Yesterday I had Colonel Towner-Watkins back on the pod for Part 2 of our series on the OSS and the CIA. This week we talked about the post WWII CIA operations in China. Today’s situation with Taiwan can trace its roots back to these operations with Formosa and Chiang Kai-Shek’s conflict with Mao and mainland China. We also talked about Unit 731 and how the drug trade is always operating in the background. You can find Colonel Towner-Watkins on Twitter and Rumble.
Podcast Summary
The conflict between Chairman Mao, Chiang Kai-Shek, and Japan near the end of WWII.
How the US had 100,000 troops in China in 1946.
Unit 731, how the US shielded some of the top Japanese scientists involved, and how they even brought several to the US.
The origins of the Flying Tigers, and how that led to the Civil Air Transport and eventually Air America.
How the drug trade is always operating in the background as the funding mechanism for some of these operations.
The different CIA operations that were based out of Tibet.
The various prominent figures that will eventually play a role in other operations in the future, and the connections between the CIA and the State Department.
