Interviews: Jack Blum, nos. 1-2 (Transcripts)., 09/05/1990-11/30/1990

File — Box: 17, Folder: 44

Identifier: 90549

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

09/05/1990-11/30/1990

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains copies of the transcripts for the two interviews conducted by Larry Collins with Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer who was hired to act as an investigator for the Kerry Senate Subcommittee hearings on BCCI, during his research for the investigative novel Black Eagles (1995), regarding his experiences with the CIA's operations in Latin America.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLUM, JACK - BLACK INTRVWS 1-2 TRANSC W/ LC, 1990: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - BLACK INTRVWS 1-2 TRANSC W/ BLUM, JACK, 1990: Typescript

BLACK EAGLES - INTRVWS 1-2 TRANSC W/ BLUM, JACK, 1990: Typescript

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

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

CONTRAS - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE CIA OPERATIONS, 1990: Typescript

ARMS SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE CONTRAS, 1990: Typescript

ISRAEL - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE ARMS SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript

MONEY LAUNDERING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE BCCI, 1990: Typescript

BCCI - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE MONEY LAUNDERING, 1990: Typescript

DEA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUMRE CIA RELATIONS, 1990: Typescript

CIA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE DEA RELATIONS, 1990: Typescript

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

HULL, JOHN - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ BLUM RE CIA, 1990: Typescript

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