Subject Files: Ted Shackley., 01/01/1985-12/31/1995

File — Box: 21, Folder: 29

Identifier: 90878

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

01/01/1985-12/31/1995

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 contents of the subject file folder regarding background on the sea mining facility Ted Shackley, former CIA chief of the Latin American Division, established to mine Nicaraguan harbors, consisting of the articles, interview notes, and related material compiled by Larry Collins during his research for the investigative novel Black Eagles (1995), also referred to as Canal.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BLACK EAGLES - SUBJ FILE, SHACKLEY, TED, SEA MINING FACILITY, ND: Xerox

SHACKLEY, TED - BLACK SUBJ FILE RE SEA MINING FACILITY, ND: Xerox

CIA - BLACK SUBJ FILE RE SHACKLEY, TED, SEA MINING FACILITY, ND: Xerox

CONTRAS - BLACK SUBJ FILE RE SHACKLEY, TED, SEA MINING FACIL, ND: Xerox

NICARAGUA - BLACK SUBJ FILE RE SHACKLEY, TED, SEA MINING FACIL, ND: Xerox