Interviews: Constantine Menges (Transcript)., 11/01/1990-11/30/1990

File — Box: 17, Folder: 46

Identifier: 90551

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

11/01/1990-11/30/1990

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 22 Cubic Feet (22 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains a copy of the transcript for the interview conducted by Larry Collins with Constantine Menges, a former senior analyst with the CIA on Latin American affairs who also served on the National Security Council under the Reagan Administration, during his research for the investigative novel Black Eagles (1995), regarding his knowledge of the events leading up to the invasion of Panama and his suspicions of Manuel Noriega's involvement with the drug trade.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLACK EAGLES - INTRVW TRANSC W/ MENGES, CONSTANTINE, 1990: Typescript

COLLINS, LARRY - BLACK INTRVW TRANSC W/ MENGES, CONSTANTINE, 1990: Typescript

MENGES, CONSTANTINE - BLACK INTRVW TRANSC W/ LC, 1990: Typescript

NORIEGA, MANUEL - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE DRUG TRADE, 1990: Typescript

DRUG TRADE, LATIN AM - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE NORIEGA, 1990: Typescript

CONTRAS - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE NORIEGA, 1990: Typescript

NORIEGA, MANUEL - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE CONTRAS, 1990: Typescript

PANAMA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE NSC POLICY, 1990: Typescript

NAT'L SECUR CCL - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE PANAMA, 1990: Typescript

MCFARLANE, ROBERT - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE PANAMA, 1990: Typescript

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

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

BARLETTA, NICOLO - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE RESIGNATION, 1990: Typescript

U.S. STATE DEPT - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE PANAMA, 1990: Typescript

PANAMA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE U.S. STATE DEPT, 1990: Typescript

POINDEXTER, JOHN - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE PANAMA, 1990: Typescript

BRIGGS, TED - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE NORIEGA, 1990: Typescript

NORIEGA, MANUEL - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE PERSONAL, 1990: Typescript

REAGAN ADMIN - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ MENGES RE LATIN AM POLICY, 1990: Typescript