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−	[[~~Adolf~~ Schwimmer]] was an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]]. He played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, ''Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up'', W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>	+	[[Adolph Schwimmer]] was an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]]. He played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, ''Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up'', W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>

	==Early Life==		==Early Life==

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 Schwimmer was born in the United States in 1917. He worked as an engineer for [[Lockheed]] and [[Transworld Airlines]] and later served in the US Air Force.<ref name="Prince326">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.257.</ref>
-After meeting Holocaust survivors in postwar Europe, he became involved in the covert arms trade in Czechoslovakia, starting a cargo airline which shipped weapons to the emerging state of Israel. He became an officer in the Israeli air force but returned to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he and his company, [[Service Airways]] were convicted of illegally ewxporting planes and spare parts to Israel, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Panama. The [[FBI]] believed that he had supplied the communist Czech government with a training plane and radar unit in return for use of an airfield at Zatek.<ref>Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.326-327.</ref>
+After meeting Holocaust survivors in postwar Europe, he became involved in the covert arms trade in Czechoslovakia, starting a cargo airline which shipped weapons to the emerging state of Israel. He became an officer in the Israeli air force but returned to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he and his company, [[Service Airways]] were convicted of illegally exporting planes and spare parts to Israel, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Panama. The [[FBI]] believed that he had supplied the communist Czech government with a training plane and radar unit in return for use of an airfield at Zatek.<ref>Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.326-327.</ref>
 He then created [[Intercontinental Airways]], a US repair center for Israeli aircraft.<ref name="Prince327">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.327.</ref>

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 ==External Resources==
-*Amir Oren and ''Haaretz'' service, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/al-schwimmer-founder-of-israel-aircraft-industries-dies-at-94-1.367102 Al Schwimmer, founder of Israel Aircraft Industries, dies at 94]. ''Haaretz'', 11 June 2011.</ref>
+*Amir Oren and ''Haaretz'' service, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/al-schwimmer-founder-of-israel-aircraft-industries-dies-at-94-1.367102 Al Schwimmer, founder of Israel Aircraft Industries, dies at 94]. ''Haaretz'', 11 June 2011.
 ==Notes==

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−	[[Adolf Schwimmer]] was an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]]. He played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>	+	[[Adolf Schwimmer]] was an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]]. He played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, ''Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up'', W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>

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-[[Adolf Schwimmer]], an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]], played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>
+[[Adolf Schwimmer]] was an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]]. He played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>
 ==Early Life==
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 ==Peres advisor==
 From 1984 to 1987, Schwimmer served as a special advisor to Israeli foreign minister [[Shimon Peres]] for a nominal fee.<ref name="Prince327" />
 ==Notes==

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 ==Israel Aircraft Industries==
-In 1951, Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]] and [[Shimon Peres]] persuaded Schwimmer to return to Israel and set up an aircraft manufacturer, which was known first as [[Bedek]] and later as [[Israel Aircraft Industries]].<ref="Prince327" />
+In 1951, Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]] and [[Shimon Peres]] persuaded Schwimmer to return to Israel and set up an aircraft manufacturer, which was known first as [[Bedek]] and later as [[Israel Aircraft Industries]].<ref name="Prince327" />
 ==Peres advisor==
-From 1984 to 1987, Schwimmer served as a special advisor to Israeli foreign minister [[Shimon Peres]] for a nominal fee.<ref="Prince327" />
+From 1984 to 1987, Schwimmer served as a special advisor to Israeli foreign minister [[Shimon Peres]] for a nominal fee.<ref name="Prince327" />
 ==Notes==

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 After meeting Holocaust survivors in postwar Europe, he became involved in the covert arms trade in Czechoslovakia, starting a cargo airline which shipped weapons to the emerging state of Israel. He became an officer in the Israeli air force but returned to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he and his company, [[Service Airways]] were convicted of illegally ewxporting planes and spare parts to Israel, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Panama. The [[FBI]] believed that he had supplied the communist Czech government with a training plane and radar unit in return for use of an airfield at Zatek.<ref>Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.326-327.</ref>
-He then created [[Intercontinental Airways], a US repair center for Israeli aircraft.<ref-"Prince327">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.327.</ref>
+He then created [[Intercontinental Airways]], a US repair center for Israeli aircraft.<ref="Prince327">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.327.</ref>
 ==Israel Aircraft Industries==

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	[[Adolf Schwimmer]], an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]], played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>		[[Adolf Schwimmer]], an Israeli arms dealer and confidant of Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]], played a key role in the [[Iran-Contra]] affair.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>
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		+	==Early Life==
		+	Schwimmer was born in the United States in 1917. He worked as an engineer for [[Lockheed]] and [[Transworld Airlines]] and later served in the US Air Force.<ref name="Prince326">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.257.</ref>
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		+	After meeting Holocaust survivors in postwar Europe, he became involved in the covert arms trade in Czechoslovakia, starting a cargo airline which shipped weapons to the emerging state of Israel. He became an officer in the Israeli air force but returned to the United States in 1949. In 1950, he and his company, [[Service Airways]] were convicted of illegally ewxporting planes and spare parts to Israel, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Panama. The [[FBI]] believed that he had supplied the communist Czech government with a training plane and radar unit in return for use of an airfield at Zatek.<ref>Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.326-327.</ref>
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		+	He then created [[Intercontinental Airways], a US repair center for Israeli aircraft.<ref-"Prince327">Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.327.</ref>
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		+	==Israel Aircraft Industries==
		+	In 1951, Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]] and [[Shimon Peres]] persuaded Schwimmer to return to Israel and set up an aircraft manufacturer, which was known first as [[Bedek]] and later as [[Israel Aircraft Industries]].<ref="Prince327" />
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		+	==Peres advisor==
		+	From 1984 to 1987, Schwimmer served as a special advisor to Israeli foreign minister [[Shimon Peres]] for a nominal fee.<ref="Prince327" />

	==Notes==		==Notes==