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( 1980s: )     1982
Hans Langemann, the Bundesnachrichtendienst officer who leaked the Langemann Papers

In 1982 Edwin Wilson was arrested for selling Arms for Libya (most notably almost the entire US domestic supply of C-4). The CIA denied all knowledge of his illegal arms deal, although they were later found to be lying.

Langemann Papers

Full article: Langemann Papers

The Langemann Papers exposed Le Cercle, amongst other topics. David Teacher terms them "the first serious breach in Cercle security, a leak which soon spread to other countries."

Falklands War

Full article: Falklands War

After an attack by Argentina, the government of Margaret Thatcher ordered the Royal Navy to retake the Falkland Islands. This boosted her flagging popularity at home, after her economic policies proved unpopular.

 

Events

Event	Date	Description
Operation Paperclip		A transfer of top German scientists to USA.
Cold War		The official narrative had 2 diametrically opposed systems locked in combat with one another since soon after WW2. Each of the "superpowers" and its team of allies needed to outdo each other by creating ever more and deadlier weapons, creating a kind of perpetual war for perpetual peace, with the warring parties engaging mainly in covert/proxy wars. Deep state interests blossomed in the climate of fear and paranoia.
The Troubles
Operation Condor
Inslaw		The Inslaw affair was a complex financial/political fraud the full dimensions of which were never uncovered, but some of which were forced onto the official record.
Project STARGATE		Project STARGATE aimed to gain domination over entire nations by making them cede their autonomy and privacy to the controlling person or group.
1980s Afghan war
Arms-to-Iraq
Iran-Iraq war
Israel/Violations of Lebanese sovereignty
Le Cercle/1982 (Washington)
Brabant Massacres		A set of murders between 1982 and 1985, in which 28 people died and 40 were injured. It became Belgium's most notorious unpunished crime spree.
Falklands War		A politically very convenient military conflict championed by Margaret Thatcher.
Belgrano affair
Bilderberg/1982
1982 Lebanon War		An Israeli invasion of Lebanon. They militarily occupied some of the country until 2000.
Le Cercle/1982 (Wildbad Kreuth)		Wildbad Kreuth, West Germany
Hyde Park bombing
Regent's Park bombing		A 1982 London bombing ascribed but never proved to be the work of the Provisional IRA.

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Business Executives for National Security
ICTS International		Public (OTCQB) ICTSF	An airport security company, founded by Shin Bet operatives, which occurs in multiple acts of "terrorism"
Project Interchange
National Center for Public Policy Research		Think tank
American Foreign Policy Council		Think tank
Rutherford Institute
National Program Office
Channel 4/News

 

Groups that were Wound Up

Group	Image	Type	Description
SDECE
Service d'Action Civique		Military Military ranks
The Black Panthers
Institute on Strategic Trade			A small but influential Washington based group started by Cercle member Miles Costick.

 

==Quotations== 

Deaths

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Cause of death	Summary	Description
Barbara Clay	1911	1982			Propagandist
Pierre Bonvoisin	1903	1982			Banker
John Keswick	1906	1982	Dumfriesshire UK		Spook Businessperson
John Cordeaux	23 July 1902	4 January 1982			Spook Politician
Guido Colonna di Paliano	16 April 1908	27 January 1982	Italy Naples
Henry S. Morgan	24 October 1900	8 February 1982	New York U.S.		Banker
John Hay Whitney	17 August 1904	8 February 1982	New York Manhasset		Diplomat
Nathan Witt	11 February 1903	16 February 1982	New York Manhattan U.S.		Spook Lawyer
Philip K. Dick	16 December 1928	2 March 1982	California Santa Ana U.S.		Author
Clifford Case	16 April 1904	5 March 1982	Washington DC		Politician Lawyer
Walter Hallstein	17 November 1901	29 March 1982	Germany Stuttgart		Diplomat Spook Academic Lawyer
Nathan Farragut Twining	11 October 1897	29 March 1982	Texas Lackland Air Force Base		Soldier
Abe Fortas	19 June 1910	5 April 1982	Washington DC U.S.		Academic Judge
Jerry Daniels	11 June 1941	29 April 1982	Thailand Bangkok		Spook	A CIA spook who was reportedly poisoned by carbon monoxide.
Cevdet Sunay	10 February 1899	22 May 1982	Turkey Istanbul		Soldier Politician
Thomas B. McCabe	11 July 1893	27 May 1982	Pennsylvania Swarthmore U.S.
Roberto Calvi	13 April 1920	17 June 1982	London UK		Banker	An Italian banker dubbed "God's Banker" (Italian: Banchiere di Dio) by the press because of his close association with the Holy See. Found death, hanging from a bridge in London.
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter	8 May 1897	18 June 1982	New York
Walworth Barbour	4 June 1908	21 July 1982	US Massachusetts Gloucester		Diplomat
Ruth First	4 May 1925	17 August 1982	Mozambique Maputo		Activist	An anti-apartheid activist, investigative journalist, and scholar. She wrote in her autobiography that her life was dedicated "to the liberation of Africa for I count myself an African, and there is no cause I hold dearer."
George Woods	27 July 1901	20 August 1982	New York Lisbon U.S.		Central banker
Charles Rolo	16 October 1916	October 1982		Cancer	Propagandist
Omer Becu	21 August 1902	9 October 1982	Belgium Antwerp		Union organizer
Pierre Mendes-France	11 January 1907	18 October 1982	Paris		Politician
Siegmund Warburg	30 September 1902	22 October 1982	London UK		Spook Banker
Leonid Brezhnev	19 December 1906	10 November 1982	Russia Soviet Union Moscow Near Zarechye		Civil servant Engineer
Marcus Wallenberg	5 October 1899	13 November 1982	Sweden Stockholm		Banker Athlete
Gordon Gray	30 May 1909	26 November 1982	Washington DC		Spook Politician

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary
Iman al-Obeidi	1982	Libya Tobruk
Anastasia Vashukevich	1982
Clara Shih	11 January 1982	Hong Kong		Businessperson
Adam Kokesh	1 February 1982	US California San Francisco		Activist
Fritz Schoon	6 February 1982
William Mountbatten-Windsor	21 June 1982	London St Mary's Hospital		Royalty
Sarah Sanders	13 August 1982	Hope Arkansas U.S.
Joe Lonsdale	12 September 1982	California Fremont U.S.		Businessperson
Vera Graziadei	6 November 1982	Ukraine Soviet Union Donetsk		Actor
Chérif Kouachi	29 November 1982	France Paris	9 January 2015
Shehzad Tanweer	15 December 1982	Bradford West Yorkshire England	7 July 2005