Political Warfare Timeline 1985
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
May
- Michael Ledeen persuades Robert McFarlane to permit him to approach Shimon Peres, ostensibly for Israeli intelligence to help formulate policy for a post-Khomeini Iran.Cite error: Invalid
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July
- Adolf Schwimmer and David Kimche visit Washington to relay a feeler from Manucher Ghorbanifar to Michael Ledeen and Robert McFarlane.Cite error: Invalid
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- 18 - President Ronald Reagan authorises McFarlane to pursue Kimche's proposal for a dialogue with Iran.Cite error: Invalid
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August
- 6 McFarlane presents proposal for Israeli sale of US arms to Iran to National Security Planning Group.Cite error: Invalid
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- 30 - Israel ships 96 TOW missiles to Iran through intermediaries including Manucher Ghorbanifar, in a transaction approved by US President Ronald Reagan.[1]
September
- 14 - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.[2]
November
- 24 - 18 Hawk anti-aircraft missiles delivered to Iran by a CIA owned proprietary in a shipment arranged by Oliver North. The Iranians are outraged to discover the missiles are Israeli castoffs.[3]
December
- 5 - Reagan signs a presidential finding, retroactively authorising the Hawk shipment.[4]
- 23 - William Casey writes a letter warning Reagan that Ghorbanifar may be unreliable but suggesting he is the best chance of releasing hostages.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, pp.5-6.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.43.
