Cord meyer biography

American CIA official and author (1920–2001)

Cord Meyer IV (; November 10, 1920 – March 13, 2001) was a war veteran, a world federalist, a CIA official and a writer. After serving in World War II as a Marine officer in the Pacific War, where he was both injured and decorated, he led the United World Federalists in the years after the war.

Around 1949, he began working for the CIA, where he became a high-level operative, retiring in 1977.

44 Years Later, a Washington, D.C. Death Unresolved

After retiring from intelligence work in 1977, Meyer wrote as a columnist and book author.

From 1945 to 1958, Meyer was married to Mary Pinchot, who was later romantically linked to President John F. Kennedy. Her murder in 1964, eleven months after Kennedy's assassination, remains unresolved.^[1]

Early life

Meyer was the son of a wealthy New York family.^[2] His father, Cord Meyer III, was a diplomat and real estate developer; his mother, Katherine Blair Thaw, belonged to a Pennsylvania family that earned its Henry Cord Meyer - Wikipedia BOP