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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.
December
- President Ronald Reagan authorizes a congressionally-funded programme of covert aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. Duane Clarridge will be transferred from Rome to run the operation as head of the CIA's Latin-American division.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.18.