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Wilhelm Reich & The Cold War, Preview, by James E. Martin
Wilhelm Reich & The Cold War, Preview, by James E. Martin
Wilhelm Reich & The Cold War, Preview, by James E. Martin
Wilhelm Reich
and the Cold War
The True Story of How a
Communist Spy Team, Government
Hoodlums and Sick Psychiatrists
Destroyed Sexual Science and
Cosmic Life Energy Discoveries
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Table of Contents Page
Acknowledgements ........................................................... ix
Introduction ....................................................................... 1
Topic of book; scope of research.
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Preface to the Second Edition
The first edition of this book was published in 2000 in a very limited
edition and at that time it was my intention to re-issue the book shortly
thereafter as a paperback. These plans were delayed by the simple fact
that I was so drained by the research and the subject material that it
was impossible to pick it up again for a long time.
With the encouragement of Dr. James DeMeo of Natural Energy
Works, this edition fulfills the original plan for an accessible edition.
While a number of new books published over the last fifteen years
have touched on this subject matter, nothing has been published that
contradicts the essential theme of this book: most of Wilhelm Reich’s
troubles with the US government at the end of his life were instigated
by Communists who viewed his work as a serious threat to their efforts
to promulgate a Stalinist ideology and to influence world events.
While no contradictory information has been published since the
first edition of this book, much confirming evidence has been
established. Some of this information has been included in this edition,
including the telling “Document 20” in which Comintern agents in
Russia compiled a list of German exiles to be arrested or “liquidated”
as enemies of Stalinism. Wilhelm Reich’s name is included in this
1936 hit-list in connection with a German associate who was arrested
and spent five years in the gulags, primarily for his connection to Reich.
Some writers continue to argue that Wilhelm Reich was a victim of
“McCarthyism” or the alleged “right-wing, conservative” tenor of
America in the 1950s. It is true that a few lone conservative individuals
took issue with the content of Reich’s writing, but nothing came of
these efforts and they had no connection to each other. Meanwhile, the
leftists who sprang to Stalin’s defense had strong connections to each
other through the international Communist web and fit perfectly into
Reich’s description of a “Red Thread of Conspiracy.”
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Index
Index
A B
Adler, Alfred 342 Baldwin, Roger 119, 151, 362
Adler, Friedrich 40, 42, 79, 254, Bauer, Otto 28, 35-36, 40, 76, 360
259, 344 Bazhanov, Boris 88
Adler, Solomon 162 Bendix, Robert 40
Adler, Viktor 254 Bentley, Elizabeth 165, 244-246,
Akhmerov, Iskhak (“Michael 303, 372
Green”) 93-94, 119, 165, 185, Bentley, Eric 75
339 Beria, Lavrenty 94, 262, 370, 374,
Altschuler, Lydia 93 376-377
Amerasia Case 77, 94, 131, 133- Bernfeld, Siegfried 19, 22-32, 75-
135, 137, 152, 159, 186, 368 76, 342, 348, 351-354, 399
American Civil Liberties Union Bettauer, Hugo 347-348
(ACLU) 119, 355, 361, 382 Blankenship, Joe ix, 201, 298-301,
American College of Orgonomy 314
(ACO) 389, 391, 393, 404 Blunt, Anthony 100, 116-119, 121,
American Federation of Labor 129-131, 145, 151-152, 154,
(AFL) 44, 119 156, 159, 182-183, 227, 358-
American Friends for German 359, 362, 365, 373, 388, 391,
Freedom 44-45, 48, 76 400
American Friends Service Boehm, Felix 85, 96, 355
Committee 45 Bornemann, Ernest 79
American Medical Association Brady FBI Files ix, 4, 329-333
(AMA) 15, 210 Brady, Joan ix, 217, 230-241, 251,
American Psychiatric Association 401
(APA) 20, 210, 275-377 Brady, Mildred Edie ix, 4, 15, 20-
Annals, Orgone Institute 370 22, 37, 45, 57, 71, 74, 92. 95,
Annals, Institute of Orgonomic 99, 110, 126, 131, 144, 146-147,
Science 392, 404 151-153, 158, 162, 167, 184,
Angleton, James Jesus 100, 127, 188-189, 207-252, 271, 303-
163, 181, 374-375, 380, 390 304, 319, 329-333, 358, 360,
Arbejderbladet (Danish newspaper) 366, 370-372, 388, 397, 401
354, 356, 362 Brady, Robert A. 21-22, 45, 71, 74,
Ascoli, Max 138, 157 92, 144, 146-147, 151-153, 188-
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) 189, 207-252, 271, 303, 319,
31, 224, 269, 271, 369, 374, 321, 340, 351-352, 358, 360-
381, 401 361, 363, 366, 375, 388, 397,
“Atoms for Peace” 297, 380 401
Braisford, H.N. 41
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Brandt, Otto Knobel 221, 318 Consumers’ League 340
Brandt, Willy 35-36, 44, 49-55, 58- Consumers’ Research ix, 151, 190,
60, 78-79, 343, 355, 357, 359, 212-215, 217-218, 220-221,
361, 363-364, 368, 381, 385, 230-231, 238, 241, 249-250,
389-390 303, 358
Brunauer, Esther Caukin 42 Consumers’ Union & Consumers’
Bry, Gerhard (aka Paul Kemp) 41 Reports magazine 15, 93, 95,
Buckley, William F. 19, 350, 374 99, 151, 190, 210, 212-213, 215,
Bukarin, Nikolai 26, 66, 69, 362 224-227, 229-230, 232-233,
Burgess, Guy 92, 100, 108, 116- 236-238, 241-242, 248-250, 358
117, 121, 124, 127-131, 150- Cornford, John 117-118, 122, 148-
152, 159, 182, 227, 358, 359, 149, 361
363, 365, 373, 375, 400 Constable, Trevor James 201, 289-
Bursler, Norman Chandler 227- 290, 293, 314, 390, 392
229, 236-237, 247, 321 Corcoran, Tom 122, 134, 368-369
Buttinger, Joseph 35-38, 40, 42, 76 Corso, Philip 294, 314, 402
Cosmic Orgone Engineering (see
C cloudbuster)
Cameron, Ewen 275-276, 340, 367, Council on Foreign Relations 110,
376-377, 382 280, 327
Caples, Anna 41-42, 361 Cripps, Stafford 36, 150
Carnegie Foundation 111, 219, Currie, Lauchlin 38, 131, 244, 372
221, 248, 370
Carsten, Franz 41 D
Chambers, Whittaker 57, 162, 245, DeMeo, James ix, xi, 275, 316,
372, 402 391-393, 396-397
Chevalier, Haakon 223-224, 237, Derzhinsky, Felix 115-116
248, 251, 303, 363, 401 Deutsch, Arnold 75, 103-108, 118,
Childs, Richard Storrs 42 145, 159-163, 182-183, 340,
Clay, Lucius D. 279 346-348, 350, 352, 358, 364,
cloudbuster 16, 177, 192, 198, 204, 399
267, 272-275, 277, 284-289, Deutsch, Helene 47, 78
291-295, 314, 316, 377-380, Dies, Martin & Dies Committee
383, 388-389, 391-393, 398 214-215, 230-231, 241, 265
cloudseeding 198-199, 278, 282- Dolivet, Louis 138-145, 155-157
285, 291, 293, 373, 380 Donovon, William “Wild Bill” 36,
“Comrade Thomas” (see 47-49
Rubinstein, Arnold Thomas) Douglas, Lewis W. ix, 4, 42, 148,
Condon, Edward U., & Condon 194-196, 278-282, 284, 286,
Report 217, 244, 302-304, 314 291, 293, 295-298, 326-327,
Congress of Industrial 343, 356, 376-377, 379-381, 390
Organizations (CIO) Douglas-Moïse Memo 297,
Consumers’ Advisory Board 218 326-327
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dowsing 300 F
Dreikurs, Rudolf 23 Falk, Erling 49-54, 78, 364
Dukas, Helen 219, 254-255, 258, Farago, Ladislas 138-143, 145
262 Feitelberg, Sergei 29-31, 75-76,
Dulles, Allen 45-46, 77, 111, 134, 173
187, 280, 344, 376, 381-382, Fenichel, Otto 19, 23, 25, 27-28,
387 31-32, 37, 47, 49, 63-64, 71, 75,
Dulles, John Foster 111, 281-282, 81, 85, 163, 224, 315, 339, 345-
327, 385 347, 351-353, 357-359, 399
Dunbar, Helen Flanders 167 Fischer, Ruth (Eisler) 23, 26, 38,
duTeil, Roger 360-361, 363, 390 60, 75, 367
Flechtheim, Ossip 42
E Food and Drug Administration
Eden, Jerome 249, 286, 314, 348, (FDA) viii, 15, 17, 110, 144,
386, 390, 392, 398 151, 153, 191, 208, 210-211,
Ehrman, Henry 42 225, 229, 232-236, 248, 267,
Einstein, Albert 14, 42, 79, 122, 304-306, 308, 315, 333-336,
168, 219, 253-264, 322, 340- 337-338, 371-372, 375-377,
341, 343-346, 353, 362-366, 380-381, 383, 391
374, 376, 380 Fox, Mary 42
Eisenhower, Dwight D. ix, 4, 191, Frank, Karl Borromäus (aka Willi
193-195, 268, 277-278, 287, Müller, Paul Hagen) ix, 19-30,
297, 327, 376-377, 379-380, 32-47, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58-60, 62-
385-386, 389 64, 67-68, 70-71, 73-81, 103,
Eisler, Gerhart (aka Hans Berger) 122, 179, 254, 324-325, 342,
23, 26-27, 74, 361 345-348, 350, 353-354, 356-
Eisler, Hanns 74 361, 364, 366, 370, 372, 385
Eitingon, Max 32, 83-97, 182, 250, Frank, Lew 113-114, 125
345, 353, 367 Freud, Anna 35, 393
Eitingon, Malthus 95 Freud, Sigmund 1, 10-12, 22-24,
Eitingon, Motty 45, 77, 94-95 28-32, 36, 42, 46, 57-58, 75, 77,
Eitingon, Naum (Leonid) 83-97, 79, 83-87, 89, 96, 166, 222, 273,
182, 339, 365, 377, 391 339-342, 345-356, 360, 362,
Eitingon, Waldemar (Vladimir) 77, 365, 369, 376
90, 94-96, 345 Frey, Josef 351
Eliasberg, Stefan & Vera 42 Friedländer, Paul 23
Elices, Norbert 41 Friedman, Alice “Litzi” 101, 105-
Elliot, John Lovejoy 42 107, 163, 180, 297, 357, 360,
Erler, Fritz 42, 59 374
Friedman, Stanton 297, 301, 402`
Fuchs, Eduard 67
Fuchs, Klaus “Karl” 219, 373
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Roswell, Arizona 294, 298-301, Silvermaster, Nathan Gregory 162,
351, 371, 376, 380, 402 189, 211, 228-229, 244-248,
Rubinstein, Thomas Arnold (aka 303, 315, 319-321, 339, 343,
Comrade Thomas) 25-26, 60, 352
64-67, 69-72, 79, 81, 165, 187, Silvert Michael 17, 291-292, 305-
340, 346, 359 306, 333-334, 336-338, 380-385
Ruppelt, Edward J. 302-303, 314, Skoblin, Nikolai 87, 89
381 Sloan Foundation or Sloan-
Rusk, Dean 111, 281 Kettering 280-282, 377
Sømme, Axel 53
S Soule, George 151, 167
Sandersen, Fred & Elli 43 Sperber, Manes 19
Schaefer, Vincent 199, 283, 370 Stalin, Josef (Djugashvilli) 26, 28,
Scheidemann, Philipp 344 83, 88, 92, 94, 106, 118, 120,
Schjelderup, Harald 357 140, 152, 210, 226, 262, 327,
Schlamm, William S. “Willi” 19, 341-342, 347, 350, 363, 365,
56-60, 79, 81-82, 103, 346-347, 367-368, 372, 376, 381, 389
350, 367, 374, 389 Steig, William 382. 396
Schlink, Frederick J. 213, 217-218, Straight, Michael Whitney ix, 74,
221, 227, 231, 238, 241, 250, 76, 94, 99-100, 108, 110, 112-
303 131, 134, 137-139, 142-162,
Schmidt, Erich 20, 38, 43 165, 183-186, 214, 227, 249-
Schmidt, Karl 38-40 250, 280, 303, 340, 344, 357-
Schmidt, Fritz 42 366, 368, 371, 373, 376, 378,
Schmidt, “Ted” 42 380-381, 387-390, 397
Schoettle, Otto 41-42 Straight, Willard & Dorothy 74,
Schwartz, Stephen 86 111-115, 139, 213, 341, 343-
Scitovsky, Tibor 41 345, 348
Sellers, William ix, 286 Sudoplatov, Pavel 88-89, 91-94,
Service, John Stewart 131, 368 313, 341
sex-economy 12
Sexpol 12, 22, 56, 58, 61-63, 79- T
80, 101, 104-105, 147, 347, 350, Taurer, Bernard 41
352-353, 355, 357-360, 399 Teschitz, Karl 61-62
Seydewitz, Max 28, 50, 77, 354 Thiele, Theo 42
Sharaf, Myron 3, 20-22, 25, 64, 74, Thjötta, Theodor 361-362
210, 266, 304, 367, 370, 374- Thomas, Kenn ix, 5, 258, 296, 393
375, 379 Thomas, Norman 42
Siersted, Ellen 63 Tippett, Tom 241
Silver, George 42 Tranmäl, Martin 53
Silvermaster, Helen 229, 244, 248,
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Trotsky, Leon 25-26, 52, 61, 64, Weimar Republic 20, 30, 69, 94,
66-67, 83, 87-88, 90-93, 95, 221, 254, 344
166, 318, 344, 346, 348, 350- Wertham, Frederic 99, 162, 370
351, 353, 355-356, 359-361, Wilder, John ix, 5
365, 377, 391 Willoughby, Charles A. 365, 370,
Truman, Harry 113-115, 122-127, 375, 388
139, 156-157, 166-168, 369-376 Wolfe, Theodore 14, 110, 167,
Twining, Nathan 294, 297-298, 226, 259, 363, 372, 378
378-380 Wood, Charles A. 211, 249, 371
Wyvell, Lois ix, 249
U
UFO 4, 16, 192, 267, 273, 285- Z
290, 292-294, 297-298, 300- Zetkin, Clara 67
303, 307, 309, 314, 366-367, Zinoviev, Grigori 25, 66-67, 69,
374-380, 386-390, 402 345, 348
Ullstein, Leopold 42
V
Vacor (VACuum ORgone) Tubes
372
VENONA 38, 77, 119, 127, 162,
164-165, 228, 245, 249, 319-
321, 329, 370
Vogt, Johan 51, 53
Von Knoeringen, Waldemar 39,
41-42
Vonnegut, Bernard 283
Vonnegut, Kurt 282
W
Walcher, Jacob 50
Wälder-Hall, Jennie 121, 165
Wallace, Henry 21, 113-115, 122-
127, 138, 143, 147, 153, 156-
158, 164-167, 186, 303, 322-
323, 356, 364, 368, 370-373,
388
Warren, Larry 293-294
Washington, William 266, 370,
372
Weather Control (see cloudseeding)
Wehner, Herbert 362
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