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==Feb== | ==Feb== | ||
| + | *'''2''' [[KPD]] leader [[Walter Ulbricht]] publishes statement attacking western allies. he is subsequently condemned in a joint statement by four German underground groups; [[Revolutionare Sozialisten Osterreichs]] (RSO), [[Sozialistische Arbeiter Partei]] (SAP), [[Neu Beginnen|Socialdemocratische Organisation Neu Beginnen]] and the [[Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund]] (ISK).<ref>[http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/revhist/backiss/vol3/no4/kpdsol.html The KPD and the Solidarity of the Illegals], marxists.org, accessed 17 January 2012.</ref> | ||
==Mar== | ==Mar== | ||
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*International Marxist Center May Day declaration published in Workers Age.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.294.</ref> | *International Marxist Center May Day declaration published in Workers Age.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.294.</ref> | ||
*'''3''' Wolfe publishes Luxemburg's critique of Russian Revolution in Workers Age.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.127.</ref> | *'''3''' Wolfe publishes Luxemburg's critique of Russian Revolution in Workers Age.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.127.</ref> | ||
| − | *'''10'''Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. Mahl p.10.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.10.</ref> | + | *'''8''' The state Department's [[Adolf Berle]] dismisses evidence given to the [[FBI]] by [[Dorothy Thompson]] about Soviet agent [[Otto Katz]].<ref>Stephen Koch, Double Lives: Stalin, Willi Munzenburg and the Seduction of the Intellectuals, Harper Collins, 1995, p.211.</ref> |
| + | *'''10''' Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. Mahl p.10.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.10.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''14''' [[Hugh Dalton]] appointed Minister of Economic Warfare in Britain.<ref name="Charman61">Terry Charman, ''Hugh Dalton, SOE and Poland 1940-42'' in Mark Seaman (ed.), Special Operations Executive: a new instrument of war, Routledge, 2006, p.61.</ref> | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
| − | *'''10''' Vernon Kell dismissed as head of MI5.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.</ref> | + | *Death of [[Willi Münzenberg]] |
| − | *'''14''' [[Nelson Rockefeller] submits plan for Rockefeller Office.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.17.</ref> | + | *'''2''' [[Miller Group]] meets a home of [[Francis Pickens Miller]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, ''Desperate Deception'', Brassey's 1999, p.25.</ref> |
| − | *'''17''' Lovestone writes Julian Gorkin. Morgan p.134. | + | *'''10''' [[Vernon Kell]] dismissed as head of [[MI5]].<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.</ref> |
| + | *'''14''' [[Nelson Rockefeller]] submits plan for Rockefeller Office.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.17.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''17''' Lovestone writes [[Julian Gorkin]]. Morgan p.134. | ||
*'''22''' Lovestone warns of consequences of Nazi victory.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.</ref> | *'''22''' Lovestone warns of consequences of Nazi victory.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.</ref> | ||
*'''29''' Lovestone warns against neutrality.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.</ref> | *'''29''' Lovestone warns against neutrality.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.</ref> | ||
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*'''4''' Wolfe writes Lovestone conceding he no longer represents majority on war question.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.</ref> | *'''4''' Wolfe writes Lovestone conceding he no longer represents majority on war question.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.</ref> | ||
*'''6''' Lovestone calls for support for British war effort.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.</ref> | *'''6''' Lovestone calls for support for British war effort.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.</ref> | ||
| − | *'''12'''Lovestone writes Wolfe challenging him over position on aid to Britain.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.</ref> | + | *'''12''' Lovestone writes Wolfe challenging him over position on aid to Britain.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.</ref> |
| − | *''' | + | *'''16''' [[Hugh Dalton]] given Ministerial responsibility for the [[Special Operations Executive]].<ref name="Charman61">Terry Charman, ''Hugh Dalton, SOE and Poland 1940-42'' in Mark Seaman (ed.), Special Operations Executive: a new instrument of war, Routledge, 2006, p.61.</ref> |
*'''25''' Brockway writes Lovestone expecting war stalemate.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.</ref> | *'''25''' Brockway writes Lovestone expecting war stalemate.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.</ref> | ||
==Aug== | ==Aug== | ||
| + | *[[Emergency Rescue Committee]] (ERC) holds its first public function.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.11</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Varian Fry]] leaves for Vichy France as representative of ERC.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.15</ref> | ||
*'''14''' Lovestone writes Brockway against American appeasement of Hitler.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.</ref> | *'''14''' Lovestone writes Brockway against American appeasement of Hitler.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.</ref> | ||
*'''16''' Rockefeller office created.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.</ref> | *'''16''' Rockefeller office created.<ref>Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.</ref> | ||
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==Sep== | ==Sep== | ||
| + | *[[David Dubinsky]] succeeds in securing the presidential nomination of the New York [[American Labor Party]] for Roosevelt in the face of Communist opposition.<ref name="Vargo">John E. Vargo, [http://www.liberalparty.org/vargoarticlep1.html End of the Line for the New York Liberal Party?], liberalparty.org, accessed 25 January 2012.</ref> | ||
==Oct== | ==Oct== | ||
| + | *'''18''' - [[Francis Henson]] writes to [[Ernest Cuneo]], asking him to have [[Walter Winchell]] plug the campaign against isolationist Congressman [[Hamilton Fish]] in his column and on the radio.<ref name="Mahl110">Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.110.</ref> | ||
==Nov== | ==Nov== | ||
| + | *'''19''' [[Francis Henson]] interviews [[William R. Castle]], a former diplomat and member of the isolationist [[America First Committee]]. Castle said after the interview, "So you are not a spy of the [[White Committee]]", to which Henson replied "If I am, I am a very open spy, don't you think?"<ref name="Mahl94">Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.95.</ref> | ||
==Dec== | ==Dec== | ||
*'''5''' [[Jack Carney]] writes Lovestone in favour of war. | *'''5''' [[Jack Carney]] writes Lovestone in favour of war. | ||
| − | + | *'''28-29''' Final convention of [[Independent Labor League of America]] winds up Lovestoneite movement.<ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.136.</ref> Alexander p.132.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.132.</ref> | |
| − | *'''28-29''' Final convention of [[Independent Labor League of America]] winds up Lovestoneite movement.ref>Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.136.</ref> Alexander p.132.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.132.</ref> | ||
*'''29''' Lovestoneite resolution on war policy at final convention. Alexander p.72.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.72.</ref> | *'''29''' Lovestoneite resolution on war policy at final convention. Alexander p.72.<ref>Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.72.</ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:29, 28 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
- 13 Lovestoneites attack Trotskiyites over support for Soviet invasion of Finland.[1]
Feb
- 2 KPD leader Walter Ulbricht publishes statement attacking western allies. he is subsequently condemned in a joint statement by four German underground groups; Revolutionare Sozialisten Osterreichs (RSO), Sozialistische Arbeiter Partei (SAP), Socialdemocratische Organisation Neu Beginnen and the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK).[2]
Mar
Apr
- Jay Lovestone sends letter to Socialist Party convention.
- 2 William Stephenson arrives in US on mission[3]
- 13 B Herman criticises Lenin in Workers Age.[4]
- 20 German Communist Opposition Message appears in Workers Age.
May
- Brown informs Lovestone Homer Martin union defeated in Baltimore.[5]
- 1 May Day declaration of International Marxist Center.
- International Marxist Center May Day declaration published in Workers Age.[6]
- 3 Wolfe publishes Luxemburg's critique of Russian Revolution in Workers Age.[7]
- 8 The state Department's Adolf Berle dismisses evidence given to the FBI by Dorothy Thompson about Soviet agent Otto Katz.[8]
- 10 Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. Mahl p.10.[9]
- 14 Hugh Dalton appointed Minister of Economic Warfare in Britain.[10]
June
- Death of Willi Münzenberg
- 2 Miller Group meets a home of Francis Pickens Miller.[11]
- 10 Vernon Kell dismissed as head of MI5.[12]
- 14 Nelson Rockefeller submits plan for Rockefeller Office.[13]
- 17 Lovestone writes Julian Gorkin. Morgan p.134.
- 22 Lovestone warns of consequences of Nazi victory.[14]
- 29 Lovestone warns against neutrality.[15]
Jul
- Lovestone facing ruin, debates war support with Bertram Wolfe.[16] Debates Fenner Brockway.[17] supports aid to England in letter to Bill Munger.[18]
- Special Operations Executive created.
- 4 Wolfe writes Lovestone conceding he no longer represents majority on war question.[19]
- 6 Lovestone calls for support for British war effort.[20]
- 12 Lovestone writes Wolfe challenging him over position on aid to Britain.[21]
- 16 Hugh Dalton given Ministerial responsibility for the Special Operations Executive.[10]
- 25 Brockway writes Lovestone expecting war stalemate.[22]
Aug
- Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) holds its first public function.[23]
- Varian Fry leaves for Vichy France as representative of ERC.[24]
- 14 Lovestone writes Brockway against American appeasement of Hitler.[25]
- 16 Rockefeller office created.[26]
- 28 Brockway writes Lovestone expecting imminent end to war.[27]
Sep
- David Dubinsky succeeds in securing the presidential nomination of the New York American Labor Party for Roosevelt in the face of Communist opposition.[28]
Oct
- 18 - Francis Henson writes to Ernest Cuneo, asking him to have Walter Winchell plug the campaign against isolationist Congressman Hamilton Fish in his column and on the radio.[29]
Nov
- 19 Francis Henson interviews William R. Castle, a former diplomat and member of the isolationist America First Committee. Castle said after the interview, "So you are not a spy of the White Committee", to which Henson replied "If I am, I am a very open spy, don't you think?"[30]
Dec
- 5 Jack Carney writes Lovestone in favour of war.
- 28-29 Final convention of Independent Labor League of America winds up Lovestoneite movement.[31] Alexander p.132.[32]
- 29 Lovestoneite resolution on war policy at final convention. Alexander p.72.[33]
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Notes
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.104.
- ↑ The KPD and the Solidarity of the Illegals, marxists.org, accessed 17 January 2012.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.10.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.128.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.131.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.294.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.127.
- ↑ Stephen Koch, Double Lives: Stalin, Willi Munzenburg and the Seduction of the Intellectuals, Harper Collins, 1995, p.211.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.10.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Terry Charman, Hugh Dalton, SOE and Poland 1940-42 in Mark Seaman (ed.), Special Operations Executive: a new instrument of war, Routledge, 2006, p.61.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.25.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.17.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.70.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.134.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.11
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.15
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's 1999, p.11.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.135.
- ↑ John E. Vargo, End of the Line for the New York Liberal Party?, liberalparty.org, accessed 25 January 2012.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.110.
- ↑ Thomas E. Mahl, Desperate Deception, Brassey's, 1999, p.95.
- ↑ Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.136.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.132.
- ↑ Robert J. Alexander, The Right Opposition: The Lovestoneites and the International Communist Opposition of the 1930s, Greenwood Press, 1981, p.72.
