-Caveat Lector- this may be of interest to some of you. please note, however, that it is only valid for canadians as postage is expensive and this guy is not heavily funded, if funded at all. apologies if you're not interested, but i tried to only send it places that there might be people who are interested in it..... if you can, he said to try and forward it around as much as possible - just, obviously, don't turn this into untargetted spam (ie DON'T just send it to everyone in your address book). you want to get a hold of Richard Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to request a copy > In researching the CIA's role in subverting governments around the world, > I found a wealth of material that I believe may be of interest to you. > > To receive a free sample copy of this issue, send me an email with > your street addess and we'll mail you a copy. > > Below you'll find: > (1) the Table of Contents of this issue on the CIA, > (2) an article on the U.S. role in 'Knocking Over' Canada's government, 1963 > (3) an overview of this issue: "Just Say Know! The CIA's War on Democracy." > > Richard Sanders, Editor, Press for Conversion! > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > (1) > Table of Contents PRESS FOR CONVERSION! > Issue #43 > "A People's History of the CIA: > The Subversion of Democracy from Australia to Zaire" > > Just Say Know! The CIA's War on Democracy.............................3 > 1944-1954, Germany/USA: Original Sin - From SS to OSS................4 > Growth of the Gehlen Org.......................................5 > 1945-1973, Germany/Austria/USA: "Operation Paperclip"................6 > 1945-1973, Germany/USA: From Dachau to "MKULTRA".....................7 > late 1940s-present, International: "Mockingbird," Buying the Media....8 > 1947-1948, Italy: Nazi Loot used to Rig Election.....................9 > 1947-1970s, Greece: Helping Fascists in a Civil War and Coup........10 > late 1940s-1990s, Europe: Building Right Wing Terror Groups.........11 > EU Resolution on Operation "Gladio"...........................11 > 1950-now, Germany,: "Stay Behind" Forces and Neo-Nazism......11 > 1945-1963, Vietnam...................................................12 > 1945-1953, Philippines...............................................12 > 1949-1953, Albania: CIA 'Cut its Teeth' with "Operation Valuable"...12 > 1950-1970s, Southeast Asia: Drug Lords and Covert Wars..............13 > 1953-1963, USA: MKULTRA and LSD.....................................14 > 1953, Iran: Coup Returns Shah in "Operation TPAJAX".................15 > 1954, Guatemala: "Operation PBSuccess," Another Coup................16 > 1957-1961, Canada: MKULTRA Experiments in Montreal..................17 > 1958-1991, Iraq: A Classic Case of Divide and Conquer...............18 > 1958, Indonesia: The Failed Overthrow...............................19 > 1960s-1970s, Canada: Prisoners used as Guinea Pigs..................20 > 1960-1997, Congo: Replacing Lumumba with Mobutu.....................21 > 1962, South Africa: Mandela Imprisoned..............................21 > 1961-1963, Cuba: Everything from PsyOps to an Invasion..............22 > 1962-1963, Canada: 'Knocking Over' "Dief the Chief".................23 > Dief's "Made in Canada" Policies..............................23 > A Plot "Made in the USA"......................................23 > Key Quotations on the events of January 1963.................24 > CIA Fingerprints: The Americans behind the Plot..............25 > 1965, Indonesia: Executing a Campaign of Mass Murder................26 > 1968-1976, Chile: Killing a Democracy...............................27 > 1975, Angola: Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption....................28 > 1975, Australia: Overthrowing Whitlam's Labour Party................29 > 1976, South America: "Operation Condor" Cross-Border Killing........31 > 1978-1992, El Salvador: Training the Death Squads...................32 > pre1979-1989, Afghanistan: The CIA's Biggest Covert War ............33 > 1980, Iran/USA: The Reagan/Bush "October Surprise"..................34 > 1980s, Nicaragua: Reagan's Contra Terrorists........................35 > 1980s, U.S./Central America: Contras, Gangs and Crack...............36 > 1980s, USA: Money Laundering for Contras, Mob and CIA...............37 > 1983-present, International: NED and "Project Democracy"............39 > 1984-1989, Panama: If NED Fails, Send in the Marines................40 > 1990s-present, Colombia: The Phoney 'War on Drugs'..................41 > 1999, Yugoslavia: KLA, CIA, OSCE and NATO Join Hands................42 > Mr. Massacre, from El Salvador to Racak.......................43 > > plus: > VANA Update (the National Newsletter of Veterans Against Nuclear Arms) > Nuclear Winter Revisited.............................................44 > Peace Policies of the Political Parties..............................46 > Short Shots..........................................................48 > VANA and DREC Reports................................................51 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > (2) > > 1962-1963, Canada: 'Knocking Over' "Dief the Chief" > > (a) A Plot "Made in the U.S." > By Richard Sanders, editor, Press for Conversion! > > In 1962, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Livingston Merchant, and his Second > Secretary Charles Kisselyak, fuelled a plot among the Canadian Air Forces, > Canadian journalists and others to dispose of Prime Minister Diefenbaker. > Kennedy hated Dief largely for his anti-nuclear stance. Merchant and other > U.S. embassy officers with espionage backgrounds, met at Kisselyak's home > in Ottawa to feed journalists with spaghetti, beer and > anti-Diefenbaker/pronuclear propaganda. Among the many participants in > these off-the-record briefings was Charles Lynch of Southam News. > Diefenbaker later denounced these reporters as "traitors" and "foreign > agents." He lashed out against Lynch on a TV program saying, "You were > given briefings as to how the Canadian government could be attacked on the > subject of nuclear weapons and the failure of the Canadian government to do > that which the U.S. dictated." > Merchant and Kisselyak worked with RCAF Wing Commander Bill Lee and > NORAD's number two man, Canadian Air Marshall Roy Slemon. Air Marshall > Hugh Campbell and the chair of Canada's chiefs of staff, Air Marshall Frank > Miller also approved Lee's campaign. Diefenbaker's avidly pronuclear > Defence Minister, Douglas Harkness, also knew of Lee's effort. > As head of RCAF public relations, Lee went to Washington twice a month to > confer with U.S. authorities. "It was a flat-out campaign," he later said. > "We identified key journalists, business and labour, key Tory hitters, > and...Liberals.... We wanted people with influence on members of cabinet. > In the end the pressure paid off." > In 1962, new U.S. ambassador, William Butterworth, continued the > "flat-out campaign" by holding discrete meetings at the U.S. embassy to > exert influence on Canadian journalists. > Lester Pearson was the President's choice. Kennedy gave the go-ahead to > his friend and America's leading pollster, Lou Harris, to become the > Liberal's secret campaign advisor in the 1962 election. Diefenbaker > survived with a minority government. > The plot to bring down Canada's government came to a head in January, > 1963. On Jan.3, top U.S. Air Force General Lauris Norstad held an Ottawa > press conference. Prompted by questions from Lynch, and other reporters > briefed by U.S. intelligence, Norstad criticized Canada's antinuclear > stance. On Jan. 12, Pearson announced his new policy of supporting U.S. > nuclear weapons in Canada. In protest, Pierre Trudeau called Pearson the > "defrocked priest of peace" and refused to run for the Liberals. > The coup's final blow came when the U.S. State Department issued a press > release which called Diefenbak-er a liar on nuclear issues (Jan. 30). This > tactic was suggested by Willis Armstrong, head of the State Department's > Canada Desk in Washington. Butterworth added his suggestions and sent his > senior embassy advisor, Rufus Smith, to Washington to draft it. "With > Armstrong chairing, half a dozen officials from State, the White House and > the Pentagon...shaped...the rebuke." The draft was polished by Under > Secretary of State George McGhee and approved by acting Secretary of State, > George Ball, and national security advisor, McGeorge Bundy. > The Canadian media had a heyday attacking Diefenbaker. Fights broke out > in Cabinet. Diefenbaker recalled Canada's ambassador from the U.S. On > Feb. 5, Defence Minister Harkness announced his resignation and Pearson > called for a non-confidence vote. Dief's minority government fell, or > rather, it was 'knocked over.' > Kisselyak was the U.S. embassy's contact to Pearson's election campaign. > The Liberals had the strong advantages of a friendly media and Harris' > state-of-the-art, computerized polling tactics. Diefenbaker, facing a > primed hostile media, ran a stridently anti-U.S. campaign. Pearson's > victory was hailed by newspapers across North America. Within days, the > new External Affairs Minister, Paul Martin Sr., was approached by > Butterworth to negotiate the acceptance of U.S. nuclear weapons. The > warheads were deployed in Canada on New Year's Eve and there was partying > in Washington. > > Sources: Knowlton Nash, Kennedy and Diefenbaker, 1990 and Floyd Rudmin "Is > the Sky Falling, or What?," Feb. 20, 1995 > > ------------------------------------------ > > (b) Key Quotations on the events of January 1963 > > President John F. Kennedy said the U.S. would take a stronger leadership > role in NATO "even at the risk of offending sensitive allies." > (AP interview, Jan.2) > > - > On General Norstad's Media conference, Jan. 3 > "[Norstad's] purpose was to establish a basis for Pearson's conversion to > U.S. nuclear policy." > (Diefenbaker) > > "Kennedy sent Norstad to do this hatchet job on us. It was American > imperialism of the highest order." > (Alvin Hamilton, Agriculture minister) > > "This was another American turn of the screw to bring down the Conservative > government." > (Charles Ritchie, Canada's ambassador to the U.S.) > > - > On Pearson decision to reverse Liberal Policy and accept U.S. nuclear > warheads into Canada (if elected), Jan. 12 > > "Kennedy achieved his dearest Canadian wish. Pearson progressed... to > embracing the U.S. position on arming with nuclear weapons the Bomarcs and, > no doubt, yielding to U.S. demands for storage of all manner of nuclear > devices in Canada." > (Diefenbaker) > > "A pure example of Pearson's willingness to accept the leadership of the > U.S. on any vital matter." > (Hamilton) > > Liberal policies were "made in the U.S." > (Tommy Douglas, NDP Leader) > > - > On the U.S. press release, Jan. 30 > > "It was as deliberate an attempt as ever made to bring down a foreign > government." > (Ed Ritchie, former under secretary of state for external affairs) > > "This action by the State Department of the U.S. is unprecedented...it > constitutes an unwarranted intrusion in Canadian affairs... [Canada] will > not be pushed around or accept external domination or interference in > making its decisions." "President Kennedy was going to obliterate us. I > dared to say to him that Canada's policies would be made in Canada by > Canadians." > (Diefenbaker) > > "An absolute outrage, the most blatant, heavy-handed, intolerable piece of > bullying." > (Charles Ritchie) > > "Like a bombshell" > (a Diefenbaker aide) > > "Brazen interference." > (Howard Green, External Affairs Minister) > > "The U.S. should know from this Parliament that they are not dealing with > Guatemala...or Cuba." > (Douglas) > > "Kennedy decided the government had to go...[I] wouldn't put it past him to > say, 'Get rid of the bastards.'" > (R.Bell, Immigration Minister) > > "Very useful. Highly beneficial in advancing U.S. interests by introducing > realism into a government which has made anti-Americanism... practically > its entire stock in trade." > (William Butterworth, U.S. ambassador to Canada) > > "For God's sake, it was like tossing a match into dried hay." > (Rufus Smith, senior advisor to Will Butterworth) > > - > Trudeau's summary of the events of January 1963 > "Do you think General Norstad... came to Ottawa as a tourist?... Do you > think it was by chance that Pearson... quoted the authority of Norstad? Do > you think it was inadvertant that on January 30 the state department gave a > statement to journalists reinforcing Pearson's claims and crudely accusing > Diefenbaker of lying? You think it was by chance that this press release > provided the Leader of the Opposition with the arguments he used > abundantly? You believe it was coincidence? Why [should] the U.S. treat > Canada differently from Guatemala when reason of state requires it and > circumstances permit?" > (Pierre E. Trudeau) > > Source: From K.Nash, Kennedy and Diefenbaker: Fear and Loathing Across the > Undefended Border, 1990. > > ------------------------------------------ > > (c) CIA Fingerprints: The Americans behind the Plot to Oust John > Diefenbaker > > Willis Coburn Armstrong > He was a translator at the U.S. embassy in Moscow (1939-1941); > Minister-Counsellor (ambassador's "right hand man" (1958-1962) and interim > charge d'affairs in Ottawa (1962). At least six of the U.S. diplomats tha > > > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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