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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.
 
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of [[covert action]] with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
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==February==
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*''February'' - [[CIA]] Congressional liaison officer [[Jack Maury]] approaches [[Henry Jackson]] about a problem with the Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations of the Foreign Relations Committee. Jackson referred him to Senator [[John McClellan]].<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.</ref>
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==March==
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*''March'' - Senator [[Henry Jackson]] reintroduces [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]].<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.267.</ref>
  
 
==May==
 
==May==
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*''May'' - During a dinner party at his home, Senator [[Henry Jackson]] advised [[Richard Helms]] to testify in open public session to the [[Church Committee]].<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.</ref>
 
*'''10''' - [[William Colby]] nominated as DCI by President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]].<ref name="ColbyStudies">Harold P. Ford, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/97unclass/colby.html William Colby: Retrospect], ''Studies in Intelligence'', Semiannual Edition, No. 1, 1997, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA.</ref>
 
*'''10''' - [[William Colby]] nominated as DCI by President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]].<ref name="ColbyStudies">Harold P. Ford, [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/97unclass/colby.html William Colby: Retrospect], ''Studies in Intelligence'', Semiannual Edition, No. 1, 1997, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA.</ref>
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==Autumn==
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*''Autumn'' - [[Michael Harrington]] attacks neoconservatives in Fall issue of ''[[Dissent]]''.<ref>Michael Harrington, [http://neoconservatism.vaisse.net/doku.php?id=dissent_and_the_attack_on_neoconservatives_1973 The Welfare State and Its Neoconservative Critics], ''Dissent'', Fall 1973, first page archived at neoconservatism.vaisse.net.</ref>
  
 
==September==
 
==September==
 
*'''4''' - [[William Colby]] becomes director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
 
*'''4''' - [[William Colby]] becomes director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
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==October==
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*'''6''' - Arab-Israeli War breaks out.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.273.</ref>
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*'''11''' - Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]] tells [[Henry Jackson]] that Israel will lose the war without immediate American resupply. Jackson meets President Nixon the same day.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.275.</ref>
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*'''13''' - Nixon orders immediate supply of arms to Israel.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.275.</ref>
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==December==
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*'''13''' - House of Representatives passes [[Jackson-Vanik]] amendment.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.271.</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 00:59, 21 April 2013

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

February

  • February - CIA Congressional liaison officer Jack Maury approaches Henry Jackson about a problem with the Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations of the Foreign Relations Committee. Jackson referred him to Senator John McClellan.[1]

March

May

Autumn

September

October

  • 6 - Arab-Israeli War breaks out.[6]
  • 11 - Admiral Elmo Zumwalt tells Henry Jackson that Israel will lose the war without immediate American resupply. Jackson meets President Nixon the same day.[7]
  • 13 - Nixon orders immediate supply of arms to Israel.[8]

December

Notes

  1. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.
  2. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.267.
  3. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.317.
  4. Harold P. Ford, William Colby: Retrospect, Studies in Intelligence, Semiannual Edition, No. 1, 1997, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA.
  5. Michael Harrington, The Welfare State and Its Neoconservative Critics, Dissent, Fall 1973, first page archived at neoconservatism.vaisse.net.
  6. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.273.
  7. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.275.
  8. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.275.
  9. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.271.