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prospero Special user Elsewhere 572 Posts |
Well, I'm not sure if this belongs here, but it sure doesn't belong anywhere else.
The only information I have about the esteemed Mr. Mulholland's involvement with the United States Central Intelligence Agency comes from the Genii magazine article about those activites and http://www.frankolsonproject.org . I was wondering if anybody else has any information on this subject, as I am very interested. |
Peter Marucci Inner circle 5389 Posts |
John Mulholland was allegedly involved with the CIA in the post-World War II era -- the early days of the CIA when it replaced the wartime Office of Special Services, under Wild Bill Donovan.
Mulholland's involvement is a gray area at best, clouded with innuendo, suggestion, and very little fact, as most government situations were at that dark time in the Cold War. Good luck on trying to ferret out any solid information— and keep us posted. |
Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24312 Posts |
You are right about Mulholland's possible connections. Magicians were somewhat valued by the various secret services because of their ability to create simple illusions that would fool the enemy. Maskelyne's involvement with the British secret service has been documented in The War Magician, but I don't think the documents relating to Mulholland have been declassified yet. Or, if so, they may be deep in the archives.
Can you imagine what it must have been like in those old days, when Radar was still fairly primitive? Think of all the fun it was to make a false Alexandria to fool the German bombers, and to create false landing strips, as well. Mulholland spent a lot of time in Europe after the war. I think he was with the diplomatic corps. That sometimes meant "SPY."
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prospero Special user Elsewhere 572 Posts |
Yes--
--I work for the "State Department." I am a "diplomatic attache" and my work involves "international relations."-- I was reading about Mulholland's involvement with the CIA's MKULTRA program, i.e. poisoning American civilians with LSD. Apparently Mulholland was tasked to create a covert operations manual. |
Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18012 Posts |
I wonder why no one was interested in this??????
THE MAN THE SKEPTICS REFUSE TO TEST FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.. The Worlds Foremost Authority on Houdini's Life after Death.....
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
Has anyone read this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Magician-John-Mul......s&sr=1-1 A book about all the magicians who worked with the Allies during WWII would be an interesting read. Other than John Mulholland, Jasper Maskelyne, and Clayton Hutton, are there any other magicians who might be included in such a tome? ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
There was a TV series in the 1960' called "G.E. True" that had an episode about Clayton Hutton, Here's a link about the episode from the Internet Movie Database:
G.E. True (TV Series) Escape https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584854/plo......synopsis ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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ThomasJ Special user Chicago 999 Posts |
“The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception” may be of interest.
Publisher’s description: “An amazing historical artifact, this eye-opening handbook offered step-by-step instructions to covert intelligence operatives in all manner of sleight of hand and trickery designed to thwart the Communist enemy. Part of the Company’s infamous MK-ULTRA—a secret mind-control and chemical interrogation research program—this legendary document, the brainchild of John Mulholland, then America’s most famous magician, was believed lost forever. But thanks to former CIA gadgeteer Bob Wallace and renowned spycraft historian H. Keith Melton, The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception is now available to everyone, spy and civilian alike.” For $10 it’s an interesting read but was more elementary than I expected. |
WayneCapps Special user Charleston, SC 769 Posts |
Hey everyone, my book Magicians at War - How Espionage and Deceit Changed History was just published! It features a chapters on John Mulholland, Jasper Maskelyne, Clayton Huitton and I even interviewed the former director of the CIA who is a magicians. Here are the details.
www.magiciansatwar.com
Wayne Capps
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