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Record 1 1992-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Security
DEF

needing to be in the know.

CONT

Directed from the White House basement, members of Ronald Reagan's staff shipped arms to Iran in the same freewheeling style they used in their dealings with the Nicaraguan Contras. Only a handful of need-to-know officials in the administration learned the full story.

OBS

Transfer of meaning: applied to principle, basis, criteria [then] applied to people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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