Political Warfare Timeline 1986

Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
===January===
*6 US Presidential finding on Iran.Report of the congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra Affair , U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987, p.67. 
*17 - President Ronald Reagan notes in his diary "I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran."Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran -Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.7.
===February===
*5-7 - Iran-Contra meetings in Geneva.
*14 - US delivers 1,000 TOWs to Iran via Israel.
===April===
*17 - US hostage Peter Kilburn murdered in retaliation for US raid on Libya.
*22 - Manucher Ghorbanifar arrested in Switzerland.
===May===
*15 Terms of reference approved US trategic dialogue with Iran.
*22-28 Iran Contra meetings in London, Cyprus and Tel Aviv.Report of the congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra Affair , U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987, p.68. 
*23 US delivers 508 replacement TOWs to Israel.
*25-27 Robert McFarlane party visits Tehran, accompanied by Hawk missile parts.
===June===
*10 Hashemi Rafsanjani news conference contains a possible signal that Iran wants improved relations with the US.
===July===
*26-28 - Iran-Contra meetings in Frankfurt.
*26 - Hostage Father Jenco released.
===August===
*3 - Remainder of 240 Hawk missile parts delivered to Iran.
*6 - Oliver North denies raising funds for the Contras in testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.21. Frankfurt Iran-Contra meetings.
===September===
*19-20 - Iran-Contra discussions in washington with new Iranian intermediary.
*22-23 - Iran-Contra meetings in London.
===October===
*3 - White House approves provision of intelligence to Iran.
*5-7 Frankfurt Iran-Contra meetings.
*6 US Representatives meet Iranian representatives in Europe.
*16 - Congress passes as appropriation for CIA aid to the Contras, ending the need for Oliver North's operation.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.22.
*26 - Frankfurt meeting of US and Iranian representatives.
*27-28 - Frankfurt Iran-Contra meetings.
*29 - 500 TOW missiles delivered to Iran from Israel.
===November===
*2 Hostage David Jacobsen released.
*3 - The Lebanese periodical Al Shiraa reports US has sold arms to Iran.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.7.
*5 - Vice-President George H.W. Bush notes in his diary regarding Iran arms sales, "It is not a subject we can talk about."Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.8.
*6 President Reagan claims the Iran arms story has "no foundation."Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.8.
*7 - 500 replacement TOW missiles delivered to Israel from US.
*8 - Robert McFarlane sends a message to Oliver North: "I hope to daylights that someone has been purging the NSA's files on this episode."Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.8.
*10 - Meeting of the National Security Planning Group discusses what to say about the Iran arms issue. In attendance: Reagan, Bush, Donald Regan, John Poindexter, William Casey, George Schultz, Casper Weinberger and Ed Meese.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.9.
*13 - In a televised address, Reagan claims dealings with Iran were aimed at restoring normal relations, and only secondarily at freeing hostages.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.10. 
*19 - In a news conference, Reagan denies that he had traded arms for hostages, or that shipments via Israel had occured.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.11.
*20 - Shultz and Regan visit the White House in a vain attempt to persuade Reagan to face up to the arms for hostages issue.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.
*21 William Casey denies knowledge of the CIA's role in the Hawk shipments to Iran in testimony to Congress. The same day, Regan, Poindexter and Meese meet with Reagan in the Oval Office. Meese is assigned to develop a coherent position for the administration.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.12.
*24 White House meeting formulates position denying president prior knowledgeo f Hawk shipment to Iran.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.14.
*25 US National Security advisor Admiral John Poindexter resigns.Lawrence E. Walsh, Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up, W.W. Norton, 1997, p.15.
==Notes==
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