European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o of won t delay pcs move but army to full undecided Page 2 d Chicago prepares Tor Shoreline disaster. Page 5 o colleges too tolerant of drag Bennett say Page 7 thes ipes author Iid ukr Kul mjil1catim my vol.45, no. 233 sunday december 7, 1986 Pouch or 08693 a Reagan stands by Regan Casey Washington not president Reagan on Fri Day rejected Republican appeals to oust additional senior administration officials in connection with the use offends from arms sales to Iran to Aid nicaraguan rebels. Reagan at a meeting with 1 7 Republican congressional leaders was urged to remove Donald t. Regan the White House chief of staff and Cia director William 1. Casey according to several of the lawmaker. Oat senator quoted the presidents saying it would be unfair Tothrow people to the wolves without adequate Reagan announced late Friday that he would no Convene a special session of Congress. Such a session had been urged by some republicans in Congress in Cia says North to arrange s shipment eluding Senate majority Leader robot dote statement mid Reagan had received assurances from congressional Leaden of both panic that planned elect committees in the Home and Senate would proceed expedite Tuty with us investigation into therms tales and the subsequent diversion of funds. Reagan had expiated concern about the Duplica Tion thai would come from numerous committees in Congress looking into the secret White House said Reagan would make sure All members of his administration cooperate with con Gress in getting All the facts out and putting this mat Ter behind Reagan also continued to deny knowledge of the secret scheme to Ull weapon and pare pan to Iran and divert the profits to the Central. At a meeting wit Republican congressional leaders one of two sessions held Friday with legislators the president insisted that he was unaware of the diversion said sen. Pete dome Nici was in the room when the president was urged to shake up his staff in Hopes of restoring the administration s credibility and helping it to focus on other issues participants s rejection was the strongest indication to continued on Page 28 an Washington not the Central intelligence Agency has that Lucio. Oliver l. North then a National be curly Coujil staff member persuaded the Agency to help injt1985 arms shipment to Iran by giving a mile Levy employee misleading in formation about Whit Whf being sent according to people familiar with life investigators my members of the congressional intelligence Corniff Iees were said to be sceptical about the account an us pct that the Cia could have known the shipment inuit de arms for Issue is Imon Alanl because the Cia assisted in the arms delivery in Novom Bacr 198s, More than two months before arcs Ideal rag i authorized the Agency s participation in Covert arts deliveries to of Angress have Beery Ying to determine whether the Cucia violated the law1 assisting the Cov Ert Shipmen without formal author Bation. North a Penn to have worked a wily with a net work of Farmer Intel Kente agents Aid arms dealers by maj. Gen. Richard. V. Seen a retired Airi Flacer and his iranian business Xavier. Ring to the Cia s account. North called the agon or a weekend with a request that it help arrange for by of Oil drilling equipment to Iran. The Middle see Cia on Page 28 run fan is remembering Pearl Harbor a woman lasses a Wreath into the Atlantic from the guided missile frigate Boone on Friday during a Cere Mony to Honor those killed in the japanese Irtack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii on dec. 7, 1941. of the raid attended the ceremony off the coast of Florida. Related Story photon Page 13. Moroccans Grill Weinberger on Iran Deal by Richard c. Grossup military Miter Rabat Morocco defense Secretary Caspa Weinberger hoped to Cement closer ties with Morocco during his overnight visit to Northern Africa while moroccans showed interest about . Arms sales to arrived Friday for a 20-hour Stop meet ing with moroccan officials who sought an explanation about the iranian weapons scandal. We were surprised to hear what was going on with the arms sales to Iran and expressed Hope that presi Dent Reagan will reinforce his position by explain ing the matter foreign minister Abdelatif Faimali , we Are interested to know the situation concerning Iran he said. Of course it s very important to know the reasons and what was really the situation concerning the arms was not known immediately whether King Hassan ii or Fatali broached the subject during talks wit Weinberger. . Officials said moroccan officials had not mentioned it prior to the Secretary s arrival but clearly were interested in the affair in which . Arms were sold to Iran for use in its War against Iraq. Morocco clearly does t like anybody s 111111 going to Iran one . Official said. Morocco does t want Iraq to go under and re Gards the fanatical islamic fundamentalism in Iran As horrendous phenomenon he and Iraq have been at War for More than six Hying to Morocco from a nato meeting in see Deal on Page 20 a ies favor cutting nukes but fear higher spending Brussels Belgium not nato defense ministers an Friday endorsed the goal of cutting american and soviet strategic nuclear arsenals in half but the warned that substantial increases in military spending for conventional forces would result from such a Cut. The minister in a communique at the end of a two Day meeting with their senior military advisers also urged american and soviet arms negotiators to reach agreement on intermediate Range ballistic missiles in Europe. " but they pointedly excluded from their communique any mention of completely Banning All ballistic missiles at a later Date a proposal put Forth by the Reagan administration. That idea is viewed with scepticism by european military and political Leader. Much of the meeting Here was taken up with de tailed discussions on now to improve conventional forces in Western Europe a step that is viewed As prerequisite to Sharp reductions in nuclear arms offi Cial involved in the talks said. This Means if anything More expenditures and not less expenditures lord Carrington the Secretary general Oft be North Atlantic treaty organization said in describing the allies altitudes toward the arms control ideas offered at the american soviet Summit meeting in Iceland in october. But Carrington said All the allies Are having trouble finding the Money to pay for military plans based on steady growth at a rate 3 percent above inflation. Asked by reporters whether nato members would8e allies on Page 28
