Untitled Flashcards Set

Aerial Assassinations

•  Political leaders (possibly) killed by CIA in aerial assassinations:

  • Omar Torrijos(president of Panama) and Jaime Roldos Aguilera(president of ecuador) killed in march when their planes exploded mid-air

    • Many believe it was a bomb planted by the CIA

    • Won the election- campaign was to support the poor in panama

      • Killed right after Reagan(conservative) was elected 

  • Eduardo Campos: left-wing brazilian presidential candidate who was in 2nd place behind Dilmo Roussef; died in a plane crash august 2014

  • Francisco sa Carneiro: prime minister of portugal, killed in a plane crash december 1980; his death destroyed the leftists Democratic Alliance’s future prospects 

    • Frank Carlucchi: deputy director of the CIA in late 70s; also ambassador to portugal

      • Believed to be connected 

  • Dag Hammarskjold: UN secretary general, oversaw congo operation of the UN; killed in a plane crash sept 1961(9 months after Lumumba’s assassination)

    • Involved in congo: supported the CIA; against Lumumba’s left policies

• Sesla: brand had a perfect track record before these “assassinations”

  • CIA affiliation?

Wurlitzer

• Wurlitzer: company that made organs- went out of business in the 80’s

  • Frank Wisner: made the phrase “play the Wurlitzer”

• NSA: national student association

  • Purpose was to counter communist influence; reached out to students internationally to prevent them from moving to the left

  • Used their connections with foreign student organizations

  • Eugene Groves: left wing; was looking to become a political official, and joined the NSA, but didn’t know what it entailed

    • He went along with it, and realized the hidden parts of it weren’t lining up with his beliefs

    • Exposed the NSA/CIA on the magazine “ramparts” in 1967

  • Ramparts: left wing magazine 

    • Also exposed 

• CCF: congress for cultural freedom

  • CIA controlled organization for writers and publishing houses

  • Founder michael josselson 

• Siqueiros: 

  • David Siquiros; muralist painter from mexico; work was funded by the CIA

• Shostakovich: soviet composer; also received money from the CIA

• Nelson Rockefeller: Had close ties with the CIA while he was on board of MoMA and during other times

  • Grandson of the founder of the rockefeller dynasty

  • Was the US vice president and governor of NY

• John Hay Whitney: worked for the CIA in publishing and on the board of MoMA (plus other orgs)

  • Heir to his wealthy family's name

CIA Book Publishing Operation: Price

• Frederich Praiger: publisher with the CIA; published roughly 1500 books under the CIA & lied about it

• Wright Patman: was in the texas house of representatives in 1920s; CIA secretly was funnelling him money through a private foundation

LA Times: US Meddling:

• US accused russia of hacking into presidential election

• CIA meddled in:

  • Haiti

  • Italy(48): gave money to the Christian democratic party

  • Nicaragua: funded money against the Sandinistas(marxist party)

  • Israel: 

  • Russia:

  • Yugoslavia:

CIA and Labor: Shorrock on Chile

• Salvador Allende: chilean socialist president, elected sept 1970

  • People were moving to the left during that time

  • CIA got him overthrown on sept 11, 1973

• AFL-CIO: confederation of labor unions

  • Not a union itself, but combines many unions

  • Created 1955- connected the AFL and CIO

  • For only craft and industrial workers

• AIFLD: agency of the AFL-CIO for its foreign labor connections

  • American Institute for free labor development

• George Meany: 

• Robert O`Neill: american in the communist party

• Jay Lovestone: in charge of the 

• Luis Corvalan: leader of the Chilean communist party

• CUT: Figueroa- member of the chilean communist party & leader of CUT

  • Involved with the Grimios and the national Party; both conservative

  • He left the communist party and joined the conservatives

Bernstein on CIA and Media:

• Journalists working for the CIA

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• Senator church senate investigation:

  • Frank church; liberal senator from idaho; in charge of a CIA investigation in the late 70s

    • William colby was head of CIA during this time; died somewhat mysteriously

    • George Bush: