George Cave (CIA officer)

George W. Cave was a CIA operations officer and authority on Iran who took part in the Iran-Contra arms sale.[1][2] George Cave majored in Middle Eastern studies at Princeton University and joined CIA after graduation. He first served in Teheran during the 1953 Iranian coup d'état that restored the Shah of Iran to power.[3] In the mid 1970s he served in Tehran as deputy CIA station chief, with personal ties to the Shah.[3] He was charged with lying to Congress about CIA's involvement in Iran-Contra.[4][5] In his final interview Duane Clarridge, former CIA operations officer and Iran-Contra figure, hinted that George Cave's novel October 1980 was a largely accurate depiction of how Reagan's October Surprise transpired.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Neil A. (August 11, 1992). "ONS Ex-C.I.A. Expert on Iran Ties Agent to Arms Sale". The New York Times (New York). Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Horvitz, Paul F. (1991-10-02). "Ex-Aide Calls CIA Under Casey and Gates Corrupt and Slanted". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  3. 1 2 "Plumbing the Cia's Shadowy Role". TIME. December 22, 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Neil A. (1992-08-11). "Ex-C.I.A. Expert on Iran Ties Agent to Arms Sale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  5. ↑ OSTROW, RONALD J. (1992-08-11). "Ex-CIA Chief's Statements on Secord Contradicted". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  6. ↑ Schou, Nicholas (April 24, 2016). "THE ‘OCTOBER SURPRISE’ WAS REAL, LEGENDARY SPYMASTER HINTS IN FINAL INTERVIEW". Newsweek.
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