Cyrus Sulzberger
 Cyrus Sulzberger     (journalist, writer) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 27, 1912 New York City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 20, 1993 (Age 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Harvard University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Cyrus Leo Sulzberger I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | David Alexis Sulzberger Marina Beatrice Sulzberger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Marina Tatiana Ladas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
US journalist. A member of the family that owned The New York Times. In 1977 Exposed as a CIA media asset. Attended the 1959 and 1975 Bilderberg meetings.
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Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II was an American journalist. He was a member of the family that owned The New York Times and he was that newspaper's lead foreign correspondent during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1977, he was exposed as a CIA media asset. He attended the 1959 and 1975 Bilderberg meetings.
Biography
Sulzberger was born in New York City on October 27, 1912 to Leo Sulzberger (1885–1926). He was the nephew of Arthur Hays Sulzberger, who was publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961.[1][2] He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1934. Cy, as he was commonly called, joined the family paper in 1939 and was soon covering stories oversea as Europe edged toward World War II. Among the reporters who worked for him during the war were Drew Middleton and James Reston. He served as a foreign affairs correspondent for 40 years and wrote two dozen books in his lifetime.[2] His skills as a raconteur were legendary as were his friendships with high and mighty or just plain interesting people. Because of the circles he traveled in, he sometimes carried messages from one foreign leader to another; for U.S. President John F. Kennedy he conveyed a note to Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. Of all the leaders he befriended, it is said that he was closest to President Charles de Gaulle of France.
In a 1977 article for Rolling Stone, journalist Carl Bernstein included Sulzberger in a group of columnists and commentators whose Central Intelligence Agency relationships Bernstein characterized as going "far beyond those normally maintained between reporters and their sources." He cited CIA files as referring to Sulzberger as what the agency called "known assets."[3]
According to a senior CIA official, "Young Cy Sulzberger had some uses.... He signed a secrecy agreement because we gave him classified information.... There was sharing, give and take. We’d say, 'Wed like to know this; if we tell you this will it help you get access to so‑and‑so?' Because of his access in Europe he had an Open Sesame. We'd ask him to just report: 'What did so‑and‑so say, what did he look like, is he healthy?' He was very eager, he loved to cooperate." On one occasion, according to several CIA officials, Sulzberger was given a briefing paper by the Agency which ran almost verbatim under the columnist's byline in the Times. Bernstein then quoted Sulzberger as calling that allegation "a lot of baloney.[3] The Times also denied that Sulzberger had ever been a paid CIA agent.
Sulzberger received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 1951 for his "exclusive interview" with imprisoned Archbishop of Zagreb Aloysius Stepinac.[4]
Personal life
In 1942 Sulzberger married Marina Tatiana Ladas, a Greek who was often his travel companion and ensured that they had an active and elegant social life in Paris. She died in 1976 and he died at their Paris home on September 20, 1993.[5] They had two children: David Alexis Sulzberger and Marina Beatrice Sulzberger.[2] In 1967, Marina Beatrice Sulzberger married Adrian Michael Berry,[6] who later became 4th Viscount Camrose, thereby linking two newspaper dynasties. The Camrose family had once owned The Daily Telegraph and retained an interest in that paper until it was taken over by Conrad Black in 1986.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1959 | 18 September 1959 | 20 September 1959 | Turkey Yesilkoy | The 8th Bilderberg and the first in Turkey. 60 guests. |
| Bilderberg/1975 | 25 April 1975 | 27 April 1975 | Turkey Golden Dolphin Hotel Cesme | The 24th Bilderberg Meeting, 98 guests |
References
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/image/52654258/?terms=%22jacob%2Bhays%22%2Bshearith
- ↑ a b c https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/21/obituaries/c-l-sulzberger-columnist-dies-at-80.html?pagewanted=all
- ↑ a b "The CIA and the media" Archived 2020-04-08 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
- ↑ "Special Awards and Citations". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "C.L. Sulzberger; Foreign Affairs Correspondent". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 1993. Retrieved 2010-03-27. "But Cyrus Leo Sulzberger, who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1934, decided to start his career elsewhere. He worked as a general assignment ..." Abstract; subscription or payment required for full text.
- ↑ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1966/07/11/page/39/article/miss-sulzberger-foreign-analysts-daughter-to-marry
