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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 ~~tbe~~ [[communist]] ''[[Daily Worker]]'' newspaper and author of books such as ''[[Under Cover]]'' and ''[[The Plotters]]'' which were tantamount to smears against [[American]] patriots during ~~tbe~~ [[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 ~~tbe~~ [[Armenian General Benevolent Union]]'s Armenian Information Service, and ~~tbe~~ ''[[Armenian Mirror-Spectator]]''. His exposé writing has been ~~tbe~~ [[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 ~~tbe~~ 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>

	== 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 ~~tbe~~ 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
	\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA1639F936A15757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink		\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA1639F936A15757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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	}}</ref> His family, fleeing ~~tbe~~ [[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 ~~tbe~~ library of ~~tbe~~ [[American jewish Committee]] on East 56th Street.		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 ~~tbe~~ [[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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ Fathers]] (Auxiliary to [[We ~~tbe~~ Mothers Mobilize for America]]), ''[[The Christian Mobilizer]]'', [[Phalanx, PAX (secret gun club)]], [[National Workers League]], [[Yankee Freemen]], [[The Cross and ~~tbe~~ Flag]], [[Committee of One Million]], [[Flanders Hall]], [[Patriot Party (1960s-1980s)\|American Patriots]], [[American Bulletin]], [[National Gentile League]].		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 ~~tbe~~ chief investigator of ~~tbe~~ 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
	\|title=Profiles: 'Democracy's Friend'		\|title=Profiles: 'Democracy's Friend'
	\|authorlink=Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.		\|authorlink=Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.
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	==Best seller and lawsuits==		==Best seller and lawsuits==
	''Under Cover'' was ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ book sued Derounian and his publisher C.P. Dutton and Company for libel. In every case ~~tbe~~ jury brought back a verdict of guilty. Derounian was turn downed by several publishers before Dutton accepted it because they considered ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ publisher are as guilty as anyone who was ever found guilty in this court.<ref>''[[Roosevelt]], Churchill, and ~~tbe~~ [[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 ~~tbe~~ 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
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	==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 ~~tbe~~ Clergy'' 1946		* ''Hate-Mongers Among the Clergy'' 1946

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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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 ~~tbe~~ communist smear campaign of [[fascists]] of ~~tbe~~ 1930s and 1940s (ca. 1944)		* ''[[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''') [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 tbe [[communist]] ''[[Daily Worker]]'' newspaper and author of books such as ''[[Under Cover]]'' and ''[[The Plotters]]'' which were tantamount to smears against [[American]] patriots during tbe [[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 tbe [[Armenian General Benevolent Union]]'s Armenian Information Service, and tbe ''[[Armenian Mirror-Spectator]]''. His exposé writing has been tbe [[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 tbe 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>

	== 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 tbe full text see Factiva -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
	\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA1639F936A15757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink		\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA1639F936A15757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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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 tbe [[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.		He died of a heart [[attack]] on April 23, 1991 at tbe library of tbe [[American jewish Committee]] on East 56th Street.

	== Undercover work ==		== 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: [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]].		Derounian decided to infiltrate tbe [[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 tbe 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 tbe Fathers]] (Auxiliary to [[We tbe Mothers Mobilize for America]]), ''[[The Christian Mobilizer]]'', [[Phalanx, PAX (secret gun club)]], [[National Workers League]], [[Yankee Freemen]], [[The Cross and tbe 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 tbe chief investigator of tbe 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
	\|title=Profiles: 'Democracy's Friend'		\|title=Profiles: 'Democracy's Friend'
	\|authorlink=Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.		\|authorlink=Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.
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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 tbe 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 tbe book sued Derounian and his publisher C.P. Dutton and Company for libel. In every case tbe jury brought back a verdict of guilty. Derounian was turn downed by several publishers before Dutton accepted it because they considered tbe 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 tbe 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 tbe publisher are as guilty as anyone who was ever found guilty in this court.<ref>''[[Roosevelt]], Churchill, and tbe [[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 tbe 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
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	==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 tbe Clergy'' 1946

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	* [[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 [[fascists]] of ~~the~~ 1930s and 1940s (ca. 1944)		* ''[[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 tbe communist smear campaign of [[fascists]] of tbe 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''') [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
	\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA1639F936A15757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink		\|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA1639F936A15757C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
	\|accessdate=2008-08-08		\|accessdate=2008-08-08
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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 jewish Committee]] on East 56th Street.		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 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]].		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

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	* [[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 fascists of the 1930s and 1940s (ca. 1944)		* ''[[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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	}}</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 ~~Jewish~~ Committee]] on East 56th Street.		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 ==

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	== Undercover work ==		== Undercover work ==

	Derounian decided to infiltrate the ~~nationalist~~ 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]].		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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	* [[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 ~~nationalists~~ of the 1930s and 1940s (ca. 1944)		* ''[[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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	Derounian decided to infiltrate the nationalist 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]], [[~~Nationalist~~ Party]], [[American ~~Nationalist~~ 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]].		Derounian decided to infiltrate the nationalist 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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