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|description=Dutch-American spook and book publisher. Brother of [[Herman van Roijen]].
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|spouses=Hildegarde Graham
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|siblings=Herman van Roijen
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|children=Robert van Roijen Jr.
 
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|children=Victoria, Valaer
 
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A spook, board member of [[KuwAm]], with a noteworthy "deep-state U.S. intelligence background."<ref name=kuwamss/>
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}}''Not to be confused with his son, the spook [[Robert van Roijen Jr.]]''
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'''Robert van Roijen''' was Dutch-American spook and book publisher.
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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Van Roijen’s grandfather was Dutch ambassador to the United States in the 1920s, and his uncle, [[Jan H. van Roijen]], had the very same appointment from 1950 to 1964.  During the [[1973 Oil Crisis]], the Dutch government sent Jan H. van Roijen, who was also a member of the [[Bilderberg Group]], to [[Saudi Arabia]] in an unsuccessful attempt to patch things up diplomatically. His father was born a Dutch citizen in [[England]], immigrated to the [[U.S.]] in the 1930s and was a [[spook]] in the [[Army Air Corps]] before joining the [[CIA]].<ref name=kuwamss>http://digwithin.net/2012/02/24/kuwam-and-stratesec-directors/</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/obituaries/robert-d-van-roijen.html</ref> He graduated in 1961 from Harvard College with a bachelor's degree in economics and philosophy.<ref name=orlandosentinel>http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-02-01/business/0010340056_1_secor-economics-and-philosophy-marine-corps</ref>
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Van Roijen's father was Dutch ambassador to the United States in the [[1920s]], and his brother [[Herman van Roijen]] had the very same appointment from [[1950]] to [[1964]].  
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He was born in [[London]], where his father was stationed. He received a doctorate in law at the [[University of Utrecht]] in The Netherlands in [[1936]] and moved to [[New York City]] the same year to study journalism<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/obituaries/robert-d-van-roijen.html</ref>.
  
 
==Career==
 
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Van Roijen was an intelligence officer with the [[U.S. Marines]] from 1961 to 1963. In 1964 he joined [[IBM]] as a systems engineer in Washington, later he worked in marketing and government relations. In 1974 he co-founded [[Clyde Associates]], a venture-capital group in Washington. Van Roijen's sister was working in the White House communications office, and he used those connections to his advantage as a lobbyist for IBM, obtaining strategic information from government offices such as the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).<ref>Catherine Hinman, A Joint Venture Of Business, Philosophy Secor Group Partner Has Will To ‘Win Or Lose It All’, The Orlando Sentinel, February 01, 1988, http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-02-01/business/0010340055_1_van-roijen-gordon-gould-control-laser</ref> In 1977 he co-founded the [[Secor Group]] in Washington. He was elected chairman of [[Control Laser Corp.]] of Orlando later that year and assumed added duties as company president and chief executive in 1981. In January 1988 he founded [[Tox Financial Co.]] of Winter Park.<ref name=orlandosentinel/> Robert van Roijen "was said to be the man responsible for getting [[Wirt Walker|[Wirt] Walker [III]]] involved in the aircraft business." He was a board member of [[KuwAm]].<ref name=kuwamss/>
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He became a U.S. citizen in 1942 and was an intelligence officer in the [[Army Air Corps]] during [[World War II]]. He saw service in [[North Africa]] and [[Europe]].
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In [[1948]], he joined the [[CIA]] as a covert operations officer. He was stationed in [[Germany]] for some time in the early [[1950s]]. The rest of his career was in Washington. He retired in [[1962]].
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In [[1964]], he purchased [[Robert B. Luce Inc.]], a Washington [[publishing firm]], which might have functioned as a conduit for books the [[CIA]] wanted published. He sold it in [[1978]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/01/17/robert-van-roijen-ex-official-of-cia/75a82c42-da03-4816-a548-bdf7e093be02/</ref>
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He died of [[emphysema]] in 1981.
  
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He was also [[Tricia Nixon]]'s White House party escort during the time of the Nixon Administration.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 23:01, 9 February 2024

Person.png Robert van Roijen Sr.Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, book publisher)
No image available (photo).jpg
Born1908
London, UK
Died1981 (Age 72)
ResidenceOrlando
NationalityUS (Born: Dutch)
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Children • Victoria
• Valaer
SiblingsHerman van Roijen
SpouseHildegarde Graham
Dutch-American spook and book publisher. Brother of Herman van Roijen.

Employment.png Covert operations officer

In office
1948 - 1962
EmployerCIA

Not to be confused with his son, the spook Robert van Roijen Jr.

Robert van Roijen was Dutch-American spook and book publisher.

Background

Van Roijen's father was Dutch ambassador to the United States in the 1920s, and his brother Herman van Roijen had the very same appointment from 1950 to 1964.

He was born in London, where his father was stationed. He received a doctorate in law at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands in 1936 and moved to New York City the same year to study journalism[1].

Career

He became a U.S. citizen in 1942 and was an intelligence officer in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He saw service in North Africa and Europe.

In 1948, he joined the CIA as a covert operations officer. He was stationed in Germany for some time in the early 1950s. The rest of his career was in Washington. He retired in 1962.

In 1964, he purchased Robert B. Luce Inc., a Washington publishing firm, which might have functioned as a conduit for books the CIA wanted published. He sold it in 1978.[2]

He died of emphysema in 1981.


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References

  1. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/obituaries/robert-d-van-roijen.html
  2. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/01/17/robert-van-roijen-ex-official-of-cia/75a82c42-da03-4816-a548-bdf7e093be02/
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