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==January== | ==January== | ||
*'''4''' [[Information Research Department]] founded. | *'''4''' [[Information Research Department]] founded. | ||
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| + | ==February== | ||
| + | *[[Jay Lovestone]] appeals to Secretary of Defence [[James Forrestal]] over newsprint for German unions.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==March== | ||
| + | *[[Henry Rutz]] informs [[Jay Lovestone]] that the German labor unions have received more paper and an automobile allocation as a result of [[FTUC]] lobbying.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.</ref> | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
*Count [[Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi]] sets up the [[American Committee for a Free and United Europe]].<ref>Hugh Wilford, The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? Frank Cass, 2003, p.227.</ref> | *Count [[Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi]] sets up the [[American Committee for a Free and United Europe]].<ref>Hugh Wilford, The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? Frank Cass, 2003, p.227.</ref> | ||
*[[Carmel Offie]] resigns from US Foreign Service. | *[[Carmel Offie]] resigns from US Foreign Service. | ||
| + | *[[Christian Democrats]] win the Italian general election.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, pp.26-27.</ref> | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
| − | *[[CIA]] [[Office of Policy Coordination]] established.<ref>Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.85.</ref> | + | *[[CIA]] [[Office of Policy Coordination]] (OPC) established.<ref>Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.85.</ref> |
| + | *[[George Kennan]] recommends [[Frank Wisner]], [[John Paton Davies]] and [[Irving Brown]] to [[George Marshall]] and [[Robert Lovett]] as potential heads of the OPC.<ref> Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.27.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==July== | ||
| + | *Berlin Blockade.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''27''' - [[David Dubinsky]] arrives in London for Marshall Plan conference.<ref name="Parmet41">Robert D. Parmet, ''The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement'', NYU Press, 2005, p.41.</ref> | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
| + | *[[Jay Lovestone]] and [[David Dubinsky]] visit Berlin. At a subsequent meeting with [[Lucius Clay]] in the American zone they plead for the restoration of trade union property. Hesse labour leader [[Willi Richter]] tells them Clay is backing pro-Nazi big business.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.</ref> | ||
*'''27''' [[Richard Crossman]] writes to [[C.D. Jackson]] about the book that will become ''[[The God That Failed]]''.<ref name="Saunders64">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.64.</ref> | *'''27''' [[Richard Crossman]] writes to [[C.D. Jackson]] about the book that will become ''[[The God That Failed]]''.<ref name="Saunders64">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.64.</ref> | ||
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==October== | ==October== | ||
*[[Melvin Lasky]] founds a new monthly magazine [[Der Monat]] with the backing of the American military governor [[Lucius Clay]].<ref>Frances Stonor Saunders,Who Paid the Piper, Granta Books, 2000, pp.29-31.</ref> | *[[Melvin Lasky]] founds a new monthly magazine [[Der Monat]] with the backing of the American military governor [[Lucius Clay]].<ref>Frances Stonor Saunders,Who Paid the Piper, Granta Books, 2000, pp.29-31.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==November== | ||
| + | *[[Harry Truman]] re-elected US President. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
*[[Frank Wisner]] formally introduced to [[Jay Lovestone]] by [[Matthew Woll]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, pp.197-198.</ref> | *[[Frank Wisner]] formally introduced to [[Jay Lovestone]] by [[Matthew Woll]].<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, pp.197-198.</ref> | ||
| + | *Sir [[William Hayter]] drafts a proposal for a British psychological warfare outfit to 'wage the Cold War.'<ref name="Saunders375">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.375.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:57, 28 September 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 Information Research Department founded.
February
- Jay Lovestone appeals to Secretary of Defence James Forrestal over newsprint for German unions.[1]
March
- Henry Rutz informs Jay Lovestone that the German labor unions have received more paper and an automobile allocation as a result of FTUC lobbying.[2]
April
- Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi sets up the American Committee for a Free and United Europe.[3]
- Carmel Offie resigns from US Foreign Service.
- Christian Democrats win the Italian general election.[4]
June
- CIA Office of Policy Coordination (OPC) established.[5]
- George Kennan recommends Frank Wisner, John Paton Davies and Irving Brown to George Marshall and Robert Lovett as potential heads of the OPC.[6]
July
- Berlin Blockade.[7]
- 27 - David Dubinsky arrives in London for Marshall Plan conference.[8]
August
- Jay Lovestone and David Dubinsky visit Berlin. At a subsequent meeting with Lucius Clay in the American zone they plead for the restoration of trade union property. Hesse labour leader Willi Richter tells them Clay is backing pro-Nazi big business.[9]
- 27 Richard Crossman writes to C.D. Jackson about the book that will become The God That Failed.[10]
September
October
- Melvin Lasky founds a new monthly magazine Der Monat with the backing of the American military governor Lucius Clay.[11]
November
- Harry Truman re-elected US President.
December
- Frank Wisner formally introduced to Jay Lovestone by Matthew Woll.[12]
- Sir William Hayter drafts a proposal for a British psychological warfare outfit to 'wage the Cold War.'[13]
Notes
- ↑ 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.169.
- ↑ Hugh Wilford, The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? Frank Cass, 2003, p.227.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, pp.26-27.
- ↑ Hugh Wilford, Calling the Tune? The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War, Frank Cass, 2003, p.85.
- ↑ 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.169.
- ↑ Robert D. Parmet, The Master of Seventh Avenue: David Dubinsky and the American Labor Movement, NYU Press, 2005, p.41.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.169.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.64.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders,Who Paid the Piper, Granta Books, 2000, pp.29-31.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life, Random House, 1999, pp.197-198.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.375.
