The Georgetown Set

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FounderFrank Wisner
Membership• Dean Acheson
• Joseph Alsop
• Stewart Alsop
• James Angleton
• Richard Bissell
• Tracy Barnes
• Thomas W. Braden
• Chip Bohlen
• David Bruce
• John Sherman Cooper
• Allen W. Dulles
• Desmond FitzGerald
• Felix Frankfurter
• Philip Graham
• William Averill Harriman
• George Kennan
• Cord Meyer
• John McCloy
• Paul Nitze
• James Reston
• Eugene Rostow
• Walt Rostow
• Frank Wisner
An informal group of party goers in Georgetown. Like-minded, anti-communists who were important in establishing the OSP and later the CIA.

Membership

The group has a considerable overlap with Skull and Bones.

 

Known members

23 of the 24 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Dean AchesonUS deep state operative who was the 51st Secretary of State
Joseph AlsopInfluential journalist very close to the CIA
Stewart Alsop
James Jesus Angleton"The dominant counterintelligence figure in the non-communist world", according to Richard Helms, DCI.
Tracy BarnesUS Deep state actor involved in the Bay of Pigs
Richard M. Bissell
Charles BohlenUS diplomat member of The Georgetown Set, advisor to all US Presidents from 1943 to 1968
Thomas W. BradenOSS, Georgetown Set, CIA
David Brucespooky US diplomat
Clark Clifford
John Sherman Cooper
Allen DullesDulles served the longest ever term as Director of Central Intelligence and dominated American intelligence for a generation. He personified a cadre of Ivy League pragmatic elitists in high echelons of the government who greatly admired Germany’s scientific achievements.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Dulles was fired by JFK after the Bay of Pigs and bore a grudge against him thereafter.
Desmond FitzGeraldA US Spook and Georgetown Set member who died of a "heart attack"
Felix Frankfurter"The most controversial justice of his time."
Philip Graham
W. Averell Harriman
George KennanSuspected US deep politician, member of the Georgetown Set
John J. McCloyUS deep politician, Warren Commission, CFR Chair for 17 years, President of the World Bank ...
Cord MeyerCIA spook who may have run the cover up of the JFK assassination
Paul NitzeUS deep politician, hawkish United States Deputy Secretary of Defense.
James RestonGeorgetown Set, Bilderberg 1965
Walt RostowSuspected US deep state functionary member of The Georgetown Set
Frank WisnerUS deep politician, and an architect of Operation Mockingbird. Reportedly killed himself.
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