Irving Brown
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 Irving Brown     ( Trade unionist, spook) | |
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| Born | 5 October 1911 Bronx, New York City, United States |
| Died | 14 July 1989 (Age 77) Paris, France |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Founder of | American Institute for Free Labor Development |
US Trade unionist and and consigliere for the CIA who attended the 1956 Bilderberg | |
Irving Brown was a US labor leader[1] and consigliere for the CIA. European labor union leaders certainly paid attention when Brown came on a visit[citation needed].
Activities
In 1949, alongside Jay Lovestone, he supported the spin-off of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) from the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).
Established in France, he headed the international relations of the AFL-CIO from his offices at 10, rue de la Paix in Paris. From 1951 to 1954, the CIA division headed by Thomas Braden provided $1 million a year to Brown and Lovestone ($1,600,000 in 1954).[2]
He was tied to the French connection CIA drug smuggling operation.[3]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
| Congress for Cultural Freedom/Founding Conference | 26 June 1950 | 29 June 1950 | Founded the Congress for Cultural Freedom. The participants had a "a culpable incuriosity about funding" of the luxurious conference, which was later exposed as CIA money. |
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References
- ↑ http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=4794
- ↑ Frédéric Charpier, La CIA en France. 60 ans d'ingérence dans les affaires françaises, Seuil, 2008, p. 40-43. See also Les belles aventures de la CIA en France, 8 January 2008, Bakchich.
- ↑ Douglas Valentine in Covert Action Quarterly Spring-Summer 1990
