Edward Lansdale
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Edward Geary Lansdale was a United States Air Force officer until retiring in 1963 as a major general before continuing his work with the Central Intelligence Agency. Lansdale was a pioneer in clandes
Lansdale in 1963
Lansdale with CIA Director Allen Dulles and United States Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan F. Twining and CIA Deputy Director Lieutenant General Charles P. Cabell at the Pentagon in 1955.
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Lucien Conein
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Lucien Emile "Lou" Conein was a French-American citizen, noted U.S. Army officer and OSS/CIA operative. Conein is best known for his instrumental role in the November 1963 coup against Ngô Đình Diệm a
Edward Lansdale
…by 1956 via Lansdale's civic action programs, but the U.S. bureaucracies subsequently squandered the victory with inappropriate policies and advice. Lucien Conein, who would be instrumental in the 1963 overthrow of Diệm, was another subordinate of Lansdale's. Around this time Lansdale met a Communist spy, Phạm…
Lucien Conein in uniform when awarded the French Legion of Honour, 3 December 1947