PERMINDEX

[Linda Minor]

Wasn't Linda doing research into Bloomfield? Or was it Willoghby? I can't remember.

I have been getting back to this research recently, for some unknown reason, at the blog I created called Quixotic Joust. Awhile back I had wondered about Wisner's sponsors into intelligence after reading John Loftus' book published by TrineDay. There are several entries at the blog about Wisner's early years before he finished law school and shortly after that. I think that who one knows at that crucial time is usually critical in the direction a career takes. Wisner's secret backer into Wall Street was his friend Frank Lord from the Lord Day Lord law firm family--which was housed in the Cunard Building in New York. There were also connections with the Shroeder Bank of Germany and London, which served as a strong link to the Dulles brothers as well.

After the war ended in 1946, the U.S. got involved in the so-called humanitarian effort to rescue Europe from the ravages of the war. The Marshall Plan was created and funded with profits Americans had made from selling armaments to those countries. Factories that made innocent products like electric toy trains and razor blades were converted for war use. The machinery that made such metal parts was easily converted to making gun parts. The manufacturers also discovered there was much more money to be made in weapons than in toys and blades.

It was also in 1948 that Israel became a recognized nation within Palestine. It would be used by both Britain and the U.S. to protect oil interests in Iran and Saudi Arabia, respectively. But Israel had to have weapons, and also had its eye on the bomb that was dropped on Japan, which it sought for its own survival.

Before the U.S. came into the war, the British had established their ultra-secret Camp X in Canada, near Toronto, where they trained American intelligence operatives. Sir Willilam Stephenson was an investment banker, as were most of the men working for Wild Bill Donovan, so it was only natural they would turn to the stock market as a way to raise money for their various schemes. Bloomfield used the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the Americans used New York.

That is the basic outline for my current research, which will be posted at Quixotic Joust as completed. There is a search engine for the site and also an RSS feed is available there.