Editing General Lucius D. Clay (section)

==Post-Military Career and Civilian Leadership==
(1949–1978) Clay retired from the Army in May 1949, returning to the U.S. as a civilian leader. He joined Lehman Brothers in New York as a partner, leveraging his connections to advise on defense and infrastructure investments. He was there solely to facilitate the beginning of the military industrial complex because he had no investment or banking experience to date. In 1950, he served as Truman’s special assistant, coordinating Korean War mobilization, and advised on civil defense during the early Cold War.

American Council on Germany (1952): Clay was a founding member of the American Council on Germany (ACG), alongside John J. McCloy and Eric M. Warburg, established to strengthen U.S.-German relations. As a board member, he supported initiatives like the American-German Biennial Conferences, fostering transatlantic dialogue, per acgusa.org. The American Council on Germany's focus on anti-communist endeavors during this time aligns it with the [[Operation Gladio]], stay behind mission as well. 
General Clay invited [[Bernhard "Bernie" Cornfeld]] to attend the American Council on Germany. Cornfeld owned an investment company with ties to [[CIA]], [[Investors Overseas Services]].

Eisenhower Administration (1953–1961): A close friend of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Clay served as an informal advisor, notably on the Interstate Highway System, which he championed as a national security and economic priority, per The Eisenhower Interstate System by John Murphy. In 1961–1962, Kennedy appointed Clay as his personal representative in Berlin during the Berlin Crisis, where he negotiated with Soviet officials and oversaw the construction of the Berlin Wall’s Western defenses, reinforcing U.S. commitment to West Berlin. As an advisor to Eisenhower during Operation Ajax and the overthrow of Mossedegh in Iran as well as the coup in Guatemala, General Clay would have been aware of how the CIA and its stay behind units using false flags was being put to use.

Corporate and Civic Roles: Clay served as chairman and CEO of Continental Can Company (1950–1962), growing it into a major packaging firm, and sat on boards like General Motors and Chase Manhattan Bank. He was a trustee of the Ford Foundation (close ties to the CIA) and Carnegie Institution (close ties to the CIA), advocating for education and philanthropy. His presence at Chase, which was used to money launder drug trafficking proceeds for the CIA, along with positions at Ford and Carnegie which both functioned as pass throughs for CIA money laundering/funding operations is very interesting.