Not uninteresting, if interested. Jung, 1938 interview, on Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, previously lost. P likes Jung, of course, in general.

Thomas Eckhardt thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Sat Mar 16 19:16:10 CDT 2019


And while I am at it, here is Jefferson Morley on that most fascinating 
-- and eminently quotable (apart from "Deception is a state of mind and 
the mind of the State" and "It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the 
government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government", 
one also might be inclined to ponder "A mansion has many rooms... I'm 
not privy to who struck John.") -- CIA character James Jesus Angleton 
during the Blitz:

"In the face of danger, he was unmoved. After the Allied invasion of 
Normandy, the Germans stepped up their blitz of London with buzz bombs, 
also known as 'doodlebugs,' which announced their imminent arrival with 
a sizzling sound that suddenly ceased as the bomb fell toward its 
target. (...) After the ensuing explosion, Angleton would look up at 
[his secretary] quizzically and ask, 'Is anything the matter?'"

Jefferson Morley, "The Ghost", p. 20.

Of course, this was a few years before the V-2 began to hit "old London 
town", as described to devastating effect in GR. By then, Angleton was 
in Rome, rescuing the "Black Prince" Junio Valerio Borghese from 
execution: "Thanks to Angleton, Borghese survived to become titular and 
spiritual leader of postwar Italian fascism." (Morley, p. 27). This in 
turn created the preconditions for the Golpe Borghese in 1970 which was 
aborted at the very last minute, supposedly on Nixon's orders.

But that is a different story. Those interested might also like to check 
out Philip Willan's groundbreaking "Puppetmasters. The Political Use of 
Terrism in Italy".


Am 16.03.2019 um 23:59 schrieb Thomas Eckhardt:
> ". . . who now according to life-plan such-and-such have come here to 
> Switzerland to work for Allen Dulles and his 'intelligence' network, 
> which operates these days under the title 'Office of Strategic 
> Services'" GR, 268.
> 
> Knickerbocker's interview is referred to on p. 121 of David Talbot's 
> "The Devil's Chessboard" on "Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of 
> America's Secret Government". Talbot writes: "Allen Dulles's wife, 
> Clover, and his wartime mistress, Mary Bancroft, were both patients of 
> Carl Jung." (119). "Dulles was fascinated by [Jung's] insights into the 
> German leader, and he urged Mary to to keep seeking more such wisdom 
> from Jung." (121)
> 
> Am 13.03.2019 um 09:07 schrieb Mark Kohut:
>> http://christopherdickey.blogspot.com/2016/11/carl-jung-on-hitler-stalin-and_5.html?m=1 
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