CIA • 2002
YEVGENIY PRIMAKOV AND IRAQ
Approved for Release: 2016/05/10 C06517096 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY LEADERSHIP NOTE RUSSIA Yevgeniy Primakov and Iraq Whom Does He Know? Primakov has known Saddam Husayn since - 1969, when he was chief Middle East correspondent for Pravda, working in Cairo and frequently visiting Baghdad, and Saddam was deputy chairman of Iraq's Revolution Command Council. Later, as an aide to former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Primakov served as Moscow's shuttle diplomat to Iraq during the Persian Gu...
U
Declassified
Timeline
- Created
- Mar 16, 2022
- Released
- Sep 14, 2016
- Publication
- Oct 16, 2002
- Case number
- F-2016-00894
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Metadata
Document #
06517096
Case #
F-2016-00894
Document Type
SPECIALCOLLECTION
Collection
FOIA Collection
Release Decision
RIPPUB
Original Classification
U
Sequence
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Pages
2 pages
File Size
72.74 KB