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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. | ||
| − | ===December=== | + | ==Summer== |
| + | *The [[Coalition for A Democratic Majority]] (CDM) Foreign Policy Task Force headed by [[Eugene Rostow]] publishes ''The Quest for Detente'', arguing that the concept did not signal a change in Soviet foreign policy.<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.150.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==August== | ||
| + | *'''19''' - [[Henry Kissinger]] writes to Rostow that he sees no evidence of a Soviet "headlong drive for first-strike capability", as claimed by the CDM Task Force.<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.151.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==September== | ||
| + | *'''4''' - Rostow warns in a letter to Kissinger that "Soviet foreign policy never changes."<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.150.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==December=== | ||
*[[James Angleton]] and senior [[CIA]] Counter-intelligence officers resign. | *[[James Angleton]] and senior [[CIA]] Counter-intelligence officers resign. | ||
| − | *'''31''' [[George Kalaris]] appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division. | + | *'''31''' - [[George Kalaris]] appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division. |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 11 November 2011
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
Summer
- The Coalition for A Democratic Majority (CDM) Foreign Policy Task Force headed by Eugene Rostow publishes The Quest for Detente, arguing that the concept did not signal a change in Soviet foreign policy.[1]
August
- 19 - Henry Kissinger writes to Rostow that he sees no evidence of a Soviet "headlong drive for first-strike capability", as claimed by the CDM Task Force.[2]
September
- 4 - Rostow warns in a letter to Kissinger that "Soviet foreign policy never changes."[3]
December=
- James Angleton and senior CIA Counter-intelligence officers resign.
- 31 - George Kalaris appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division.
Notes
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.150.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.151.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.150.
