George Shultz

Events (42)

• August 9, 1972: Nixon Orders IRS to Investigate McGovern, Donors 1972-08-09
• September 1, 1983: Soviets Shoot down Korean Airlines Passenger Plane, Sparks International Crisis 1983-09-01
• November 1, 1983: State Department Warned Iraq Using Chemical Weapons ‘Almost Daily’ 1983-11-01
• November 2-11, 1983: ’Able Archer’ Almost Starts Nuclear Exchange 1983-11-02
• November 20, 1983: Television Movie about Nuclear Holocaust Has Profound Impact on President Reagan, Viewers 1983-11-20
• December 2, 1983: US, Bechtel Discuss Iraq-Jordan Oil Pipeline 1983-12-02
• January 14, 1984: Murphy Memo Details Further Arming of Iraq, Deception of Congress 1984-01-14
• January 20, 1984: State Department Designates Iran as Terrorism Sponsor 1984-01-20
• March 15, 1984: US Downplays Previous Criticism of Iraqi Chemical Warfare 1984-03-15
• March 24, 1984: Shultz Wants Rumsfeld to Mend Fences with Iraq Over Chemical Weapons Accusations, Oil Access 1984-03-24
• April 19, 1985 and After: Prominent Neoconservative Becomes Influential State Department Official 1985-04-19
• June 6, 1985: Secretary of State: Plan to Involve Israel in Hostage Negotiations Unreliable 1985-06-06
• June 11, 1985: NSC Advocates US Arms Sales to Iran 1985-06-11
• August 6, 1985: Iran Sets Terms for Arms-for-Hostages Deal 1985-08-06
• September 4, 1985: State Department Official Learns of North’s Illegal Funding of Contras, Tasked to ‘Monitor’ North 1985-09-04
• December 7, 1985: Top White House Officials Meet to Discuss Iran Arms Sales 1985-12-07
• January 7, 1986: US Plans Further Arms Sales to Iran 1986-01-07
• January 17, 1986: Reagan Authorizes Clandestine Sale of Antitank Missiles to Iran 1986-01-17
• After May 16, 1986: State Department Official Suggests Soliciting Contra Funds from Brunei 1986-05-16
• May 16, 1986: Reagan Asks about Private Funding for Contras 1986-05-16
• June 23-24, 1986: Secretary of State Does Not Ask Sultan of Brunei for Funds 1986-06-23
• September 19-20, 1986: Third-Party Sabotage on Behalf of Contras Discussed 1986-09-19
• October 10-15, 1986: State Department, CIA Officials Lie to Congress about Government Support for Contras 1986-10-10
• October 11-12, 1986: Reagan, Gorbachev Almost Conclude Agreement to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons; Negotiations Founder on US Missile Defense Program 1986-10-11
• November 21-25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Conducts ‘Investigation’ of Iran Arms Sales; Evidence Destroyed during Investigation 1986-11-21
• November 25, 1986: Attorney General Meese Reveals Iran-Contra Funding Connection; Poindexter Resigns, North Fired 1986-11-25
• February 2, 1987: CIA Director Casey Resigns Due to Terminal Illness; Iran-Contra Commitee Unable to Question Him 1987-02-02
• August 6, 1987: Vice President Bush Claims Ignorance of Details of Iranian, Iraqi Arms Deals 1987-08-06
• July 24, 1992: Reagan Testifies in Weinberger Trial; Memory Loss Apparent 1992-07-24
• February 22, 2009: White House Announces Arms Control Plan 2009-02-22
• April 1981 and After: Reagan Opposes Nuclear Weapons; Aides Thwart Efforts to Begin Arms Reductions
• November 1986-November 1987: Soviet Union Decides to End Afghan War, US Learns of Decision
• 1981 and Beyond: CPD Members in Reagan Administration Wildly Exaggerate Soviet Threat, Politicize Intelligence
• 1988: Reagan Abandoned, Mocked by Hardline Conservatives
• Mid-September, 1983: Secretary of State Shultz Lambasts Soviet Foreign Minister over Korean Airlines Shootdown
• October 1983: US Begins Secretly Supplying Arms to Iraq through Third Parties
• Late 1983: Reports of Iraqi Use of Chemical Weapons Begin to Surface
• May 1985: ’Fuller Memo’ Codifies US Policy Towards Arming Iran
• Early October-November, 1986: Iran-US Arms-for-Hostages Deals Unravel; US Begins Providing Extensive Military Aid to Iraq
• 1983: NSC Approves Sale of Helicopters to Iraq; Later Used in Poison Gas Deployment
• 1985: Shultz Convinces Lawmaker to Drop Bill Placing Iraq on Terror List
• Mid-August 1988: Iraq Refuses to Cooperate With UN Experts Over Chemical Weapons; US Defends Iraq