Earl Fry and other Likely Marxist Plants at BYU
By a former BYU student
November 3, 2000
Dr. Earl Fry, who is a prominent professor of
political science (political economy) at BYU, as well as the mastermind behind
the development of the Kennedy Center for International Studies (which is now
considered a UN supporting NGO!) is a CFR
member. Only Fry could have pulled that off -- a UN front now part of BYU
campus! Way back in the early 80s, he used to sit in his office listening to
the CBC Radio by short wave with headphones on. CBC is the Canadian (very pro
socialist) government-run network. Fry had a perfect cover in that he
was named head of the Canadian Studies department. But the more I recall, I
realize he was establishing a very strong reputation at BYU for being the
smartest and most knowledgeable Political Science Professor, meanwhile, always
edging people toward leftist ideas, probably even getting instructions by
short-wave radio from his "bosses" in Moscow, or New York, or
wherever. The most interesting thing to me is, leftist was never stated or
spoken-- it was under the guise of pro global economic partnerships, etc. He
highly praised NAFTA and the WTO and GATT as institutions, and was so
extremely well versed in them, nobody would ever question whether he was right
or not -- he had so much knowledge and background. Almost all poli sci
students revered him (and probably many still do).
[More from another conversation:]
There is no doubt in my mind, he [Fry] certainly is a socialist. But he
manages such an air of authority and NEVER uses any marxist-type language
(except perhaps for constructive engagement and he loves globalist terms like
global economy). I remember him trying to tell me that the U.S. needed to
adopt the same types of programs that exist in Canada (Canada is a defacto
socialist state, much more so than the U.S.)
[Back to original correspondence:]
It may or may not be part of the proof of his cover that prior to 1983, he
had been bald. After that, he started wearing a toupee. From what I know of
Soviet tactics, they are often not particularly clever -- sometimes gaffes are
obvious, at other times they are never noticed. I once read a book about
Soviets who were born in the US, or later sent to the US, trained and sent to
elite schools, and then had various tasks/jobs assigned to them in academia,
government, etc. I tend to think he was one of them. And his role was to
increase, so he had to ensure a sufficiently strong cover.
Other faculty who seemed to be dedicated Marxists (without openly saying
so, of course) include Alf Pratte, a Canadian, and Jack Nelson, both who made
it a point to make students think it was "very cool/hip" etc. to be
left-wing Mormon and to be a Democrat or socialist Mormon, by espousing
leftist writers and socialist ideas.
Another few insiders I met were top scholars in academia who seemed to very
carefully cover their words and phrases. One seemed to think I agreed with
socialism and indicated his think tank was now involved in "constructive
engagement" -- a war/military term, not anything to do with being just a
body simply doing research, and he also said the need for PR (getting positive
publicity) was long past, his organization was already well accepted by the
public. He also added that he still had to "be careful" about
divulging his organization's real activities, so it wouldn't have "tax
problems". That told me it had less than stellar purposes.
Q. What about Stan Taylor?
A. Yes, I recall Stan Taylor also being really in with Georgetown
University and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. There's another
program he was highly connected with: the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy. I think part of his role was to get top notch BYU students (who are
gullible or willing to believe anything they hear at an Ivy League school) to
attend Fletcher and then go on into careers with the CIA and FBI. I often
heard when at BYU that those two organizations loved to hire Mormon students
because they were so honest. Honest, and gullible, or should I say naive.
November 15
Ladd Hollist is another CFR member at BYU's poli sci faculty. Stan Taylor
and he are both currently mission presidents in Boise and Brazil,
respectively. (Got this info off the BYU faculty section of the BYU website
-- you should see the papers published by Y poli sci faculty under each of
their CV's.)
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