He claims that Dulles supported a “no-fault surrender” with Germany that ignored the genocide against Jews. assets of German corporations and destroying incriminating evidence. Roosevelt lived, Dulles might well have faced criminal charges for hiding the U.S. He suggests that had President Franklin D. Talbot’s indictment is long, varied and sensational. Animated by conspiracy theories, the speculations and accusations in his book often run far ahead of the evidence, even for those of us inclined to believe the worst about Allen Dulles. In “The Devil’s Chessboard,” David Talbot, the founder and former editor in chief of Salon and former senior editor at Mother Jones, examines Dulles’ career and adds several more “achievements” to his dark resume. Willing to manipulate and undercut American presidents, he did everything he could to place the CIA above the law, accountable to no one. Dulles organized the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba - and tried repeatedly to kill Fidel Castro. He had a hand in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, leader of the Congo. He used his influence in the Office of Strategic Services and the CIA to shield former Nazis from prosecution for war crimes in the ’40s and ’50s so that he could enlist them to fight communists.ĭulles orchestrated the overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran and Jacobo Árbenz of Guatemala. As a lawyer for Sullivan and Cromwell in the 1930s, Dulles protected and promoted Nazi-controlled cartels. By almost all accounts, Dulles was an unsympathetic and sinister character.
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