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![]() The formation of NATO, together with the counterbalancing Soviet military alliance, the Warsaw Pact established one of the bases of the Cold War. |
1949 saw the creation of NATO, which was to become such a fixture of the Cold War.
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NATO
- Full article: NATO
- Full article: NATO
NATO was established in 1949.
Central America
In 1949, after a brief but bloody civil war, Costa Rica became the first state to abolish its army. Its southern neighbour, Panama abolished its army in 1990.
Events
Event | Description |
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Tuskegee syphilis experiment | A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press. |
Morgenthau Plan | |
Operation Paperclip | A transfer of top German scientists to USA. |
Guatemala syphilis experiment | A murderous experiment which infected healthy subjects with syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and possibly other diseases. |
Project CHATTER | CIA research focused on the identification and testing of drugs in interrogations and the recruitment of agents. |
Cold War | The official narrative had 2 diametrically opposed systems locked in combat with one another since soon after WW2. Each of the "superpowers" and its team of allies needed to outdo each other by creating ever more and deadlier weapons, creating a kind of perpetual war for perpetual peace, with the warring parties engaging mainly in covert/proxy wars. Deep state interests blossomed in the climate of fear and paranoia. |
Operation Demagnetize | "The institutional hardening of Gladio", an expansion of Gladio in the late 1940s, early 1950s. |
New Groups
Group | Image | Type | Description |
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Gujarat University | ![]() | ||
Nagasaki University | ![]() | ||
Shin Bet | ![]() | Intelligence agency | |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation | ![]() | Tied to Anglo-American intelligence | |
National Committee for a Free Europe | ![]() | ||
Servizio Informazioni Forze Armate | ![]() | Intelligence agency | |
SIFAR | ![]() | ||
NATO | ![]() | Military International | The world's largest military alliance. |
Council of Europe | ![]() | International legal | |
University of San Diego | ![]() | ||
US/Department of Defense | ![]() | Military | The action arm of the Military-industrial-congressional complex, whose functionaries are rewarded in rough proportion to their ability to stifle dissent and channel funds to arms manufacturers. |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions | ![]() | ||
Mossad | ![]() | Intelligence agency | "Mossad" (Hebrew for Institute) is an abbreviation for ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim (Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks). It is the Israeli State Agency with overall responsible for external intelligence and covert operations. |
A Group that was Wound Up
Group | Image |
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Servizio Informazioni Militare | ![]() |
Deaths
Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Summary | Description |
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Ross Sterling | 11 February 1875 | 25 March 1949 | Texas Fort Worth | ||
John Scale | 27 December 1882 | 22 April 1949 | Spook | ||
James V. Forrestal | 15 February 1892 | 22 May 1949 | Maryland Montgomery County U.S. | Politician Banker | |
Frederick Ogilvie | 7 February 1893 | 10 June 1949 | |||
Kim Koo | 29 August 1876 | 26 June 1949 | South Korea Seoul | Politician | An assassinated Korean politician |
Frank Murphy | 13 April 1890 | 19 July 1949 | Michigan Detroit U.S. | Politician | |
Husni al-Za'im | 1897 | 14 August 1949 | Syria Damascus | Soldier Politician | |
Edward Stettinius | 22 October 1900 | 31 October 1949 | The first US Permanent Representative to the UN | ||
Pierre Jay | 4 May 1870 | 24 November 1949 | Banker |
Births