Alan Clark
 Alan Clark      (politician, deep state functionary?) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark 13 April 1928 London | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1999-09-05 (Age 71) Saltwood Castle, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cause of death | brain tumour | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Christ Church (Oxford) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Anglican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jane | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle, Minister for Defence Procurement...
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Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark was a UK politician who was a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade and Defence, and became a privy counsellor in 1991. His successor as Minister for Defence Procurement also attended Le Cercle.
Connections
Alan Clark attended Le Cercle.
Career
Alan Clark was Minister for Defence Procurement from 25 July 1989 to 14 April 1992, succeeded in that position by fellow Cercle Member (and later chairman), Jonathan Aitken.
Arms-to-Iraq
- Full article: Arms-to-Iraq
- Full article: Arms-to-Iraq
Clark was implicated in the Arms-to-Iraq weapons deal, together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Paul Channon.[1][2] During the 1992 Matrix Churchill trial, Clark stated that "the interests of the West were best served by Iran and Iraq fighting each other, and the longer the better."[3] The trial collapsed soon after Clark admitted being "economical with the actualite" regarding what he knew about arms exports to Iraq.[4]
When Alan Clark was questioned at the Old Bailey by Geoffrey Robertson at the 1992 Matrix Churchill trial, Clark accounted for the discrepancies between his testimony and statements he had made previously. His response became notorious:
- Clark: it's our old friend "economical"
- Robertson: with the truth?
- Clark: With the actualité. There was nothing misleading or dishonest to make a formal or introductory comment that the Iraqis would be using the current orders for general engineering purposes. All I didn't say was 'and for making munitions'.[5][6]
Death
Alan Clark died of a brain tumour[7], which Peter Eyre compares to the assassinations of Gerald Bull and David Kelly.[8]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Le Cercle/1990 (Oman) | 30 November 1990 | 30 November 1990 | Oman Al Bustan Hotel & Al-Baraka Palace Muscat | Start/End dates uncertain |
References
- ↑ Britain's dirty secret, The Guardian (David Leigh and John Hooper), 6 March 2003.
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/3631539.stm
- ↑ Document:Maggie's Guilty Secret
- ↑ "The difference between lying and misleading"
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=CFVvSAaTANMC&pg=PT158 page=158}}
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations 2007, p.212
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/08/world/alan-clark-a-british-scold-is-dead-at-71.html
- ↑ http://petereyrepatch.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-and-uk-lost-three-nuclear-weapons_04.html
