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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.

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	Start	End	Description
Tuskegee syphilis experiment	1932	1972	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	16 September 1944	5 May 1955	Proposal to destroy or remove Germany's industrial base.
Ratline	1945	1960	Channels where by prominent Nazis were spirited out of Europe to South America.
Operation Paperclip	8 May 1945	1990	A transfer of top German scientists to USA.
Guatemala syphilis experiment	1946	1953	A murderous experiment which infected healthy subjects with syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid and possibly other diseases.
Turkish Straits crisis	1946	1953
Project CHATTER	1947	1953	CIA research focused on the identification and testing of drugs in interrogations and the recruitment of agents.
Cold War	1947	26 September 1991	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.
Marshall Plan	1948	1951	US initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to post-war Western Europe that has reached mythological status in transatlantic circles. If one looks at the details, it becomes far less impressive in achieving its stated objectives.
Operation Demagnetize	1948	1980	"The institutional hardening of Gladio", an expansion of Gladio in the late 1940s, early 1950s.
Project AERODYNAMIC	1949	1970	Program to provide funding and equipment for anti-Soviet resistance groups in Ukraine
1948 BSAA Star Ariel disappearance	17 January 1949	17 January 1949	A plane that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle in 1948, remains unsolved

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
College of Europe		Postgraduate institute
China/Deep state			Xi vs Shanghai or more complex?
Keele University		Public	UK university which pressured scientist researching aluminium toxicity to quit for fear of offending from big funders.
Commonwealth of Nations		International	Organisation, mostly consisting of former British Empire nations.
North Atlantic Council			Formally the most important decision-making body of NATO.
Asda		Retail
International Christian University		Military ranks Liberal Arts College	Japanese Bilingual university founded during the US occupation.
Atlantsammenslutningen
Gujarat University			The largest and oldest university in Gujarat.
George Mason University		Public Research university Sea grant	Virginia-based university heavily Koch-funded. Notable for hosting over 40 libertarian research centers and affiliates.
Kyung Hee University		Military ranks	Prestigious South Korean university also considered a leading school in traditional Korean medicine and other traditional Asian medical practices.
Nagasaki University			Home to East Asia Research Institute of Endemics before WW2 (now Tropical Medicine)
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. "Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out of it all."
Council of Europe		International legal	IGO. Cannot make laws, but makes treaties. Accused of institutional (revolving door) corruption. Appears to bribe European & transcontinental countries.
University of San Diego		Research Military ranks Catholic	Private Catholic university. Not to be confused with San Diego State University.
University of New South Wales		University	Sydney technological university with military ties
US/Department/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.
University of Sarajevo		Public	University located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Servizio Informazioni Militare

 

Deaths

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Summary	Description
Ross Sterling	11 February 1875	25 March 1949	Texas Fort Worth
John Scale	27 December 1882	22 April 1949		Spook
James Forrestal	15 February 1892	22 May 1949	United States Maryland Third story canopy of the Bethesda Naval Hospital	Politician Banker	The first US Secretary of Defense, died in mysterious circumstances in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland
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	United States Michigan Detroit	Politician
Husni al-Za'im	1897	14 August 1949	Syria Damascus	Soldier Politician
Edward Stettinius	22 October 1900	31 October 1949			WW2 Secretary of State from corporate background
Pierre Jay	4 May 1870	24 November 1949		Central banker	First chairman of the New York Federal Reserve in 1913

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Pat Finucane	1949		12 February 1989		Catholic Belfast solicitor killed by loyalist paramilitaries on 12 February 1989
Craig Williamson	1949	Johannesburg		Spook
Bruce Anderson	1949	Orkney Islands		Journalist Editor Deep state actor	UK pro-torture spooky journalist, Le Cercle, attended a "terrorism" related conference chaired by Harold Elletson in 2009.
Paul Dietrich	1949			Spook Businessperson	Spook, Cercle visitor
Vincenzo Vinciguerra	1949			Murderer Bomber	During his trial, he exposed Operation Gladio, now serving a life sentence for the 1972 Peteano Bombing.
Niel Barnard	1949	Objiwarongo South-West Africa		Spook Academic	University professor and leader of the apartheid National Intelligence Service during the dirty wars in the 1980s.
Dave Emory	1949			Activist
Celerino Castillo	1949			Whistleblower Spook	A former DEA agent who exposed deep state involvement in drug trafficking.
Olivier Roy	1949	France La Rochelle		Academic	Anti-Islamic multi-Bilderberger French academic
Angelika Volle	1949			Academic Editor	Attended the 1986 Bilderberg as a Research Fellow of the German Society for Foreign Affairs
Bruce Gebhardt	1949	United States Maryland Baltimore
Roel Campos	1949	Texas Harlingen		Lawyer
Dave Lindorff	1949			Author Journalist
Robert Prichard	1949	London England		Academic Banker Lawyer	Canadian banker/lawyer/economist who attanded the 2010 Bilderberg
Oscar Fanjul	1949	Chile Santiago		Economist	Chilean economist with US deep state connections. Goldman Sachs, CFR, 1990 Bilderberg
Mark Crispin Miller	1949			Author Academic Editor	A professor of journalism and prominent critic of commercially-controlled media
Walter Veith	1949	South Africa		Author Academic Speaker Clergy Zoologist Christian analyst
Alpo Rusi	1949			Diplomat	Finnish diplomat
Paddy French	1949			Investigative reporter
Bülend Özaydınlı	1949	Turkey Eskişehir		Businessperson	Turkish businessman associated with the influential Koç family.
Katherine de Rothschild	1949			Art historian	Daughter of the late Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, married to the banker, financier and multi-Bilderberger Marcus Agius.
Eric Martlew	3 January 1949	Lancashire Ince-in-Makerfield England		Politician
Michael Zantovsky	3 January 1949	Czech Republic Prague		Author Diplomat Politician Psychologist	Bilderberger Czech diplomat
Salvatore Rossi	6 January 1949	Italy Bari		Economist Central banker	Italian central banker who attended the 2018 Bilderberg.
John Podesta	8 January 1949	United States Chicago Illinois		VIPaedophile Deep state operative
Charles Courtney-Clarke	10 January 1949			Activist Economist
Kemal Derviş	10 January 1949	Turkey Istanbul		Politician Economist	UNDP administrator, 4 times Bilderberger, Brookings
Catherine Bearder	14 January 1949	Hertfordshire Broxbourne
Franklin D. Raines	14 January 1949	United States Seattle Washington State		Businessperson	Panelist for the discussion on 'Corporate Governance: Does Capitalism Need Fixing?' at the 2002 Bilderberg. "Early retirement" in 2004 after abetting widespread accounting irregularities at Fannie Mae. One of the "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis" in 2008.
Göran Persson	20 January 1949	Sweden Vingåker Södermanland
Joan Walley	23 January 1949	Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent England		Politician
Frank Kendall III	26 January 1949	United States Massachusetts Pittsfield		Lawyer Engineer	Revolving door to between think tanks, armaments companies and defense procurement ($$$ to military-industrial complex)
Janet Dean	28 January 1949	Cheshire Crewe England		Politician
Mike Moore	28 January 1949	New Zealand	2 February 2020	Deep state functionary Labor leader	New Zealand Labour leader who became leader of the World Trade Organization, attended the 2000 Bilderberg.
Eugene de Kock	29 January 1949			Member of the South African Police (SAP)	South African apartheid-era killer dubbed 'Prime Evil' by the media
Sam Kutesa	1 February 1949	Uganda		Politician	Ugandan politician
Jim Sheridan	6 February 1949	Dublin		Film director	Irish film director
Jacques Duchesneau	7 February 1949			Whistleblower Politician Deep state functionary	Former president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.
Sidney Taurel	9 February 1949	Casablanca French Marocco		Businessperson	US Bilderberger businessman with long career in Big Pharma Eli Lilly. Member of Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Manuel H. Johnson	10 February 1949	US Alabama Troy		Economist	Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1986 to 1990.
Jeffrey Simpson	17 February 1949	New York United States		Journalist	Political and national affairs columnist for the Canadian The Globe and Mail for several decades. Attended the 1992 Bilderberg meeting. Also Trilateral Commission.
Ivana Trump	20 February 1949	Czechoslovakia	14 July 2022	Model Fixer?	First wife of Donald Trump, mentioned in relation to Ghislaine Maxwell, died a suspicious death in July 2022
David Clementi	25 February 1949			Accountant Deep state functionary Central banker	Former Governor of the Bank of England and BBC chairman.
Bandar bin Sultan	2 March 1949	Ta'if			Former director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency.
Nieves de Larracoechea	3 March 1949	Bilbao	21 December 1988		Air stewardess on board Pan Am Flight 103 which exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland on 21 December 1988
Bernard Arnault	5 March 1949	France Roubaix		Businessperson	French billionaire businessman, the richest person in the world as of August 2021. Attended the 1992 Bilderberg
Shaukat Aziz	6 March 1949	Pakistan Sind		Politician Financier Economist	Tri-national Citibank executive with "close ties" to the US deep state. Parachuted in to become Prime Minister of Pakistan. Cercle member.
Norman Spector	6 March 1949	Montreal Quebec		Diplomat Journalist Publisher Civil servant	Canadian Bilderberger journalist
Melchior Wathelet	6 March 1949			Politician
Wolfgang Reitzle	7 March 1949	Germany Bavaria Neu-Ulm		Businessperson	German manager in the automotive industry, including BMW and Ford.Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Munich Security Conference.
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