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Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture organization

also: CIDCC

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Claims (17)

Aginter Press member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“in the late 1940s and early 50s that kept getting killed. They would go on to establish entities in Portugal, which is where a gentry press was, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Togo. Initially, there was no Germa…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 42:31
Jean Le Cher member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“One of the members, let's see, a good friend of the newspaper magnate Jean Le Cher, who was sentenced to death in 1946 for collaboration and high treason, was transferred to Greece in 1943. So they're definitely working behind the scenes an…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 44:33
Rudolf Junges member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“basically all of the Christian segments. They had an influential supporter in the foreign office named Rudolf Hunes, J-U-N-G-E-S, who had meanwhile switched across to the diplomatic service, outsourcing the work of anti-communist propaganda…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 45:34
Anton Pinay funded Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“from the former French prime minister, Antoine Panay, the guy that created Le Cercle, who was absolutely part of the intelligence community. And he clearly saw a useful political instrument in the CIDCC and promptly reestablished the French…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 47:25
Paul-Henri Spaak headed Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“or sink into a communist materialism. The CIDCC was intended, in the face of a well-organized communist and anti-Christian international, to become the nucleus of the Christian international community. Most important to this effort was a ma…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 39:29
Paul de Lannoy funded Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“Paul de Lanoit, by far the most significant financier of this movement, conservatism in general, and anti-communists specifically in Belgium during the 40s, 50s, and 60s. As a renowned European politician, Van Zeelen also had excellent inte…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 40:30
Manuel Aguirre de Carcer member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“as president of the committee. For his fight against atheist communism, Lesoyd won several supporters among representatives of the Franco regime in Spain. Again, this is fascist, not Christian in any way at all, fascist. The Spanish ambassa…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 41:01
Fernando Martín-Sánchez Juliá member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“declared himself ready to collaborate on their efforts. Also, there was an organization that basically did propaganda that was led by Fernando Martin Sanchez Julia. Contacts also existed with another organization that's basically the Instit…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 41:35
Marcel Roover founded Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture host_asserted
“of political refugees from Central Europe. There was one in Belgium called the CIDCC. The true architect of the Belgian wing, however, was officially created for October 51 by two guys, Marcel de Ruver, R-O-O-V-E-R, and Maurice, I'll spell …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Transnational AntiCommunism&Cold War Part 5 @ 17:36
Maurice Keyaerts founded Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture host_asserted
“of political refugees from Central Europe. There was one in Belgium called the CIDCC. The true architect of the Belgian wing, however, was officially created for October 51 by two guys, Marcel de Ruver, R-O-O-V-E-R, and Maurice, I'll spell …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Transnational AntiCommunism&Cold War Part 5 @ 17:36
Paul Lesourd member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“de Paris. Lessard came to the attention of the interwar period for proto-fascist betrayal of the Lateran Accords and for the publication of the History of Catholic Missions. He regularly wrote articles about church events and commentaries. …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 36:39
Paul Lesourd founded Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“which, according to its own account, had come about as a protest against the abduction of Greek children by communist rebels. The CIDCC, which, in contrast to the Sinner Catholic, again, that's a publication, also appealed explicitly to Pro…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 38:31
Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture member_of North Atlantic Treaty Organization book_quoted
“After 1957, the Committee International actively brought these ideas into the international debate over psychological operations and thereby put itself forward as a partner to NATO. Again, not even making this up. So it goes on to talk abou…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 49:22
Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture member_of World Anti-Communist League book_quoted
“having to join it formally. And basically they functioned as a counterpart. He goes on to say this, that they functioned as a Christian counterpart to the World Anti-Communist League. And this is crazy. Okay.…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 50:55
Charles Willoughby member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“because that's where all the freaking Nazis went, under the leadership of a former Secret Service officer of German origin, none other than Charles A. Willoughby, to whom General MacArthur gave the title, My Pet Fascist. Who was Willoughby?…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 51:52
Theodor Oberländer member_of Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture book_quoted
“And he was definitely in the middle of the organization. Also, we end up with another, Theodor Oberlander, who was basically a Nazi as well. He ended up as part of this organization later on in Germany proper. So that takes us through those…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14 @ 53:07
Yves Guérin-Sérac founded Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and Culture host_asserted
“And remember, John Violet is La Circle, and that is another basically semi-secret society that is fascist and was operating behind the scenes in Europe with a lot of Americans on it to implement one world government. He was also the instiga…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anticommunism& Cold War part 8 @ 15:53

Mentions (20)

The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism&Cold War #1
▶ 34:02 became one of their coalescing goals as they set up this transnational anti-communist effort. I would call it more like brainwashing or propaganda. It talks about how another organization dealing with the Catholic Church that was referred t…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anti Communism&Cold War #1
▶ 34:34 And it's in French, the name of it. It's Catholic Committee International Defense, Civilization, and then whatever that last C is. I don't know. But you can tell by the words that it has to do with defense, international, and a committee, a…
The Colonel's Corner Transnational AntiCommunism&Cold War Part 5
▶ 17:36 of political refugees from Central Europe. There was one in Belgium called the CIDCC. The true architect of the Belgian wing, however, was officially created for October 51 by two guys, Marcel de Ruver, R-O-O-V-E-R, and Maurice, I'll spell …
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anticommunism& Cold War part 8
▶ 12:30 His response to me was, well, they're concerned about poor people. And so the brainwashing was very effective. There is a close correspondence between the steps taken to develop Interdoc and the moves that led to the creation of the Committ…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anticommunism& Cold War part 8
▶ 13:02 Yet there are two crucial differences that separate the two networks. One concerned the value system that they promoted. While the CIDCC was unabashedly Christian slash Catholic in orientation, Interdoc was seeking a broader approach that u…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Anticommunism& Cold War part 8
▶ 15:53 And remember, John Violet is La Circle, and that is another basically semi-secret society that is fascist and was operating behind the scenes in Europe with a lot of Americans on it to implement one world government. He was also the instiga…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 38:04 This paper, which saw itself as the mouthpiece of the Pope, was predominantly based on a translation of the Observatore Romano. It was particularly aimed at French priests and bishops. It had a companion publication that was meant for the C…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 38:31 which, according to its own account, had come about as a protest against the abduction of Greek children by communist rebels. The CIDCC, which, in contrast to the Sinner Catholic, again, that's a publication, also appealed explicitly to Pro…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 39:00 a general plan of action between the different national committees, and they would construct a dam and establish a counterweight to communist and crypto-communist propaganda. They also said that they would organize and coordinate counter-pr…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 39:29 or sink into a communist materialism. The CIDCC was intended, in the face of a well-organized communist and anti-Christian international, to become the nucleus of the Christian international community. Most important to this effort was a ma…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 43:34 Thanks to his intervention, shortly thereafter became the German division of the European Committee of Peace and Liberty. So isn't that interesting that we showed the establishment of this Committee of Peace and Liberty being directly tied …
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 44:33 One of the members, let's see, a good friend of the newspaper magnate Jean Le Cher, who was sentenced to death in 1946 for collaboration and high treason, was transferred to Greece in 1943. So they're definitely working behind the scenes an…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 45:03 Throughout all of Europe, doing poster campaigns, writing circulars, contacting priests, setting up training courses. Let's see. The German section soon took over the uncontested leadership role within the Committee International. The Chris…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 46:55 Van Zeelen bestowed only limited attention to this organization. At the same time, faced with a limited number of customers and a bottleneck in finances, Le Sourd's publishing activities came to a standstill. International meetings hardly e…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 47:25 from the former French prime minister, Antoine Panay, the guy that created Le Cercle, who was absolutely part of the intelligence community. And he clearly saw a useful political instrument in the CIDCC and promptly reestablished the French…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 49:22 After 1957, the Committee International actively brought these ideas into the international debate over psychological operations and thereby put itself forward as a partner to NATO. Again, not even making this up. So it goes on to talk abou…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 49:54 All of the different basically Sweden, Austria, all of the different NATO organizations. It also says that the CIDCC did not join in with the other worldwide coordination of anti-communist propaganda agencies advanced by the Asian People's …
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 50:25 It says in March of 1958, with the Anti-Communist World Council, Congress, sorry, and moved on to form the World Anti-Communist League in 1966, which comprised of the anti-Bolshevik bloc of nations, which we just talked about. And so they w…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 50:55 having to join it formally. And basically they functioned as a counterpart. He goes on to say this, that they functioned as a Christian counterpart to the World Anti-Communist League. And this is crazy. Okay.…
The Colonel’s Corner Transnational Communism&Cold War Part 14
▶ 51:23 It raised itself to the level of a global organization and positioned itself as the Christian alternative to the emerging world anti-communist league. By the end of the 50s, initial contact had been made with Uganda. Latin America stood at …