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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. | ||
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| + | ===January=== | ||
| + | *'''15''' - [[Casper Weinberger]] tells ''New York Times'' incoming Reagan administration will consider reviving an ABM system to protect American nuclear weapons.<ref name="Fitzgerald119">Frances Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War, Touchstone, 2000, p.119.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===March=== | ||
| + | *Reagan officials [[Richard Allen]] and [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] tell delegates to the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] that the US must develop a new and positive relationship with South Africa.<ref name="Sanders302">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.302.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===April=== | ||
| + | *'''6''' [[Committee for the Free World]] letter to the ''New York Times''.<ref>Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===June=== | ||
| + | *'''26''' - [[Eugene V. Rostow]] confirmed by the Senate as Director of the [[Arms Control and Disarmament Agency]].<ref name="Sanders307">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.307.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===July=== | ||
| + | *'''28''' - [[Ed Meese]] meets with members of the [[High Frontier]] panel.<ref name="Fitzgerald132">Frances Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War, Touchstone, 2000, p.132.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===November=== | ||
| + | *'''30''' Theater arms control negotiations open in Geneva. [[Paul Nitze]] is the US representative. Speaking in London, Rostow says "neogtiations have no magic in themselves.<ref name="Sanders307">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.307.</ref> | ||
===December=== | ===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.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.18.</ref> | *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.<ref>Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.18.</ref> | ||
| − | *The [[Colloquium on Clandestine Collection]] was held in Washington D.C.<ref>Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.225.</ref> The gathering, convened by the [[Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]], involved "over sixty academics,journalists, current and former senior intelligence specialists, and practitioners serving in both the Executive and Legislative branches of the US government.<ref>Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.2.</ref> | + | *'''30-31''' - The [[Colloquium on Clandestine Collection]] was held in Washington D.C.<ref>Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.225.</ref> The gathering, convened by the [[Consortium for the Study of Intelligence]], involved "over sixty academics,journalists, current and former senior intelligence specialists, and practitioners serving in both the Executive and Legislative branches of the US government.<ref>Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.2.</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 25 November 2011
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
January
- 15 - Casper Weinberger tells New York Times incoming Reagan administration will consider reviving an ABM system to protect American nuclear weapons.[1]
March
- Reagan officials Richard Allen and Jeane Kirkpatrick tell delegates to the Conservative Political Action Conference that the US must develop a new and positive relationship with South Africa.[2]
April
- 6 Committee for the Free World letter to the New York Times.[3]
June
- 26 - Eugene V. Rostow confirmed by the Senate as Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.[4]
July
- 28 - Ed Meese meets with members of the High Frontier panel.[5]
November
- 30 Theater arms control negotiations open in Geneva. Paul Nitze is the US representative. Speaking in London, Rostow says "neogtiations have no magic in themselves.[4]
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.[6]
- 30-31 - The Colloquium on Clandestine Collection was held in Washington D.C.[7] The gathering, convened by the Consortium for the Study of Intelligence, involved "over sixty academics,journalists, current and former senior intelligence specialists, and practitioners serving in both the Executive and Legislative branches of the US government.[8]
Notes
- ↑ Frances Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War, Touchstone, 2000, p.119.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.302.
- ↑ Sara Diamond, Roads to dominion: right-wing movements and political power in the United States, Guildford Press, 1995, pp.379-380.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.307.
- ↑ Frances Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War, Touchstone, 2000, p.132.
- ↑ Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.18.
- ↑ Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.225.
- ↑ Roy Godson (ed), Intelligence Requirements for the 1980': Clandestine Collection, National Strategy Information Center, 1982, p.2.
