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*[[Adolf Schwimmer]] and [[David Kimche]] visit Washington to relay a feeler from [[Manucher Ghorbanifar]] to [[Michael Ledeen]] and [[Robert McFarlane]].<ref name="37"/>
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*[[Adolf Schwimmer]] and [[David Kimche]] visit Washington to relay a feeler from [[Manucher Ghorbanifar]] to [[Michael Ledeen]] and [[Robert McFarlane]].<ref name="p37"/>
*'''18''' - President [[Ronald Reagan]] authorises McFarlane to pursue Kimche's proposal for a dialogue with Iran.<ref name="38"/>
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*'''18''' - President [[Ronald Reagan]] authorises McFarlane to pursue Kimche's proposal for a dialogue with Iran.<ref name="p38"/>
  
 
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Revision as of 10:12, 1 November 2011

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

May

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July

August

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September

  • 14 - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.[4]

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.[5]

December

  • 5 - Reagan signs a presidential finding, retroactively authorising the Hawk shipment.[6]
  • 23 - William Casey writes a letter warning Reagan that Ghorbanifar may be unreliable but suggesting he is the best chance of releasing hostages.[7]

Notes

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named p37
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named p38
  3. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.
  4. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.
  5. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, pp.5-6.
  6. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.
  7. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.43.