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Lindsay worked the [[Office of Strategic Services]]<ref name="Keegan2000">{{cite book|last=Keegan|first=John|title=The book of war|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4c6n8T9rNeMC&pg=PT374|accessdate=7 March 2011|date=2000-11-02|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-029655-6|page=374}}</ref> during [[World War II]]. During the war he parachuted to the Slovene Partisans in 1944 and worked with them to blow up the rail lines in Southern Austria. Later, he became head of the military mission to [[Tito]]. He wrote a book about his wartime experiences, ''Beacons in the Night'', and has been awarded Slovenia’s highest decoration.
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Lindsay worked the [[Office of Strategic Services]]<ref name="Keegan2000">[https://books.google.com/books?id=4c6n8T9rNeMC&pg=PT374 Keegan, John (2000-11-02). The book of war. Penguin. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-14-029655-6. Retrieved 7 March 2011.]</ref> during [[World War II]]. During the war he parachuted to the Slovene Partisans in 1944 and worked with them to blow up the rail lines in Southern Austria. Later, he became head of the military mission to [[Tito]]. He wrote a book about his wartime experiences, ''Beacons in the Night'', and has been awarded Slovenia’s highest decoration.
 
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Revision as of 02:33, 9 August 2021

Person.png Franklin Lindsay   PowerbaseRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, businessman)
Born12 March 1916
Died13 October 2011 (Age 95)
NationalityUS
Alma materStanford University
SpouseMargot Lindsay
Member ofBohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Office of Strategic Services
Single Bilderberg SOE spook

Franklin A. Lindsay [1][2] was a US spook and business executive.

Background

Lindsay graduated from Stanford University in 1938.

Career

Lindsay worked the Office of Strategic Services[3] during World War II. During the war he parachuted to the Slovene Partisans in 1944 and worked with them to blow up the rail lines in Southern Austria. Later, he became head of the military mission to Tito. He wrote a book about his wartime experiences, Beacons in the Night, and has been awarded Slovenia’s highest decoration.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196420 March 196422 March 1964US
Virginia
Williamsburg
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