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==Origins==
 
==Origins==
 
In 1966, the [[US Navy]] established a covert unit, designated the '''Naval Field Operations Support Group''' (NFOSG) – also known as '''Task Force 157'''. It was founded after a memo by [[Paul Nitze]].<ref>http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB46/</ref>
 
In 1966, the [[US Navy]] established a covert unit, designated the '''Naval Field Operations Support Group''' (NFOSG) – also known as '''Task Force 157'''. It was founded after a memo by [[Paul Nitze]].<ref>http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB46/</ref>
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It might have been involved in the 1975 coup against [[Gough Whitlam]], the then Labor Prime Minister of [[Australia]]<ref>Brian Tohey; Secret:The Making of Australia's Security State p 175</ref>
  
 
==Exposure==
 
==Exposure==

Latest revision as of 01:40, 26 October 2019

Group.png Task Force 157
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Formation1966
FounderPaul Nitze.jpg Paul Nitze
Extinction1977
Parent organizationUS/Navy

Origins

In 1966, the US Navy established a covert unit, designated the Naval Field Operations Support Group (NFOSG) – also known as Task Force 157. It was founded after a memo by Paul Nitze.[1]

It might have been involved in the 1975 coup against Gough Whitlam, the then Labor Prime Minister of Australia[2]

Exposure

Information about Task Force 157 was first published in 1977 as Edwin P. Wilson was tried in the Arms for Libya case.

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References

  1. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB46/
  2. Brian Tohey; Secret:The Making of Australia's Security State p 175


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