John Barron

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Person.png John Barron  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook?, journalist, propagandist)
BornJohn Daniel Barron
January 26, 1930
Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
DiedFebruary 24, 2005 (Age 75)
NationalityUS
Member ofLe Cercle
Interests • KGB
• espionage
A spooky journalist who wrote on the evils of the KGB.

John Daniel Barron was an American journalist who attended Le Cercle.

Career

Barron worked in Navy intelligence from 1953 to 1957.[1]

In 1957, Barron joined the Washington Star as an investigative reporter. In 1965, Barron joined the Washington bureau of Reader's Digest.

In 1974, he published KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents, based on the reports of KGB defectors, which upset the KGB.[2]

In 1980 he wrote on the unanswered questions surrounding the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick in a car driven by Ted Kennedy.

Barron became a senior editor at Reader's Digest.[2]

Deep political connections

John Barron attended the 1983 meeting of Le Cercle.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)30 June 19833 July 1983Germany
Bonn
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