Alfred Atherton person
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Alfred Atherton headed
Kurdish Secret War book_quoted
“A staff assistant by the name of Alfred Atherton, A-T-H-E-R-T-O-N Jr., became the NSC focal point, much like Oliver North would stand in later in the Iran-Contra. At first, the CIA provided $1 million of captured Soviet equipment and muniti…”
▶ The Colonels corner president‘s secret wars, chapter 15 cont @ 30:58
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▶ 30:31
A political associate of Nixon's told the Shah that the U.S. was willing to help the Kurds. The CIA handled the American side from their station in Tehran. Kissinger set up the Washington apparatus for the Kurdish secret war. His military a…
▶ 43:50
the Kurdish minority, as well as the Iranian security concerns. Kissinger's military aide, Colonel Richard Kennedy, met with the CIA and one of Barzani's sons on the Kurdish request. A staff assistant, Alfred Atherton, became the NSC's staf…