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William Douglas Pawley was the son of a merchant at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba at the turn of the 20th century. He acquired his wealth, prestige and power when he presided over Cubana National Airlines in 1929, then manufactured fighter planes for Clare Chennault's Flying Tigers to defend China against Japan during World War II. Pawley's divorce from Annie Hahr Dobbs, his first wife, was contested by her all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, while William's second wife, Edna Cadenhead (pictured here), helped advance his career in India, South America, the Caribbean, and Miami. President Truman appointed Pawley as Ambassador to Peru and Brazil. President Eisenhower tapped him in 1954 not only to assist the Central Intelligence Agency in overthrowing the democratically elected head of Guatemala, but to also critique the CIA as one of the four members of a Committee headed by WWII hero pilot General James H. Doolittle. The Doolittle Report  recommended that...