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	Sosthenes Behn Biography (1882–1957) Online Encyclopedia Article About Sosthenes Behn Biography (1882–1957) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1914 the sugar crop failed, and Behn Brothers Inc acquired the local telephone system as security against a crop loan.
		In 1920 they incorporated the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp (IT&T) in Maryland, and Sosthenes served as president until 1948 and then as chairman of the board (1948–56).
		As world conditions deteriorated in the 1930s and 1940s, Sosthenes sold local telephone companies to governments and consolidated operations in Britain and the USA.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/080/Sosthenes-Behn.html (227 words)

	Behn, Sosthenes - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Behn, Sosthenes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1914 Behn and his brother Hernand acquired the Puerto-Rican telephone system as security against a crop loan.
		Sosthenes served as president of the corporation until 1948, and was then chairman of the board until 1956.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Behn,+Sosthenes (140 words)

	Excerpts Trading with the Enemy The Nazi - American Money Plot 1933-1949
		Sosthenes Behn, whose first name was Greek for "life strength," was born in St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands, on January 30, 1882.
		Behn was aided by fascist governments, into which he rapidly interlocked his system by assuring politicians promising places on his boards.
		Behn made sure in Paris that his collaborating staff were not punished by Charles de Gaulle and the Free French.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Fascism/Trading_Enemy_excerpts.html (8993 words)

	Sosthenes Behn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sosthenes Behn co-founded the Puerto Rico Telephone Company which eventually spawned ITT.
		Behn, along with his brother, Hernan, built the Two Brothers Bridge —Puente Dos Hermanos in Spanish— in the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico.
		The bridge links the districts of Condado and Old San Juan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sosthenes_Behn (78 words)

	Educate Yourself - The ITT Story, Part I
		Behn next finalized the full purchase of IWE, following a Justice Department ruling that if AT&T didn't give it up, the company would be in violation of antitrust regulations.
		Over the course of 1927 and 1928, Behn further consolidated his holdings south of the border, acquiring a half dozen other telecoms, so that by the end of the 1920s, ITT was one of the two most powerful utilities on the continent, the other being American and Foreign Power (A&FP).
		There is even the undeniable fact that Sosthenes Behn worked closely with both the Nazis and Franco's Spain, not just in designing phone and radio systems, but, in the case of the Third Reich, supplying some technology that was used in Hitler's bombs.
	www.buyandhold.com /bh/en/education/history/2002/itt_pt_1.html (1050 words)

	Sosthenes Behn \| 20th Century American Leaders Database
		In 1933, after his brother's death, Behn took sole control over International Telephone and Telegraph, the company he and his brother, Hernand Behn, co-founded.
		Behn devised a financial formula by which ITT was able to weather the severe losses of the Depression.
		When Behn retired, ITT employed, through 100 subsidiaries around the world, over 40,000 people and was doing an annual business in excess of $500 million.
	www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/58 (67 words)

	The War Years: Corporate Traitors
		Behn was closely connected with the Circle of Friends of the Gestapo through Henry Mann of the National City Bank.
		After the bombing of Pearl Harbor Behn, entered into an agreement with the Nazi government, which was essentially a partnership of an American corporation with the Nazis.
		Behn and his directors made repeated requests for licenses to allow his companies in neutral countries to trade with the Nazis.
	www.spiritone.com /~gdy52150/waryearsp5.html (5393 words)

	CHAPTER FIVE: I.T.T. Works Both Sides of the War
		During his lifetime Behn was the epitome of the politicized businessman, earning his profits and building the I.T.T. empire through political maneuverings rather than in the competitive market place.
		In 1930 Behn acquired the German holding company of Standard Elekrizitäts A.G., controlled by I.T.T. (62.0 percent of the voting stock), A.E.G. (81.1 percent of the voting stock) and Felton and Guilleaume (six percent of the voting stock).
		It is interesting to note in passing that while Sosthenes Behn's I.T.T. controlled telephone companies and manufacturing plants in Germany, the cable traffic between the U.S. and Germany was under the control of Deutsch-Atlantische Telegraphengesellschaft (the German Atlantic Cable Company).
	www.reformed-theology.org /html/books/wall_street/chapter_05.htm (3049 words)

	APPENDIX E: Extract from Morgenthau Diary (Germany) Regarding Sosthenes Behn of I.T.T.
		We have records here of interviews, going far back, that some of your men had with Behn — Klaus was one — in which Behn said that he had had conversations with Goering with the proposition that Goering was to hold I.T. andT.'s property in Germany, and as you recall, I.T. andT.
		They are tied up with top German group and etc. On the other hand, Colonel Behn has been used several times as an emissary by the State Department, and I believe he is personally on very good terms with Stettinius.
		I agree with the Secretary on this point of view that this fellow Behn is not to be trusted around the corner.
	reformed-theology.org /html/books/wall_street/appendix_e.htm (969 words)

	TIME.com: Revolt in I.T. & T. -- Jun. 7, 1954 -- Page 1
		Last week Behn discreetly announced that he was turning over the operating reins to Major General William H. Harrison, president since 1948, though Behn would remain as chairman.
		Behn, who owns only 17,000 shares, had apparently been squeezed out in the culmination of a fight for control of I.T. and T. that started in 1947.
		They thought that Behn was out of the country too much, and should not have gone into consumer goods in the first place.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,806902,00.html (584 words)

	Historical Test Equipment - Microwave Encyclopedia - Microwaves101.com
		The ITT tower was nicknamed "Sosthenes Behn's last erection" by some of the happy ITT employees that worked on the Nutley plant site.
		Sosthenes Behn was the founder of ITT, and was about 70 years old when the tower was built, in the pre-Viagra 1950s.
		ITT is (was) a conglomerate company with an interesting history, including ties to Nazi Germany.
	www.microwaves101.com /encyclopedia/historicalTE.cfm (1087 words)

	CHAPTER FIVE: I.T.T. Works Both Sides of the War
		During his lifetime Behn was the epitome of the politicized businessman, earning his profits and building the I.T.T. empire through political maneuverings rather than in the competitive market place.
		In 1930 Behn acquired the German holding company of Standard Elekrizitäts A.G., controlled by I.T.T. (62.0 percent of the voting stock), A.E.G. (81.1 percent of the voting stock) and Felton and Guilleaume (six percent of the voting stock).
		It is interesting to note in passing that while Sosthenes Behn's I.T.T. controlled telephone companies and manufacturing plants in Germany, the cable traffic between the U.S. and Germany was under the control of Deutsch-Atlantische Telegraphengesellschaft (the German Atlantic Cable Company).
	reformed-theology.org /html/books/wall_street/chapter_05.htm (3049 words)

	Media
		Countless American industrialists believed until the last possible moment that Hitler and Mussolini were good foe business and had only limited territorial ambitions.
		Behn had more excuse than many of them for condoning the dictators.
		His international System of communications was, he maintained, by its nature a peacemaking influence; its survival depending on accepting each local regime; and he could not afford to be too fussy about his friends.” (32)
	web.cocc.edu /jbouknight/sp241/day2notes.htm (443 words)

	American Broadcasting Company - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In late March of 1951 Colonel Sosthenes Behn and Edward Noble, the chairmen of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company and the American Broadcasting Companies respectively, met and agreed in principle to a merger.
		Behn then offered a share for share deal, ITT's shares were valued at $16 and ABC's at $13.
		Section 310 (a) of the Communications Act of 1934, which says that licenses for radio stations should not be granted to any corporation with any officers or directors not American or more than 1/4 of stock owned by foreigners, was aimed specifically against ITT.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/American_Broadcasting_Company (1631 words)

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		One Herr Schroeder and our Sosthenes Behn had been found in 1945 in a prison camp in France, wearing the battle dress of an SS corporal.
		Part of the story is still buried in secret files; but it's clear that colonel Behn, at some stage of the war, became very close to American intelligence agencies, and that he could perform useful services for them, with his own private information network.
		In Latin America, American agents were placed in the ITT offices of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina, among others; and Behn, on his visits to Europe, could bring back information through Switzerland and Spain about the state of the Axis.
	www.textfiles.com /magazines/ATI/ati-06.txt (1330 words)

	Telecommunications Virtual Museum
		It was largely Geneen who grew IT&T into a world corporate power (but not in telecommunications), and it was Geneen who sowed the seeds for the eventual destruction of the original IT&T. IT&T grew from a tiny bankrupt Puerto Rican telephone company.
		The brothers Behn -- Sosthenes and Hernand -- caught on to the American capitalist system quickly.
		The brothers Behn saw the growth potential of the phone in 1917 and through their little phone company began to buy and install telephones throughout Cuba and Puerto Rico.
	www.telcomhistory.org /vm/historiesITT.shtml (1001 words)

	NACLA Digital Archive - The Growth of a Giant: A Brief History of ITT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Its founder was the Danish-Frenchman Sosthenes Behn, whose first two...
		...ITT's international operations were threatened during World War II and Behn was forced to quickly negotiate the sale of some foreign holdings to avoid having them confiscated...
		...Its founder was the Danish-Frenchman Sosthenes Behn, whose first two acquisitions were indicative of ITT's future expansionist policy: the Puerto Rican Telephone Company and the Cuban Telephone Company...
	archive.nacla.org /Summaries/V6I4P2-1.htm (1029 words)

	ZNet \| Anti War \| The A Word
		International Telegraph and Telephone (ITT) was founded by Sosthenes Behn, an unabashed supporter of the FÃ¼hrer even as the Luftwaffe was bombing civilians in London.
		In 1940, Behn entertained a close friend and high-ranking Nazi, Gerhard Westrick, in the United States to discuss a potential U.S.-German business alliance-precisely as Hitler's blitzkrieg was overrunning most of Europe and Nazi atrocities were becoming known worldwide.
		Ultimately, it was little brother Allen who actually got to meet the German dictator, and eventually smoothed over the blatant Nazi ties of ITT's Sosthenes Behn.
	www.zmag.org /content/AntiWar/mickeyz_aword.cfm (2604 words)

	[No title]
		One Herr Schroeder and our Sosthenes Behn had been found in 1945 in a prison camp in France, wearing the battle dress of an SS corporal.
		Part of the story is still buried in secret files; but it's clear that colonel Behn, at some stage of the war, became very close to American intelligence agencies, and that he could perform useful services for them, with his own private information network.
		In Latin America, American agents were placed in the ITT offices of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina, among others; and Behn, on his visits to Europe, could bring back information through Switzerland and Spain about the state of the Axis.
	www.etext.org /Zines/ASCII/ATI/ati-6 (1330 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sosthenes Behn (1882 - 1957) was born in the Danish East Indies (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands), and co-founded the Puerto Rico Telephone Company which eventually spawned ITT.
		Through his relation with Kurt SchrÃ¶der, Sosthenes Behn and ITT gained access to the German armament industry during the 30's.
		He maintained his interests in Germany even after war broke out, and was involved in the construction of German war planes through his shares in Focke-Wolfe aircraft company.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sosthenes_Behn (144 words)

	Camelot on the Moon
		The Palacio's history included a famous moment in which Sosthenes Behn spirited himself into Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
		Behn rode a PanAm Clipper via the Azores to Lisbon in the best movie spy fashion, then sneaked overland into Madrid.
		Somehow, I felt in part like Behn, not on a mission of the same personal risk, but on one of similar import to get into the Palacio.
	massis.lcs.mit.edu /camelot-on-the-moon.html (3876 words)

	Privateline.com Telephone History:Don Kimberlin's notes
		They had two eras, the first, founding and development, led by the Behn brothers, and the second, a rebirth and expansion, led by Harold Geneen.
		ITT's owners, the curious, conspiratorial Behn brothers, Sosthenes and Hernand, bought Western Electric International for 30 million dollars and renamed it International Standard Electric.
		The Behns agreed not to compete in America against Western Electric, and to be the export agent for ATandT products abroad.
	www.privateline.com /TelephoneHistory3A/kimberlin2.html (1909 words)

	TIME.com: Telefonica Restored -- Jun. 10, 1940 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The dickering with Franco that led to last fortnight's settlement was done by lanky Sosthenes Behn.
		Three weeks ago Internationalist Behn saw another hole blasted in his war-scarred income account when the Nazis took over a big I. and T. manufacturing plant, in Antwerp, which had exported telephone equipment to Latin America and other I. and T. customers abroad.
		Token of her need, reputedly desperate, arrived in New York last week: first Spanish gold ($1,500,000 worth) to be shipped to the New World in 19 years.
	time-proxy.yaga.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,764040,00.html (618 words)

	Sosthenes Behn - InformationBlast
		Sosthenes Behn co-founded the Puerto Rico Telephone Company which eventually spawned ITT.
		Behn, along with his brother Hernan built the Two Brothers Bridge —Puente Dos Hermanos in Spanish— in the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico.
		The bridge links the districts of Condado and Old San Juan.
	www.informationblast.com /Sosthenes_Behn.html (62 words)

	Untitled Document
		Sosthenes Behn, whose first name was Greek for "life
		I, Behn served in the Signal Corps as chief of staff for General
		Behn was aided by fascist governments, into which he rapidly interlocked
	www.geocities.com /bushfamilynazis/bn22c.html (1357 words)

	Europe and the Middle East
		As German bombs fell on London and Nazi tanks rolled over U.S. troops, Sosthenes Behn, president and founder of the U.S. based ITT corporation.
		The Fuehrer kept Ford's picture in his office, and Ford was one of only four foreigners to receive Germany's highest civilian award.
		As for Sosthenes Behn, at the end of the war, he received the highest civilian award for service to his country - the United States of America.
	home.iprimus.com.au /korob/fdtcards/EurMEast.html (1529 words)

	ITT: The Management of Opportunity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The result is evenhanded, thorough, and well written, and provides solid historical background for and thoughtful analysis of the various events.
		ITT founder Sosthenes Behn was born in the Caribbean and educated in Europe.
		He and his brother began their hoped-for "International System" of worldwide interconnected telephone lines in 1920 by acquiring two small telephone companies in Puerto Rico and Cuba.
	www.beardbooks.com /itt.html (856 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: The ITT Affair
		And halfway through World War II, he contracted with the American military authorities to bomb the German-held highway bridge at Orvieto and with the German military authorities to defend the highway bridge at Orvieto with anti-aircraft fire against his own attack.
		There is no doubt, however, that the company owned 28 per cent of Focke-Wulf Aircraft, whose planes bombed American ships, which ITT direction finders used to evade German torpedoes.
		Although Behn maintained good relations with the Naxis during the war, through the SS general who was his personal representative, he also arrived in Paris with the American army, as an expert on communications and as special adviser.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=115446 (680 words)

	[Infoshop News] The A Word (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Undeterred by the well-publicized events of the next decade, Standard Oil also honored its chemical contracts with I.G. Farben-a German chemical cartel that manufactured Zyklon-B, the poison gas used in the Nazi gas chambers-right up until 1942.
		In 1939, he told the Economic Club of New York, "We have to welcome and nurture the desire of the New Germany to find for her energies a new outlet." "Hitler's attacks on the Jews and his growing propensity for territorial expansion seem to have left Dulles unmoved," writes historian Robert Edward Herzstein.
		"Twice a year, [Dulles] visited the Berlin office of the firm, located in the luxurious Esplanade Hotel." Ultimately, it was little brother Allen who actually got to meet the German dictator, and eventually smoothed over the blatant Nazi ties of ITT's Sosthenes Behn.
	flag.blackened.net /pipermail/infoshop-news/2003-January/002256.html (2025 words)

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