU became involved in intelligence work, no kidding, an…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism #2
▶ 45:44 Eiler Jensen, who built up a close relationship with the U.S. Embassy, read that as CIA, was characterized as a, quote, unquote, conservative sound thinker. Also, quote, one of the key men in the whole Scandinavian area, unquote. Thus, both…