Study of the Hegemony of Parasitism - michaeljgoodnight.com

THE LINCOLN BRIGADE AND THE SPANISH CIVIL W AR
Donovan had been chosen to head the OSS because of
two decades in which he carried out secret missions for
the Morgans, the Rockefellers and the Rothschilds.
When he staffed the agency with known Communists,
they offered no objection. He had earlier provided unpaid
legal help for members of the Communist mercenary
force, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Now he welcomed
these veteran "anti-Fascists" into OSS. Ford writes, "In
the OSS employment of pro-communists was approved
at very high levels. OSS often welcomed the services of
Marxist enthusiasts."
When J. Edgar Hoover, eager to embarrass a rival, sent
agents to Donovan with FBI dossiers on Communist
OSS employees, Donovan replied, "I know they're
Communists--that's why I hired them." Donovan loaded
OSS with such fanatical Communists that they became a
joke in Washington. He appointed Dr. Maurice Halperin
Chief Latin American Div. OSS. Halperin regularly
altered the information which came across his desk to fit
the current party line. He often kept his office locked,
causing other OSS employees to joke that "Halperin
must be having another cell meeting." After the war, J.
Edgar Hoover testified before Congress about Halperin's
Communist background. Halperin later moved to
Moscow, then to Havana.
Despite the damning dossiers which J. Edgar Hoover
maintained on leading Communists in the OSS, he could