August 14, 2008
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Julia Childs was a spy.
When I first saw the headline of the article, I thought it might be a joke. However, after reading it is clearly not.
She was an agent for the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA), it has widely been reported that there were about 13,000 people working for the OSS, which was founded by FDR during WWII. But with release of the new records it indicates that there were 24,000 people working for the OSS.
The article states:
The OSS files offer details about other agents, including Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, major league catcher Moe Berg, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and film actor Sterling Hayden.
Other notables identified in the files include John Hemingway, son of author Ernest Hemingway; Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt; and Miles Copeland, father of Stewart Copeland, drummer for the band The Police.
You can read the full article here.
Comments (5)
Well, that's slightly jarring.
I knew about Julia, and also Moe Berg (there is a book called "The Catcher Was A Spy", a mystery, about the whole thing.) I also knew about Miles Copeland (I think I read this on the sleeve of an album, actually) and Sterling Hayden. There is a documentary about Julia Childs that goes into the whole agent thing she did. Very interesting. I loved Julia Childs; she knew the secret to life is butter (a la Chef Didier in "Last Holiday")
this comment makes absolutely no sense after re-reading but I'm too tired to change it. sorry.
@la_chatte_gitane - Mmmm...butter, wait, what were we talking about?
I bet she was good at it, too.
what I want to read is the actual list.
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