William Zylka person
also: Z-Y-L-K-A, Zilka
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William Zylka recruited
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“If a deal could be made with Washington on a peace treaty, all of that expense could be avoided. Casey gave Zilka permission to make the trip if someone with great credibility could travel with him. Casey selected retired General Earl Cox, …”
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However, William Buckley's life was not spared. Buckley was killed after being tortured by intelligence services. There's some disparity in people's account of who actually killed him. Buckley gave up the names of hundreds of CIA agents aro…
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had brought his longtime intelligence associate businessman, William Zylka, Z-Y-L-K-A. Casey asked Zylka to work with the same Iranian businessman who had facilitated the October surprise meeting in Spain. The shipments to Iran continued fo…
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On constitutional grounds, in the midst of the Iran-Contra, Casey continued to pursue high-risk cohort operations with the help of the private network without even consulting the White House. In late 1986, Zilka brought Casey an opportunity…
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He had also been, in the 1970s, head of the Washington's office, I knew I knew that name, Nugent Hand Bank. A few months later, in 1987, the North Koreans sent word that the trip was on. By then, Koch had suffered from a serious prostate pr…
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did not want him to travel before he underwent surgery. To complicate matters, although Casey was impatient for them to go on a trip, neither Koch nor Zilka could get a meeting with Casey, who was dealing with the unraveling of the Iran-Con…
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That's who they're going to supposedly send to North Korea. Casey was also seriously ill from cancer himself. The CIA itself was undergoing a siege because of the Iran-Contra scandal. Despite the danger and lack of direction, Koch and Zilka…