United States Council for World Freedom
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This United States Council for World Freedom was the U.S. chapter of the World Anti-Communist League, an international anti-communist political organization founded in 1966 in Taipei, Taiwan, under the initiative of Chiang Kai-shek, with the aim of opposing Communism around the world through "unconventional" methods.[1]
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- ↑ World League for Freedom and Democracy. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2010-01-03. “The World League for Freedom and Democracy (WLFD, formerly the World Anti-Communist League, WACL) is an international anti-communist political organization founded in 1966 in Taipei, Taiwan, under the initiative of Chiang Kai-shek. It was founded with the aim of opposing Communism around the world through "unconventional" methods. ... The U.S. chapter of WACL, the United States Council for World Freedom (USCWF)... was founded in 1981 by Major General John K. Singlaub. This branch has generated controversy, as it prominently supported Nicaraguan guerrillas in the Iran–Contra affair.”
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