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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=== | ||
+ | *'''13''' - Telegram from [[Allen W. Dulles]] (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: German Efforts to Establish Contact with Americans.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.37.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''14''' - Telegram from [[Allen W. Dulles (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: [[Adam von Trott]]'s Criticism of the Western Allies.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.38.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===February=== | ||
+ | *'''4''' - Telegram from [[Allen W. Dulles]] (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: Psychological Warfare Suggestions Against Germany.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.41.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''23''' - Memorandum from [[Arthur J. Goldberg]] to OSS Director [[William J. Donovan]]: The Labor Division of the Office of Strategic Services.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.42.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===May=== | ||
+ | *'''17''' - Memorandum from William L. Langer (OSS Research and Analysis Branch) to OSS Director [[William J. Donovan]]: New Possibilities for Psychological Warfare in Europe.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.44.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===August=== | ||
+ | *'''3''' - Memorandum from Irving H. Sherman (OSS Counterintelligence Branch) to Hugh R. Wilson (OSS Planning Group): Proposal for the Establishment of a Committee of German Exiles.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.49.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''6''' - Memorandum from James Grafton Rogers (OSS Planning Group) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Manifesto to the German People by the Moscow National Committee of Free Germany.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.52.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''11''' - Memorandum from [[John C. Wiley]] (OSS Foreign Nationalities Branch) to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||
+ | ]]: Comments on the Moscow Manifesto to Germany.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.56.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''19''' - Telegram from [[Allen W. Dulles]] (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: Thoughts for Political Warfare.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.59.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''31''' - Memorandum by the OSS Morale Operations Branch in London: Suggestions for a German Underground Plan.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.60.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===September== | ||
+ | *'''8''' - Report from [[Lanning McFarland]] (OSS Istanbul) to OSS Washington: Founding of a Free German Movement in the Service of the Western Allies.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.70.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''9''' - Report by the British War Cabinet's Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee: Probabilities of a German Collapse.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.83.</ref> | ||
+ | *'''21''' - Report by the OSS Research and Analysis Branch: Possible Patterns of German Collapse.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.87.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===October=== | ||
+ | *'''21''' - Memorandum from the US Joint Intelligence Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Probabilities of a German Collapse.<ref>Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.94.</ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== |
Revision as of 00:09, 24 January 2012
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
January
- 13 - Telegram from Allen W. Dulles (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: German Efforts to Establish Contact with Americans.[1]
- 14 - Telegram from [[Allen W. Dulles (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: Adam von Trott's Criticism of the Western Allies.[2]
February
- 4 - Telegram from Allen W. Dulles (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: Psychological Warfare Suggestions Against Germany.[3]
- 23 - Memorandum from Arthur J. Goldberg to OSS Director William J. Donovan: The Labor Division of the Office of Strategic Services.[4]
May
- 17 - Memorandum from William L. Langer (OSS Research and Analysis Branch) to OSS Director William J. Donovan: New Possibilities for Psychological Warfare in Europe.[5]
August
- 3 - Memorandum from Irving H. Sherman (OSS Counterintelligence Branch) to Hugh R. Wilson (OSS Planning Group): Proposal for the Establishment of a Committee of German Exiles.[6]
- 6 - Memorandum from James Grafton Rogers (OSS Planning Group) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Manifesto to the German People by the Moscow National Committee of Free Germany.[7]
- 11 - Memorandum from John C. Wiley (OSS Foreign Nationalities Branch) to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt
]]: Comments on the Moscow Manifesto to Germany.[8]
- 19 - Telegram from Allen W. Dulles (OSS Bern) to OSS Washington: Thoughts for Political Warfare.[9]
- 31 - Memorandum by the OSS Morale Operations Branch in London: Suggestions for a German Underground Plan.[10]
=September
- 8 - Report from Lanning McFarland (OSS Istanbul) to OSS Washington: Founding of a Free German Movement in the Service of the Western Allies.[11]
- 9 - Report by the British War Cabinet's Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee: Probabilities of a German Collapse.[12]
- 21 - Report by the OSS Research and Analysis Branch: Possible Patterns of German Collapse.[13]
October
- 21 - Memorandum from the US Joint Intelligence Committee to the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Probabilities of a German Collapse.[14]
Notes
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.37.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.38.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.41.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.42.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.44.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.49.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.52.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.56.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.59.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.60.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.70.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.83.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.87.
- ↑ Jurgen Heideking, Christof Mauch, Marc Frey, American intelligence and the German resistance to Hitler: a documentary history, Westview Press, 1996, p.94.