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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]].
 
 
 
==Activities==
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
From February 1953 to March 1954, Jackson served as adviser to the President on psychological warfare.<ref>{{cite news
 
|title=Eisenhower Picks a 'Cold War' Chief
 
|work=New York Times
 
|date=February 17, 1953
 
|pages=16
 
|author=Anthony Leviero
 
|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
 
|url=http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/J.html
 
|title=Jackson, C.D.: Records, 1953-54
 
|publisher=Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library}}</ref>
 
 
 
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>
 
 
 
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>
 
 
 
==JFK Assassination==
 
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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==References==
 
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