Political Warfare Timeline 1979 - Revision history

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Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of [[covert action]] with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.

===April===
*27-28 First [[Colloquium of the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]] (CSI).

===June===
*[[Shield]] met to consider a report by a recently retired senior MI5 officer..

===July===
*'''2''' [[Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism]] opens

*'''15''' [[Shield]] had its first meeting with [[Margaret Thatcher]] as Prime Minister at Chequers on 15 July 1979, according to [[Brian Crozier]], "Nothing of much substance was said".

===October===
*In October 1979, Crozier and [[Nicholas Elliott]] received a report from a mole in Militant which they submitted to the Prime Minister.
*'''21''' Thatcher, [[Lord Carrington]], [[Keith Joseph]], [[John Hunt]], and his successor as Cabinet Secretary, [[Robert Armstrong]] discussed "action to counter hostile forces working for industrial unrest."

===November===
*'''30''' CSI [[Colloquium on Analysis and Estimates]] opens, concluding on 1 December.

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		+	===January===
		+	*[[International Association for Cultural Freedom]] votes to dissolve itself.<ref name="Saunders413">Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper: The CIA and the Cultural Cold War, Granta, 2000, p.413.</ref>

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-*[[SALT II]] agreement signed.<ref name="Sanders254">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.254.</ref>
+*'''18''' [[SALT II]] agreement signed.<ref name="Sanders259">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.259.</ref>
 *[[Shield]] met to consider a report by a recently retired senior MI5 officer.

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 *27-28 First [[Colloquium of the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]] (CSI).
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+===May===
-*'''10'' President [[Jimmy Carter]] announces that the US and the USSR have reached an accord on the terms of the [[SALT-II]] treaty.<ref name="Sanders257">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.257.</ref>
+*'''10''' President [[Jimmy Carter]] announces that the US and the USSR have reached an accord on the terms of the [[SALT-II]] treaty.<ref name="Sanders257">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.257.</ref>
-*'''C.20''' - [[Elmo Zumwalt]]] and [[Paul Nitze]] appear on ''Meet the Press''' with [[Jake Garn]]. Zumwalt claims the Chiefs of Staff have "deep reservations" about the SALT II treaty.<ref name="Sanders25">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.258.</ref>
+*'''C.20''' - [[Elmo Zumwalt]] and [[Paul Nitze]] appear on ''Meet the Press'' with [[Jake Garn]]. Zumwalt claims the Chiefs of Staff have "deep reservations" about the SALT II treaty.<ref name="Sanders25">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.258.</ref>
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-*[[Shield]] met to consider a report by a recently retired senior MI5 officer..
+*[[SALT II]] agreement signed.<ref name="Sanders254">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.254.</ref>
 ===July===