Cord Meyer

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Cord Meyer IV
Born(1920-11-10)November 10, 1920
DiedMarch 13, 2001(2001-03-13) (aged 80)
Burial place
United World Federalists
Spouses
(m. 1945; div. 1958)
Starke Patteson Anderson
(m. 1966)
Parents
  • Cord Meyer III (father)
  • Katherine Blair Thaw (mother)
Relatives Cord Meyer II (grandfather)

Cord Meyer IV (

United World Federalists
in the years after the war. Around 1949, he began working for the CIA, where he became a high-level operative, retiring in 1977. After retiring from intelligence work in 1977, Meyer wrote as a columnist and book author.

From 1945 to 1958 , Meyer was married to Mary Pinchot, who was later romantically linked to President John F. Kennedy. Her murder in 1964, eleven months after Kennedy's assassination, remains unresolved.[1]

Early life

Meyer was the son of a wealthy New York family.[2] His father, Cord Meyer III, was a diplomat and real estate developer; his mother, Katherine Blair Thaw, belonged to a Pennsylvania family that earned its wealth in the coal business.[2] His grandfather, also called Cord Meyer II, was a property developer and a chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee.

He was educated at

The Atlantic Monthly.[5] Meyer's twin brother, Quentin, was killed at Okinawa.[6]

United World Federalists, Inc.

He was an aide of

nuclear physicists.[7] It was when Albert Einstein joined UWF[10] and showed his support and also assisted UEF in fundraising on numerous occasions.[7] In 1949, Cord resigned and was succeeded by Alan Cranstone.[7]

CIA career

Around 1949, Meyer started working for the Central Intelligence Agency, joining the organization in 1951 at the invitation of Allen Dulles. At first he worked at the Office of Policy Coordination under former OSS man, Frank Wisner.[11] In 1953, Meyer came under attack by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which claimed he was a security risk for having once stood at the same podium of a "notorious leftist", and refused to give him a security clearance. An internal CIA inquiry summarily dismissed the claims.[12]

According to Deborah Davis in her 1979 book

Directorate of Plans from 1962.[11]

From 1967 to 1973, Meyer was assistant deputy director of plans under

Some insiders incorrectly suspected that Cord Meyer was

Watergate Scandal whose identity was a mystery for more than 30 years.[17]

Allegations of involvement in the assassination of John F. Kennedy

After the death of former CIA agent and

Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in 2007, Saint John Hunt and David Hunt revealed that their father had recorded several claims about himself and others being involved in a conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy.[18][19] In the April 5, 2007 issue of Rolling Stone, Saint John Hunt detailed a number of individuals implicated by his father including Meyer, as well as Lyndon B. Johnson, David Sánchez Morales, David Phillips, Frank Sturgis, an assassin, he termed "French gunman grassy knoll" who many presume was Lucien Sarti, and William Harvey.[19][20] The two sons alleged that their father cut the information from his memoirs, "American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate and Beyond", to avoid possible perjury charges.[18] According to Hunt's widow and other children, the two sons took advantage of Hunt's loss of lucidity by coaching and exploiting him for financial gain.[18] The Los Angeles Times said they examined the materials offered by the sons to support the story and found them to be "inconclusive".[18]

Personal life

On April 19, 1945, Meyer married

In 1966, Meyer married Starke Patteson Anderson.[23]

Later years

He retired from the CIA in 1977. Following retirement, Meyer became a

syndicated columnist
and wrote several books, including an autobiography.

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).

Death

Meyer died of lymphoma on March 13, 2001.[5]

Viral false claims

A photo of his meeting with Albert Einstein in 1948[10] has been widely circulated on the internet and social media, with the false claims of Einstein being with his therapist.[24][25][26]

See also

References

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  2. ^ . Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Hendrickson, Paul (February 7, 1978). "Behind the Scenes of a CIA Life". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. B1. Retrieved February 19, 2013.[permanent dead link]
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  5. ^ a b c Marquis, Christopher (2001-03-16). "Cord Meyer Jr. Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  6. ^ "Cord Meyer Jr. Dies at 80; Communism Fighter at C.I.A. (Published 2001)". 2001-03-16. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
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  8. ^ "Albert Einstein and World Federalist Cord Meyer in conversation, Princeton, NJ". International Center of Photography. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  9. ^ "These candid photographs capture the daily life of Albert Einstein, 1930s-1950s - Rare Historical Photos". Rare Historical Photos. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  10. ^ a b "LIFE - Hosted by Google". images.google.com. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  11. ^ .
  12. ^ a b c Jackson, Harold (March 16, 2001). "Cord Meyer: CIA chief behind clandestine funding of Encounter and Watergate break-in". The Guardian. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
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  15. ^ a b Zielinski, Graeme (March 15, 2001). "Key CIA Figure Cord Meyer Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
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  17. ^ a b c d Williams, Carol J. (March 20, 2007). "Watergate plotter may have a last tale". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  18. ^ a b Hedegaard, Erik (April 5, 2007). "The Last Confessions of E. Howard Hunt". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008.
  19. . Retrieved December 30, 2012.
  20. ^ "MARY ENO PINCHOT IS WED TO MARINE; PRINCIPALS IN WEDDING AND BRIDE-ELECT". The New York Times. April 20, 1945. Section 6, p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  21. ^ Benjamin C. Bradlee (1995-09-25). "The Bradlee files". Newsweek.
  22. ^ "Mrs. Anderson Wed To Cord Meyer Jr (Published 1966)". 1966-01-09. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  23. ^ "This is NOT Albert Einstein With His Therapist". Gizmodo. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  24. ^ says, QuietBlogster (2017-04-02). "Einstein with his therapist?". HoaxEye. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  25. ^ "7 (More) Fun Facts That Are Total Lies". Gizmodo. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2023-08-22.

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