Interviews: Gene Wheaton (Transcript)., 12/01/1990-12/31/1990
Scope and Contents
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
- 12/01/1990-12/31/1990
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 a copy of the transcript for the interview conducted by Larry Collins with Gene Wheaton, ? a former CIA agent, during his research for the investigative novel Black Eagles (1995), regarding his knowledge of the CIA-backed drug smuggling operation based out of a private airport in Mina, Arkansas.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
BLACK EAGLES - INTRVW TRANSC W/ WHEATON, GENE, 1990: Typescript
COLLINS, LARRY - BLACK INTRVW TRANSC W/ WHEATON, GENE, 1990: Typescript
WHEATON, GENE - BLACK INTRVW TRANSC W/ LC, 1990: Typescript
SEAL, BARRY - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE DRUG SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
CIA - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE DRUG SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
MINA, ARKANSAS - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE DRUG SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
CONTRAS - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE DRUG SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
DRUG SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE CIA OPERATIONS, 1990: Typescript
DRUG SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE MINA, ARKANSAS, 1990: Typescript
DRUG SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE SEAL, BARRY, 1990: Typescript
DRUG SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE TED SHACKLEY, 1990: Typescript
SHACKLEY, TED - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE DRUG SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
PARVIS CORP. - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE DRUG SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
ARMS SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE MINA, ARKANSAS, 1990: Typescript
MINA, ARKANSAS - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE ARMS SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
SEAL, BARRY - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE ARMS SMUGGLING, 1990: Typescript
ARMS SMUGGLING - BLACK INTRVW NOTES W/ WHEATON RE SEAL, BARRY, 1990: Typescript
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu