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*'''14''' - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, ''Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up'', W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref>
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*'''14''' - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, ''Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up'', W.W. Norton, 1997, p.5.</ref> Reverend [[Benjamin Weir]] released.
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<ref name="Chron67">[http://openlibrary.org/books/OL2495493M/Report_of_the_congressional_committees_investigating_the_Iran-Contra_Affair Report of the congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra Affair ],  U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987, p.67. </ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 19:48, 2 November 2011

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

May

July

August

September

  • 14 - Second shipment of TOW missiles to Iran.[4] Reverend Benjamin Weir released.

[5]

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.[6]

December

  • 5 - Reagan signs a presidential finding, retroactively authorising the Hawk shipment.[7]
  • 23 - William Casey writes a letter warning Reagan that Ghorbanifar may be unreliable but suggesting he is the best chance of releasing hostages.[8]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.37.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.38.
  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. Report of the congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra Affair , U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987, p.67.
  6. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, pp.5-6.
  7. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.
  8. Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.43.