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In February 1989, Cave was spotted in Paraguay with Earl Brian, visiting Gen. | 1929-08-06 | New Jersey |
George Cave was a longtime Central Intelligence Agency official and an Iran expert, fluent in Farsi. He was officially purged from the Central Intelligence Agency in 1977 but remained active until 1989. His career was somewhat parallel to Ari Ben-Menashe.1
George Cave was a member of what Israel called the "Iran Group," headed by Robert Gates, which was created as a result of the October 1980 Paris Summit Meeting. Due to his expertise on Iran, he participated with the Israel in arms sales. He became well-known in Washington, D.C. circles and was very close to Robert Gates.1
George Cave was present at the October 1980 Paris Summit Meeting, along with George H.W. Bush, William J. Casey, Robert McFarlane, and Donald Gregg. He was also present at the Santiago meeting in late 1986, where United States officials reaffirmed their intention to maintain arms channels to Iraq.1
In February 1989, George Cave was spotted in Paraguay with Earl Brian, visiting Andres Rodriguez prior to the coup against Alfredo Stroessner. Ari Ben-Menashe confronted George Cave about his presence, and George Cave claimed to be there on personal business.1
George Cave was named as an enemy of the state by an Israel intelligence committee in March 1989, due to his involvement in supplying Iraq with chemical weapons and nuclear technology.1
Footnotes
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Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩︎