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COLD WAR 27/147
Title
Transcript of interview with CIA officer Charles Cogan, 1997
Date(s)
- 1997 Aug (Creation)
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18pp
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Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Charles Cogan, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and Chief of Near East Operations and head of covert operation in Afghanistan, relating to US policy on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 1979 and the ensuing war, 1979-1989, including US concern about the destabilisation of the region following the fall of the Shah of Iran, 1979; provision of US military aid to anti-communist Mujahedin forces in Afghanistan; US relations with Pakistan; and US attitude to the Soviet moves towards withdrawal from Afghanistan. 18pp
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