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|members=Dean Acheson, Joseph Alsop, Stewart Alsop, James Angleton, Richard Bissell, Tracy Barnes, Thomas W. Braden, Chip Bohlen,  David Bruce, Clark Clifford, John Sherman Cooper, Allen W. Dulles, Desmond FitzGerald, Felix Frankfurter, Philip Graham, William Averill Harriman, George Kennan, Cord Meyer, John McCloy,  Paul Nitze, James Reston, Eugene Rostow, Walt Rostow, Frank Wisner
 
|members=Dean Acheson, Joseph Alsop, Stewart Alsop, James Angleton, Richard Bissell, Tracy Barnes, Thomas W. Braden, Chip Bohlen,  David Bruce, Clark Clifford, John Sherman Cooper, Allen W. Dulles, Desmond FitzGerald, Felix Frankfurter, Philip Graham, William Averill Harriman, George Kennan, Cord Meyer, John McCloy,  Paul Nitze, James Reston, Eugene Rostow, Walt Rostow, Frank Wisner
 
|description=An informal group of party goers in Georgetown. Like-minded, anti-communists who were important in the development of the [[US deep state]], principally by creating the [[OPC]] and [[CIA]].
 
|description=An informal group of party goers in Georgetown. Like-minded, anti-communists who were important in the development of the [[US deep state]], principally by creating the [[OPC]] and [[CIA]].
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|description=Deep state faction which creating the [[CIA]].
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'''The Georgetown Set''' was a group which played a part in the development of the [[US deep state]], principally by creating the [[OPC]] and [[CIA]].
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'''The Georgetown Set''', or '''Wisner's Gang''', was a US [[deep state faction]] which played a part in the development of the [[US deep state]], principally by creating the [[OPC]] and [[CIA]].
  
 
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Revision as of 19:41, 12 June 2021

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Group.png The Georgetown Set
(Deep state factionSpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
The Georgetown Set.jpg
Formation1940s
FounderFrank Wisner I.jpg Frank Wisner
Membership• Dean Acheson.jpg Dean Acheson
• Joseph Alsop 1974-12-17.jpg Joseph Alsop
• Stewart Alsop.png Stewart Alsop
• James Jesus Angleton.jpg James Angleton
• Richard Bissell.jpg Richard Bissell
• Tracy Barnes.jpg Tracy Barnes
• Thomas W. Braden.jpg Thomas W. Braden
• Charles Bohlen.png Chip Bohlen
• David Bruce.jpg David Bruce
• Clark Clifford.gif Clark Clifford
•  John Sherman Cooper
• Allen w dulles.jpg Allen W. Dulles
• Desmond FitzGerald.jpg Desmond FitzGerald
• Felix Frankfurter.jpg Felix Frankfurter
• Phil Graham, 3 October 1961.jpg Philip Graham
• William Averell Harriman.jpg William Averill Harriman
• George F. Kennan 1947.jpg George Kennan
• Cord Meyer.jpg Cord Meyer
• John J. McCloy.jpg John McCloy
• Paul Nitze.jpg Paul Nitze
•  James Reston
• Eugene Rostow 1981.jpg Eugene Rostow
• Walt Rostow.jpg Walt Rostow
• Frank Wisner I.jpg Frank Wisner
Deep state faction which creating the CIA.

The Georgetown Set, or Wisner's Gang, was a US deep state faction which played a part in the development of the US deep state, principally by creating the OPC and CIA.

Membership

The group has a considerable overlap with Skull and Bones. It lead to the creation of the OPC, which J. Edgar Hoover described as "Wisner's gang of weirdos".[1]

Approach

Frances Stonor Saunders, author of Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War? (1999) observed that:

“In long exchanges, heated by intellectual passion and alcohol, their vision of a new world order began to take shape. Internationalist, abrasive, competitive, these men had an unshakeable belief in their value system, and in their duty to offer it to others. They were the patricians of the modern age, the paladins of democracy, and saw no contradiction in that. This was the elite which ran American foreign policy and shaped legislation at home. Through think-tanks to foundations, directorates to membership of gentlemen's clubs, these mandarins were interlocked by their institutional affiliations and by a shared belief in their own superiority.”
Frances Stonor Saunders [2]

 

Known members

All 24 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Dean AchesonUS deep state operative who was the 51st Secretary of State
Joseph AlsopInfluential journalist very close to the CIA
Stewart Alsop
James Jesus Angleton"The dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world", according to Richard Helms, DCI.
Tracy BarnesUS Deep state actor involved in the Bay of Pigs
Richard M. BissellMember of The Georgetown Set strongly suspected of being involved in the JFK Assassination
Charles BohlenUS diplomat member of The Georgetown Set, advisor to all US Presidents from 1943 to 1968
Thomas W. BradenOSS, Georgetown Set, CIA
David Brucespooky US diplomat
Clark Clifford
John Sherman CooperUS lawyer who refused to sign the draft of the Warren Commission Report until a qualifying statement was inserted.
Allen DullesDulles served the longest ever term as Director of Central Intelligence and dominated American intelligence for a generation. He personified a cadre of Ivy League pragmatic elitists in high echelons of the government who greatly admired Germany’s scientific achievements.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Dulles was fired by JFK after the Bay of Pigs and bore a grudge against him thereafter.
Desmond FitzGeraldA US Spook and Georgetown Set member who died of a "heart attack"
Felix Frankfurter"The most controversial justice of his time."
Philip Graham
W. Averell Harriman
George KennanSuspected US deep politician, member of the Georgetown Set
John J. McCloyUS deep politician, Warren Commission, CFR Chair for 17 years, President of the World Bank ...
Cord MeyerCIA spook who may have run the cover up of the JFK assassination
Paul NitzeUS deep politician, hawkish United States Deputy Secretary of Defense.
James RestonGeorgetown Set, Bilderberg 1965
Eugene RostowAttended the 1967 Bilderberg as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, later directed the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Walt RostowSuspected US deep state functionary member of The Georgetown Set
Frank WisnerUS deep politician, and an architect of Operation Mockingbird. Reportedly killed himself.
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