1951
From Wikispooks
 ( 1950s: )  1951   | |
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 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, killed by the US government for spying. |
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
In 1951 the US government charged Julius and Ethel Rosenberg with spying and sentenced them to death. They were killed by electrocution in 1953. Their children were adopted by high school teacher, poet, songwriter and social activist Abel Meeropol.
Boggs Act
In USA, the Boggs Act set out minimum federal sentences for possession of marijuana, cocaine and opiates.[1] It was signed into law by Harry Truman on November 2, 1951.
Events
| Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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. | |
| Project Ulysses | Mossad covert operation to infiltrate and subvert the Palestinian political leadership | |
| Korean War | The war on the Korean peninsular between the China/Soviet-backed forces of the North and the US-backed South between 1951-53 | |
| Korean War/Biological warfare | Alleged experimental usage of insect-born biological/bacteriological weapons during the Korean war | |
| Project ARTICHOKE | An investigation into interrogation methods using drugs and other methods:- "Can we get control of an individual to the point where he will do our bidding against his will and even against fundamental laws of nature, such as self-preservation?" |
New Groups
| Group | Type |
|---|---|
| Clandestine Planning Committee | Secret International Criminal |
| Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies | |
| The Bow Group | Think tank |
A Group that was Wound Up
| Group | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Policy Coordination | Intelligence agency | A forerunner of the CIA, "staffed by reckless adventurers" |
Deaths
| Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Thyssen | 9 November 1873 | 8 February 1951 | Argentina Buenos Aires | Businessperson | |
| Ernest Bevin | 9 March 1881 | 14 April 1951 | London England | ||
| Charles G. Dawes | 27 August 1865 | 23 April 1951 | Illinois Evanston | Soldier Politician Banker | |
| Archibald Clark Kerr | 17 March 1882 | 5 July 1951 | Diplomat | ||
| Robert William Seton-Watson | 20 August 1879 | 25 July 1951 | Scotland Skye | Journalist Propagandist | |
| William Randolph Hearst | 29 April 1863 | 14 August 1951 | California Beverly Hills U.S. | Publisher Businessperson | |
| Edwin G. Booz | 2 September 1887 | 1 October 1951 | Illinois Evanston | Businessperson | |
| Liaquat Ali Khan | 1 October 1895 | 16 October 1951 | Pakistan Punjab Rawalpindi | Politician | Pakistan's first and longest serving Prime Minister, murdered by the USA in order to facilitate their access to oil. |
| John Douglas Kinser | 22 October 1951 | ||||
| Eric Drummond | 17 August 1876 | 15 December 1951 | Sussex England | Diplomat Politician |
Births
