World Anti-Communist League (WACL)
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A global anti-communist network raised secret money for wars and kept documented Nazi collaborators in its ranks.
Who they are
The World Anti-Communist League (WACL), a global private anti-communist group founded in 1966 in Taipei by Taiwanese and South Korean intelligence services.
What they do
It served as the private, civilian face of anti-communist covert operations around the world.
How it works
Its US chapter was founded by John Singlaub in 1981, who chaired WACL and raised about $2 million abroad for the Contras; its ranks included verified Nazi collaborators like Yaroslav Stetsko, who proclaimed a Nazi-aligned Ukrainian state in 1941 amid pogroms that killed roughly 12,000, and CIA and MI6 documentably used these émigré networks.
Why it matters
The engine reads it as part of the same family as Gladio and tension-strategy operations, carrying ex-Axis figures, with its funding held in the hidden black-budget layer; it also flags that some prior claims (a 100,000 death toll, and one individual) were dropped as unverified.
The engine's record — word for word
Global anti-communist private international (founded 1966 Taipei; created by Taiwan/South Korea intelligence services as an anti-communist propaganda vehicle). Its US chapter USCWF was founded by John Singlaub (1981); Singlaub chaired WACL 1984-86 and used it to raise ~$2M abroad for the Contras (WaPo 1985). VERIFIED Nazi-collaborator continuity: Yaroslav Stetsko (OUN; IWG 'Hitler's Shadow' Tier-1 — proclaimed a Nazi-aligned Ukrainian state 1941, his own pro-extermination statement; East-Galicia first-days pogroms killed ~12,000 — NOT the '100,000' of a prior unverified source; led the ABN 1946-86). CIA/MI6 documentably used the OUN émigré networks (IWG). DROPPED as unverified: Chirila Ciuntu (single-source). Engine read: the private/global-civilian face of the anti-communist covert-action apparatus (the same family as gladio/strategy_tension), carrying documented ex-Axis collaborators; funding held per the black-budget layer. [Carrier-Person Layer audit — Aug 14 2026]
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