Carl Elmer Jenkins (born October 1, 1926) is a retired Central Intelligence Agency officer. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all
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Early background
Jenkins was born in Louisiana and joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II, becoming a commissioned officer in 1948. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
CIA career
Executive Action
Jenkins joined the Agency in 1952, and for several years was involved with Executive Action, a covert program for instigating regime change in Latin America, including mostly notably the government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman in Guatemala. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Executive Action is a term used by the CIA starting in the early 1950s to refer to their Assassination operations " Regime change " is literally the replacement of one Regime with another Colonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ( September 14, 1913 &ndash January 27, 1971) was the President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954 when Guatemala (República de Guatemala) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west the Pacific Ocean to the southwest During this time he worked with Tracy Barnes, E. Howard Hunt, William "Rip" Robertson, David Atlee Phillips and David Sanchez Morales. Tracy Barnes (1911 - 1972 was a senior staff member at the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA serving as first head of the agency's Domestic Operations Division Everette Howard Hunt Jr ( October 9 1918 – January 23 2007) was an American Author and spy. William "Rip" Robertson was an American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA operative David Atlee Phillips ( October 31, 1922 – July 7, 1988) was born in Fort Worth Texas David Sánchez Morales ( August 26, 1925 - May 8, 1978) was a CIA operative who worked in Cuba.
Bay of Pigs
On his return to the United States he joined Phillips and Morales in becoming part of Theodore Shackley's JMWAVE station in Miami, Florida. Theodore G "Ted" Shackley Jr ( July 16, 1927 - December 9, 2002) was an American CIA officer involved JMWAVE or JM/WAVE or JM WAVE was the codename for a major secret United States Covert operations and Intelligence gathering He is also frequently named[1] in surviving documentation from the AMWORLD project (the CIA's codename for its role in the Kennedy administration's plans for overthrowing Fidel Castro. )
In the summer of 1963 Jenkins worked closely with Morales in providing paramilitary training for Manuel Artime (MRR) and Rafael 'Chi Chi' Quintero, becoming the latter's "handler". Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rafael "Chi Chi" Quintero (September 16 1940 - October 1 2006 was a CIA operative Rafael Quintero Ibaria known as "Chi Chi" was born in Camagüey
Laos
Jenkins also worked with the Shackley organization in Laos, appointed Plans/Programs/Budget Management Officer in 1969 and served as Chief of Base from 1970 to 1973. Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. [2]
Post-CIA
Jenkins retired from the CIA in 1973, but continued to do freelance work for the agency, including work in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. He also played a significant role in the covert efforts to resupply the Nicaraguan Contras in the mid-1980s, in circumvention of Congressional proscriptions, as led by Oliver North and Richard Secord. The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua 's FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional Sandinista Junta of National Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943 in San Antonio Texas) is an American best known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair. Major General Richard V Secord, Retired was a United States Air Force officer convicted for his involvement with the Iran-Contra scandal.
References
- ^ See e. g. Someone Would Have Talked, appendices B, E
- ^ Pete Brewton's The Mafia, CIA and George Bush (1992)
External links
- Carl Elmer Jenkins – Spartacus Biographies
- Carl E Jenkins – NameBase entry
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