Political Warfare Timeline 1974

Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
==January==
*29 - Senator Henry Jackson proposes a detailed alternative to SALT I to President Nixon.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.278.
==March==
*6 George Meany tells Jay Lovestone that he wants him to move his New York office to Washington, after discovering evidence of Lovestone's continuing relationship with James Angleton.Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.
==Summer==
*The Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM) Foreign Policy Task Force headed by Eugene Rostow publishes The Quest for Detente, arguing that the concept did not signal a change in Soviet foreign policy.Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.150.
==June==
*19 - Henry Jackson begins closed hearings of the Senate Arms Control Subcomittee ahead of Nixon's visit to Moscow.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.278.
*20 Paul Nitze criticises the "myth of detente" in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.152.
*28 Jay Lovestone retires as head of the AFL-CIO International Department to be replaced by Ernest S. Lee.Ted Morgan, A Covert Life - Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster, Random House, 1999, p.351.
==August==
*9 - Gerald Ford replaces Richard Nixon as US President.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279. 
*19 - Henry Kissinger writes to Rostow that he sees no evidence of a Soviet "headlong drive for first-strike capability", as claimed by the CDM Task Force.Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.151.
==September==
*4 - Rostow warns in a letter to Kissinger that "Soviet foreign policy never changes."Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.150. 
==October==
*18 - Henry Jackson and Henry Kissinger agree terms over the Jackson-Vanik Amendment.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
*26 - Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko complains that Jackson-Kissinger agreement is based on a distortion of the Soviet position.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
==December==
*13 - Senate passes Jackson-Vanik Amendment.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
*17 - CIA director William Colby decides "to face up to my responsibility to remove Jim Angleton" before the end of
the year; James Angleton "resists" Colby's suggestion that he retire from counterintelligence.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.
*18 Colby speaks to journalist Seymour Hersh on the telephone - a call Colby claims Hersh initiated.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com. 
*18 - House passes Jackson-Vanik Amendment.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.279.
*20 Colby meets with Hersh, tells him about Angleton's role in the mail-cover program,and "confirms" his expose.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com. 
*21 Colby tells Angleton about the upcoming Hersh expose on counterintelligence, and insists on his resignation.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.
*22 Hersh article appears.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.
*23 Colby announces Angleton's resignation.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com. 
*24 Colby submits a lengthy report to the President.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.
*25 - Brezhnev writes to Nixon declaring Jackson-Vanik Amendment unacceptable.Robert G. Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson: A Life in Politics, University of Washington Press, 2000, p.280 .
*Retirements from the CIA this month: Samuel HalpernRoy Godson, ed., Intelligence requirements for the 1980s: Elements of Intelligence, National Strategy Information Center, 1983, p.13., Newton S. MilerRoy Godson, ed., Intelligence requirements for the 1980s: Elements of Intelligence, National Strategy Information Center, 1983, p.14.
*31 - George Kalaris appointed head of CIA counterintelligence division.Edward Jay Epstein, The War Within The CIA, Commentary, August 1978, archived at EdwardJayEpstein.com.
==Notes==
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