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'''Avedis Boghos Derounian''' ([[April 4]], [[1909]], [[Alexandroupoli]], [[Greece]] —[[April 23]], [[1991]] [[New York]]) ([[pseudonym]] '''John Roy Carlson''') [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ctTL_YI3gO4/U6WRwkgWoUI/AAAAAAAAYHU/sFbfBOH7IIc/s1600/kelly-rape-carlson.bmp photo] was a writer for the [[communist]] ''[[Daily Worker]]'' newspaper and author of books such as ''[[Under Cover]]'' and ''[[The Plotters]]'' which were tantamount to smears against American patriots during the [[1930s]] and [[1940s]].<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p-23_Baxter.html The Great Sedition Trial of 1944: A Personal Memoir]</ref> | '''Avedis Boghos Derounian''' ([[April 4]], [[1909]], [[Alexandroupoli]], [[Greece]] —[[April 23]], [[1991]] [[New York]]) ([[pseudonym]] '''John Roy Carlson''') [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ctTL_YI3gO4/U6WRwkgWoUI/AAAAAAAAYHU/sFbfBOH7IIc/s1600/kelly-rape-carlson.bmp photo] was a writer for the [[communist]] ''[[Daily Worker]]'' newspaper and author of books such as ''[[Under Cover]]'' and ''[[The Plotters]]'' which were tantamount to smears against [[American]] patriots during the [[1930s]] and [[1940s]].<ref>[http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p-23_Baxter.html The Great Sedition Trial of 1944: A Personal Memoir]</ref> | ||
Derounian wrote for the [[Armenian General Benevolent Union]]'s Armenian Information Service, and the ''[[Armenian Mirror-Spectator]]''. His exposé writing has been the subject of lawsuits.<ref> Sanctuary v. Thackrey, [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL], Supreme Court of New York, Trial Term, New York County, 189 Misc. 724; 72 N.Y.S.2d 104; 1947 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2709, July 29, 1947. (The ''[[New York Post]]'', published by Dorothy S. Thackrey, had serially printed ''Under Cover'' starting on October 16, 1943.)</ref> | Derounian wrote for the [[Armenian General Benevolent Union]]'s Armenian Information Service, and the ''[[Armenian Mirror-Spectator]]''. His exposé writing has been the [[subject]] of lawsuits.<ref> Sanctuary v. Thackrey, [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL], Supreme Court of New York, Trial Term, New York County, 189 Misc. 724; 72 N.Y.S.2d 104; 1947 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2709, July 29, 1947. (The ''[[New York Post]]'', published by Dorothy S. Thackrey, had serially printed ''Under Cover'' starting on October 16, 1943.)</ref> | ||
Derounian is notable for editing the controversial manifesto of [[Armenia]]'s first [[Prime Minister of Armenia|prime minister]], [[Hovhannes Katchaznouni]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Anymore|author=Katchaznouni, Hovhannes|year=1955|month=August|location=New York <!-- Suite 7D, 471 Park Avenue -->|publisher=Armenian Information Service|editor=John Roy Carlson (trans. Matthew A. Callender)}}</ref> | Derounian is notable for editing the controversial manifesto of [[Armenia]]'s first [[Prime Minister of Armenia|prime minister]], [[Hovhannes Katchaznouni]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Anymore|author=Katchaznouni, Hovhannes|year=1955|month=August|location=New York <!-- Suite 7D, 471 Park Avenue -->|publisher=Armenian Information Service|editor=John Roy Carlson (trans. Matthew A. Callender)}}</ref> | ||
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== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Derounian was of [[Armenian]] descent. He was born to Boghos Derounian and Eliza Aprahamian in [[Alexandroupoli]], [[Greece]], and spent part of his childhood in [[Turkey]] and [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], where his brother [[Steven Derounian]] (who later became a Republican Representative) was born.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin man remembered for honesty in 'Quiz Show' |work=Austin American-Statesman|first=Lee|last=Kelly|date=1994-11-05|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_hidethis=no&p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=derounian&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(derounian)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no<!-- this is just for proof of existence. for the full text see Factiva -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | Derounian was of [[Armenian]] descent. He was born to Boghos Derounian and Eliza Aprahamian in [[Alexandroupoli]], [[Greece]], and spent part of his childhood in [[Turkey]] and [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]], where his brother [[Steven Derounian]] (who later became a [[Republican]] Representative) was born.<ref>{{cite news|title=Austin man remembered for honesty in 'Quiz Show' |work=Austin American-Statesman|first=Lee|last=Kelly|date=1994-11-05|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?s_hidethis=no&p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=derounian&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(derounian)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no<!-- this is just for proof of existence. for the full text see Factiva -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | ||
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}}</ref> His family, fleeing the [[Balkan Wars]], eventually settled in [[Mineola, New York]]. He went on to study at [[New York University]]'s School of Journalism. Later, he married Marie Nazarian, and had a daughter, Elyse, and a son, Robert. | }}</ref> His family, fleeing the [[Balkan Wars]], eventually settled in [[Mineola, New York]]. He went on to study at [[New York University]]'s School of [[Journalism]]. Later, he married Marie Nazarian, and had a daughter, Elyse, and a son, Robert. | ||
He died of a heart attack on April 23, 1991 at the library of the [[American | He died of a heart [[attack]] on April 23, 1991 at the library of the [[American jewish Committee]] on East 56th Street. | ||
== Undercover work == | == Undercover work == | ||
Derounian decided to infiltrate the | Derounian decided to infiltrate the [[fascist]] [[patriot]] network and devised a ruse by publishing a phony New York-based newsletter called ''The [[Christian]] Defender''. See copy here: [https://archive.org/stream/foia_Mertig_Kurt-HQ-1/Mertig_Kurt-HQ-1#page/n54/mode/1up] His new identity would be "'''George Pagnanelli'''", editor and publisher. He claimed to have joined numerous groups, some of which he listed in the opening of his book ''Under Cover'': [[American National-Socialist Party]], [[German American Bund]], [[Christian Front]], [[The Ultra-American]], [[Fascist Party]], [[American Fascist Party]], [[American Women Against Communism]], [[The Gray Shirts]], [[America First Committee]], [[No Foreign War Committee]], [[Christian Mobilizers]], [[American Destiny Party]], [[American Brotherhood of Christians Congress]], [[The Ethiopian Pacific Movement]], [[Citizens Protective League]], [[Social Justice Distributors Club]], [[The American Defense Society]], [[Anglo-Saxon Federation of America]], [[Paul Revere Sentinels]], [[Ra-Con Klub]], [[Crusaders for Americanism]], [[We the Fathers]] (Auxiliary to [[We the Mothers Mobilize for America]]), ''[[The Christian Mobilizer]]'', [[Phalanx, PAX (secret gun club)]], [[National Workers League]], [[Yankee Freemen]], [[The Cross and the Flag]], [[Committee of One Million]], [[Flanders Hall]], [[Patriot Party (1960s-1980s)|American Patriots]], [[American Bulletin]], [[National Gentile League]]. | ||
He was also the chief investigator of the communist-aligned group, [[Friends of Democracy]] which contributed material to ''Under Cover''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1947/07/26/1947_07_26_028_TNY_CARDS_000209522 | He was also the chief investigator of the communist-aligned group, [[Friends of Democracy]] which contributed material to ''Under Cover''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1947/07/26/1947_07_26_028_TNY_CARDS_000209522 | ||
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==Best seller and lawsuits== | ==Best seller and lawsuits== | ||
''Under Cover'' was the best selling nonfiction book of 1944 with more than a million copies published.<ref>''Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11'', By Kathryn S. Olmsted, page 72</ref> However several of those mentioned in the book sued Derounian and his publisher C.P. Dutton and Company for libel. In every case the jury brought back a verdict of guilty. Derounian was turn downed by several publishers before Dutton accepted it because they considered the proposed book to be libelous.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14/Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14#page/n111/mode/1up Joseph P. Kamp's FBI file]</ref> | ''Under Cover'' was the best selling nonfiction book of 1944 with more than a million copies published.<ref>''[[Real]] Enemies: Conspiracy [[Theories]] and American [[Democracy]], [[World War I]] to 9/11'', By Kathryn S. Olmsted, page 72</ref> However several of those mentioned in the book sued Derounian and his publisher C.P. Dutton and Company for libel. In every case the jury brought back a verdict of guilty. Derounian was turn downed by several publishers before Dutton accepted it because they considered the proposed book to be libelous.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/foia_Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14/Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14#page/n111/mode/1up Joseph P. Kamp's FBI file]</ref> | ||
Federal Judge John P. Barnes commented on the author and publisher: | Federal Judge John P. Barnes commented on the author and publisher: | ||
:''I think this book was written by a wholly irresponsible person who would write anything for a dollar. I wouldn’t believe this author if he was under oath. I think he and the publisher are as guilty as anyone who was ever found guilty in this court.<ref>''Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition'', by [[George T. Eggleston]], page 165</ref> | :''I think this book was written by a wholly irresponsible person who would write anything for a dollar. I wouldn’t believe this author if he was under oath. I think he and the publisher are as guilty as anyone who was ever found guilty in this court.<ref>''[[Roosevelt]], Churchill, and the [[World War II]] Opposition'', by [[George T. Eggleston]], page 165</ref> | ||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
* ''Under Cover, My Four Years in the National Socialist Underworld of America'', by John Roy Carlson, The World Publishing Company, 1943 | * ''Under Cover, My Four Years in the National [[Socialist]] Underworld of [[America]]'', by John Roy Carlson, The World Publishing Company, 1943 | ||
* ''The Plotters'', by John Roy Carlson, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1946 | * ''The Plotters'', by John Roy Carlson, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1946 | ||
* [http://spitfirelist.com/books/carlson01.pdf ''Cairo to Damascus''], by John Roy Carlson, Alfred Knopf. 1951 | * [http://spitfirelist.com/books/carlson01.pdf ''Cairo to Damascus''], by John Roy Carlson, Alfred Knopf. 1951 | ||
==Articles and pamphlets== | ==Articles and pamphlets== | ||
* "Our Fascist Enemies Within", ''American Mercury'' March 1942, text [http://64.62.200.70/PERIODICAL/PDF/AmMercury-1942mar/52-64/] | * "Our Fascist Enemies Within", ''[[American Mercury]]'' March 1942, text [http://64.62.200.70/PERIODICAL/PDF/AmMercury-1942mar/52-64/] | ||
* ''Hate-Mongers Among the Clergy'' 1946 | * ''Hate-Mongers Among the Clergy'' 1946 | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<small> | <small>{{Reflist|2}}</small> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[Emanuel A. Piller]] | * [[Emanuel A. Piller]] | ||
* [[Stetson Kennedy]] | * [[Stetson Kennedy]] | ||
* ''[[Un-American Gestapo]]'' also [https://archive.org/stream/foia_Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14/Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14#page/n55/mode/1up ''The Smear Offensive''] a report on the communist smear campaign of | * ''[[Un-American Gestapo]]'' also [https://archive.org/stream/foia_Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14/Kamp_Joseph_P.-HQ-14#page/n55/mode/1up ''The Smear Offensive''] a report on the communist smear campaign of [[fascists]] of the 1930s and 1940s (ca. 1944) | ||
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Avedis Boghos Derounian (April 4, 1909, Alexandroupoli, Greece —April 23, 1991 New York) (pseudonym John Roy Carlson) photo was a writer for the communist Daily Worker newspaper and author of books such as Under Cover and The Plotters which were tantamount to smears against American patriots during the 1930s and 1940s.[1]
Derounian wrote for the Armenian General Benevolent Union's Armenian Information Service, and the Armenian Mirror-Spectator. His exposé writing has been the subject of lawsuits.[2]
Derounian is notable for editing the controversial manifesto of Armenia's first prime minister, Hovhannes Katchaznouni.[3]
Personal life
Derounian was of Armenian descent. He was born to Boghos Derounian and Eliza Aprahamian in Alexandroupoli, Greece, and spent part of his childhood in Turkey and Sofia, Bulgaria, where his brother Steven Derounian (who later became a Republican Representative) was born.[4][5] His family, fleeing the Balkan Wars, eventually settled in Mineola, New York. He went on to study at New York University's School of Journalism. Later, he married Marie Nazarian, and had a daughter, Elyse, and a son, Robert.
He died of a heart attack on April 23, 1991 at the library of the American jewish Committee on East 56th Street.
Undercover work
Derounian decided to infiltrate the fascist patriot network and devised a ruse by publishing a phony New York-based newsletter called The Christian Defender. See copy here: [1] His new identity would be "George Pagnanelli", editor and publisher. He claimed to have joined numerous groups, some of which he listed in the opening of his book Under Cover: American National-Socialist Party, German American Bund, Christian Front, The Ultra-American, Fascist Party, American Fascist Party, American Women Against Communism, The Gray Shirts, America First Committee, No Foreign War Committee, Christian Mobilizers, American Destiny Party, American Brotherhood of Christians Congress, The Ethiopian Pacific Movement, Citizens Protective League, Social Justice Distributors Club, The American Defense Society, Anglo-Saxon Federation of America, Paul Revere Sentinels, Ra-Con Klub, Crusaders for Americanism, We the Fathers (Auxiliary to We the Mothers Mobilize for America), The Christian Mobilizer, Phalanx, PAX (secret gun club), National Workers League, Yankee Freemen, The Cross and the Flag, Committee of One Million, Flanders Hall, American Patriots, American Bulletin, National Gentile League.
He was also the chief investigator of the communist-aligned group, Friends of Democracy which contributed material to Under Cover.[6]
Best seller and lawsuits
Under Cover was the best selling nonfiction book of 1944 with more than a million copies published.[7] However several of those mentioned in the book sued Derounian and his publisher C.P. Dutton and Company for libel. In every case the jury brought back a verdict of guilty. Derounian was turn downed by several publishers before Dutton accepted it because they considered the proposed book to be libelous.[8]
Federal Judge John P. Barnes commented on the author and publisher:
- I think this book was written by a wholly irresponsible person who would write anything for a dollar. I wouldn’t believe this author if he was under oath. I think he and the publisher are as guilty as anyone who was ever found guilty in this court.[9]
Books
- Under Cover, My Four Years in the National Socialist Underworld of America, by John Roy Carlson, The World Publishing Company, 1943
- The Plotters, by John Roy Carlson, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1946
- Cairo to Damascus, by John Roy Carlson, Alfred Knopf. 1951
Articles and pamphlets
- "Our Fascist Enemies Within", American Mercury March 1942, text [2]
- Hate-Mongers Among the Clergy 1946
Notes
- ↑ The Great Sedition Trial of 1944: A Personal Memoir
- ↑ Sanctuary v. Thackrey, [NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL], Supreme Court of New York, Trial Term, New York County, 189 Misc. 724; 72 N.Y.S.2d 104; 1947 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2709, July 29, 1947. (The New York Post, published by Dorothy S. Thackrey, had serially printed Under Cover starting on October 16, 1943.)
- ↑ Katchaznouni, Hovhannes (August 1955). The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnagtzoutiun) Has Nothing to Do Anymore. New York: Armenian Information Service.
- ↑ broken cite news
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- ↑ Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11, By Kathryn S. Olmsted, page 72
- ↑ Joseph P. Kamp's FBI file
- ↑ Roosevelt, Churchill, and the World War II Opposition, by George T. Eggleston, page 165
See also
- Albert E. Kahn
- John Spivak
- Emanuel A. Piller
- Stetson Kennedy
- Un-American Gestapo also The Smear Offensive a report on the communist smear campaign of fascists of the 1930s and 1940s (ca. 1944)
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