Tag: Historical
CIA in 1948: Embargo on Israel will lead to peaceful coexistence in Middle East
The CIA, under orders of the Truman administration, issued a report on how a U.N. arms embargo would affect the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The CIA collaborated with the intelligence units of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and the State Department, to learn of the decade-long investments by Israel in munitions factories,…