European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Guns accompanied Contra Medicine secret source says sunday december 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Washington up a cargo of soviet made rifles was combined with food and Medicine supplied by the state department and flown to the nicaraguan rebel last Spring according to a source who say he helped Supply the weapons. Planes owned by a one time Cia front company made the deliveries which were directed daily from Washington by Richard Gadd a former coven operations specialist with the joint chiefs of Shaft. The source told United press inter National. Gadd who also was being paid by the state department to ship non lethal Aid to he Contra rebels oversaw the arrangement by Telephone from the offices of his Vienna va., company according id the source who said he spoke weekly with Gadd. Gadd told us. This is a humanitarian Aid project but Don t get too upset if there Are Tome wooden boxes carrying weapons the source said. . Officials did not participate in the operations but some knew they were Tak ing place Laid the source who once served in the military. Robert Duerling who Heads the stale department office that delivers the non Fechal Aid said he knew that mixing of weapons with non lethal Aid apparently took place in Central America but said the stale depart ment was not responsible for what happened once the nights landed in Al saved. The Washington Post re ported saturday the senior . Mili tary adviser in Al Salvador army col. James Steele closely followed activities of the weapons resupply network on instructions of Edwin Corr .ambassador in san Salvador to keep track of he operation. A senior . Embassy official in Al Salvador told the Post neither Steele nor Corr had any direct knowledge of or any activist role in the resupply  Reading from a flight record the source told up that soviet ak-47 rifles and bullets constituted about 40 percent of the 62,400 pounds of combined cargo on flights from i Lorango air base in Al Salvador to the contras in Southern Nicaragua in april. The source said the flights in april came at a time when the Contra were desperate and the Crews dropped weapons directly into Nicaragua. For that first flight i was told that everyone up to the while House was staying up waiting until we had wheels Back Down in Al Salvador the source said. Gadd who also reportedly recruited staff for the Covert missions did not re turn numerous phone Calls and his Law yen declined to comment. The Fri is investigating allegations that a private network of americans Aid ing the contras has violated the Neutral Ity act barring the funnelling of arms for use against governments with which the United states is it peace. A separate Law prohibited . Officials Between october 19b4 and october1986 from providing military Aid to the contras. However the state department was authorized Tor Supply j27 million of non lethal assistance such As food cloth ing and Medicine. The new York times reported thurs Day that the non lethal Aid flights May have saved the arms Supply network tens of thousands of dollars in transport costs. The newspaper citing three sources also reported mat the same planes and Crews that carried non lethal Aid to Al Salvador at state department expense were reloaded with weapons for delivery to contras outside Nicaragua slate department spokesman Charles did Iran Contra dealings break any Laws  10 the comm touring mo4 l Butler a  nor Mari pm Matt Lor Subh Foj off to now lot if Invy of to Tutt com in . Might by in Caln of., of could Talu Newth Bro Taf Statum of Flavino. I us. Tit Tuo. Shipping Arm m ban it.  by various. But Law Goff Pkt on Power to bots in ban Arm expert tin pit tit d i to Norfy Congo Cut