George W. Cave

George W. Cave is a CIA operations officer and authority on Iran who reluctantly took part in the Iran–Contra affair at the behest of CIA Director William J. Casey.[2]

George W. Cave
Born (1929-08-06) 6 August 1929[1]
New Jersey
Nationality United States
Alma materPrinceton University
Espionage activity
Allegiance United States
Service branchDirectorate of Operations (CIA)

Cave majored in Middle Eastern studies at Princeton University, where he studied from 1952 to 1956,[3] and joined CIA after graduation. One account claims Cave served the CIA in Teheran during the 1953 Iranian coup d'état that restored the Shah of Iran to power but he has indicated he did not join the agency until October 1956.[4][5] In the mid 1970s he served in Tehran as deputy CIA station chief, with personal ties to the Shah.[4] His agency-given pseudonym in the late 1970s was "Joseph Adlesick."[6][7] In the series "Documents from the U.S. Espionage Den" he is referred to in volumes 10, 17, 38, 55 and 56. In October 1979, he gave a briefing in Tehran to Abbas Amir-Entezam and Ebrahim Yazdi, based on intelligence from the IBEX system, that Iraq was preparing to invade.[8]

By 1977, when he was working in Jeddah, he had six children, three of whom were in college.[9]

He testified at the trial of senior CIA official Clair George, tying him and the agency to Iran-Contra.[10][11]

He published his first novel, October 1980 in December 2013.[12] In his final interview Duane Clarridge, former CIA operations officer and Iran-Contra figure, hinted that this novel was a largely accurate depiction of how Reagan's October Surprise transpired.[13]

The International Spy Museum interviewed him about his career in June 2012.[14]

He attended Milton Hershey School where he graduated in 1947 and was named Alumnus of the Year in 2001.[15]

Selected works
  • Cave, George W. (1972). Sufi Poetry. Rawalpindi: R.C.D. Cultural Association.
  • Cave, George W. (1975). "Personal observations on changes in Iran between 1958 and 1975".
  • Cave, George W. (2013). October 1980. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4827-8213-4.
  • Cave, George W. (2017). The Seat of the Scornful: A Second Chance. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1540503893.

References
  1. "CounterSpy Winter 1975" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. Byrne, Malcolm (2014). Iran-Contra: Reagan's Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power (Reprint ed.). University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0700625901.
  3. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (5 March 2016). "Participant Biographies" (PDF).
  4. "Plumbing the CIA's Shadowy Role". Time. December 22, 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  5. SpyCast (June 21, 2012). "Our Man in the Middle East (Part 1)". The CyberWire. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  6. Bill, James A. (1988). The Eagle and the Lion: The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 492. ISBN 9780300044126. Retrieved 9 June 2019. adlesick george cave.
  7. The National Security Archive (2002). "Chronology: Iran: The making of U.S. policy, 1977-1980". Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  8. Bird, Kai (2014). The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames. Crown Archetype. p. 227, 246. ISBN 9780307889775. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. "Princeton Alumni Weekly". 1977.
  10. Lewis, Neil A. (1992-08-11). "Ex-C.I.A. Expert on Iran Ties Agent to Arms Sale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  11. Ostrow, Ronald J. (1992-08-11). "Ex-CIA Chief's Statements on Secord Contradicted". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  12. "October 1980". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  13. Schou, Nicholas (April 24, 2016). "The 'October Surprise' Was Real, Legendary Spymaster Hints in Final Interview". Newsweek.
  14. "Our Man in the Middle East". Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  15. "MHS Chronology" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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