William Kelly Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) Gabe Kaplan From Joe Smith's Portrait of a Cold Warrior. (p.96) "Actually Des Fitzgerald had recruited a New York lawyer and politician, Gabriel Kaplan, whose sensitivity for political nuances he admired, to go to Manila to help Lansdale elect Magsaysay president two years before the election was to take place. Gabe Kaplan wasa Jacob Javits-style Republican,.... (p. 251) ...Gabe Kaplan's cover was an enviable concoction...He first came out to the Philippines under Asia Foundation cover...and it's president was Gabe's classmate at Swarthmore,....The core of tis cover was the Catherwood Foundation of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Catherwood contineud to be a CIA funding mechanism down to th Ramparts expose of this kind of cover arrangement in 1967.... (p.335) KAPLAN, GABRIEL L(OUIS) (1901-1968). Government official, born September 14, 1901, in New York City. Kaplan attended Swarthmore College and Columbia University, and graduated from New York University. He was admitted to the bar in 1926. He practiced law in New York City from 1926 until 1952. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He came to the Philippines in 1951 and served as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent in Manila under cover of the Catherwood Foundation of Philadelphia, the Committee for Free Asia (later the Asia Foundation), and as resident director of the Committee for Philippine Action and Development, Reconstruction and Education (COMPADRE) from 1954 to 1958. He also formed the National Committee for Free Elections in the Philippines. He returned to the United States in 1958 and founded the Community Development Counseling Services (CDCS) in Arlington, Virginia, in 1959, and was its president from 1959 until 1966. Died September 17, 1968, in Bathesda, Maryland. References: Gabriel Louis Kaplan Papers, Cornell University Library, Ithaca, N.Y.: NCAB 54:15; and NYT, September 18, 1968. From The United States in Asia. KAPLAN GABRIEL Namebase Philippines 1951-1958 Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40) Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147-50) Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (96-7, 238, 251, 256) Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58) Show a social network diagram for this name The names below are mentioned on the listed pages with the name KAPLAN GABRIEL Click on a name for a new proximity search: ADEVOSO TERRY Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147 150)ASIA FOUNDATION Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40) Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147) Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251) AURELL GEORGE EMANUEL Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58)CATHERWOOD CUMMINS SR Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251)CATHERWOOD FOUNDATION Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147) Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251) COMMITTEE FREE ASIA Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40) Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147) COWEN MYRON MELVIN Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251)DE LOS SANTOS TEDDY Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (150)FERRER JAIME Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147)GEORGE LLOYD (OSO) Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58)GRIFFITHS CHARLES V Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251)HOBBS LELAND S Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251)HORTON JOHN RYDER Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58)INDONESIA CIA IN Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (238)LANSDALE EDWARD GEARY Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40) Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147-150) Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (96-97) Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58) LAUREL JOSE P Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (149)MAGSAYSAY RAMON Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40) Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147-150) Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (96-97) Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58) NATIONAL MOVEMENT FREE ELECTIONS Thomas,E. The Very Best Men. 1996 (58)PHILIPPINES CIA IN Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147-150) Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (96-97 256) RECTO CLARO M Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (149-150)SAN JUAN FRISCO JOHNNY Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147-148)SPRUANCE RAYMOND AMES Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40)SULLIVAN WILLIAM HEALY Bonner,R. Waltzing With a Dictator. 1987 (40)VALERIANO NAPOLEON D Seagrave,S. The Marcos Dynasty. 1988 (147)VALLENTINE ALAN Smith,J.B. Portrait of a Cold Warrior. 1981 (251) KAPLAN GABRIELThese names share the indicated number of pages with the above name. Click on a name below for a standard name search: LANSDALE EDWARD GEARY 8 MAGSAYSAY RAMON 8 PHILIPPINES CIA IN 7 ASIA FOUNDATION 3 ADEVOSO TERRY 2 CATHERWOOD FOUNDATION 2 COMMITTEE FREE ASIA 2 RECTO CLARO M 2 SAN JUAN FRISCO JOHNNY 2 AURELL GEORGE EMANUEL 1 CATHERWOOD CUMMINS SR 1 COWEN MYRON MELVIN 1 DE LOS SANTOS TEDDY 1 FERRER JAIME 1 GEORGE LLOYD (OSO) 1 GRIFFITHS CHARLES V 1 HOBBS LELAND S 1 HORTON JOHN RYDER 1 INDONESIA CIA IN 1 LAUREL JOSE P 1 NATIONAL MOVEMENT FREE ELECTIONS 1 SPRUANCE RAYMOND AMES 1 SULLIVAN WILLIAM HEALY 1 VALERIANO NAPOLEON D 1 VALLENTINE ALAN 1 Edited December 10, 2008 by William Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 "...Gabe Kaplan's cover was an enviable concoction...He first came out to the Philippines under Asia Foundation cover...and it's president was Gabe's classmate at Swarthmore,....The core of tis cover was the Catherwood Foundation of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania." - Joe Smith Does anyone know the name of the president of the Asia Foundation who was Kaplan's classmate at Swarthmore - Welcome back Kotter. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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