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May 3, 1985: Neoconservative NSC Consultant Tells Israel that US Supports Arms Sales to Iran

1985-05-03

Michael Ledeen, a neoconservative author who consults for the National Security Council (see Late 1984), meets informally with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Ledeen tells Peres that the Reagan administration will quietly support Israeli arms shipments to Iran. [New York Times, 11/19/1987]