A consummate politician, Spellman laid low at first and cultivated key
people in Rome. After his friend Cardinal Pacelli became Pope Pius XII in
1939, Spellman was appointed an archbishop. During the war, he travelled to
war zones and acted as FDR's secret agent. After the war he allied himself
with Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn, and became a kingmaker in New York City
politics. He continued to support U.S. military adventures by visiting the
troops, attending Pentagon briefings, discussing strategy with generals,
and gathering intelligence for the CIA and State Department. Were it not for
Spellman's early (beginning in 1950) efforts to support Ngo Dinh Diem, South
Vietnam's puppet government might not have emerged. Ultimately the Vatican
became wary of Spellman's power. So did antiwar activists, who demonstrated
against "Spellman's War" outside his residence and cathedral.
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