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After Chevrier's fortunes changed and FXC International became a significant company, the CIA approached him with the idea of opening an aircraft division. |
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 technology.1
After Frank Chevrier's fortunes changed and FXC International became a significant company, the Central Intelligence Agency 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 government.1
Footnotes
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Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩︎