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“Revelations of Carter’s Former Advisor : ‘Yes, the CIA entered Afghanistan before the Russians…’” (1998)

Originally published: David Gibbs Blog on International Politics 37, no. 2, 2000, pp. 241-242. by Le Nouvel Observateur (more by David Gibbs Blog) (Posted Aug 19, 2021)

Question: The former director of the CIA, Robert Gates, stated in his memoirs that the American intelligence services began to aid the Mujahiddin in Afghanistan six months before the Soviet intervention. In this period, you were the national security advisor to President Carter. You therefore played a key role in this affair. Is this correct?