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Cold War: National Security Planning Group minutes (1900Z) ("Central America") (NSPG 0047) [briefing by Duane Clarridge, head of CIA Latin American Division] [declassified Oct 2005]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: White House
Source: Reagan Library (NSPG Meetings Box 1)
Editorial comments:

1100-1139 EST = 1600-1639 GMT.

The minutes are dated 3 November, but the President's daily diary shows that the meeting in fact took place the following day. End of meeting timing is taken from the diary. Clarridge's role is described in his memoir, A Spy For All Seasons: My Life in the CIA (p190).

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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA), Defence (general)