Robert Trumbull Crowley (July 13, 1924 – October 8, 2000) was an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency beginning in 1947, achieving the rank of assistant director for clandestine operations, second in command of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, which was in charge of covert operations.[1]

A native of Chicago, Illinois and graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, he served in the US Army in the Pacific theater during World War II. While at West Point, Crowley played for the Army Black Knights men's soccer program, where he was an NSCAA First-Team All-American in 1948.[2] After the war, he remained in the United States Army Reserve, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1986.

The New KGB: Engine of Soviet Power

Crowley co-authored The New KGB: Engine of Soviet Power with William R. Corson.[3] Released in 1985, the book asserts that the KGB took control of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union.[3][4]

Sources

Crowley was a source for David Wise's 1992 book Molehunt.[5] Journalist, conspiracy theorist,[6] forger,[7] and holocaust denier[8] Gregory Douglas claimed to have conducted a series of interviews with Crowley in 1993, later published in 2013 in his book Conversations with the Crow. Douglas wrote that Crowley euphemistically told him the CIA had assassinated Indian Prime Minister Shastri, as well as Indian nuclear scientist Homi Bhabha thirteen days apart in 1966 in order to thwart the Indian nuclear programme.[9] The Indian media reported on these claims largely unquestioned.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Washington Post, October 10, 2000.
  2. ↑ "2017 Army Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). goarmywestpoint.com. p. 6.
  3. 1 2 Austin, Anthony (July 7, 1985). "IN SHORT: NONFICTION". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Book sheds light on KGB". Record-Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. UPI. August 18, 1985. p. C 3. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ Wise, David (1992). Molehunt: The Secret Search for Traitors That Shattered the CIA. Random House. pp. 32, 38, 93. ISBN 978-0394585147.
  6. ↑ Douglas, Gregory (2002). Regicide: The Official Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Castle Hill Pub. ISBN 9781591482970.
  7. ↑ Weber, Mark. "Not Quite the Hitler Diaries - Gestapo Chief (Review)". www.ihr.org. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Douglas, Gregory. "Conversations With The Crow". Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Douglas, Gregory (2013). Conversations with the Crow. Basilisk Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN 9780991175208.
  10. ↑ Unrevealed, Files (2021-09-23). "Homi Bhabha's Death: An Unfortunate Accident or the Hands of the Crow". Unrevealed Files. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
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