1918

by | Oct 10, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

President Wilson delivers his “Fourteen Points” speech on January 8th, naming 14 points to be used as a guide for a peace settlement. The speech will do much to undermine German morale during the final months of the war. William B. Thompson, who was in...

1917

by | Oct 10, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

In January the Grace Russian Company was formed, the joint owners being W. R. Grace & Co. and the San Galli Trading Company of Petrograd. American International Corporation had a substantial investment in the Grace Russian Company and through Holbrook an...

1915

by | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

The success of Francqui and Hoover at provisioning Germany during the First World War was noted in Nordeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, March 13, 1915, which noted that large quantities of food were now arriving from Belgium by rail. Schmoller’s Yearbook for...

1914

by | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

The Federal Reserve System began its operations in 1914 with the activity of the Organization Committee, appointed by Woodrow Wilson, and composed of Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo, who was his son-in-law, Secretary of Agriculture Houston and Comptroller of...