Cord Meyer
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Cord Meyer, Jr. (November 10, 1920 – March 13, 2001) was an American CIA official.
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[edit] Early life
Cord Meyer, Jr. Graduated from Yale University (where he was a member of the Scroll and Key society) in 1942. After graduating, he joined the US Marines and fought in the South Pacific, writing about his experience for The Atlantic Monthly.
In 1945, he married Mary Pinchot (who later would have an affair with President John F. Kennedy).
After the war, he was a strong advocate of World Government and of the United Nations, and in 1947, was elected president of the United World Federalists.
[edit] Life in the CIA
Around 1949, he started working for the Central Intelligence Agency, and joined the organization in 1951 at the invitation of Allen Dulles. He worked under Frank Wisner, with James Angleton, and was a part of Operation Mockingbird.
In 1953, he came under attack by J. Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy, who accused him of being a security risk.
In 1956, his 9-year old son Michael was hit by a car, at the same spot the family's golden retriever had been killed two years earlier. In 1958, his wife Mary filed for divorce, and, in 1964, she was shot dead by an unknown assailant[1] in Georgetown.
[edit] Life after leaving the CIA
He left the CIA in 1977, and became a syndicated columnist. He also wrote several books, including an autobiography.
He died of lymphoma on March 13, 2001.
He was long considered to be a credible candidate for being Deep Throat.
[edit] See also
[edit] Books
- Peace or Anarchy, Little, Brown (1948).
- The Search of Security, World Government House (January 1, 1947).
- Facing Reality: From World Federalism to the CIA, University Press of America; Reprint edition (September 2, 1982). ISBN 0-8191-2559-8
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