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CIA Glomar submarine salvage scheme exposed in Long Beach safes
Wayne Collier, a CIA contractor, reveals elaborate cover operations for the 1974 Glomar Explorer salvage of a sunken Soviet submarine. The plan used fake offices and “cool houses” in Long Beach and Santa Monica, secret stairways, and a Los Angeles unit to recruit a largely unaware crew, with weekly CIA meetings at safe houses and two weeks of CIA training for recruits.
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Mic Went
Thacok AM
Long Beach
CIA
CSA
Santa Monica
Marhle
Los Angeles
Wayne R. Collier
Houston
Rover
Collier
Billy
Hawaii
Chester, Pa
Howard R. Hughes
Summa Corp
Global Marine Inc
Wayne Collier
Global Marine
John R Graham
Colfer
Graham
Global Marine Development Inc
Tishman
Deep South
Louisiana
Justice Department
Submarine Recovery Project
San Fernando Valley
Veterans’ Administration
Redwood City