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| − | General '''Charles Douglas (C. D.) Jackson''' was an expert on [[psychological warfare]] who served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] in [[World War II]] and later as Special Assistant to the President in the [[Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower administration]].
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| − | After the war, he became Managing Director of Time-Life International from 1945-49. He then became publisher of [[Fortune Magazine]]. From 1951-52 he served as President of the [[anti-communist]] [[National Committee for a Free Europe|Free Europe Committee]]. He was a speech writer for [[Dwight Eisenhower]]'s 1952 presidential campaign. He was assigned to be President Eisenhower's liaison between the newly created CIA and the Pentagon.
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| − | From February 1953 to March 1954, Jackson served as adviser to the President on psychological warfare.<ref>{{cite news
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| − | |date=February 17, 1953
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| − | |quote=the appointment of C. D. Jackson, a New York City publisher, as adviser to the President on psychological warfare}}</ref> He worked closely with the [[Psychological Strategy Board]] and was a member of the [[Operations Coordinating Board]]. He was also a member of the Committee on International Information Activities known, after its chairman [[William Harding Jackson|William Jackson]], as the Jackson Committee.<ref>{{cite web
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| − | |url=http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/J.html
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| − | |title=Jackson, C.D.: Records, 1953-54
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| − | |publisher=Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library}}</ref>
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| − | During 1953 and 1954, C. D. Jackson was key in establishing the [[Bilderberg Group]] and ensuring American participation. He attended meetings of the group in 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Aubourg, Valerie|year=2003|title=Organizing Atlanticism: The Bilderberg group and the Atlantic Institute, 1952-1963|periodical=Intelligence and National Security|volume=18:2|pages=92–105|doi=10.1080/02684520412331306760}}</ref>
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| − | Jackson was a defender of [[Radio Free Europe]], stating, "Over the years, Radio Free Europe has never, in a single broadcast or leaflet, deviated from its essential policy, and did not broadcast a single program during the recent Polish and Hungarian developments which could be described as an 'incitement' program."<ref>Johanna Granville, [https://www.scribd.com/doc/13866301/RFE-and-the-Hungarian-Revolt-of-1956-by-Johanna-Granville "Caught With Jam on Our Fingers”: Radio Free Europe and the Hungarian Revolution in 1956,”] ''Diplomatic History'', vol. 29, no. 5 (2005): pp. 811-839.</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Granville | first=Johanna | title=The First Domino: International Decision Making During the Hungarian Crisis of 1956 | publisher=[[Texas A & M University Press]], College Station, Texas | year=2004 | isbn=1-58544-298-4 }}</ref>
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| − | ==JFK Assassination==
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| − | C. D. Jackson purchased [[Abraham Zapruder]]'s film of the [[JFK assassination]] on behalf of Time/Life to "protect the integrity of the film". Upon viewing it on Sunday morning he ordered it ''not'' be shown but instead be locked in a vault at the Time/Life building in Manhattan.
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