JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia

[Michael Griffith]

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a fascinating recent book titled JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020), written by Greg Poulgrain. The book documents another motive that Dulles had for wanting JFK out of the way. This is from the publisher's summary of the book:

In 1936, an Allen Dulles-established company discovered the world's largest gold deposit in remote Netherlands New Guinea. In 1962, President Kennedy intervened, and Netherlands New Guinea was added to President Sukarno's Indonesia. Neither Sukarno nor JFK was aware of the gold, since Dulles had not informed Kennedy. Dulles planned a complicated and ruthless CIA regime-change strategy to seize control not only of Indonesia itself, but also of its vast resources, including the gold. This strategy included a push to start Malaysian Confrontation. Yet Kennedy's plan to visit Jakarta in early 1964 would have sunk Dulles' master plan, which included the destruction of the Indonesian communist party as a wedge to split Moscow and Beijing. Only an assassin's bullet put an end to Kennedy’s plan of peace. Did Allen Dulles arrange for JFK to be killed to save his plan and his gold? Was his coup for gold successful with JFK out of the picture?

Using archival records as a basis, Greg Poulgrain adds word-of-mouth evidence from those people who were directly involved - such as Dean Rusk and others who worked with President Kennedy and Allen Dulles at the time; or the person who was with Michael Rockefeller when he mysteriously disappeared in West New Guinea during this whole affair.

[Robbie Robertson]

44 minutes ago, Michael Griffith said:

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a fascinating recent book titled JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020), written by Greg Poulgrain. The book documents another motive that Dulles had for wanting JFK out of the way. This is from the publisher's summary of the book:

In 1936, an Allen Dulles-established company discovered the world's largest gold deposit in remote Netherlands New Guinea. In 1962, President Kennedy intervened, and Netherlands New Guinea was added to President Sukarno's Indonesia. Neither Sukarno nor JFK was aware of the gold, since Dulles had not informed Kennedy. Dulles planned a complicated and ruthless CIA regime-change strategy to seize control not only of Indonesia itself, but also of its vast resources, including the gold. This strategy included a push to start Malaysian Confrontation. Yet Kennedy's plan to visit Jakarta in early 1964 would have sunk Dulles' master plan, which included the destruction of the Indonesian communist party as a wedge to split Moscow and Beijing. Only an assassin's bullet put an end to Kennedy’s plan of peace. Did Allen Dulles arrange for JFK to be killed to save his plan and his gold? Was his coup for gold successful with JFK out of the picture?

Using archival records as a basis, Greg Poulgrain adds word-of-mouth evidence from those people who were directly involved - such as Dean Rusk and others who worked with President Kennedy and Allen Dulles at the time; or the person who was with Michael Rockefeller when he mysteriously disappeared in West New Guinea during this whole affair.

Lol hey I just posted this

 

Out Of The Blank #1211 - Greg Poulgrain
https://youtu.be/imY8QvGQ2a4

 

[Pete Mellor]

31 minutes ago, Michael Griffith said:

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a fascinating recent book titled JFK vs. Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia (Skyhorse Publishing, 2020), written by Greg Poulgrain. The book documents another motive that Dulles had for wanting JFK out of the way. This is from the publisher's summary of the bo

Great book Michael.  I first came across Poulgrain's work some years back when a friend sent me 'The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles'. Published in 2015.   I read it and wanted my own copy, unfortunately the price on Amazon was in the hundreds of £'s!!

Thankfully Mr Poulgrain wrote 'JFK vs Allen Dulles' which is an updated 'Incubus' which I had to snap up.  Everybody interested in JFK's assassination MUST get this book, it is essential reading.

Poulgrain also published 'The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia' in 2014.

Jim DiEugenio has reviewed this work here=Review of Greg Poulgrain’s JFK vs Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia (kennedysandking.com)

[Michael Griffith]

4 hours ago, Pete Mellor said:

Great book Michael.  I first came across Poulgrain's work some years back when a friend sent me 'The Incubus of Intervention: Conflicting Indonesia Strategies of John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles'. Published in 2015.   I read it and wanted my own copy, unfortunately the price on Amazon was in the hundreds of £'s!!

Thankfully Mr Poulgrain wrote 'JFK vs Allen Dulles' which is an updated 'Incubus' which I had to snap up.  Everybody interested in JFK's assassination MUST get this book, it is essential reading.

Poulgrain also published 'The Genesis of Konfrontasi: Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia' in 2014.

Jim DiEugenio has reviewed this work here=Review of Greg Poulgrain’s JFK vs Allen Dulles: Battleground Indonesia (kennedysandking.com)

It's a great read. Fascinating. Very important research. 

[Michael Griffith]

4 hours ago, Robbie Robertson said:

Lol hey I just posted this

 

Out Of The Blank #1211 - Greg Poulgrain
https://youtu.be/imY8QvGQ2a4

 

Great minds think alike!

[Paul Brancato]

7 hours ago, Robbie Robertson said:

Lol hey I just posted this

 

Out Of The Blank #1211 - Greg Poulgrain
https://youtu.be/imY8QvGQ2a4

 

Very good interview