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Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of [[covert action]] with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement. | Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of [[covert action]] with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement. | ||
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| + | ==January== | ||
| + | *'''4''' - [[Americans for Democratic Action]] founding conference. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
*[[Raymond Murphy]] brings [[Whittaker Chambers]] material to attention of [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - ''Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.149.</ref> | *[[Raymond Murphy]] brings [[Whittaker Chambers]] material to attention of [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - ''Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster'', Random House, 1999, p.149.</ref> | ||
| + | *Bizonal union convention in British and American areas of Germany.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.166.</ref> | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
*'''12''' Truman doctrine announced | *'''12''' Truman doctrine announced | ||
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| + | ==April== | ||
| + | *[[Free Trade Union Committee]] earmarks funds for office equipment for [[Kurt Schumacher]]'s [[SPD]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.166.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund]] founded at convention in Bielefeld.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.166.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''8''' - [[Jay Lovestone]] writes to [[Matthew Woll]] about [[George Shaw Wheeler]] defection to Czechoslovakia.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.162.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==May== | ||
| + | *[[George Marshall]] appoints [[George Kennan]] head of the State Department [[Policy Planning Staff]].<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.24.</ref> | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
| − | *'''5''' Marshall Plan announced | + | *'''5''' Marshall Plan announced. |
| + | *''Late June'' - Soviet delegation walks out of talks on the Marshall Plan.<ref name="Rathbun192">Ben Rathbun, ''The Point Man, Irving Brown and the Deadly Post-1945 Struggle for Europe and Africa, Minerva Press, 1996, p.192.</ref> | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
*National Security Act | *National Security Act | ||
*X Foreign Affairs article | *X Foreign Affairs article | ||
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| + | ==September== | ||
| + | *[[Lucius Clay]] and [[Robert Murphy]] of [[OMGUS]] meet [[Henry Rutz]] to express reservations about [[Kurt Schumacher]] visit to the USA.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.167.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''1''' - United Nations Special Committee on Palestine recommends partition.<ref name="Parmet239">Robert D. Parmet, ''The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement'', NYU Press, 2005, p.239.</ref> | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
| + | *[[Kurt Schumacher]] tells [[AFL]] conference, "Communist totalitarianism is now attempting to conquer the European continent".<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.168.</ref> [[Jay Lovestone]] clashes with [[George Kennan]] over Schumacher's opposition to [[Konrad Adenauer]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.168.</ref> | ||
| + | *French CGT begins a strike wave. [[Irving Brown]] tells [[Force Ouvriére]] it is an attempt to sabotage the Marshall plan.<ref name="Rathbun193">Ben Rathbun, ''The Point Man, Irving Brown and the Deadly Post-1945 Struggle for Europe and Africa, Minerva Press, 1996, p.193.</ref> | ||
*'''5''' [[Cominform]] created.<ref name="Saunders26">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.26.</ref> | *'''5''' [[Cominform]] created.<ref name="Saunders26">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.26.</ref> | ||
*[[Melvin Lasky]] disrupts the East Berlin writers congress.<ref name="Saunders27">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.27.</ref> | *[[Melvin Lasky]] disrupts the East Berlin writers congress.<ref name="Saunders27">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.27.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''28''' - [[Jay Lovestone]] writes to [[James Forrestal]] informing him of his underground labour network in the Soviet zone of Germany.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==November== | ||
| + | *Power in [[OMGUS]] starts to shift towards pro-Social Democrat officers [[Henry Rutz]] and [[Alfred Bingham]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.163.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Jay Lovestone]] reports to [[George Meany]] and [[Matthew Woll]] on [[Free Trade Union Committee]], stating that "our trade union programs have penetrated every country of Europe".<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.</ref> | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
*[[CIA]] [[Special Procedures Group]] created. | *[[CIA]] [[Special Procedures Group]] created. | ||
| + | *[[Irving Brown]] persuades [[Leon Jouhaux]] to split with the CGT.<ref name="Rathbun194">Ben Rathbun, ''The Point Man, Irving Brown and the Deadly Post-1945 Struggle for Europe and Africa, Minerva Press, 1996, p.194.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''3''' - [[Louis Nelson]] resigns as vice-president of the [[Jewish Labor Committee]] over its support for a Jewish state in Palestine.<ref name="Parmet239">Robert D. Parmet, ''The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement'', NYU Press, 2005, p.239.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''4''' - A dinner in honour of [[Chaim Weizmann]] at the Hotel Astor raises $1 million for the [[Histadrut]]. [[David Dubinsky]] is among the speakers.<ref name="Parmet239">Robert D. Parmet, ''The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement'', NYU Press, 2005, p.239.</ref> | ||
*'''7''' Lasky submits magazine proposal to General [[Lucius Clay]].<ref name="Saunders28">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.28.</ref> | *'''7''' Lasky submits magazine proposal to General [[Lucius Clay]].<ref name="Saunders28">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.28.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''19''' [[CIA]] authorised to undertake covert psychological warfare by [[National Security Council]] directive [[NSC-4A]].<ref name="Saunders39">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.39.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:27, 3 October 2013
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
January
- 4 - Americans for Democratic Action founding conference.
February
- Raymond Murphy brings Whittaker Chambers material to attention of Richard Nixon.[1]
- Bizonal union convention in British and American areas of Germany.[2]
March
- 12 Truman doctrine announced
April
- Free Trade Union Committee earmarks funds for office equipment for Kurt Schumacher's SPD.[3]
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund founded at convention in Bielefeld.[4]
- 8 - Jay Lovestone writes to Matthew Woll about George Shaw Wheeler defection to Czechoslovakia.[5]
May
- George Marshall appoints George Kennan head of the State Department Policy Planning Staff.[6]
June
- 5 Marshall Plan announced.
- Late June - Soviet delegation walks out of talks on the Marshall Plan.[7]
July
- National Security Act
- X Foreign Affairs article
September
- Lucius Clay and Robert Murphy of OMGUS meet Henry Rutz to express reservations about Kurt Schumacher visit to the USA.[8]
- 1 - United Nations Special Committee on Palestine recommends partition.[9]
October
- Kurt Schumacher tells AFL conference, "Communist totalitarianism is now attempting to conquer the European continent".[10] Jay Lovestone clashes with George Kennan over Schumacher's opposition to Konrad Adenauer.[11]
- French CGT begins a strike wave. Irving Brown tells Force Ouvriére it is an attempt to sabotage the Marshall plan.[12]
- 5 Cominform created.[13]
- Melvin Lasky disrupts the East Berlin writers congress.[14]
- 28 - Jay Lovestone writes to James Forrestal informing him of his underground labour network in the Soviet zone of Germany.[15]
November
- Power in OMGUS starts to shift towards pro-Social Democrat officers Henry Rutz and Alfred Bingham.[16]
- Jay Lovestone reports to George Meany and Matthew Woll on Free Trade Union Committee, stating that "our trade union programs have penetrated every country of Europe".[17]
December
- CIA Special Procedures Group created.
- Irving Brown persuades Leon Jouhaux to split with the CGT.[18]
- 3 - Louis Nelson resigns as vice-president of the Jewish Labor Committee over its support for a Jewish state in Palestine.[9]
- 4 - A dinner in honour of Chaim Weizmann at the Hotel Astor raises $1 million for the Histadrut. David Dubinsky is among the speakers.[9]
- 7 Lasky submits magazine proposal to General Lucius Clay.[19]
- 19 CIA authorised to undertake covert psychological warfare by National Security Council directive NSC-4A.[20]
Notes
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.149.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.166.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.166.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.166.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.162.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.24.
- ↑ Ben Rathbun, The Point Man, Irving Brown and the Deadly Post-1945 Struggle for Europe and Africa, Minerva Press, 1996, p.192.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.167.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Robert D. Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, NYU Press, 2005, p.239.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.168.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.168.
- ↑ Ben Rathbun, The Point Man, Irving Brown and the Deadly Post-1945 Struggle for Europe and Africa, Minerva Press, 1996, p.193.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.26.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.27.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.163.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.
- ↑ Ben Rathbun, The Point Man, Irving Brown and the Deadly Post-1945 Struggle for Europe and Africa, Minerva Press, 1996, p.194.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.28.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.39.
