tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post3514596928045459681..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Almost Full Circle: September 1, 1969 and TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-81318954022769719722011-09-01T11:58:50.182-04:002011-09-01T11:58:50.182-04:00David:
I've changed "days" to "...David:<br /><br />I've changed "days" to "months." Thanks for the reminiscence.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-9910773901894346142011-09-01T10:55:16.019-04:002011-09-01T10:55:16.019-04:00One nit pick, Michael. You wrote, "Oddly, fo...One nit pick, Michael. You wrote, "Oddly, for the first few days after the coup it was unclear who, in fact, the new "Revolutionary Command Council" members were: they chose initial anonymity." With exception of Qadhafi, who was described not as leader but as spokesperson for the RCC, the names remained "secret" until January 1970. That did not keep the CIA from publishing a mostly incorrect list early in September. Since I was interpreter in the meetings where we met with them, and since we and the British had access to old military training files, their anonymity and pseudonyms gradually were dismantled. Nonetheless, for my senior in the US government, they still seemed "too young" to be the real leaders. Since I was their age, it seemed entirely appropriate!David Macknoreply@blogger.com