James Forrestal
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| James Forrestal link Spartacus (Investment banker, Soldier, Politician) | |
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| Born | James Vincent Forrestal February 15, 1892 Matteawan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 22, 1949 Third story canopy, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland, U.S. |
| Victim of | premature death |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College, Princeton University |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Children | Michael Forrestal, Peter Forrestal |
| Spouse | Josephine Stovall Ogden |
| Party | Democratic |
The first US Secretary of Defense, died in mysterious circumstances in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland | |
Background
Middle-class Irish Catholic family. From the age of 16 on, he spent three years working for newspapers.
Career
President Truman secretly designated him as a potential threat to the Department of Defense’s orderly operation due to his psychological problems. By the end of 1948, Forrestal’s precarious mental state had deteriorated further.[1]
Opinions
Forrestal was opposed to Zionism.[2]
Death
"Mysterious".[1] Forrestal had said that he did not expect to leave the hospital alive.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://humansbefree.com/2022/05/ufos-men-in-black-and-secret-documents-the-strange-death-of-us-defense-secretary-james-forrestal.html
- ↑ https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/cgs/1951/10/18/01/article/13 - "Forrestal Diaries Reveal Late Secretary's Rabid Anti-Zionism , Disregard For U.S. Jews New York , ( JTA)—Publication this week of extracts of the diaries kept by the late James Forrestal as Secretary of Defense revealed part of the story of the bitter fight within the United States Government on Palestine policy during the crucial days during which the United Nations was debating the fate of the Holy Land. Forrestal, the diaries disclose, was intensely active in the question and his activities , according to Walter Millis and E . S . Duffield , editors of the diaries , sprang from bottom from his sense ofthe immense strategic significance of the Middle East. They took the form of seeking lift the Jewish Palestine question politics . That Forrestal felt intensely on the Palestine question is shown in his diaries . He complained bitterly that Democratic Party policy on the issue was dictated by the fact that Jews were large contributors to the party campaign funds and he went so far as to charge that the Zionists were putting their Palestine interest above the security of the United States . Funds In Question his diary notation of Sept . 4 , Forrestal reported that Postmaster General Hannegan had raised the question of President Truman making a statement of Policy on Palestine with reference to the entry of 150 , 000 Jews into Palestine . He quoted Hannegan as saying he didn t want to press for a decision but wanted to point out such a statement would have a very great influence and great effect on the raising of funds for the Democratic National Committee . Forrestal replied to this , according to the diary extracts , that the President s remarks on Palestine of a year ago did not have the anticipated effect in the New York election . ( It was added ) that the President was prompted to make the statement by Rabbi ( Abba Hillel ) Silver , who was neither a Democrat nor friendly to Truman , and said that the net effect of the President s observation was to make the British exceedingly angry . Forrestal also went directly to President Truman on the issue , the diaries disclose , but found the President skeptical . He told Senator ( now At-torney-General ) McGrath that the Palestine-Jewish question was similar to the Eire-Irish question of 40 years ago and that neither should be permitted to have any substantial influence on American policy . According to the editors , Forrestal derived several points from the McGrath conversation , chief of which was that Jewish sources were responsible for a substantial part of the contributions to the Democratic National Committee and many of these were made with a distinct idea on the part of the givers that they will have the opportunity to express their views and have them seriously considered on such questions as the present Palestine question . Notes Dissatisfaction He also noted Jewish dissatisfaction with the American attempts to secure support for the Palestine partition resolution in the U . N . General Assembly and added that this was precisely what the State Department wanted to avoid ; that we had gone a very long way , indeed , in supporting partition and that proselytizing for votes and support would add to the already serious alienation of Arabian good will . After the General Assembly had voted for partition , Forrestal noted a conversation with the then Under Secretary of State Robert A . Lovett whom he quoted as saying that he had never in his life been subject to as much pressure as he had been in the three days prior to the General Assembly vote . He said that Herbert Bayard Swope and Robert Nathan had been among those who had importuned him . He added that the zeal and activity of the Jews had almost resulted in defeating the objectives they were after . Under date of Feb . 3 , 1948 , Forrestal noted a meeting with Franklin D . Roosevelt Jr ., in which the Defense Secretary charged the Zionists with subordinating the national security of the United States . I was forced to repeat to him what I said to Sen . McGrath in response to the latter s observation that our failure to go along with the Zionist might lose the states of New York , Pennsylvania and California — that T thought that it was about time tnat somebody should pav some consideration to whether we might not . lose the United States , the diary noted ."
- ↑ David Martin (researcher) - https://www.dcdave.com/article4/021110.html
- ↑ https://unknowncountry.com/headline-news/on-dreamland-tonight-the-forrestal-mystery/
- ↑ https://solari.com/book-review-the-assassination-of-james-forrestal-by-david-martin/
