Yesterday I had the Colonel back on for part 6 of our CIA Files series. This week we talked about Greece, and the British and American intelligence operations there in the wake of WWII. The primary motivation was to get Greece into NATO, but they had to deal with the native ELAS resistance force first. We also talked a little bit about Ivanka Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s plan to turn the island of Sazan, a former Soviet base, into a luxury resort. It’s just another example of current events tying into regional events of past generations, but this was a good conversation on Greece and a couple topics from things going on today. You can find Colonel Towner-Watkins on Twitter and Rumble.
Podcast Summary
How the British & the Americans teamed up with Germans to fight the Greek resistance force, ELAS.
The regime change forced on Greece by the US and Britain, and how the native population responded.
How the Greek government and intelligence agencies teamed up to build a black site prison on one of the Greek islands.
The massive amount of money the US poured into Greece in the post WWII period, in the form of weapons, planes, communication equipment, and portable docks.
The driving motivation to get Greece into NATO.
How the media coverage of events in Greece show the intelligence influence over all of the mainstream media outlets, even at that time.
The limited hangouts that happen when we get “investigations” into intelligence agency activities.
