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− | The '''American Committee on United Europe (ACUE)''' was an American organization which sought to counter the "Communist threat" in [[Europe]] by promoting European political integration. Its first chairman was ex-wartime [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] head, [[William Joseph Donovan]].<ref name=te> | + | The '''American Committee on United Europe (ACUE)''' was an American organization which sought to counter the "Communist threat" in [[Europe]] by promoting European political integration. Its first chairman was ex-wartime [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] head, [[William Joseph Donovan]].<ref name=te>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1356047/Euro-federalists-financed-by-US-spy-chiefs.html</ref> |
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The structure of the organisation was outlined in early summer of 1948 by [[Bill Donovan]] and [[Allen Dulles]] by then also reviewing the organization of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA).<ref>[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/aldrich/publications/oss_cia_united_europe_eec_eu.pdf Aldrich, Richard - OSS, CIA and European Unity: The American Committee on Untied Europe 1948-60]. ''Diplomacy & Statecraft''. 1st March 1997</ref> in response to assistance requests by [[Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. | The structure of the organisation was outlined in early summer of 1948 by [[Bill Donovan]] and [[Allen Dulles]] by then also reviewing the organization of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA).<ref>[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/aldrich/publications/oss_cia_united_europe_eec_eu.pdf Aldrich, Richard - OSS, CIA and European Unity: The American Committee on Untied Europe 1948-60]. ''Diplomacy & Statecraft''. 1st March 1997</ref> in response to assistance requests by [[Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. | ||
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* [http://archives.eui.eu/en/fonds/158645?item=ME Archival sources] on the American Committee for a United Europe can be consulted at the [http://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU/Index.aspx Historical Archives of the European Union] in Florence | * [http://archives.eui.eu/en/fonds/158645?item=ME Archival sources] on the American Committee for a United Europe can be consulted at the [http://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU/Index.aspx Historical Archives of the European Union] in Florence | ||
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American Committee on United Europe | |
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Formation | 1948 |
Founder | • Bill Donovan • Allen Dulles |
Sponsored by | Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation |
Proves European unity movement was a heavily US-driven project. |
The American Committee on United Europe (ACUE) was an American organization which sought to counter the "Communist threat" in Europe by promoting European political integration. Its first chairman was ex-wartime OSS head, William Joseph Donovan.[1]
The structure of the organisation was outlined in early summer of 1948 by Bill Donovan and Allen Dulles by then also reviewing the organization of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[2] in response to assistance requests by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and Winston Churchill.
A memorandum, later declassified, bearing Donovan's signature and dated dated July 26, 1950 gives instructions for a campaign to promote a fully fledged European parliament. The vice chairman of ACUE was Allen Dulles and the board of ACUE included Walter Bedell Smith.[3] ACUE was an important early funder of both the European Movement and the European Youth Campaign. The ACUE itself received funding from the Rockefeller and Ford foundations.[1]
The U.S. policy was to promote a United States of Europe, and to this end the committee was used to discreetly funnel CIA funds - by the mid 50's ACUE was receiving roughly $1,000,000 USD per year - to European pro-federalists supporting such organizations as the Council of Europe, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the proposed European Defence Community.[4]
Known members
11 of the 23 of the members already have pages here:
Member | Description |
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Hale Boggs | A US House Majority Leader who strongly dissented from the official narrative of the JFK Assassination. His small plane disappeared without trace in Alaska, together with Nick Begich and two other men. |
Thomas W. Braden | OSS, Georgetown Set, CIA |
Lucius Clay | |
John W. Davis | |
J. William Fulbright | The longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. |
Christian Herter | United States Secretary of State. Double Bilderberger |
Paul Hoffman | Five time early Bilderberger, UNDP administrator |
Herbert Hoover | US President 1929-1933 |
Clare Boothe Luce | |
George Marshall | |
Walter Bedell Smith |
Sponsors
Event | Description |
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Ford Foundation | In addition to its own billionaire agenda, also known to have been $$$ middleman for covert CIA funding. |
Rockefeller Foundation |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:How CIA Money Took the Teeth Out of Socialism | book extract | May 1988 | Richard Fletcher (Author) |
References
- ↑ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1356047/Euro-federalists-financed-by-US-spy-chiefs.html
- ↑ Aldrich, Richard - OSS, CIA and European Unity: The American Committee on Untied Europe 1948-60. Diplomacy & Statecraft. 1st March 1997
- ↑ http://mtwsfh.blogspot.com/2010/03/1950-cias-european-union-torturing.html
- ↑ Giles Scott-Smith, Hans Krabbendam, The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960 p.46, Roosevelt Study Center.
External links
- Archival sources on the American Committee for a United Europe can be consulted at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence