The director and architect of:
the Psychological Strategy Board was Gordon Gray
Henry Kissinger was Gray’s consultant
Kissinger was also the paid political consultant to Rockefeller family
Gray, Kissinger, and Rockefeller were members of the Council on Foreign Relations
Gray served in the administrations of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
Gordon Gray was heir to the R. J. Reynolds tobacco fortune and President of the University of North Carolina
Gray was a broadcast and publication media specialist
Gray was instrumental in keeping the uniformed electorate uninformed by Eisenhower signed Presidential Executive Order 10483 replacing the Psychological Strategy board with the Operations Coordinating Board
The Operations Coordinating Board was composed of:
(1) the Under Secretary of State, who shall represent the Secretary of State and shall be the chairman of the Board
(2) the Deputy Secretary of Defense, show shall represent the Secretary of Defense
(3) the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration
(4) the Director of Central Intelligence
(5) a representative of the President to be designated by the President
(6) the Undersecretary or corresponding official of any Presidential agency that has been assigned responsibilities for implementation of national security policy
(7) the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
(8) the Director of the United States Information Agency
On 19 February 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a Statement abolishing the Operations Coordinating Board.
No President ever wrote or signed an Executive order establishing the Special Group. No President had a way of abolishing the Special Group. The Special Group was not established by Executive Order, it established itself. This was no accident. This was illegal. When Kennedy killed the Operations Coordinating Board, the Special Group operated as normal without the designated Presidential representative.
The Special Group is alive and well today. It consists of:
the Secretary of State
the Secretary of Defense
the Director of The CIA
Mossad (Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations), Israel
none of which are elected officials
The only way to abolish this ad hoc committee is to abolish:
the Department of Defense
the Central Intelligence Agency
the Department of State
Mossad (Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations), Israel
President Clinton, Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and Director of the CIA John Deutch and his predecessor James Woolsely belong to the Council on Foreign Relations. Les Aspin, Secretary of Defense William Perry’s predecessor also belonged to the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff have defined psychological operations (PSYOPS) as those that:
“Include psychological warfare and, in addition, encompass those political, military, economic and ideological actions planned and conducted to create in neutral or friendly foreign groups the emotions, attitudes, or behavior to support achievement of national objectives.” Another proposal “develops the concept of ’strategic psychological operations’ as aimed at influencing and shaping decision-makers’ power to govern or control their followers.”