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June 23, 1992: Commerce Department Official Acknowledges Falsifying Documents for Iraq Export Licenses

1992-06-23

Frank DeGeorge, inspector general for the Commerce Department, concedes that the department’s officials altered 66 export licenses for Iraq prior to turning them over to congressional investigators. The export licenses had been changed from “vehicles designed for military use” to “commercial utility cargo trucks.” [Covert Action Quarterly, 1992]