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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.
  
===March==
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==January==
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*'''29''' - Senator [[Henry Jackson]] proposes a detailed alternative to SALT I to President Nixon.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.278.</ref>
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==March==
 
*'''6''' [[George Meany]] tells [[Jay Lovestone]] that he wants him to move his New York office to Washington, after discovering evidence of Lovestone's continuing relationship with [[James Angleton]].<ref name"Morgan351">Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.</ref>
 
*'''6''' [[George Meany]] tells [[Jay Lovestone]] that he wants him to move his New York office to Washington, after discovering evidence of Lovestone's continuing relationship with [[James Angleton]].<ref name"Morgan351">Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.</ref>
  
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==June==
 
==June==
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*'''19''' - [[Henry Jackson]] begins closed hearings of the Senate Arms Control Subcomittee ahead of Nixon's visit to Moscow.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.278.</ref>
 
*'''20''' [[Paul Nitze]] criticises the "myth of detente" in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.152.</ref>
 
*'''20''' [[Paul Nitze]] criticises the "myth of detente" in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.152.</ref>
 
*'''28''' [[Jay Lovestone]] retires as head of the [[AFL-CIO]] International Department to be replaced by [[Ernest S. Lee]].<ref name"Morgan351">Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.</ref>
 
*'''28''' [[Jay Lovestone]] retires as head of the [[AFL-CIO]] International Department to be replaced by [[Ernest S. Lee]].<ref name"Morgan351">Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.</ref>
  
 
==August==
 
==August==
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*'''9''' - [[Gerald Ford]] replaces [[Richard Nixon]] as US President.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.</ref>
 
*'''19''' - [[Henry Kissinger]] writes to Rostow that he sees no evidence of a Soviet "headlong drive for first-strike capability", as claimed by the CDM Task Force.<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.151.</ref>
 
*'''19''' - [[Henry Kissinger]] writes to Rostow that he sees no evidence of a Soviet "headlong drive for first-strike capability", as claimed by the CDM Task Force.<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.151.</ref>
  
 
==September==
 
==September==
 
*'''4''' - Rostow warns in a letter to Kissinger that "Soviet foreign policy never changes."<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.150.</ref>  
 
*'''4''' - Rostow warns in a letter to Kissinger that "Soviet foreign policy never changes."<ref>Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.150.</ref>  
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==October==
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*'''18''' - [[Henry Jackson]] and [[Henry Kissinger]] agree terms over the [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]].<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.</ref>
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*'''26''' - Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko complains that Jackson-Kissinger agreement is based on a distortion of the Soviet position.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.</ref>
  
 
==December==
 
==December==
*[[Seymour Hersh]] of the ''New York Times'' tells [[CIA]] director [[William Colby]] he is on to a major story about [[CIA]] spying. After the meeting, Colby fires [[James Angleton]].<ref name"Morgan350">Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.350.</ref>
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*'''13''' - Senate passes [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]].<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.</ref>
*'''31''' - [[George Kalaris]] appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division.
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*'''17''' - [[CIA]] director [[William Colby]] decides "to face up to my responsibility to remove Jim Angleton" before the end of
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the year; [[James Angleton]] "resists" Colby's suggestion that he retire from counterintelligence.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''18''' Colby speaks to journalist [[Seymour Hersh]] on the telephone - a call Colby claims Hersh initiated.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''18''' - House passes [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]].<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.</ref>
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*'''20''' Colby meets with Hersh, tells him about Angleton's role in the mail-cover program,and "confirms" his expose.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''21''' Colby tells Angleton about the upcoming Hersh expose on counterintelligence, and insists on his resignation.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''22''' Hersh article appears.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''23''' Colby announces Angleton's resignation.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''24''' Colby submits a lengthy report to the President.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
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*'''25''' - Brezhnev writes to Nixon declaring [[Jackson-Vanik Amendment]] unacceptable.<ref>Robert G. Kaufman, ''Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics'', University of Washington Press, 2000, p.280 .</ref>
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*Retirements from the [[CIA]] this month: [[Samuel Halpern]]<ref>Roy Godson, ed., ''Intelligence requirements for the 1980s: Elements of Intelligence'',  National Strategy Information Center, 1983, p.13.</ref>, [[Newton S. Miler]]<ref name="Elements14">Roy Godson, ed., ''Intelligence requirements for the 1980s: Elements of Intelligence'', National Strategy Information Center, 1983, p.14.</ref>
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*'''31''' - [[George Kalaris]] appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division.<ref name="Epstein">Edward Jay Epstein, [http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/Colby.htm The War Within The CIA], ''Commentary'', August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 14:56, 10 January 2013

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

January

  • 29 - Senator Henry Jackson proposes a detailed alternative to SALT I to President Nixon.[1]

March

Summer

June

  • 19 - Henry Jackson begins closed hearings of the Senate Arms Control Subcomittee ahead of Nixon's visit to Moscow.[4]
  • 20 Paul Nitze criticises the "myth of detente" in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.[5]
  • 28 Jay Lovestone retires as head of the AFL-CIO International Department to be replaced by Ernest S. Lee.[6]

August

September

  • 4 - Rostow warns in a letter to Kissinger that "Soviet foreign policy never changes."[9]

October

December

the year; James Angleton "resists" Colby's suggestion that he retire from counterintelligence.[13]

  • 18 Colby speaks to journalist Seymour Hersh on the telephone - a call Colby claims Hersh initiated.[13]
  • 18 - House passes Jackson-Vanik Amendment.[14]
  • 20 Colby meets with Hersh, tells him about Angleton's role in the mail-cover program,and "confirms" his expose.[13]
  • 21 Colby tells Angleton about the upcoming Hersh expose on counterintelligence, and insists on his resignation.[13]
  • 22 Hersh article appears.[13]
  • 23 Colby announces Angleton's resignation.[13]
  • 24 Colby submits a lengthy report to the President.[13]
  • 25 - Brezhnev writes to Nixon declaring Jackson-Vanik Amendment unacceptable.[15]
  • Retirements from the CIA this month: Samuel Halpern[16], Newton S. Miler[17]
  • 31 - George Kalaris appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division.[13]

Notes

  1. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.278.
  2. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.
  3. Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.150.
  4. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.278.
  5. Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.152.
  6. Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.
  7. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
  8. Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.151.
  9. Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.150.
  10. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
  11. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
  12. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.
  14. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
  15. Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.280 .
  16. Roy Godson, ed., Intelligence requirements for the 1980s: Elements of Intelligence, National Strategy Information Center, 1983, p.13.
  17. Roy Godson, ed., Intelligence requirements for the 1980s: Elements of Intelligence, National Strategy Information Center, 1983, p.14.