-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.prouty.org/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.prouty.org/">The Col. L. Fletcher Prouty Reference Site</A> ----- A bit to chew on. Om K ----- The Col. L Fletcher Prouty Reference Site is a focal point where researchers can locate and retrieve articles, books, videos, and tapes on a variety of subjects which Fletcher has written and participated in. Col. Prouty spent 9 of his 23 year military career in the Pentagon (1955-1964): 2 years with the Secretary of Defense, 2 years with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 5 years with Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. In 1955 he was appointed the first "Focal Point" officer between the CIA and the Air Force for Clandestine Operations per National Security Council Directive 5412. He was Briefing Officer for the Secretary of Defense (1960-1961), and for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. At times he would be called to meet with Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles at their home on highly classified business. He was assigned to attend MKULTRA meetings. In this capacity Col. Prouty would be at the nerve center of the Military-Industrial Complex at a time unequalled in American History. He has written on these subjects, about the JFK assassination, the Cold War period, and Vietnamese warfare, and the existence of a "Secret Team". He backs up his his work with seldom seen or mentioned official documents - some never before released. Fletcher Prouty offers a rare glimpse of the "Power Elite" as described by Buckminster Fuller, or "The High Cabal" as Winston Churchill refered to them; and how they really operate. Those who have not been in a position to witness events such as these from the inside would not understand how invisible but ultimately effective they and their power structures are. Len Osanic Web site administrator If you have any questions, or are interested in his CD-Rom you can reach Len Osanic at E-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 604 525-3974 Updated Dec. 31st 1999 This web site is updated every week or so. If you would like to be notifed by e-mail when something new is posted. Leave a note here and I will add your name to the list. E-mail update list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------- | Features | Forums | The Fletcher Prouty Commentary | Real Audio Interviews | Jim Garrison | JFK book | Photos | Letters of the Month | Col. Prouty's new CD-ROM | More Articles | Radio Interview News | Home | ===== back to JFK | ratville times | rat haus | Index | Search | tree ASCII Text Format Order the book or tapes UNDERSTANDING SPECIAL OPERATIONS And Their Impact on The Vietnam War Era 1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Prouty Colonel USAF (Retired) David T. Ratcliffe rat haus reality press Santa Cruz, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright © 1999 by David T. Ratcliffe All rights reserved. rat haus reality press, 567 35th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 www.ratical.org Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. _______________________________________________________________________ 1st edition, first printing. ISBN 0-9673507-0-0 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-75115 Manufactured in the United States of America on 60% recovered and 25% post-consumer waste recylced paper with soy-based inks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For my parents, John and Elizabeth Ratcliffe, who taught me to seek out life's infinite possibilities, and all who strive to build a sustainable civilization where nature, humanity, and technology manifest a contemporary wholeness that serves and honors life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Operations are an ad hoc creation -- probably the strongest ad hoc creation in our government today. -- L. Fletcher Prouty, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright Table Of Contents Acknowledgments Forward Introduction 1. Colonel L. Fletcher Prouty's Military Experiences 1941-1963 Part I: 1941-1945 * Entering the Army, the Air Corps, and Air Transport Command * Air Transport Command Pilot: North Africa * Air Transport Command Pilot: the Middle East * Air Transport Command Pilot: Eurasia * Air Transport Command Pilot: the West Pacific Part II: 1945-1961 * On Okinawa: The Surrender of Japan, and a 500,000 manpack Re-Routed to Korea and Indochina * 1946-1948: Inaugurating the Air Force's ROTC Program at Yale * 1949-1950: Writing the First USAF ROTC text book on Aeronautics and a Major Portion of Rockets and Guided Missiles * 1950-1951: A New Air Defense Command * 1952-1954: Managing Tokyo International Airport And Heavy-Transport Flying * 1955: Attending the Armed Forces Staff College * 1955: Assignment to New Position of "Focal Point" Officer for Air Force Support of U.S. Government Clandestine Operations * Coordination of the CIA: How Covert Operations Are Run * The Suez Crisis of 1956 * The CIA in Europe * Nuclear Warfare: the CIA becomes a Fourth Force * Cuba, 1959-1960: From Over-The-Beach Work to Invasion Part III: 1961-1963 * Experiences of and Perspectives on the Bay of Pigs * A Result of CIA Covert Military Commanders in Vietnam: The League of Families for the Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia * JFK Prepares To Get Out Of Vietnam: The Taylor/McNamara Trip Report of October 1963 and NSAM 263 * The Murders of President Diem and Kennedy * Explanation of the Office of Special Operations-- Military Services Providing Support to Government Clandestine Activities * The Economy Act of 1932: Handling The Money To Run Covert Operations * Clarifying the Role of the National Security Agency (NSA) * Abolishing the OSO and Moving Special Operations Into the JCS 2. Understanding The Secret Team in the Post-World War II Era Part I * In The Context of Its Time: The National Security Act of 1947 * The Creation of the National Security Council * The Dulles-Jackson-Correa Report * Opening the Door to CIA Clandestine Operations: Shifting NSC Oversight from Directing to Approving Plans * The Function of the Director of Central Intelligence: Coordinating Intelligence of the Government Intelligence Community * Clandestine Operations: Out of Control If Not Directed by the National Security Council * Four Categories of Military Personnel Employed by CIA * Final Chapter in the History of War Making: Going From Offense to Defense * The Threat of Nuclear Weapons: Making War Planning Obsolete * Creating a Manichaean Devil to Justify Spending $6 Trillion for a Cold War * Secret Team Foundations: Creation of the CIA Focal Point System Throughout The Government Part II * The Power of Indirection-- Military Units Financed and Controlled by the CIA * Secret Team Growth: Focal Point Personnel Assuming Broader Roles * Obtaining Everything Money Can Buy: The CIA Act of 1949 and Secretary of Defense Johnson's paper on Covert Operations * Employing the System of Reimbursement To Fund Unaccountable Activities * Post WWII War Plans--CIA Begins Amassing Its Own Stockpile of Military Equipment * From the Chairman of the JCS On Down: "where the CIA was concerned there were a lot of things no one seemed to know" * The Importance of the CIA's Deputy Director of Support (DD/S) Side of the Agency by the Time of the Bay Of Pigs * Congressional Non-Oversight of Agency Funding and Executive Branch Responsibility for CIA * The Significance of the Sense of Infallibility Leaders of the Agency Felt Imbued With * The ST Running A Government Of Reaction: Develop and Control All Secret Intelligence, And Brief The President On It Every Day Part III * Allen Dulles: Forging a Government of Reaction * Dispersion of the OSO, Creation of the Office of SACSA * DOD Adoption of a Counterinsurgency Role in the late Eisenhower Years * NSAM 55--JFK's Attempt to Get CIA out of Clandestine Operations * Chairman of the JCS: Exit Lyman Lemnitzer, Enter Maxwell Taylor * Bay of Pigs Post-Mortem and the Dynamics of Personality: Allen Dulles, Maxwell Taylor, and Bobby Kennedy * Bay of Pigs Report: Taylor's Letter to the President and the Origin of NSAM Nos. 55-57 * Understanding the Military Assistance Program (MAP) * The Little Red Book's Influence on General Stilwell and Lansdale * MAP as a Sensor to React To * MAP's Ultimate Manifestation: Iran * The Secret Team: Far Beyond the Capability of the CIA * An Impossible Contradiction: Covert Operations Must Be Deniable 3. A Very Special Operation: The Assassination of President Kennedy Part I * What Would Entail Conducting A Proper Murder Investigation? * In Context: August-November 1963 * Cancelling Secret Service, Military, and Police Units in Dallas and Inserting False Actors in Their Place * The Volume and Significance of the Photographic Evidence * The Christchurch Star's Impact Upon the Facts of the Assassination Part II * The Existence of a High Cabal or Power Elite * Magellan's Circumnavigation of the Globe: The Philosophy That Derived From Knowing the World Was Finite * The Development of the East India Companies and "Proprietary" Colonies * Inventorying Earth: Haileybury College and the Roles of Malthus and Darwin * Two Books: The End of Economic Man and The Road To Teheran * The Changing Nature of Warfare: From a Military to an Economic Basis * Human History and the Composition of the High Cabal * Building a Bridge: Trusting Ourselves to Know How to Work and Live Together Epilogue Appendix A * Prefaces to 3 Editions of The Secret Team Appendix B * Copies of NSAMs 263 and 273, and Some Primary Supporting Documents Appendix C * NSC 5412, "National Security Council Directive on Covert Operations" Appendix D * Krulak Letter Re: Dealey Plaza Photos And Lansdale Ident Appendix E * Copies of NSAMs 55, 56, and 57 Appendix F * Prouty Letter Regarding JFK Assassination Conspiracy and Cover Story Appendix G * Organizations Dedicated To A Sustainable Future Index Back Cover ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Understanding Special Operations And Their Impact on The Vietnam War Era 1989 Interview with L. 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