American Friends of the Middle East
In 1951 Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt, Jr. and his long time hatchet
man Donald Newton Wilber put together American Friends of the Middle East. As
window dressing they hid behind such luminaries such as columnist Dorothy
Thompson, Reverend Harry Emerson Fosdick and more than 20 others. But Kim Roosevelt
was executive secretary in the early days.
While they made a point of fund raising American Friends of
the Middle East was funded by the Central Intelligence Agency and ARAMCO. King
Abdulaziz
had threatened to nationalize ARAMCO a year earlier so it is possible that ARAMCO
was either operating on its own or at the direction of Saudi Intelligence.
The American Friends of the Middle East was an Anti-Zionist
and Pro-Arab organization. It is easy to stretch Anti-Zionism into
Anti-Semitism but I think that is an unfair characterization.
George O'Bannon worked for American Friends of the Middle East in 1964-1965.
George O'Bannon worked for American Friends of the Middle East in 1964-1965.
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