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as Dr Herman Abs, who was a director of IG Farben and also a relative of the Queen Mother via his mother, Pamela Deutsche Bank and was also known as "Hitler's paymaster". Bowes-Lyon. Lord Malcolm was, moreover, a member of the Robert Gayre, one of the founders of The Augustan Society, was "Cliveden Set"—another name for the Rhodes—Milner "Oxford awarded SMOM's prestigious Grand Cross of Merito Melitense. Group"—which was sympathetic to Hitler's war aims. He also Another to be honoured by SMOM was Nazi spymaster Reinhard had the honour of being the brother of the Duke of Hamilton, Gehlen (discussed above), who in 1948 also received the Grand who, as we know, was the host of Rudolf Hess after his flight to Cross. Another honoured by SMOM was James Jesus Angleton, Scotland in 1941. to whom we shall return shortly. Neither of the Dulles brothers Colonel Gayre also founded the Order of St Lazarus of was honoured by this August body, simply because they were Jerusalem in Edinburgh, the US branch of this order being estab- Protestants rather than Catholics. lished by Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton. Robert Gayre was Curiously, however, Martin Bormann's eldest son, Adolf also the Vice President of the International Commission for Martin, chose to take holy orders in 1946 following a preliminary Orders of Chivalry (ICOC). The VI International Congress of the course at Federaun Monastery, located close to Villach in Austria. ICOC was held in Edinburgh in 1962 under the honorary presi- This monastery was under the patronage of Bishop Hudal—one of dency of the Duke of Edinburgh and was presided over by the the most senior Vatican insiders who was responsible for running Duke of Hamilton. the Nazi underground escape railway known as the "Ratlines". More alarming is the fact that Hudal was THE BRIDGE TOO FAR With this diversion fairly compre- the "guardian" of Aldolf Martin i hensively covered, let's now briefly Bormann as well as of another monk, The Knights of Malta return to the actual events of Brother Avery Dulles—son of John were also responsible for Montgomery's audacious Operation Foster Dulles, the elder brother of A Market Garden—the approved plan Allen Dulles. It's a small world, isn't helping thousands of the worst to take and hold five Dutch bridges it. Nazis and members of the SS that would open a way for a massive Allied thrust into the heart of Germany. Those who have seen the excellent film based on Cornelius Ryan's book, A Bridge Too Far, will recall the The Knights of Malta were also responsible for helping thousands of escape to freedom down the worst Nazis and members of the these Ratlines... SS escape to freedom down these Ratlines, thus evading justice and avoiding the hangman's noose at sheer stubborn courage of those sol- Nuremberg. Originally conceived as an diers of the 3rd Battalion of the US underground railroad for wanted war criminals, it was quickly co- 82nd Airborne, under the command of Major Julian Cook, who opted, I understand, to smuggle Nazi gold, currency and other paddled across the River Waal in slow, cumbersome boats under a plunder to replenish the enormous sums lost by the Rockefeller blaze of deadly German fire to assault and hold the heavily family in pre-war German investments. Assisting Rockefeller in defended but critical Nijmegen road bridge a few miles south of this sleazy endeavour were Allen Dulles, Herbert Walker and Arnhem. James Jesus Angleton, the OSS Italian bureau chief and later CIA This was a last-ditch attempt to relieve the sorely battered Rome bureau chief. As such, Angleton was in charge of the British paratroops at Arnhem led by Colonel John Frost. Vatican "account"—and I understand that he learned about the Eventually succeeding at terrible cost, the 3rd Battalion took and homosexual proclivities of Pope Pius XII (formerly the Papal held the Nijmegen bridge. But instead of rushing armour up the Nuncio in Bavaria in the 1920s) and was able to use this road to Arnhem to relieve Colonel Frost and ensure the success of information for blackmail purposes. Allen Dulles, Herbert Montgomery's daring plan, a Grenadier Guards major arriving at Walker and James Jesus Angleton are said to have benefited most the Nijmegen bridge told his American counterparts, "We do not handsomely from "commissions" earned for their assistance in move our tanks at night".** A furious Colonel Tucker, the shifting plunder on behalf of the Rockefellers. Angleton regimental commander of the American 504th which had secured benefited even more, since he was able to co-opt SMOM, the the bridge, vehemently argued that there was no time to waste intelligence arm of the Vatican, to work on behalf of US before the Germans reinforced and that the British must grab the intelligence interests. chance to reinforce Colonel Frost at Arnhem. Immune to these Patrons of The Augustan Society are listed as Ernst August arguments, the English major repeated, "Well, we can't move our Prinz zur Lippe, Dr Otto von Habsburg of the old Austro- tanks at night", and then added, "We will move them in the Hungarian Imperial House and Prince Victor Emmanuel of morning". The next morning, as expected, the whole area was Savoy, son of King Umberto II—the last Italian king, who was heavy with German armoured reinforcements. forced to relinquish his throne after the war for being pro- Cornelius Ryan does not name the Grenadier Guards major in Mussolini.** Prince Victor Emmanuel is the Grand Master of the his book—an unusual omission. Also, it appears that there are authorised Vatican chivalric Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus. some critical inaccuracies in the chain of events he sets forth in Another of those beguiling coincidences is that Robert Gayre his book. (mentioned above) was the head of the US branch of the racist A recent BBC documentary series called Battlefields, presented International Association for the Advancement of Eugenics and by historian Professor Richard Holmes, focused one program on Ethnology (IAAEE), which had its headquarters in Scotland. "The Battle for Arnhem". The program's makers interviewed on Eugenics formed a very powerful undercurrent in Nazi ideology camera Moffatt Burriss, who was commander of "I" company of and thinking. the 504th and was present when the English General Horrocks The IAAEE was founded by Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, asked Colonel Tucker, commander of the 504th, if he would take who was a wing commander in the RAF during WWII and was the heavily defended bridge by making an assault across the River also a relative of the Queen Mother via his mother, Pamela Bowes-Lyon. Lord Malcolm was, moreover, a member of the "Cliveden Set"—another name for the Rhodes—Milner "Oxford Group"—which was sympathetic to Hitler's war aims. He also had the honour of being the brother of the Duke of Hamilton, who, as we know, was the host of Rudolf Hess after his flight to Scotland in 1941. Colonel Gayre also founded the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in Edinburgh, the US branch of this order being estab- lished by Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton. Robert Gayre was also the Vice President of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry (ICOC). The VI International Congress of the ICOC was held in Edinburgh in 1962 under the honorary presi- dency of the Duke of Edinburgh and was presided over by the Duke of Hamilton. were also responsible for helping thousands of the worst Nazis and members of the SS escape to freedom down these Ratlines... NEXUS = 37 The Knights of Malta FEBRUARY — MARCH 2005 www.nexusmagazine.com