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Interviews: Frank McNeill, nos. 1-3 (Transcript)., 05/25/1990-09/03/1990

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 32
Identifier: 90537

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the research and subject files, interview tapes, including transcripts, and related material of the noted writer and journalist Larry Collins. Included in this collection are the materials for Collins' five collaborative works with French journalist and writer Dominique Lapierre, as well as the three novels he authored alone. The collection has been arranged chronologically according to the dates of publication for his works. The collectins holds material related to all of Collins' nine books, excluding his compilations of Lord Louis Mountbatten's papers.

Dates

  • 05/25/1990-09/03/1990

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 47.75 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

Contains copies of the transcripts for the three interviews conducted by Larry Collins with Frank McNeill, former ambassador to Costa Rice amd assistant to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Elliot Abrams, during his research for the investigative novel Black Eagles (1995), regarding his knowledge of the Latin American drug trade and Iran-Contra.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLACK EAGLES - INTRVWS 1-3 TRANSC W/ MCNEILL, FRANK, 1990: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - BLACK INTRVWS 1-3 TRANSC W/ MCNEILL, FRANK, 1990: Typescript

MCNEILL, FRANK - BLACK INTRVWS 1-3 TRANSC W/ LC, 1990: Typescript

LATIN AMERICA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE CIA OPERATIONS, 1990: Typescript

LATIN AMERICA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE DRUG TRADE, 1990: Typescript

CIA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE LATIN AMERICA OPERATIONS, 1990: Typescript

DRUG TRADE - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE LATIN AMERICA, 1990: Typescript

IRAN-CONTRA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE CIA, 1990: Typescript

CASEY, WILLIAM - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE CIA, 1990: Typescript

SHACKLEY, TED - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE CIA, 1990: Typescript

NORIEGA, MANUEL - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MCNEILL RE CIA, 1990: Typescript

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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