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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== | ||
| + | *[[John Meskimen]] passes top secret cable from [[Lucius Clay]]'s office to [[Jay Lovestone]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.171.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[George Kennan]] reviews of [[Office of Policy Coordination]] plans for covert action and finds them insufficient.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.27.</ref> | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* [[American Committee on United Europe]] (ACUE) incorporated. | * [[American Committee on United Europe]] (ACUE) incorporated. | ||
| + | *'''14''' [[Matthew Woll]] writes to [[Lucius Clay]] accusing the American military government in Germany of discriminating against labour.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.171.</ref> | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
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* ACUE launched. | * ACUE launched. | ||
*'''25''' Waldorf conference. | *'''25''' Waldorf conference. | ||
| − | *[[International Day of Resistance to Dictatorship and War]] | + | |
| + | ==April== | ||
| + | *'''4''' - North Atlantic Treaty signed, establishing [[NATO]].<ref>[http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm The North Atlantic Treaty], NATO, accessed 23 December 2011.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''30''' [[International Day of Resistance to Dictatorship and War]]<ref name="Saunders68">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.68.</ref> | ||
==May== | ==May== | ||
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==June== | ==June== | ||
*First board meeting of NCFE | *First board meeting of NCFE | ||
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| + | ==July== | ||
| + | *'''1''' [[John J. McCloy]] arrives in Germany as American High Commissioner.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.171.</ref> | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
*Ex-[[Comintern]] intellectuals [[Ruth Fischer]] and [[Franz Borkenau]] proposed a permanent structure for this purpose at a meeting with [[Melvin Lasky]] in Frankfurt.<ref>Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper, Granta Books, 2000, pp.71-72.</ref> | *Ex-[[Comintern]] intellectuals [[Ruth Fischer]] and [[Franz Borkenau]] proposed a permanent structure for this purpose at a meeting with [[Melvin Lasky]] in Frankfurt.<ref>Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper, Granta Books, 2000, pp.71-72.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==September== | ||
| + | *[[Konrad Adenauer]] becomes President of the new Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.172.</ref> | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
| + | *[[German Democratic Republic]] established.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.172.</ref> | ||
| + | *First congress of the [[Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund]] in Munich with [[Hans Boeckler]] as President.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.172.</ref> | ||
*[[John Paton Davies]] memo outlining a plan of political warfare against the USSR | *[[John Paton Davies]] memo outlining a plan of political warfare against the USSR | ||
Latest revision as of 23:30, 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
- John Meskimen passes top secret cable from Lucius Clay's office to Jay Lovestone.[1]
- George Kennan reviews of Office of Policy Coordination plans for covert action and finds them insufficient.[2]
February
- American Committee on United Europe (ACUE) incorporated.
- 14 Matthew Woll writes to Lucius Clay accusing the American military government in Germany of discriminating against labour.[3]
March
- Friends of Russian Freedom created.[4]
- ACUE launched.
- 25 Waldorf conference.
April
- 4 - North Atlantic Treaty signed, establishing NATO.[5]
- 30 International Day of Resistance to Dictatorship and War[6]
May
- Allen Dulles law firm draws up legal papers for National Committee for a Free Europe NCFE.
June
- First board meeting of NCFE
July
- 1 John J. McCloy arrives in Germany as American High Commissioner.[7]
August
- Ex-Comintern intellectuals Ruth Fischer and Franz Borkenau proposed a permanent structure for this purpose at a meeting with Melvin Lasky in Frankfurt.[8]
September
- Konrad Adenauer becomes President of the new Federal Republic of Germany.[9]
October
- German Democratic Republic established.[10]
- First congress of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund in Munich with Hans Boeckler as President.[11]
- John Paton Davies memo outlining a plan of political warfare against the USSR
Notes
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.171.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.27.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.171.
- ↑ Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, pp.32-34.
- ↑ The North Atlantic Treaty, NATO, accessed 23 December 2011.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.68.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.171.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper, Granta Books, 2000, pp.71-72.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.172.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.172.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.172.
