Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 03 1131-03-p024

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eee James Forrestal did not escape the scrutiny of Cooper either. Cooper claims that Forrestal, near the end of his reign as Secretary of Defense, began to object to the secrecy over the flying saucer issue. When he began to talk about this, especially to members of the “opposition party", he was asked to resign by President Truman. He expressed various fears to many people and believed that he was being watched. Forrestal later was said to have suffered a mental breakdown and was admitted to...