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1975 Helsinki accords signed ai_extracted 1 cit. no story President Ford and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed an agreement in Helsinki endorsing the free movement of people and ideas. Dissidents in the Soviet bloc took it seriously even as Ford and Kissinger saw it as window dressing. ●●

1975 Year 1975: Making Democracy Safe for Oil: Oilmen and the Isla rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Making Democracy Safe for Oil: Oilmen and the Islamic East (Boston: Little Brown, 1975). Roosevelt, Kermit. ●●

1975 “We had thought that this rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “We had thought that this would be a facility which could be used when and if the occasion arose, when it might be needed,” he said in 1975 congressional hearings16 on the origins of U. ●●

1975 concerning Buchko is in La Vista, Appendix A, and includes rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story concerning Buchko is in La Vista, Appendix A, and includes address of refugee relief agency in Rome. Walter Dushnyck’s glowing “Archbishop Buchko—Arch-Shepherd of Ukrainian Refugee... ●●

1975 “The Free Europe Committee: American Weapon of the Cold War.” rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “The Free Europe Committee: American Weapon of the Cold War.” Ph.D. dissertation, Carlton University, 1975 (Canadian Thesis on Microfilm Service call no. TC 20090). ●●

1975 Massoud studies revolutionary theory rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Massoud deeply studied the works of Mao Zedong, Che Guevara, and French strategist Regis Debray to develop his guerrilla warfare tactics. ●●

1975 United Brands bribery scandal and Eli Black's suicide ai_extracted 1 cit. no story United Brands president Eli Black jumped from the 44th floor of the Pan Am building after the SEC discovered his company had bribed Honduran General López Arellano with $1.25 million. The scandal exposed the corrupting influence of American fruit companies on Central American politics. ●●

1975 The Wall Street move into merger work accelerated into a stampede a... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Once Morgan Stanley sanctioned hostile takeovers, competitors jumped in. A year later, George Shinn of First Boston paired up Bruce Wasserstein and Joe Perella to launch a separate M&A operation. In 1974, $100 million was still considered a big deal. ●●

1975 In early 1975, Senator Frank Church tried to extract figures on pet... candidate ai_extracted 1 cit. no story News of the SIB deal, secretly crafted by Morgan Guaranty, dealt the coup de grace to the special relationship with Morgan Stanley. These were the waning days of the Paris partnership, and Morgan Stanley, learning the news only shortly before its ... ●●

1975 In 1975, Morgan Grenfell became the first merchant bank to win the ... candidate ai_extracted 1 cit. no story At Morgan Grenfell, the Arabs would temporarily answer the firm’s problems. With their penchant for secrecy and their appreciation of the confidential style of British merchant banks, the Arabs were naturally drawn to the mysterious maze of the Ci... ●●

1975 Each year, it sprouted a new wing: portfolio management (1975), gov... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE TOMBSTONES TO the outside world, Morgan Stanley still presented a debonair facade in the late 1970s. An Atlantic Monthly reporter, visiting its six floors atop the Exxon Building, marveled at its aplomb, its artfully modulated ... ●●

1975 Mayday deregulates Wall Street commissions ai_extracted 1 cit. no story If Main Street hoped that Black Monday would throw a cautionary fear into Wall Street, it was dead wrong. It only prodded the Street into more assertive, reckless behavior. Securities firms had already lost many safe, reliable businesses. ●●

1975 Congress cuts off aid to South Vietnam ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Congress cut off all military and economic aid to South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in February 1975, sealing their fate as communist forces conquered them. ●●

1975 Eyler had lived together since 1975. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Eyler had lived together since 1975. ●●

1975 who had died in 1975. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story who had died in 1975. ●●

1975 Filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini murdered ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Pasolini was killed in an apparent ritual murder in 1975. ●●

1975 In 1975, of course, the American effort in Indochina ended in a debacle which might have occurred at rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1975, of course, the American effort in Indochina ended in a debacle which might have occurred at any earlier point had America’s objective been capitulation. ●●

1975 The Jackson forces were relatively tolerant of geopolitical changes (Jackson voted against aid to th rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The Jackson forces were relatively tolerant of geopolitical changes (Jackson voted against aid to the noncommunist side in Angola in 1975) but were zealous about the implications of the most esoteric weapons technology. ●●

1975 Then, in 1975, the Conference emerged from obscurity when it was announced that agreements had been candidate ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Then, in 1975, the Conference emerged from obscurity when it was announced that agreements had been reached which would be signed at a summit-level meeting in Helsinki. ●●

1975 Ford signs the Helsinki Final Act ai_extracted 1 cit. no story President Ford was accused of a historic sellout for attending the Conference and for signing the main document, the so-called Final Act, in 1975. ●●

1975 The collapse of Indochina in 1975 had been followed in America by a retreat from Angola and a deepen rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The collapse of Indochina in 1975 had been followed in America by a retreat from Angola and a deepening of domestic divisions, and by an extraordinary surge in expansionism on the part of the Soviet Union. ●●

1975 , Cambodia 1975–1978: Rendezvous with Death (Princeton, N rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story , Cambodia 1975–1978: Rendezvous with Death (Princeton, N. ●●

1975 1975: ” When the potluck dinners petered out early in 1975, Moore ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story eally be like once they finally come into existence?” When the potluck dinners petered out early in 1975, Moore and French and Felsenstein decided to start a new club. Their first flyer proclaimed, “A ●●

1975 1975: ” 107 This first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club was ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ess.” 107 This first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club was held on a rainy Wednesday, March 5, 1975, in Gordon French’s Menlo Park garage. It occurred just when the first truly personal home compu ●●

1975 1975: Altair on the cover, January 1975. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Ed Roberts (1941–2010). Altair on the cover, January 1975. ●●

1975 1975: ) So the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story h lost it. (The venerable shipping service went out of business a few months later.) So the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured a fake version. As they were rushing the article into pri ●●

1975 1975: ” 116 THE HOMEBREW DEBUT At the first meeting of the Homeb... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Big Brother.” 116 THE HOMEBREW DEBUT At the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club in March 1975, the Altair was the centerpiece. MITS had sent it to the People’s Computer Company for review, and ●●

1975 1975: By the time of the third Homebrew meeting, in April 1975, he... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story TS, which was having trouble fulfilling orders. By the time of the third Homebrew meeting, in April 1975, he had made an amusing discovery. He had written a program to sort numbers, and while he was r ●●

1975 1975: CHAPTER NINE SOFTWARE When Paul Allen wandered up to the c... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story l Allen wandered up to the cluttered news kiosk in the middle of Harvard Square and saw the January 1975 Popular Electronics cover with the Altair on it, he was both exhilarated and dismayed. Although ●●

1975 1975: By late February 1975, after eight weeks of intense coding, ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By late February 1975, after eight weeks of intense coding, they got it down, brilliantly, into 3.2K. “It wasn’t a question of whether I could write the program, but r ●●

1975 1975: So in the spring of 1975, Allen moved to Albuquerque, a city... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story afety was not an ideal embraced by those eager to lead the computer revolution. So in the spring of 1975, Allen moved to Albuquerque, a city he had only recently learned was not in Arizona. Gates deci ●●

1975 1975: He finished his sophomore year that spring of 1975, then fle... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story rtnership with Allen than his course work at Harvard. He finished his sophomore year that spring of 1975, then flew down to Albuquerque for the summer and decided to stay there rather than return for ●●

1975 1975: SOFTWARE WANTS TO BE FREE In June 1975, the month that Gate... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story rs rarely thought of writing or controlling their own software. SOFTWARE WANTS TO BE FREE In June 1975, the month that Gates moved to Albuquerque, Roberts decided to send the Altair on the road as if ●●

1975 1975: The March 1975 first gathering of the Homebrew Computer Club... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The March 1975 first gathering of the Homebrew Computer Club came just after Wozniak had finished designing Breakout . At the outset of the meeting, he felt out ●●

1975 1975: on Sunday, June 29, 1975, a historic milestone occurred: Woz... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story quick dinner and then return to his cubicle to work on his computer. At 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, 1975, a historic milestone occurred: Wozniak tapped a few keys on his keyboard, the signal was proce ●●

1975 1975: Our partnership began as a 50-50 split and stayed that way u... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story e we do’—is false on its face. Our partnership began as a 50-50 split and stayed that way until mid-1975. Bill didn’t take the lead on the business side until after we became a formal partnership in 1 ●●

1975 1975: ly against impenetrable polycyclic screens.” II . Three years later, i rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ly against impenetrable polycyclic screens.” II . Three years later, in 1975, when Atari decided to build a home version of Pong , the venture capital ●●

1975 1975: nky engineer who loved to build his own computers. Among the topics th rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story nky engineer who loved to build his own computers. Among the topics they discussed was “What will personal computers really be like once they finally ●●

1975 1975: t under their fingernails and play in the process.” 107 This first mee rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story t under their fingernails and play in the process.” 107 This first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club was held on a rainy Wednesday, March 5, 1975, ●●

1975 1975: Ed Roberts (1941–2010). Altair on the cover, January 1975. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Ed Roberts (1941–2010). Altair on the cover, January 1975. ●●

1975 1975: g service went out of business a few months later.) So the January 197 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story g service went out of business a few months later.) So the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured a fake version. As they were rushing the ●●

1975 1975: nd nimble entrepreneurs far more than Big Brother.” 116 THE HOMEBREW D rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story nd nimble entrepreneurs far more than Big Brother.” 116 THE HOMEBREW DEBUT At the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club in March 1975, the Altai ●●

1975 1975: MITS, which was having trouble fulfilling orders. By the time of the t rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story MITS, which was having trouble fulfilling orders. By the time of the third Homebrew meeting, in April 1975, he had made an amusing discovery. He had w ●●

1975 1975: CHAPTER NINE SOFTWARE When Paul Allen wandered up to the cluttered new rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story CHAPTER NINE SOFTWARE When Paul Allen wandered up to the cluttered news kiosk in the middle of Harvard Square and saw the January 1975 Popular Electro ●●

1975 1975: By late February 1975, after eight weeks of intense coding, they got i rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story By late February 1975, after eight weeks of intense coding, they got it down, brilliantly, into 3.2K. “It wasn’t a question of whether I could write ●●

1975 1975: ed by those eager to lead the computer revolution. So in the spring of rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ed by those eager to lead the computer revolution. So in the spring of 1975, Allen moved to Albuquerque, a city he had only recently learned was not i ●●

1975 1975: ership with Allen than his course work at Harvard. He finished his sop rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ership with Allen than his course work at Harvard. He finished his sophomore year that spring of 1975, then flew down to Albuquerque for the summer an ●●

1975 1975: ught of writing or controlling their own software. SOFTWARE WANTS TO B rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ught of writing or controlling their own software. SOFTWARE WANTS TO BE FREE In June 1975, the month that Gates moved to Albuquerque, Roberts decided ●●

1975 1975: The March 1975 first gathering of the Homebrew Computer Club came just rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The March 1975 first gathering of the Homebrew Computer Club came just after Wozniak had finished designing Breakout . At the outset of the meeting, h ●●

1975 1975: to his cubicle to work on his computer. At 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story to his cubicle to work on his computer. At 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, 1975, a historic milestone occurred: Wozniak tapped a few keys on his keyboard, ●●

1975 1975: rge of ‘anything else we do’—is false on its face. Our partnership beg rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story rge of ‘anything else we do’—is false on its face. Our partnership began as a 50-50 split and stayed that way until mid-1975. Bill didn’t take the lea ●●

1975 Information history in 1975 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story amics of ‘Small-World’ Networks,” 442. ♦ “WE WANT THE DEMON, YOU SEE”: Stanislaw Lem, The Cyberiad, trans. ●●

1975 Khmer Rouge take power in Cambodia ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ss legislated an end to the bombing in August 1973, U.S. government participation in the ongoing slaughter continued until the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975.21 Phase II: From April 1975 through 1978 Cambodia was subjected to the murderous rule o ●●

1975 ) in 1975, is described sardonically by Michael Vickery as “the standard total view” (STV). Accordin rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story ) in 1975, is described sardonically by Michael Vickery as “the standard total view” (STV). According to the STV, prior to the Khmer Rouge victory in April 1975, Cambodia had been a “gentle land” (Barron and Paul) of “gentle if emotional people” who ●●

1975 y the retreating NLF forces, see our PEHR, I, 345ff., and sources cited, particularly Gareth Porter, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story y the retreating NLF forces, see our PEHR, I, 345ff., and sources cited, particularly Gareth Porter, “The 1968 ‘Hué Massacre,’” Congressional Record, February 19, 1975, pp. S2189–94, and Porter’s review of Big Story. Porter notes that Braestrup’s est ●●

1975 Corporate and trade-association image and issues advertising increased... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Corporate and trade-association image and issues advertising increased from $305 million in 1975 to $650 million in 1980.76 So did direct-mail campaigns through dividend and other mail stuffers, the d ●●

1975 RUTILIO GRANDE AND THE UNWORTHY SEVENTY-TWO As shown on table 2–1, th... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story RUTILIO GRANDE AND THE UNWORTHY SEVENTY-TWO As shown on table 2–1, the unworthy seventy-two on Penny Lernoux’s list of martyrs were subject to a grand total of eight articles in the New York Times, o ●●

1975 Event of 1975 rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Ravenholt accepted the offer, and 440,000 women in forty-two countries would be using them by the time the recall order was issued in 1975 ●●

1975 1975, in “Some Studies of Indian Demographic Trends,” Nehru Memorial Mu- seum and Library, Asok M... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1975, in “Some Studies of Indian Demographic Trends,” Nehru Memorial Mu- seum and Library, Asok Mitra Papers, National Planning Commission, box 181 (provisional box number), “Meetings, Conferences.... ●●

1975 Author’s interview with Adrienne Germain, November 10, 2006; au- thor’s interview with Nafis Sadi... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Author’s interview with Adrienne Germain, November 10, 2006; au- thor’s interview with Nafis Sadik, November 9, 2006; “Secretary-General’s Re- port,” April 25, 1975, IPPFA, 1.4.1.1.3, “IPPF Managem... ●●

1975 II, George Zeidenstein, box 2, Officers Meetings, July 1975–June 1976; Officer’s Meeting: Minutes... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story II, George Zeidenstein, box 2, Officers Meetings, July 1975–June 1976; Officer’s Meeting: Minutes, July 13, 1976, RAC, RG IV3B4.2, Population Coun- cil, Acc. ●●

1975 1975 13th Meeting of the Governing Body.” On UNDP, see Hoffman memcon with Hart, February 20, 197... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 1975 13th Meeting of the Governing Body.” On UNDP, see Hoffman memcon with Hart, February 20, 1970, UKNA, 62/25. ●●

1975 Notestein, “Uninhibited Notes”; “World Population Conference Report,” October 31–November 2, 1975... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Notestein, “Uninhibited Notes”; “World Population Conference Report,” October 31–November 2, 1975, IPPFA, 1.4.1.1.1, IPPF Governing Body, 13th Meeting of the Governing Body. ●●

1975 290 f a t a l m i s c o n c e p t i o n Throwing Money at the Problem $0 $20,000,000 $40,000,000 ... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story 290 f a t a l m i s c o n c e p t i o n Throwing Money at the Problem $0 $20,000,000 $40,000,000 $60,000,000 $80,000,000 $100,000,000 $120,000,000 $140,000,000 $160,000,000 1971 109,567,000 7,446,0... ●●

1975 “Discussion on Additional General Grant Support,” November 2, 1976, IPPFA, 1.4.1.1.1, “IPPF Gover... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “Discussion on Additional General Grant Support,” November 2, 1976, IPPFA, 1.4.1.1.1, “IPPF Governing Body, 14th Meeting (Special Meeting) 5th– 7th November.” On cuts at the Council, see “Minutes o... ●●

1975 “Minutes of the Senior Staff Meeting,” July 22, 1975, RAC, RG IV3B4.2, Population Council, Acc. rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story “Minutes of the Senior Staff Meeting,” July 22, 1975, RAC, RG IV3B4.2, Population Council, Acc. ●●

1975 China adopts leftist Cultural Revolution constitution ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The gradual implementation of “social transformation” noted in this document was then rejected in favor of a more leftist constitution drafted during the Cultural Revolution in 1975 that openly called for the dictatorship of the party over the state. ●●

1975 In an agreement announced on 15 January 1975, rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In an agreement announced on 15 January 1975, the three movements formed a transi- tional government with elections to b ●●

1975 *4 Yet, even if this were one of rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story *4 Yet, even if this were one of Kissinger’s rare truthful remarks about the Angola situation, and even if this could be ●●

1975 In January, just before the Clinton administration took rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In January, just before the Clinton administration took over, a senior State Department official had declared: “Unita is ●●

1975 Daoud dismisses Soviet-trained Afghan officers ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In September 1975, prodded by Iran which was conditioning its aid on such policies, Daoud dismissed 40 Soviet-trained mi ●●

1975 Another problem faced by the Kabul government in rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Another problem faced by the Kabul government in winning the hearts and minds of the people was of course the continuing ●●

1975 Attacks on Cuba: a) eeoeieer to and George rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Attacks on Cuba: a) eeoeieer to and George Crile III, “The Kennedy Vendetta”, Harper’s magazine (New York), August 1975, ●●

1975 c) Russel Ward, The History of Australia: The rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story c) Russel Ward, The History of Australia: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1975 (London, 1978) pp ●●

1975 Financial crisis or panic rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Huntington, and Joji Watanuki, The Crisis of Democ- racy (New York: New York University Press, 1975), pp ●●

1975 Chapman applies for YMCA ICCP/Abroad placement, chooses Beirut rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In February 1975, Mark David Chapman fills out an application for ICCP/Abroad, oddly listing Soviet Union as first choice but accepting Beirut instead ●●

1975 Jim Jones Moves Headquarters rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Levenda states that Jim Jones moved his operational headquarters to the synagogue on Geary Street in 1975. ●●

1975 Homebrew Computer Club holds its first meeting ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Hobbyists gathered in Gordon French's Menlo Park garage for the first Homebrew Computer Club meeting. ●●

1975 Altair 8800 unveiled in Popular Electronics ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The January 1975 issue named the machine the first real personal computer for home consumers. ●●

1975 Gates and Allen finish Altair BASIC ai_extracted 1 cit. no story After eight weeks of coding, the pair squeezed their BASIC interpreter down to 3.2K in time to fly it to MITS. ●●

1975 Altair BASIC runs for the first time ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Allen loaded the BASIC interpreter into a MITS Altair, and it correctly computed a test command. ●●

1975 Wozniak builds the first Apple I prototype ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Wozniak got a keyboard and monitor working together with a microprocessor for the first time, at 10 p.m. on June 29, 1975. ●●

c. 1975 The Unresolved Land Question 2 cit. After independence, the land question was normalized rather than solved. Huge estates and valuable parcels ended up with founding families, senior officials, chiefs, Home Guard networks, land-buying company bosses and politically connected companies. The poor were left with small plots, debt, informal settlement, squatting or migration. Later inquiries documented illegal public-land grabbing, but they did not reopen the whole private-title settlement created by conquest, Swynnerton and willing-buyer purchase. economy / politics / society ●●●●●

1975 The Church Committee documents the CIA plot against Lumumba 1 cit. The US Senate’s Church Committee, investigating CIA activity, confirmed that the agency under Allen Dulles had plotted to poison Lumumba in 1960. It found the poison plan was not carried out and did not establish that the CIA caused his actual death. ●●

1975 Ontulili forest excisions become the Timau Angaine dispute 3 cit. Legal notices in 1975 and 1977 excised about 930 hectares from Mt Kenya forest near Ontulili and Timau. Decades later, squatters, the Angaine family, Flamingo/Homegrown and other claimants fought over whether the land had been meant for landless people or lawfully passed into private title. The National Land Commission recommended restitution in 2019, but the Environment and Land Court sent the dispute back for a fresh hearing because affected parties had not been properly heard. economy / politics / society ●●●●●

1975 Seeds law moves food security into certified seed 1 cit. The Seeds and Plant Varieties Act was assented to in 1972 and commenced in 1975, giving the state powers over seed testing, certification, variety lists and plant breeders rights. Food security was now also about who could certify seed, release varieties, control quality and define official planting material. economy / politics / technology ●●●

1976 Industrial production recovers after BoJ loosens credit ai_extracted 1 cit. After the BoJ raised its window guidance loan growth ceilings in late 1975 and early 1976, industrial production recovered in late 1976, regaining its October 1973 peak and ending Japan's worst postwar slump. ●●●

1976 Wood argues the Executive Branch was 'hijacked' in 1976 ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Wood asserts that the U.S. Executive Branch was hijacked in 1976 by Trilateral Commission members with the election of Carter and Mondale, and that their dominance continued afterward. ●●

1976 Carla Hills chairs U.S. delegation to Habitat I ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1976 Trilateral Commission member Carla A. Hills chaired the U.S. delegation to the U.N. Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat I), whose report urged implementing the New International Economic Order. ●●

1976 Election of Jimmy Carter ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Jimmy Carter was elected US president in 1976. Wood asserts that Trilateral Commission technocrats used his election to take control of the Executive Branch and have dominated administrations since. ●●

1976 Francis Schaeffer warns of coming authoritarianism ai_extracted 1 cit. no story In 1976 theologian Francis Schaeffer wrote that authoritarian government from the right or left leads to the same result, an elite forcing form on society. Wood cites it as foreseeing a global totalitarian government. ●●

1976 Carroll Quigley's 1976 Oscar Iden Lectures ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Gatto cites Carroll Quigley's return to Georgetown in 1976 to deliver the Oscar Iden Lecture Series, quoting his warnings about the commercialization of communities and the power of credit and corporations. Gatto aligns Quigley's views with his own. ●●

1976 FM 30-31B document surfaces in the European press ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The book says excerpts of the disputed FM 30-31B document appeared in the Spanish press in 1976 after Franco's fall and in Italy in 1978. It presents the document as describing false flag operations by the secret armies. ●●

1976 George H. W. Bush becomes CIA director ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Bush took over as director of central intelligence in early 1976 and quickly grew fond of the agency. He boosted morale but accomplished little in his short tenure. ●●

1976 CIA covert action in Angola ai_extracted 1 cit. no story After the fall of Saigon, the CIA shipped cash and weapons to anticommunist guerrillas in Angola. Congress publicly banned the covert support and killed the operation while it was underway. ●●

1976 Bush approves Team B ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Bush let a group of hawkish outside analysts write their own estimate of Soviet military power. Team B dramatically overstated Soviet strength, and after the Cold War every one of its findings proved wrong. ●●

1976 Car bombing kills Orlando Letelier in Washington ai_extracted 1 cit. no story Pinochet's intelligence chief Manuel Contreras orchestrated the assassination of former ambassador Orlando Letelier and an American aide. They died by car bomb near the White House. ●●

1976 According to a 1976 Senate rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story According to a 1976 Senate investigation, a key official of Operation Bloodstone is the OPC officer who was specifically delegated responsibility for planning the agency’s assassinations, kidnappings, and similar “wet work. ●●

1976 The CIA’s present determination to protect its agent disposal system rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story The CIA’s present determination to protect its agent disposal system remains one of the single greatest obstacles to expulsion of known Nazi criminals hiding in the United States. ... ●●

1976 wartime exploits. Skorzeny’s own Meine Kommanounternehmen, Krieg oh... rejected ai_extracted 1 cit. no story wartime exploits. Skorzeny’s own Meine Kommanounternehmen, Krieg ohne Fronten (Wiesbaden: Limes Verlag, 1976), also available as Otto Skorzeny, La Guerre Inconnue (Paris: Albin Mic... ●●