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category: "Business & Finance"
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- Person
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summary: "After Chevrier's fortunes changed and FXC International became a significant company, the CIA approached him with the idea of opening an aircraft division."
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[[Frank Chevrier]] was a French-Canadian who transformed [[FXC International]], a company that initially produced parachutes for civilian purposes. He started as a laborer at the company and eventually became its director and owner. Under his leadership, [[FXC International]] began manufacturing parachutes for military purposes with [[Israel|Israeli]] technology.[^1]
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After [[Frank Chevrier|Chevrier]]'s fortunes changed and [[FXC International]] became a significant company, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] approached him with the idea of opening an aircraft division. This division would allow [[FXC International]] to broker secret sales of aircraft around the world on behalf of the [[United States|U.S.]] government.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015).
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