Joseph Ankrah person
also: Joseph Ankara, General Ankara
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Claims (2)
Joseph Ankrah overthrew
Kwame Nkrumah host_asserted
“for a time when the president was out of the country. Karuma left Ghana on February 22nd. The coup occurred on the 24th. General Ankara was the head of the military junta that claimed power, which is the guy the CIA wanted. That coup suppos…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 1:03:16
CIA funded
Joseph Ankrah host_asserted
“hogwash if you read other accounts of it. Somebody wrote, Bob Comer wrote a memo that said the coup in Ghana is another example of a fortuitous windfall. Yeah, right. It's just coincidental, according to Walt Rostow, that the CIA knew and h…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 1:03:49
Mentions (3)
▶ 56:50
And there were dated documents saying they were attempting to do exactly that. LBJ went ahead with the damn aid, but he may well have approved undermining the government as well. During a home visit in March of 1965, Ambassador Mahoney met …
▶ 57:22
buying off police and senior military figures, including General Joseph Ankara, the same man McCone and Rusk had considered a year earlier. Evidence indicates that Ghana's military plans were well known to the CIA, which reported on them mo…
▶ 1:03:16
for a time when the president was out of the country. Karuma left Ghana on February 22nd. The coup occurred on the 24th. General Ankara was the head of the military junta that claimed power, which is the guy the CIA wanted. That coup suppos…