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Colonel Meir Meir was the chief of the External Relations Department (ERD) of the Israel Defense Forces/Military Intelligence.

Colonel Meir Meir was the chief of the External Relations Department (ERD) of the Israel/Military Intelligence. He interviewed Ari Ben-Menashe for a civilian position in the ERD in 1977, believing they could utilize Ari Ben-Menashe Iran expertise.1

Meir Meir was contacted by Ari Ben-Menashe during his mission to Nicaragua in 1978, when Ari Ben-Menashe was detained by Nicaragua state security. Meir Meir confirmed Ari Ben-Menashe identity to the Nicaragua ambassador.1

He also sent Ari Ben-Menashe to Washington, D.C. with David Kimche on the Mossad budget, as David Kimche needed an Iran affairs briefer for a secret operation to supply Iran with small arms and spare parts.1

Footnotes


  1. Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩︎