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==February== | ==February== | ||
| − | *'''12''' - Esther and Nathan Mendelssohn stopped on flight from | + | *[[Emergency Rescue Committee]] and [[International Relief Association]] merge, initially to be known as the [[International Relief and Rescue Committee]] (later simply the [[International Rescue Committee]].<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.18.</ref> |
| + | *'''12''' - Esther and Nathan Mendelssohn stopped on flight from Miami.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
| − | *'''2'' - Mendelssohns arrested.ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | + | *'''2''' - Mendelssohns arrested.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> |
*'''6''' - Lovestone writes Judge [[Justine Polier]] on Mendelssohns' behalf.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | *'''6''' - Lovestone writes Judge [[Justine Polier]] on Mendelssohns' behalf.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
| − | *'''9''' | + | *'''9''' - Charges against Mendelssohns dismissed.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> |
| + | *'''10''' - Memorandum by [[Paul Hagen]]: How to Collaborate with the Anti-Nazi Underground in Germany.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.17.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''23''' - Memorandum by [[Adolf A. Berle]], Assistant Secretary of State: Political Propaganda Campaign Directed Toward Germany.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.20</ref> | ||
==May== | ==May== | ||
| + | *'''8''' - Letter from [[Allen W. Dulles]] (COI New York) to COI [[William J. Donovan]]: Suggestions for Psychological Warfare.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.23.</ref> | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
| + | *US [[Office of the Coordinator of Information]] becomes the [[Office of Strategic Services]].<ref name "vanGoethem263">Geert van Goethem, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xEeyD0Q2O2YC&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Amsterdam International: the world of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945], Ashgate Publishing, 2006, p.263.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Emergency Rescue Committee]] office in Marseilles suppressed. Many of its volunteers join the resistance.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.16.</ref> | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
| + | *[[Francis Henson]] writes to [[Ernest Cuneo]] with material from the minority stockholders committee campaigning against [[Standard Oil of New Jersey]] over its links with [[I.G. Farben]].<ref name="Mahl99">Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.99.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[OSS SI Labor Division]] established.<ref name "vanGoethem261">Geert van Goethem, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xEeyD0Q2O2YC&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Amsterdam International: the world of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945], Ashgate Publishing, 2006, p.261.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''22''' - Memorandum by [[Heber Blankenhorn]] (OSS Washington): The Labor Factor in Psychological Warfare Plans for Western Europe.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.25.</ref> | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
| + | *'''15''' - Telegram from [[Myron Taylor]](OSS Stockholm) to OSS Washington): German Criticism of British Policy.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.31.</ref> | ||
*'''24''' - Lovestone writes to [[George K. Bowden]] asking to join [[OSS]] and stating "I have made a firsthand study of the Nazi movement and I have had practical experience in underground as well as open work in nearly fifteen countries."<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.137.</ref> | *'''24''' - Lovestone writes to [[George K. Bowden]] asking to join [[OSS]] and stating "I have made a firsthand study of the Nazi movement and I have had practical experience in underground as well as open work in nearly fifteen countries."<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.137.</ref> | ||
| − | *'''31'''[[OSS]] memo states "Lovestone is engaged not only in a number of intrigues involving the Communist Party, from which he broke ostensibly in 1929 when he formed the [[Communist Party Opposition]], but also in other activities which may render him useless as an impartial source of information."<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | + | *'''31''' - [[OSS]] memo states "Lovestone is engaged not only in a number of intrigues involving the Communist Party, from which he broke ostensibly in 1929 when he formed the [[Communist Party Opposition]], but also in other activities which may render him useless as an impartial source of information."<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> |
==September== | ==September== | ||
| − | *'''9''' After Lovestone applies for work with Department of Labor, [[J. Edgar Hoover]] writes: "It is positively shocking that this man is even being considered for a government job.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | + | *[[Office of Strategic Services]] establishes [[OSS Secret Intelligence Branch|Secret Intelligence Branch]] to organise clandestine agent operations abroad.<ref name="GouldCSI">Jonathan S. Gould, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no1/article03.html The OSS and the London “Free Germans”], Studies in Intelligence - VOL. 46, NO. 1, 2002, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA.</ref> |
| + | *'''9''' - After Lovestone applies for work with Department of Labor, [[J. Edgar Hoover]] writes: "It is positively shocking that this man is even being considered for a government job.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.</ref> | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
| + | *[[Dies Committee]] investigator [[Robert E. Stripling]] reports to Congressman [[Martin Dies]] on [[Francis Henson]], noting he is a director of the [[Union for Democratic Action]], and described an "amazing conspiracy" involving [[Sanford Griffith]] "to smear and discredit the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey."<ref name="Mahl102">Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.102.</ref> | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
| + | *'''16''' Memorandum by OSS Adviser [[Kurt Bloch]]: The Opposition Potential of the Foreign Workers in Germany.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.32.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''25''' [[Leon Jouhaux]] arrested by Vichy authorities attempting to embark at Marseilles.<ref name "vanGoethem261">Geert van Goethem, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xEeyD0Q2O2YC&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Amsterdam International: the world of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945], Ashgate Publishing, 2006, p.261.</ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:32, 29 April 2012
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
January
February
- Emergency Rescue Committee and International Relief Association merge, initially to be known as the International Relief and Rescue Committee (later simply the International Rescue Committee.[1]
- 12 - Esther and Nathan Mendelssohn stopped on flight from Miami.[2]
March
- 2 - Mendelssohns arrested.[3]
- 6 - Lovestone writes Judge Justine Polier on Mendelssohns' behalf.[4]
April
- 9 - Charges against Mendelssohns dismissed.[5]
- 10 - Memorandum by Paul Hagen: How to Collaborate with the Anti-Nazi Underground in Germany.[6]
- 23 - Memorandum by Adolf A. Berle, Assistant Secretary of State: Political Propaganda Campaign Directed Toward Germany.[7]
May
- 8 - Letter from Allen W. Dulles (COI New York) to COI William J. Donovan: Suggestions for Psychological Warfare.[8]
June
- US Office of the Coordinator of Information becomes the Office of Strategic Services.[9]
- Emergency Rescue Committee office in Marseilles suppressed. Many of its volunteers join the resistance.[10]
July
- Francis Henson writes to Ernest Cuneo with material from the minority stockholders committee campaigning against Standard Oil of New Jersey over its links with I.G. Farben.[11]
- OSS SI Labor Division established.[9]
- 22 - Memorandum by Heber Blankenhorn (OSS Washington): The Labor Factor in Psychological Warfare Plans for Western Europe.[12]
August
- 15 - Telegram from Myron Taylor(OSS Stockholm) to OSS Washington): German Criticism of British Policy.[13]
- 24 - Lovestone writes to George K. Bowden asking to join OSS and stating "I have made a firsthand study of the Nazi movement and I have had practical experience in underground as well as open work in nearly fifteen countries."[14]
- 31 - OSS memo states "Lovestone is engaged not only in a number of intrigues involving the Communist Party, from which he broke ostensibly in 1929 when he formed the Communist Party Opposition, but also in other activities which may render him useless as an impartial source of information."[15]
September
- Office of Strategic Services establishes Secret Intelligence Branch to organise clandestine agent operations abroad.[16]
- 9 - After Lovestone applies for work with Department of Labor, J. Edgar Hoover writes: "It is positively shocking that this man is even being considered for a government job.[17]
October
November
- Dies Committee investigator Robert E. Stripling reports to Congressman Martin Dies on Francis Henson, noting he is a director of the Union for Democratic Action, and described an "amazing conspiracy" involving Sanford Griffith "to smear and discredit the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey."[18]
December
- 16 Memorandum by OSS Adviser Kurt Bloch: The Opposition Potential of the Foreign Workers in Germany.[19]
- 25 Leon Jouhaux arrested by Vichy authorities attempting to embark at Marseilles.[9]
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Notes
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.18.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.17.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.20
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.23.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Geert van Goethem, The Amsterdam International: the world of the International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), 1913-1945, Ashgate Publishing, 2006, p.263. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid<ref>tag; name "" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.16.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.99.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.25.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.31.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.137.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.
- ↑ Jonathan S. Gould, The OSS and the London “Free Germans”, Studies in Intelligence - VOL. 46, NO. 1, 2002, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.138.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.102.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.32.
