Bert Cumby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bert Cumby

American military intelligence officer

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1912

Place of Birth: Corinth, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1981

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Bert Cumby

  • Bert Cumby (January 7, 1912 – September 8, 1981) was a United States military intelligence officer who served as head of research of the U.S.
  • Army's Military Intelligence Corps and led the debriefing of repatriated American prisoners of war (POWs) during the Korean War.
  • In 1956 he testified to a United States Senate committee regarding an international communist conspiracy he alleged was underway, the objective of which was the admission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China.
  • According to Cumby, this was to be partially accomplished through the brainwashing of American POWs prior to their repatriation to the United States; they would, in turn, create a nucleus of domestic support for China-friendly policies within the U.S.

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