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*'''16''' - [[Isaiah Berlin]] writes to Josselson proposing a meeting of ''[[Encounter]]'' editors in London.<ref name="Saunders383">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.383.</ref> | *'''16''' - [[Isaiah Berlin]] writes to Josselson proposing a meeting of ''[[Encounter]]'' editors in London.<ref name="Saunders383">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.383.</ref> | ||
*'''18''' Berlin writes to Lasky that "the proper role of ''[[Encounter]]'' is to say that they acted as they did in ignorance".<ref name="Saunders387">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.387.</ref> | *'''18''' Berlin writes to Lasky that "the proper role of ''[[Encounter]]'' is to say that they acted as they did in ignorance".<ref name="Saunders387">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.387.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''19''' [[Walt Rostow]] sends President [[Lyndon Johnson]] memo with [[Richard Helms]] account of [[Tom Braden]]'s upcoming ''Saturday Evening Post'' article on the [[CIA]], published the following month.<ref name="Saunders401">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.401.</ref> | ||
*'''21''' Meeting of ''[[Encounter]]'' principals in London.<ref name="Saunders388">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.388.</ref> | *'''21''' Meeting of ''[[Encounter]]'' principals in London.<ref name="Saunders388">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.388.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 21 December 2011
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
April
- Ramparts magazine exposé of CIA front organisations.[1]
- 4 - Peter Jessup writes to Walt Rostow, "In view of Ramparts dedication to smearing the administration and the murky background of its sponsorship, one might think that some agency of the government might be pursuing the threads here."[1]
- 8 - Michael Josselson writes to Isaiah Berlin about exposure of Encounter.[2]
- 13 Melvin Lasky writes to Isaiah Berlin with the text of a proposed statement in Encounter about CIA.[3]
- 16 - Isaiah Berlin writes to Josselson proposing a meeting of Encounter editors in London.[2]
- 18 Berlin writes to Lasky that "the proper role of Encounter is to say that they acted as they did in ignorance".[4]
- 19 Walt Rostow sends President Lyndon Johnson memo with Richard Helms account of Tom Braden's upcoming Saturday Evening Post article on the CIA, published the following month.[5]
- 21 Meeting of Encounter principals in London.[6]
May
- 8 New York Times reports Stephen Spender's resignation from Encounter.[7]
- 13 General Assembly of the Congress for Cultural Freedom meets in Paris to consider resignations tendered by Michael Josselson and John Hunt. Those present include Minoo Misani (in the chair), Raymond Aron, Daniel Bell, Pierre Emmanuel, Louis Fischer, Anthony Hartley, K.A.B. Jones-Quartey, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Nicholas Nabokov, Hans Oprecht, Michael Polanyi, Denis de Rougement, Yoshihiko Seki, Edward Shils, Ignazio Silone, and Manes Sperber. Josselson's resignation is accepted.[8]
- 20 Tom Braden article, "I'm glad the CIA is immoral", appears in the Saturday Evening Post. Braden details the covert sponsorship of the "non-communist left" by the CIA's International Organizations Division.[9]
October
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.382.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.383.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.386.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.387.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.401.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.388.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.389.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, pp.391-394.
- ↑ Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, pp.397-398.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.153.
