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The '''International Press Institute''' was strongly suspected of being a CIA front.<ref>http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/txtfiles_misc/cia500.txt</ref> <ref>The CIA and the Media: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Sessions, p 263 </ref> | The '''International Press Institute''' was strongly suspected of being a CIA front.<ref>http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/txtfiles_misc/cia500.txt</ref> <ref>The CIA and the Media: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Sessions, p 263 </ref> | ||
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| + | The foundation of the Institute was financed by a $150,000 grant from the [[Ford Foundation]] and a $120,000 grant for the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] that helped keep the organization afloat for the first three years. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Markel</ref> Both the Ford Foundation and the the Rockefeller Foundation are known CIA cutouts, especially during the early Cold War. | ||
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==Presidents== | ==Presidents== | ||
{{FA|International Press Institute/President}} | {{FA|International Press Institute/President}} | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 20 October 2019
 International Press Institute       | |
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| Formation | October 1950 |
| Sponsored by | Adessium Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation |
| Subpage | •International Press Institute/President |
The International Press Institute was strongly suspected of being a CIA front.[1] [2]
The foundation of the Institute was financed by a $150,000 grant from the Ford Foundation and a $120,000 grant for the Rockefeller Foundation that helped keep the organization afloat for the first three years. [3] Both the Ford Foundation and the the Rockefeller Foundation are known CIA cutouts, especially during the early Cold War.
Presidents
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International Press Institute/President
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Former presidents includes many with ties to the US intelligence system, including Barry Bingham[4] (1964-1966); Cushrow R. Irani (1980-1982) director of the US National Endowment for Democracy-funded International Institute for War and Peace Reporting and Juan Luis Cebrián (1986-1988)[5]
Sponsors
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Adessium Foundation | A secretive Dutch foundation that donates to projects backed by Western governments. |
| Ford Foundation | In addition to its own billionaire agenda, also known to have been $$$ middleman for covert CIA funding. |
| Rockefeller Foundation |
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References
- ↑ http://cd.textfiles.com/thegreatunsorted/texts/txtfiles_misc/cia500.txt
- ↑ The CIA and the Media: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Sessions, p 263
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Markel
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20061003025649/https://www.wcml.org.uk/internat/euromove.htm/
- ↑ https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Press_Institute
