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Listen to my CIA mom describe her high school years during WWII. It seems to answer what might have motivated her to join the agency in 1947
National Research Act
My CIA mom explains how she spent 17 years on IRB
My CIA mom talking about her group’s responsibilities at CIA headquarters
My CIA mom describing work with Allen and John Foster Dulles
They were trying to send a general as a civilian advisor
Did you know…
1-The USA took over Puerto Rico in 1898
2-Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to assassinate president Truman in 1950.
3-Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire inside the US capital in 1954 wounding many.
4-1957 major construction upgrades began at Puerto Rico’s Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
5-1957 West Side Story broadway musical villainizing Puerto Ricans produced by former Army propaganda film makers.
6-1961 West Side Story Musical Film introduced by the same group.
7-West Side Story was originally written as East Side Story with Catholics and Jews… villainizing the Jews… same Army propaganda film people.. it was written in 1949 just after Israel was made a state… but ended up not being used.
Some interesting notes from my MKUltra dad’s personal files from 1957
Am I the only one who didn’t learn this in history class?
That in March 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalists shot up Congress inside the US capital?
The Real History of Gifted and Talented Programs

Built using information left behind by my CIA mom and dad who worked on this program at the CIA