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==Yemen==
 
==Yemen==
Following a Nasserite coup in [[Yemen]] in September 1962, [[Julian Amery]] (also a member of [[Le Cercle]]) met with [[King Hussein of Jordan]] and agreed to send McLean to report on the situation.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6, Touchstone 2002, p.679.</ref>
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Following a [[Nasser]]ite [[coup]] in [[Yemen]] in September 1962, [[Julian Amery]] (also a member of [[Le Cercle]]) met with [[King Hussein of Jordan]] and agreed to send McLean to report on the situation.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6, Touchstone 2002, p.679.</ref> In late March 1963, Amery met with Neil McLean, [[David Stirling]], Col [[Brian Franks]] and [[Alec Douglas-Home]] to organise an unofficial mercenary operation.<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6, Touchstone 2002, p.684.</ref>
  
 
==Later Activities==
 
==Later Activities==

Revision as of 19:46, 7 April 2015

Person.png Neil McLean  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, deep state actor)
Member ofLe Cercle

Army Career

In 1941 he was transferred to the the Special Operations Executive.

Yemen

Following a Nasserite coup in Yemen in September 1962, Julian Amery (also a member of Le Cercle) met with King Hussein of Jordan and agreed to send McLean to report on the situation.[1] In late March 1963, Amery met with Neil McLean, David Stirling, Col Brian Franks and Alec Douglas-Home to organise an unofficial mercenary operation.[2]

Later Activities

He is on three of the four known attendance lists of Le Cercle, from 1983-1985.[3][4][5]

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Le Cercle/1983 (Bonn)30 June 19833 July 1983Germany
Bonn
Le Cercle/1984 (Bonn)5 July 19847 July 1984Germany
Bonn
Held in Bonn, West Germany, the list of the 36 visitors was published online in 2011.
Le Cercle/1985 (Washington)7 January 198510 January 1985US
Washington DC
4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Washington exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011
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