Movers and Shakers of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Francis Spellman

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman - Archbishop of New York; Grand Protector of the American Branch of SMOM

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Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was the ninth bishop and sixth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death, and was named a cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946. [...] He was Grand Prior of USA of the Sovereign Order of Malta and Grand Prior of America of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus.

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Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was the ninth bishop and sixth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. He served as Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death, and was named a cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946.

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He was Grand Prior of USA of the Sovereign Order of Malta and Grand Prior of America of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cardinal_Spellman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Knights_of_Malta

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The American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Knights of Malta, SMOM) was founded in 1927. "By 1941 Francis Cardinal Spellman was listed as the 'Grand Protector' and 'Spritual Advisor' of the Order, with John J. Raskob as Treasurer. Members included John Farrell, then President of U.S. Steel, Joseph P. Grace, and John D. Ryan. In 1934 Raskob, inspired by the French fascist Croix de Feu, and working closely with Morgan Bank's John Davis, had been a principal financier in the plot to organize a fascist coup in the U.S. The plan failed when General Smedley Butler, who had been set up to lead the project, denounced it."

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In 1941, Cardinal Spellman had become the "Grand Protector" and "Spiritual Advisor" to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), the American association of which was created in 1927.

http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2004/3127mexico_synarchy.html

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Cardinal Spellman -- Religious leader in New York, he was a protegé of Cardinal Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, who is often accused of collaboration with the Nazis. [92] Spellman is the U.S. spiritual leader of the Knights of Malta.[93] He is responsible for introducing Ngo Dinh Diem to Allen Dulles, and then proposing his presidency of South Vietnam to President Kennedy. [94] When Diem resisted the introduction of American troops into Vietnam, Dulles told General Westmoreland to go ahead anyway, and our CIA helped to kill Diem]

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Cardinal Spellman -- Religious leader in New York, he was a protegé of Cardinal Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, who is often accused of collaboration with the Nazis. [92] Spellman is the U.S. spiritual leader of the Knights of Malta.[93] He is responsible for introducing Ngo Dinh Diem to Allen Dulles, and then proposing his presidency of South Vietnam to President Kennedy. [94] When Diem resisted the introduction of American troops into Vietnam, Dulles told General Westmoreland to go ahead anyway, and our CIA helped to kill Diem]

http://www.ratical.org/ratville//JFK/JohnJ...odAmericans.pdf

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Documents show that New York's Cardinal Francis Spellman was directly involved in the 1954 right-wing military coup of Guatemala, which led to the murder of thousands, and of which the CIA has acknowledged complicity. He has also been linked to neo-Nazi group "P2" and the Mafia by his long involvement with "P2" member Archbishop Paul Marcinkus of Chicago, former head of the Vatican Bank, who was under serious suspicion by Italian authorities for the untimely death of Pope John Paul I. Cardinal Spellman was not only an old friend of CIA creator "Wild Bill" Donovan (who previously had a law firm in New York) but was the actual head of the Knights of Malta in America throughout the 40's, 50's and 60's, and was responsible for vast sums of money raised from its members, who have to pay thousands annually to remain in the order. His Eminence Cardinal Spellman, "Grand Protector" of the Knights of Malta, worked with Pope Pius XII to help Nazi war criminals escape justice. According to Frederic Laurent (*L'Orchestre Noir. Pairs: Editions Stock, 1978), All studies [of the post-WWII nazi networks] have shown the determining role played by the Catholic Church in the flight of war criminals. Since April 1943, following negotiations between Pius XII and the ultra reactionary American archbishop Francis Spellman, the Holy See became the clandestine center of Anglo-American espionage in Italy. This collaboration in fact had begun the previous year... between Earl Brennan, a veteran of the American State Department and Gian Battista Montini, at the time a bishop and Under-Secretary of State at the Vatican. This close collaboration between the future [Pope] Paul VI and the American secret services continued after the war through the [CIA] intermediary James Angleton...

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Documents show that New York's Cardinal Francis Spellman was directly involved in the 1954 right-wing military coup of Guatemala, which led to the murder of thousands, and of which the CIA has acknowledged complicity. He has also been linked to neo-Nazi group "P2" and the Mafia by his long involvement with "P2" member Archbishop Paul Marcinkus of Chicago, former head of the Vatican Bank, who was under serious suspicion by Italian authorities for the untimely death of Pope John Paul I. Cardinal Spellman was not only an old friend of CIA creator "Wild Bill" Donovan (who previously had a law firm in New York) but was the actual head of the Knights of Malta in America throughout the 40's, 50's and 60's, and was responsible for vast sums of money raised from its members, who have to pay thousands annually to remain in the order.

His Eminence Cardinal Spellman, "Grand Protector" of the Knights of Malta, worked with Pope Pius XII to help Nazi war criminals escape justice. According to Frederic Laurent (*L'Orchestre Noir. Pairs: Editions Stock, 1978),

All studies [of the post-WWII nazi networks] have shown the determining role played by the Catholic Church in the flight of war criminals. Since April 1943, following negotiations between Pius XII and the ultra reactionary American archbishop Francis Spellman, the Holy See became the clandestine center of Anglo-American espionage in Italy. This collaboration in fact had begun the previous year... between Earl Brennan, a veteran of the American State Department and Gian Battista Montini, at the time a bishop and Under-Secretary of State at the Vatican. This close collaboration between the future [Pope] Paul VI and the American secret services continued after the war through the [CIA] intermediary James Angleton...

http://www.geocities.com/newworldorder_the...htsofmalta.html
http://www.voxfux.com/features/knightsofmalta.html

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Francis Cardinal Spellman - Jesuit-trained at Fordham University in New York and the American College in Rome; Archbishop of Rome's wealthiest and most powerful Diocese; "Military Vicar" of the American Empire controlling the Knights of Malta, Shriner Freemasonry, the Knights of Columbus and the Mafia's Commission;

http://www.vaticanassassins.org/francis_ca...al_spellman.htm

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In 1927, the Rome-based SMOM authorized the establishment of an American chapter, whose members did not have to prove their aristocratic lineage. Its Treasurer and lay controller was John J. Raskob, the bitterly anti-FDR head of the Democratic National Committee, who in 1934 helped finance a coup attempt against Roosevelt. Its Grand Protector and Spiritual Advisor was Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York, one of whose closest Cold War associates was Time/Life publisher and Congress for Cultural Freedom co-founder Henry Luce.

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In 1927, the Rome-based SMOM authorized the establishment of an American chapter, whose members did not have to prove their aristocratic lineage. Its Treasurer and lay controller was John J. Raskob, the bitterly anti-FDR head of the Democratic National Committee, who in 1934 helped finance a coup attempt against Roosevelt. Its Grand Protector and Spiritual Advisor was Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York, one of whose closest Cold War associates was Time/Life publisher and Congress for Cultural Freedom co-founder Henry Luce.

http://larouchepub.com/other/2005/3205_ita...ack_prince.html

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In 1927, His Eminence, Patrick Cardinal Hayes was selected as the [SMOM] group’s first Chaplain.[7] It was through Cardinal Hayes that the relationship between the Order and American Catholics became formalized[8]. Additionally, the [SMOM] Association was soon to receive the protection and guidance of Francis Cardinal Spellman.[9] He had originally became aware of the American Knights while a Monsignor in Rome working as an assistant to Mr. Edward Hearn (a founding member of the American Association),[10] and his connection with the Association strengthened over the next few years. Spellman possessed an exceptional ability to achieve things both political and economic. As a political manager and businessman, he had few equals within the Church[11]. Spellman, while auxiliary bishop of Boston became the American Order’s official church patron. After becoming archbishop of New York in 1939, Spellman’s fame and political power continued to grow. He also never failed in bringing near constant praise to the American Association as he continued to collect enormous funds earmarked to various Catholic projects. By 1941 Francis Cardinal Spellman was listed as the ‘Grand Protector’ and ‘Spiritual Advisor’ of the Association (see fn. 9). Using his inherent talent, drive, and devotion to the Association, Cardinal Spellman was able to enlist the aid of some of America’s elite, including: John J. Raskob, chairman of General Motors; John Farrell, then president of U.S. Steel; Joseph P. Grace of W.R. Grace & Co.; Joseph Kennedy, a Boston entrepreneur; George MacDonald of Pennsylvania; and John D. Ryan. [...] fn.9: Spellman was a Monsignor when he became involved with the Association and later on becoming Archbishop of New York called himself ‘Grand Protector’ of the Association. For his ‘protection’ of the Association, Cardinal Spellman was later made a Knight of Magistral Grace. In many ways, however, he proved not to be a fitting choice.

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In 1927, His Eminence, Patrick Cardinal Hayes was selected as the [SMOM] group’s first Chaplain.[7] It was through Cardinal Hayes that the relationship between the Order and American Catholics became formalized[8].

Additionally, the [SMOM] Association was soon to receive the protection and guidance of Francis Cardinal Spellman.[9] He had originally became aware of the American Knights while a Monsignor in Rome working as an assistant to Mr. Edward Hearn (a founding member of the American Association),[10] and his connection with the Association strengthened over the next few years.

Spellman possessed an exceptional ability to achieve things both political and economic. As a political manager and businessman, he had few equals within the Church[11].

Spellman, while auxiliary bishop of Boston became the American Order’s official church patron. After becoming archbishop of New York in 1939, Spellman’s fame and political power continued to grow. He also never failed in bringing near constant praise to the American Association as he continued to collect enormous funds earmarked to various Catholic projects. By 1941 Francis Cardinal Spellman was listed as the ‘Grand Protector’ and ‘Spiritual Advisor’ of the Association (see fn. 9). Using his inherent talent, drive, and devotion to the Association, Cardinal Spellman was able to enlist the aid of some of America’s elite, including: John J. Raskob, chairman of General Motors; John Farrell, then president of U.S. Steel; Joseph P. Grace of W.R. Grace & Co.; Joseph Kennedy, a Boston entrepreneur; George MacDonald of Pennsylvania; and John D. Ryan.
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Spellman was a Monsignor when he became involved with the Association and later on becoming Archbishop of New York called himself ‘Grand Protector’ of the Association. For his ‘protection’ of the Association, Cardinal Spellman was later made a Knight of Magistral Grace. In many ways, however, he proved not to be a fitting choice.

http://users.panola.com/AAGHS/ARTICLES/MALTA.html

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The American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Knights of Malta, SMOM) was founded in 1927. "By 1941 Francis Cardinal Spellman was listed as the 'Grand Protector' and 'Spritual Advisor' of the Order, with John J. Raskob as Treasurer. Members included John Farrell, then President of U.S. Steel, Joseph P. Grace, and John D. Ryan. In 1934 Raskob, inspired by the French fascist Croix de Feu, and working closely with Morgan Bank's John Davis, had been a principal financier in the plot to organize a fascist coup in the U.S. The plan failed when General Smedley Butler, who had been set up to lead the project, denounced it." His Eminence Cardinal Spellman, "Grand Protector" of the Knights of Malta, worked with Pope Pius XII to help Nazi war criminals escape justice. According to Frederic Laurent (*L'Orchestre Noir. Pairs: Editions Stock, 1978), All studies [of the post-WWII nazi networks] have shown the determining role played by the Catholic Church in the flight of war criminals. Since April 1943, following negotiations between Pius XII and the ultra reactionary American archbishop Francis Spellman, the Holy See became the clandestine center of Anglo-American espionage in Italy. This collaboration in fact had begun the previous year... between Earl Brennan, a veteran of the American State Department and Gian Battista Montini, at the time a bishop and Under-Secretary of State at the Vatican. This close collaboration between the future [Pope] Paul VI and the American secret services continued after the war through the [CIA] intermediary James Angleton...

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The American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Knights of Malta, SMOM) was founded in 1927. "By 1941 Francis Cardinal Spellman was listed as the 'Grand Protector' and 'Spritual Advisor' of the Order, with John J. Raskob as Treasurer. Members included John Farrell, then President of U.S. Steel, Joseph P. Grace, and John D. Ryan. In 1934 Raskob, inspired by the French fascist Croix de Feu, and working closely with Morgan Bank's John Davis, had been a principal financier in the plot to organize a fascist coup in the U.S. The plan failed when General Smedley Butler, who had been set up to lead the project, denounced it."

His Eminence Cardinal Spellman, "Grand Protector" of the Knights of Malta, worked with Pope Pius XII to help Nazi war criminals escape justice. According to Frederic Laurent (*L'Orchestre Noir. Pairs: Editions Stock, 1978),

All studies [of the post-WWII nazi networks] have shown the
determining role played by the Catholic Church in the
flight of war criminals. Since April 1943, following
negotiations between Pius XII and the ultra reactionary
American archbishop Francis Spellman, the Holy See became
the clandestine center of Anglo-American espionage in
Italy. This collaboration in fact had begun the previous
year... between Earl Brennan, a veteran of the American
State Department and Gian Battista Montini, at the time a
bishop and Under-Secretary of State at the Vatican. This
close collaboration between the future [Pope] Paul VI and
the American secret services continued after the war
through the [CIA] intermediary James Angleton...

http://www.io.com/~patrik/malta.htm

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Many of the approximately 1,500 Americans who subsequently joined the knighthood also enjoyed the rituals of induction at the local cathedral and the ceremonies in honor of the order's patron, St. John. But for others, SMOM was more than pomp and circumstance-it was a source of money and power. Among the latter was New York's Cardinal Francis Spellman, at one time the most powerful Catholic churchman in the United States. He became involved with the American branch of SMOM almost from its founding and was the order's official church patron in the United States when he was auxiliary bishop of Boston. After he became archbishop of New York in 1939, he changed his title to "Grand Protector" [apparently to distinguish it from that of King Leopold and Queen Wilhelmina, who were mere "protectors" of the Belgian and Dutch branches of the Knights]. Spellman enjoyed the support of the right wing of the curia, particularly Cardinal Nicola Canali, who dominated Vatican finances, and Canali authorized his monopoly over Knight appointments in the United States. The quid pro quo was that, instead of sending the American Knights' contributions to SMOM headquarters in Rome, Spellman funneled the money into Canali's coffers. When SMOM's grand master demanded an accounting from Spellman, he got no answer. No action was taken against Spellman, however, because at the time the order was fighting for its life against Canali, who wanted to gain control of its wealth. Spellman's financial contributions to the Vatican, his friendship with Pius XII and his access to U.S. economic and political elites, some of them Knights, gave him immense power, and by World War II he had become the Vatican's go-between with the White House and its proconsul in Latin America. [Cardinal Spellman did more than any other single person to get the USA to support the Roman Catholic ruling class of Vietnam .... JP] When Spruille Braden, U.S. ambassador to Colombia during the early 1940s, complained about the anti-American tone of a pastoral letter issued by Colombian Archbishop Ismael Perdomo, Spellman sent a personal emissary to Bogota to lecture Perdomo on the need for cooperation in the war effort. At this meeting, which took place in Braden's presence, the archbishop was instructed to show Braden anything he wrote about the United States before releasing it. Braden was impressed. "It was good theater," he said. Spellman also played an important role as emissary between the White House and Rome as, for example, in relaying the pope's concern about Allied bombings of Italy. And he encouraged Vatican cooperation with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the wartime forerunner of the CIA that was headed by his old friend General William ("Wild Bill") Donovan.

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Many of the approximately 1,500 Americans who subsequently joined the knighthood also enjoyed the rituals of induction at the local cathedral and the ceremonies in honor of the order's patron, St. John. But for others, SMOM was more than pomp and circumstance-it was a source of money and power.

Among the latter was New York's Cardinal Francis Spellman, at one time the most powerful Catholic churchman in the United States. He became involved with the American branch of SMOM almost from its founding and was the order's official church patron in the United States when he was auxiliary bishop of Boston. After he became archbishop of New York in 1939, he changed his title to "Grand Protector" [apparently to distinguish it from that of King Leopold and Queen Wilhelmina, who were mere "protectors" of the Belgian and Dutch branches of the Knights].

Spellman enjoyed the support of the right wing of the curia, particularly Cardinal Nicola Canali, who dominated Vatican finances, and Canali authorized his monopoly over Knight appointments in the United States. The quid pro quo was that, instead of sending the American Knights' contributions to SMOM headquarters in Rome, Spellman funneled the money into Canali's coffers. When SMOM's grand master demanded an accounting from Spellman, he got no answer. No action was taken against Spellman, however, because at the time the order was fighting for its life against Canali, who wanted to gain control of its wealth.

Spellman's financial contributions to the Vatican, his friendship with Pius XII and his access to U.S. economic and political elites, some of them Knights, gave him immense power, and by World War II he had become the Vatican's go-between with the White House and its proconsul in Latin America.

[Cardinal Spellman did more than any other single person to get the USA to support the Roman Catholic ruling class of Vietnam .... JP]

When Spruille Braden, U.S. ambassador to Colombia during the early 1940s, complained about the anti-American tone of a pastoral letter issued by Colombian Archbishop Ismael Perdomo, Spellman sent a personal emissary to Bogota to lecture Perdomo on the need for cooperation in the war effort. At this meeting, which took place in Braden's presence, the archbishop was instructed to show Braden anything he wrote about the United States before releasing it. Braden was impressed. "It was good theater," he said.

Spellman also played an important role as emissary between the White House and Rome as, for example, in relaying the pope's concern about Allied bombings of Italy. And he encouraged Vatican cooperation with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the wartime forerunner of the CIA that was headed by his old friend General William ("Wild Bill") Donovan.

http://www.mosquitonet.com/~prewett/ncrmay890910.html

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Spellman, Francis Cardinal36 SMOM • 9th Bishop, 6th Archbishop, Roman Catholic Diocese, New York • D. 1967 • Grand Prior of Sovereign Order of Malta (SMOM)

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SPELLMAN FRANCIS CARDINAL Italy 1948 Guatemala 1952-1954 * Aarons,M. Loftus,J. Unholy Trinity. 1992 (132, 196-7) * Blum,W. The CIA: A Forgotten History. 1986 (82-3) * Chester,E. Covert Network. 1995 (147, 162) * Constantine,A. Psychic Dictatorship in the U.S.A. 1995 (215) * Cooney,J. The American Pope. 1984 * Corson,W. The Armies of Ignorance. 1977 (301) * Davis,D. Katharine the Great. 1987 (243-4) * DiFonzo,L. St.Peter's Banker. 1983 (8 ) * Donner,F. Protectors of Privilege. 1990 (47) * Gibson,J. The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam. 1986 (69) * Heidenry,J. Theirs Was the Kingdom. 1993 (512) * Hepburn,J. Farewell America. 1968 (60) * Hersh,B. The Old Boys. 1992 (344) * Hinckle,W. If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade. 1990 (145-6) * Kessler,R. The Sins of the Father. 1997 (1, 125-6, 171, 329, 337-8, 358-9) * Lernoux,P. People of God. 1989 (171, 285-6, 289) * McCoy,A. The Politics of Heroin in S.E. Asia. 1973 (149) * Mother Jones 1983-07 (24-5) * NACLA. Guatemala. 1974 (69) * Nikitin,V. The Ultras in the USA. 1981 (101) * Parapolitics/USA 1982-03-31 (33) * Pepper,W. Orders to Kill. 1995 (120-1) * Ramparts. Vietnam Primer. 1968 (5, 9-10, 16-9) * Saunders,F. The Cultural Cold War. 2000 (131) * Schlesinger,S. Kinzer,S. Bitter Fruit. 1983 (155) * Seldes,G. One Thousand Americans. 1947 (127) * Shultz,R. The Secret War Against Hanoi. 1999 (16) * Simpson,C. Blowback. 1988 (91) * Summers,A. Official and Confidential. 1993 (158, 249, 254-5, 356) * Swanberg,W.A. Luce and His Empire. 1972 (253, 341, 354) * Tosches,N. Power on Earth. 1986 (122-3) * Trento,J. The Secret History of the CIA. 2001 (332) * Yallop,D. In God's Name. 1985 (119) pages cited this search: 65

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SPELLMAN FRANCIS CARDINAL
Italy 1948 Guatemala 1952-1954

* Aarons,M. Loftus,J. Unholy Trinity. 1992 (132, 196-7)
* Blum,W. The CIA: A Forgotten History. 1986 (82-3)
* Chester,E. Covert Network. 1995 (147, 162)
* Constantine,A. Psychic Dictatorship in the U.S.A. 1995 (215)
* Cooney,J. The American Pope. 1984
* Corson,W. The Armies of Ignorance. 1977 (301)
* Davis,D. Katharine the Great. 1987 (243-4)
* DiFonzo,L. St.Peter's Banker. 1983 (8 )
* Donner,F. Protectors of Privilege. 1990 (47)
* Gibson,J. The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam. 1986 (69)
* Heidenry,J. Theirs Was the Kingdom. 1993 (512)
* Hepburn,J. Farewell America. 1968 (60)
* Hersh,B. The Old Boys. 1992 (344)
* Hinckle,W. If You Have a Lemon, Make Lemonade. 1990 (145-6)
* Kessler,R. The Sins of the Father. 1997 (1, 125-6, 171, 329, 337-8, 358-9)
* Lernoux,P. People of God. 1989 (171, 285-6, 289)
* McCoy,A. The Politics of Heroin in S.E. Asia. 1973 (149)
* Mother Jones 1983-07 (24-5)
* NACLA. Guatemala. 1974 (69)
* Nikitin,V. The Ultras in the USA. 1981 (101)
* Parapolitics/USA 1982-03-31 (33)
* Pepper,W. Orders to Kill. 1995 (120-1)
* Ramparts. Vietnam Primer. 1968 (5, 9-10, 16-9)
* Saunders,F. The Cultural Cold War. 2000 (131)
* Schlesinger,S. Kinzer,S. Bitter Fruit. 1983 (155)
* Seldes,G. One Thousand Americans. 1947 (127)
* Shultz,R. The Secret War Against Hanoi. 1999 (16)
* Simpson,C. Blowback. 1988 (91)
* Summers,A. Official and Confidential. 1993 (158, 249, 254-5, 356)
* Swanberg,W.A. Luce and His Empire. 1972 (253, 341, 354)
* Tosches,N. Power on Earth. 1986 (122-3)
* Trento,J. The Secret History of the CIA. 2001 (332)
* Yallop,D. In God's Name. 1985 (119)

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