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category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
- Person
- DIA
- Israel
- Soviet
- Military
- Intelligence
- USA
summary: "Assistant Deputy Director of the DIA for technical affairs who headed the U.S. delegation at a 1979 Israel-U.S. intelligence exchange."
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Dr. [[Jack Varona]] was the assistant deputy director of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] for technical affairs. He was the head of the [[USA|U.S.]] delegation at an [[Israel|Israel]]-[[USA|U.S.]] intelligence exchange conference in late September 1979.[^1]
Dr. [[Jack Varona]] was the assistant deputy director of the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] for technical affairs. He was the head of the [[United States|U.S.]] delegation at an [[Israel|Israel]]-[[United States|U.S.]] intelligence exchange conference in late September 1979.[^1]
[[Jack Varona|Varona]] was criticized by [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] for his indifference and lack of understanding regarding the [[Iraq|Iraqi]] threat to [[Iran]]. He was more concerned with obtaining details about [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-made military equipment than with the urgent situation in [[Iran]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.