CIA activities in the Philippines

CIA activities in the Philippines

During World War II, a number of Americans who would later be involved in forming United States Army Special Forces and other special operations activities were stay-behind guerillas in the Philippines, including Wendell Fertig, Russell Volckmann, and Donald Blackburn.

Philippines 1948

CIA funded a counter-insurgency war against the Hukbalahap[citation needed]. United States Air Force Colonel Edward Lansdale, seconded to the CIA, led the effort, befriending then Defense Minister, and later Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay. The insurgency was defeated.

Philippines 1958

See Indonesia 1958 for Filipino support to an abortive coup in Indonesia.

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