“I am sorry that you did not travel from the College to the Ciampino airfield with the President in the helicopter; however, I have found, as I am sure you have, that riding in a helicopter is a questionable undertaking under any circumstances irrespective of who you are with,” wrote John McCone, future CIA Director, Read More
Posts with the tag: Cold War
The Archivist’s Nook: Teacher, Rector, Soldier, Spy – A Photographic Tour of O’Connor’s Rome
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Catholic History, Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower, John McCone, Martin J. O'Connor, North American College, photographs, Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, Pope Pius XII, Richard Nixon, Rome, Scranton, Seminary, University Archives, vatican, Vatican II | Comment