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I have removed the section referring to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's article. Why? (1) This is a meeting between the Commission and the US, it not relevant to the American Committee on United Europe. (2) Ambrose Evans-Pritchard misrepresents what is said in that memo and what is meant., The Commission's policy for monetary union was made public in 1962 and it was not being suggested that it was made by stealth. Tag: Reverted |
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American policy was to slowly pursue a [[United States of Europe]]. The committee was later used as a discreet way to funnel [[CIA]] funds (by the mid-1950s, ACUE was receiving roughly US$1,000,000 per year) to organizations supporting [[European federalism]] such as the [[Council of Europe]], the [[European Coal and Steel Community]], and the proposed [[European Defence Community]].<ref>Giles Scott-Smith, Hans Krabbendam, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=41kheLSFTjcC&pg=PA46&dq=%22%09+American+Committee+on+United+Europe%22&lr=&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U1yNHzRRhgPOK3Rc8sNWdBmjyae3g#PPA46,M1 The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960]'' p.46, Roosevelt Study Center.</ref> |
American policy was to slowly pursue a [[United States of Europe]]. The committee was later used as a discreet way to funnel [[CIA]] funds (by the mid-1950s, ACUE was receiving roughly US$1,000,000 per year) to organizations supporting [[European federalism]] such as the [[Council of Europe]], the [[European Coal and Steel Community]], and the proposed [[European Defence Community]].<ref>Giles Scott-Smith, Hans Krabbendam, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=41kheLSFTjcC&pg=PA46&dq=%22%09+American+Committee+on+United+Europe%22&lr=&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U1yNHzRRhgPOK3Rc8sNWdBmjyae3g#PPA46,M1 The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960]'' p.46, Roosevelt Study Center.</ref> |
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An article in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in September 2000 noted, "The [[United States Department of State|State Department]] also played a role. A memo from the [[Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs|European section]], dated June 11, 1965, advises the vice-president of the [[European Economic Community]], [[Robert Marjolin]], to pursue monetary union by stealth. It recommends suppressing debate until the point at which 'adoption of such proposals would become virtually inescapable'."<ref name=te/> |
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Revision as of 08:14, 14 May 2022
The American Committee on United Europe (ACUE), founded in 1948, was a private American organization that sought to counter communism in Europe by promoting European federalism. Its first chairman was former head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) William Joseph Donovan, who had left the government after the war and was in private law practice.[1] The vice-chairman was Allen Welsh Dulles, who also had left the government and was in private practice. He later joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1951.[1] Other board members were Walter Bedell Smith,[1] who would later become the CIA's first director and Tom Braden,[2] who was recruited by the OSS when the US entered the war.
The structure of the organization was outlined in early summer of 1948 by Donovan and Dulles in response to assistance requests by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, then Joseph Retinger and Winston Churchill.,[3] and resembled that of the Free Europe Committee.[2]
Declassified American government documents have shown that the ACUE received foundation money it used to help fund of both the European Movement and the European Youth Campaign. The ACUE itself received funding from the Rockefeller and Ford foundations.[1]
American policy was to slowly pursue a United States of Europe. The committee was later used as a discreet way to funnel CIA funds (by the mid-1950s, ACUE was receiving roughly US$1,000,000 per year) to organizations supporting European federalism such as the Council of Europe, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the proposed European Defence Community.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Evans-Pritchard, Ambrose (2000-09-19). "Euro-federalists financed by US spy chiefs". Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ a b Aldrich, Richard - OSS, CIA and European Unity: The American Committee on United Europe 1948-60. Diplomacy & Statecraft. 1 March 1997
- ^ Wilford, Hugh (2013). The CIA, the British Left and the Cold War: Calling the Tune? Studies in Intelligence. Routledge. pp. 227–228. ISBN 978-1135294779.
- ^ Giles Scott-Smith, Hans Krabbendam, The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960 p.46, Roosevelt Study Center.
External links
- Archival sources on the American Committee for a United Europe can be consulted at the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence
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