The Naked Capitalist

150 Pages·1971·15.171 MB·English

by  W. Cleon Skousen

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A review and commentary on Dr. Carroll Ql1igley's book
TRAGEDY AND HOPE
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CLEON SKOUSEN
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Dr. Carr(lll Qui"ey', book, TRAGEDY AND HOP£:
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN OUR TfME. was
published by The Macmillan Company, New York, and
COllie .... Macmilian Limited, London. The first printing
of Ihl$ 1,300 Plie mlume was in 1966, price, $12.50.
Dr. Quigley ;1 currently profeuor of history at the
Fo~i", Service School of Georgeto .... n University in
Wuhington, O. C. He forme>"ly laughl at H'fT.ro and
Princeton Ind hal done spedal research in the archives
of France, [taly ~nd Enlll.nd. He i, the author of the
<Xlllego textbook, EM/ullon OfCMlizgllo~l. and lel"".5
on the editorial bolIrd of the monthly publicuion,
Cur'MI HI!sIO'y.
WHY?
WHY DO SOME OF TilE RICHEST PEOPLE IN TilE
WORLD SUPPORT COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM?
WilY WOULD THEY SUPPORT WHAT APPEARS
TO SE THE PATHWAY TO TIIEIR OWN DESTRUC
nON? OR. CARROLL QUIGLEY Of HARVARD.
PRINCETON AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITIES
SfATES THAT HE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITII
MANY Of THESE DYNASTIC fAMILIES Of TilE
SUPER·RICH. liE THEREfORE WRITES AS AN
AUTHORITY ON THE WORLD'S SECRET POWER
STRucrURE. HIS ANSWERS TO THE A[lOVE
QUESTIONS MAY ASTONISU YOU.
WHO IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD?
"1 think the ComnHlIli,t con'lli,,,"y i> m~rcly " br"I1~1I of" ",,,eh
bigg~r ,()I\~piracy!"
Thc abo .. c slat~melll "'.s m:lde 10 this rcvi"' ...· er $l!veml years a!lll
by Dr. Dell~ Dodd. a former member of n,,· National Committee of
the U. S. Communi>! Party
l'erhajlS this is "n "pprupri"t" introdLlctiull to " ,".iew of Dr.
r,«<eay
Carroll Qo..i"~y'. book. AIIII I/UIN.
Dr. Dod.J Aid .he first bec.me aworC of SOm~ my~terj"'J$ snpcr"
le"d~rsllil) right after World IV"r II when th~ U.S. Communist I'arty
had difftCl,1I Y Mct t inK i I\struct ion' from Mo><.;ow on ,;e."r~1 ,it;,1 ma I I~rs
n:quir;n~ immcdiak attention. "n.e American Comm,,"ist hicrnrchY
..... told Ihat any "me they bad an emcrge""y of this kind they sho"ld
,;unl'OI ""y one or 11,,,," d~"SiMnated person •• 1 Ihc Waldorr ToweD.
Il,. Dodd ,,<>ted \\]"t wla'new, thc I'any ollwined in'trll~tion. ,,,,,,,
.ny or th~. .. ~ three "'"". Mos<ow .Iways ralilio<l them.
Wh31 put/Jed Dr. Dodd wu II,., faci th~t not one or the. . thrce
ront.cts was a Kussiall. Nor were any ..,r them Comm..,n;~ts. In ratl.
nil th,• • w"ro atrcmcly weallhy A,"cr;c"n ""pit"l;st.!
Dr. 1)"lId ""i<l. "1 would ccrt"inly lik~ to lind 0"\ who i, re"l1~
",nnin, th",p-"
Thh re.iewer had also obsc"..,<1 a number of strange dc"Velopm~nts
which ,cClncd to poinl to " COrl~pir"t<)ri"1 ,·""trol center higil~r ",,,I
,trong'" th.n eith"r '-1"",ow Or I'e;ping. For ex"",])lc. whcn l!arry
Ik~tcr ",hito (Und~T-Se\:retary of the U. S. T",~s"ry durin, World ","T
II) was dls.:owreJ by Ih~, FDllo be a
So,·iel o&<,ul. Ihe While House was
ilnnwdialdy inform«l. RUI iust~ad of
bcin& fired or arn:slc"tl, Harry l)ext~r
Whlt~ was appointed as the new
Ex",UIIW l>in."<:lor of Ih~ U. S, Mission
to 'h~ lnt~rr'alional MQnctary fund
Qf Ihe United Nm'QI1s, He was .1'10
gi"cn • ,,,!>stantial iucre",,· in ... bry.
J. Edg"r lloovcr w,"s ,"","zed. At wrney
. GC'locral Ih·,bert IJro",ucll, Jr. ,tated
lh:" T""""" ,"ew
.. publidy l'""idcllt
Whit. wJ< " So,,;~t ~py wh." he made
\t,c appoint",cnt. (Q"igley. Trllg"dy
A lid /lope. p. 99 I )
Why would "'~" in charge Qf
the w<ll"ld·, ", ..s i~e r;nancialprobl"rtt'l
wanl all eJI~d ,SQ.ic·1 a&<,111 such as
Harry lJcxler Wh"e IQ oc~tlpy su~h"
highly important l)()5ilio" iu the World
l.I.n~·' ft.",J why in Ihe name of
comn'on ",nSl: w,-,uld the I'r~,i,lent of
the Unil"<1 Stale< "PI,ro,'e of ,ueh a
OA, IIIlUA 0000
{hing? I hc:trd ~otl, CQ"IIJ""""'" and
intdHg"n~e ofllee" quiuically cx",aiming. ··Wil:, I·~ ~"Di"l1 on·!··
It waS I\ol lo,,~ "fter this Ih,,[ il,e forlllcrcil"irman of the F~Jcral
I{"",,,c Ilwrd bC'M~JJ "dH";1Itin& ~,·o"ol"i~ "[,l "tid COlli fort to
("o"",,,,,,i,1 Chin", Iti, Sl>ccd] was all {he mor<: .hockin, bo""""" Iho
American I>cOI,k 1",,1 just hen jolleo.l t>~ a ("onll'c,,",ional bcaring in
which it h.d b.;cn ,hown with sworn tc-stilllony lI .. t the U. S. Slale
IXI",.lmenl h"d either recklesoJy .lIo-..'cd 01" tl\:libi:rdtcly propelled si~
hU'Mlrcd million Chine"" alli,-s imo the ,rip of the Com",uni~t Chinese
l".dders. Ncycrlhclc">S, hen.· wa. thi~ Americ.n c"l'il~ljst (and ronnc.
d,.i.",.n of the rederal Kc"",,·c l:loard) telliuM U lu,¥c ",~etin& (,,·h<le
Ihe re.i(w~r ... a.. prNOm) Ihat Ih~ Uniled Sta~es \.lIQUid 'mmed"'t.ly
u.\dertake eX{cn.<ive {{""dde with Red a"na. s..id he, ··W" neve' fight
the r.coplc We {rade ",ilh"· I thought to ,,,yil.)lf. "Well. wc ccrhinly
h:,(1 to fight Jaran in spite uf"1I the oil and «;rap iron we ,old her
just ~d<Jre Wo,I(1 \~'"r 11.·· It d,d not 1""111 lX)"iblc thai thi, f"mous
international b:n,h'r would hdve fwgottc" .uch an ~Icmclllary I."on
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sO quickly.
A couple of ye~", laler, whil~ visitil\i: Ccnlral Bnd SoUlll Ameria,
I l1uticcd lhal cert~il1 well·known American bank. werC extremely
powerful in contr<.>llin~ the polilics .nJ e<:<lnomk arhirs of many
UTi" AmeriClJn countries_ But whal was bami'" about it wu II~ fact
tNt !IIC political ,csimes whiCh these American banks supported were
oft"" ,,;.tII"1 diclator~ who prolnoted sociali'''' und e"~J~cd in the
confiscation of prh'atdy-owncd i"Just,;.,• . inciuding American in
dustries. Many of these monk-sponsored ",gimes were also openly pro..
C"mm",,;,t.
Whil" "i$itil\~ Pa,ugu.y, I asked a mon I had know" for seve",1
and who was manager of the principal American bank In .'or.guay,
~.rs
why his b.nk supported a dictatorship. "Stability," he ",pli.,d. ''Tit_
de"elopin~ count.in nc~d stability" Yet I noticed that thi, di~lalor
"'"os wipin~ oul w~alth-pro(h'cing indu.trk. . oper-ling under pri\'~le
enterprise .nd pl~dnll C\-crything under Il" .... mment ownership or
ti'ht socialist o'Onlroi.
Why wa, ~t\ Amcric.n-owtlcd b,,,,k fitl"ndtl~" hard-cor~ 1iOCi:llilt
""'iirne1 Wherever I had friends who knew the inside story in Lalin
American polilical circles, Ihey "ffiroed Ih~ ract Ihal Ihe mauive swill$
to the lert in Cenlf.l.ruJ South America was bein~ nnofICcd by cert.in
Amerle;!" bank,. It jt,st didn'l !nuke SOnSc.
Politics in W.~hington were equ.lly puaJi"i- Why werc"" mony
lOp go .. ernmcnl offici." alWllY' members or the ikmocr:llk Socialis!
cadr. culled Americun, fOf J)cmo<;'~lk Action (A DA). ur were me",bers
of Ihe exclusive Council On Fo,eign Relation.? Whelher the I'residenl
wu Roosevelt. Truman, Ei..,nho. .' e" Kennedy, Johnson of Nixon, it
"".",ed 10 make no difference. Tit ..... was ortcn " chan!:" of ~rson.li!ies.
bUI mcmoct1\hip in Ilw!IC two or!;UnizalloJ1> seemcd " pre""luisile for
llIany lap lOyernlllenl
job~.
AnOlhcr punic was the f~ct lha! wile"""", the politicol blunders
of t~= hi&h-powered people nrouscd the an,er of the public, they
Were nut only allowed tu qt,;etly re;ign. but were given exl,..,mely
lucrative outside joos, usually in one of the l.x~xempI foundal;,"".
II didn't look like lO"'TDOlent "of the people" but Il"ycrnment by
...,rlain people.
J I w~1 rellIinded of th. word, of lienjamin Dis,"cli. "nw world is
cow,n«l by ~ery different peno"""" from what is im~ilned by
thO51' who a. ... I\"OT bcllind the sc-enal."' I began to wonder if lhe",
might nol be something to the Brjti~h InteJli~cncc Digest reports
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which clai",ed Ihal Ihero! i~ a small bol "","e,fol conl.ol ""up behind
Ih" ,""enOS which i$ eXlremciy influential in manipulalin, WQ,ld events.
The Oill($t ~mcd 10 have in<ide conlacts wllh this VOOP and (herefor<:
.".,idc-.J iden(ify;n, them by n.,ne. h simply referred to the conlrol
cenler 3. "!'Qre.: X:'
l>rofe";on.1 inve.<tig:otO<'l of criminal CQIlspir;lcics will Iell you
Ihat no "",l1e. how carefullY (hes.:: con,pi,"~ie:s ore Q~ni'c-.J, (hey do
nOI rem,,;n ~C'''I for long boca"", "oo,,(u,lIy somebody on tlle in~ide
beeol1"', diss;<ti<(jcd o. abu",d "nd goc~ 10 (lie ' lHhoriti<'s with fac!>
which "a" be i"(!el"',,dcntly verified. 1'01;ti«11 cot1.pirJcie, ,lIso InlVe a
way of ,""clling Ilw public. bcc.au&C SI"""",,e on Ihe ill,ide is willi"l1
10 tell tile story. I h"ve wailed fo[ Illi[ly yea.s fur solllebody on Ihe
inside of Ihe mOllcm roliLical rower strucl"," 10 1<llk. AI lasl.
somcootly has,
DR. CARROLL QUIGLEY WRITES A BOOK ON THE
WORLD'S SECRET POWER STRUCTURE
Lk C.rroll Qui&ley is a profes5Ql" of hislQI)' ~( Ih" "oreilln Sc"'ice
School of (;""'g<:t<>wn Univen;ity. He fonnerlY t"uillll 3 I Princeton and
Ibn'ard, II" h~ done research in the archives Qf I'. .~ nc"'. Italy ond
EnglanJ. lie is the atnbo. of the widely kilOI''' text. /:.'vo/llli(JII of
thill:Ulwm.
When D., Ol'isley ~cd~oo 10 write hi' 1.300 I~'~'" oook c~lkd
Trlll{<'<iy A"" I/Of"" he knew he WilS dclibemtcly eXIl<»;n~ onc of the
best hpt sc~rets ;n the world A, one "I' Ihe elile "illside",," I,e knew
the sco!,e of tllis I){)wcr "Qmple, and he kllew that il< kadcrs hop" to
eve"!",,I'y "!lain tOIOI glQbal control. Fu.thermore, Dr. Qui,ley m"hs
it dcar througllout h;" oook that by and la'ie he ","d"nly SUI)I,,-,rh the
1lIJ31~ and PUTJ)OSCS of the ""<1w,,.k" B"t if Ih"1 is the "'as<:. why
would h" w~nl tQ cxp<»c this wmld-wide conspirJeY and disd~ many
Qf ils mOSI secret opo.atlOn.? Oln'i<>usly, disdo~ill' the existence of.
"'~mmoth rowe. netwmk which is. l.yin,lo lake over the world eQuid
nol help bUI .rouse the ,~,orOl.l' resistance of Ihe ",ilho,,,, of 1"'0pie
who arc iu illlended victim,. So why did Dr. Quigley wrile this boot?
Ills ""swe, "Pl"'"rs iQ , numb<:r of r>1,ces but is e>pe.;i,lIy forcd ul
,"d de", Oil l"ll"s 979-9110. He say,. in effect, th,l it i~ now tou 1.le
for l11e HUle people to turn bock tho tido. In a spirit of kj"dness he i,
Iherefore IIr~in~ Illem not 10 fight Ihe IIOQ!;C whicl1 is. 1,lrc~dy around
their nccks. lie feels cert"i]] Ih,,! thos<' wi", do will 0111), choke
themselve, 10 de"th On the olher 11""d, th~c who g() :,Ion& with the
immc~sc prcss"", wbich is beginning to h.: felt b~ .11 humanity will
","'entll.l!ly folKl thcmscl~es ill " m.n-made millennium of P<'~"" .nd
PfOSt)crity. All through IIi; book. Ik Quigley "",un..., "" Ihal we l'an
!ntst Ih= bc"cvolcnl. wdl-meani"1: nwn who a,e '"""",Uy oJ>o!rlllin~
behind Ihe s<:cl1cs, TilEY :orc Ille hUll<' of the world, All who resisl
the'" "'present Irugedy. lten<:c, Ihe title for his book.
1'0 ossure liS of his Own "niqll<; <{lo:Ilitic:otion for Ihe "',ilin& of
Ihi5 book. Dr. QU'&iey .1,1",,;
"I know of Ihe op.:r.!ion! of Illi, nelwo,k t>e.;,,,,sc I have sh".hc"<l
il f"r {wenty y~"" ,,,,d WOL, permitteli for two yeun;. ,,, the e"rly I 'J60'"
r-.,p.;""
tocxamin" its and '~"<:""I rcoo".I<. IIIAV!:: NO,\VEI{SION TO
or
11' Ok TO MOST ITS AIMS ,\'11) HAVE. 1'0k MUOIOI' MY
LlFI,. IIEloN CLOSE TO rr liND TO MIINY OF ITS INS'IKL.\IEt-TS.
I have "bjcdcd. both in the I""t .".J r" .." ~lly, 10 a few {,>f iu pulidel , ..
IH'I in g~ner,,1 my chief differe""" of opini"n i, th"t IT WISlitS TO
IU,MAI ... UNKI\UWN. an.J I i:><:lieve it. role in bi,tory i. ,ignifk.nl
cnoup to be ~no .... n." (p. 950, emphasi.< a.J.Jcd)
IInyonc reatiing Dr. QUlgley's Trugrol' 11110 1/01'<: will have lillie
dIfficulty delce!;"g Ihe tr~m"ndo", ""If·""t,..,m of Ihe aulhor. lie
<>-.",s;de,", him,,"'f "ot ""I)' "" ";",i,\cr" bill" ",embe, of Ihe iutcllcctual
chic "m<HIll the in,iden;. lie feci, th.t Ihe fO'Cl'S of 'Olallllub,l wIllrol
ar<: no", surrkicntly e"trenched so th,t Ihey can reveal .hdr true
iden!ily ",ithoul f""r of being SIlccc",fully ovcrlurn. .- .J. Ite CXpmlSlZ
Ih. utmosl "ontempt for IlIcmt>ers of the IImerican middle dass who
Ihink they CH" preser,," whJt I\l' c"Ii, Hldr "1)CUy-oomgcoi," P"'I>crty
rigilts ~nd (;<Ju>t ilUI ;0".1 I,,;vilcl."'''' (Se~, fur example. p. 1248)
lie also UP"""'" conlempt for those ,. .. ho d,ou&h. the Co",mun"t
conspiracy w,," the rCJI celller of "ollo:c.i,.,,-ed ,,<,,,,pIracy. lie ridkul""
their c'Oneill.ions (sec p. 949), .nd Ihen Iurns .i~l't "round an.J a.Jmil'
tlwi Iheir ,onelll,ions were cor",c! ,\",eric"" ""ti'('U"lJIn'ni,l, Iwd
merciy crre<l in ~no",ing whom to blame. (See 1'1'.950-956)
IIlthough he ;" 3 brilliant compiler, it bcc'Ollles quile app"rcnl from
th~ Slart that 1)1'. Quigley's book is nOI inlend ... .:t 10 bc objcct;,·c. lie
himself \>OasU (~S we saw in the qnotat ion .bovc) of his inside pOOit ion
witil the "l\CI"'or~." and tilis book is dC.ligncd t" l,()rln,,. ,nodcrn
h;'tu'~ the "'~}' Ihe ne.work ",.nls it told. lIowc~~r. as we h.w .Iso
notro in the prt'~ious quotmioll. Dr. Quigle)< admils he is tclting mOf~
Ihan hi' comr.dcs-in-1lrms woul.J care 10 have .Jisclosc..:t. They w~n!
their coTlspir,Il..,r;al .ubversi,," to be kept. """rd . Dr. Quil:l~y thin~.