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as a broadcast commentator,
296

on the bureaucracy of the CIA,
283

childhood and education of,
68

with the CIC,
70
,
71

consultancy business of,
283–284
,
296

controversy surrounding books written by,
67–68
,
101–102
,
137
,
155–156

criticism targeting the crypto-diplomacy of,
282

on crypto-diplomacy,
200

death of,
297

and the direct grant to Nasser,
192

early military service of,
69–70

on the Eisenhower Doctrine,
282–283

family/married life of,
69
,
71
,
94
,
95
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
147–148
,
151
,
152
,
153
,
283
,
296

game-playing theory of,
217
,
218

and the Games Center,
228–229

injury of,
297

as jazz musician,
68–69

journalistic career of,
296

later years of,
297

and the Lebanese uprising,
286

as a loyal alumnus,
151
,
284
,
296

marriage of,
71

on military assistance for Israel,
204

new level of game playing by,
227–229

and the OMEGA program,
222
,
225

with the OPC,
133
,
134

and Operation GAMMA,
212

and Operation MASK,
258

on Operation Rainbow,
254

and Operation WAKEFUL,
255

with the OSO,
148

parents of,
68

and the Political Action Staff,
227–228

on political behavior,
217

positive accomplishments of,
297–299

on post-revolutionary Egypt and Kim’s involvement,
139–140

and the reactionary new policies toward Nasser,
245

and regime change in Egypt,
136
,
137–138
,
139

and regime change in Iran,
164
,
166–167

and regime change in Syria,
100
,
101–102
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
107–108

relationship with Archie,
65
,
72–73
,
95–96
,
132

relationship with Kim,
73

relationship with Nasser,
152–153
,
283
,
285

report written by, on Third World leadership,
150

resignation from government,
283

and salvaging Project ALPHA,
203–204

satirical character based on,
203
,
264

and the SCUA,
257

social theory studies of, influence of,
148–150

and the Soviet/Czech-Egyptian arms deal,
195–196
,
197
,
198
,
199
,
202

with the Strategic Services Unit,
71

in Syria as CIA station chief,
72
,
73
,
94–97
,
98
,
99
,
100
,
101–102
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
107
,
108–109

training as a commando,
70

on type of Arab leader needed,
109

and the US embassy hostage crisis,
296

and a US-Egyptian arms deal,
190
,
191
,
192
,
193
,
194

on why Kim joined the CIA,
115

and withdrawal of the Aswan dam loan,
233

Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC),
70
,
71
,
156
,
219

Countercoup
(Kim Roosevelt),
32–33
,
114
,
167
,
169
,
170
,
171–172
,
173
,
174
,
294

Crane, Charles,
90
,
219

Crawford, Archie,
36

Crypto-diplomacy, meaning of,
190

Cuba,
21
,
250
,
291

Cultural exchange, promoting,
121–122
,
240

Czechoslovakia,
114
,
196–197
,
204
,
222
,
232

See also
Soviet/Czech-Egypt arms deal

Daily Worker
(newspaper),
45

Damascus.
See
Syria

Damon, G. H.,
236

Darby’s Rangers,
99

Darbyshire, Norman,
163
,
164

Dayton, John,
252

Dean, Patrick,
259–260

Dearborn Foundation,
120
,
129
,
235
,
236
,
238
,
241

Debardeleben, Dan,
219
,
220

Democracy/democratization,
46
,
51
,
52
,
57
,
64
,
82
,
124
,
126–127
,
149
,
235
,
240
,
299

and Egypt,
135
,
137
,
140
,
141
,
184

and Syria,
97
,
98–99
,
101
,
106
,
108
,
109

Deuxième Bureau,
95
,
255
,
269
,
271
,
273

See also
Sarraj, ‘Abd al-Hamid

Devin-Adair,
183

Directorate of Plans,
148
,
176

“Disinterested benevolence” in the Arab world, tradition of,
21–22
,
27
,
34
,
51
,
80–81
,
95
,
130
,
131
,
140
,
160
,
242
,
298

Distinguished Intelligence Medal,
285
,
295

Dodge, David,
36

Dodson, William T.,
241

Domville, Patrick,
138

Donovan, William J.,
15
,
20
,
23
,
32
,
33
,
34
,
40
,
54–55
,
55–56
,
69
,
78

Doolittle, Hooker,
28
,
29
,
39

Driga, Slim,
28
,
29
,
39

Duce, James Terry,
86
,
91
,
105
,
119
,
183

Dulles, Allen W.,
55–56
,
78
,
114–115
,
118
,
119
,
134
,
136
,
144
,
146–147
,
154
,
163
,
164
,
173
,
174
,
175
,
177
,
185
,
195
,
198
,
206
,
217
,
219
,
220
,
223
,
224
,
225
,
228
,
230
,
243
,
245
,
251
,
257
,
260
,
261
,
263
,
268
,
269
,
277
,
279
,
281
,
282
,
284
,
291
,
297

Dulles, John Foster,
144
,
145
,
146
,
147
,
154
,
158
,
173
,
175
,
177
,
178
,
179
,
181
,
182
,
188
,
190
,
191
,
192
,
193
,
194
,
195
,
196
,
198
,
199
,
200–201
,
203
,
204
,
206
,
208
,
210
,
212
,
213–214
,
217
,
218
,
222
,
223
,
224
,
225
,
226
,
228
,
229–230
,
232
,
233
,
234
,
238
,
241
,
243
,
245
,
246
,
249
,
256–257
,
258–259
,
260
,
261
,
265
,
268
,
269
,
273–275
,
279
,
280
,
281
,
290
,
298
,
299

Durrell, Lawrence,
151

East African safaris,
5
,
171

East-West summit,
195

Eddy, William A.,
17
,
22–25
,
34
,
55
,
60–61
,
62
,
63
,
66
,
86
,
105
,
117
,
119
,
122
,
123
,
126
,
128
,
183
,
185
,
236–237
,
239
,
241
,
288
,
289
,
293

Eden, Anthony,
158
,
188
,
213
,
214
,
222
,
223
,
229
,
230
,
257
,
258
,
262

Egypt,
67
,
83
,
146–147
,
154
,
160
,
217
,
226
,
291
,
298

AFME and,
139
,
140
,
241

and the American University in Cairo,
22
,
80

and the Arab Bureau,
8
,
33

and the Arab Cold War,
188

and the ArabIsraeli War (1948),
136
,
209

BA&H in,
151
,
152
,
155
,
157

Berger’s tour of,
185

and Black Saturday,
135
,
136

Britain and,
6
,
7
,
8
,
21
,
33–35
,
77
,
79–80
,
135
,
138
,
141–142
,
153
,
156
,
160
,
204

and China,
194
,
229
,
232

coup event in,
136–137

economic aid proposed for,
191

focus shifting from,
263–264

merger with Syria,
286

nationalist propaganda from,
275

and OSS/Cairo,
32
,
33
,
34
,
35–36
,
37–38
,
40
,
41
,
86
,
88
,
141

plot to foment “peaceful revolution” in,
136
,
140

and policy drift by the Free Officers,
154–155

post-revolutionary,
139–143

preparing for attack on Israel,
214

and Project ALPHA,
187
,
227

regime change in,
135–139

and the Six-Day War,
292–293

and the Soviet/Czech-Egyptian arms deal,
194
,
195
,
196–199
,
202
,
203
,
204
,
212
,
214
,
222
,
232

suspected of plotting against Hussein,
268

and a US-Egyptian arms deal,
190–201
,
204

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