European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 israelis give account of arms Deal say . Aim was to free Buccey by Cox news service  officials have provided ii account of How the initial Iran Deal was struck and of subsequent events the bargain was sealed.  Iran get s�0 american anti tank Tow a Similo unattainable in the International arms Market. The com to Iran $17.5 million in col Cash five times the regular Pentagon Price. The White House was to get William Buckley top Cia anti terrorism agent who had fallen into the Rani ans Dutches. President Reagan however was to pay a High Price for that Deal. In the next a months his personal Effort to Rescue Buckley spawned a crisis for the administration when it was revealed that the iranian payment were siphoned to nicaraguan rebels. The inside Story shrouded until now in secrecy encompasses a bizarre blend of Ranian double dealing and cruelly saudi High finance israeli middlemen and a Well meaning american president engaged in a Des Perate Gamble that failed. Buckley Cia station chief in Beirut bad been kid napped in Lebanon in March 1984 by the Radical islamic jihad. Within a week he had been spirited to Syria. From there he was flown in a Small Jet to Teh ran where the enemies of what they Call r the great satan awaited him. Reagan wanted him Back at any Cost. Cia director William Casey had told the president that Buckley knew secrets that could Cost the lives of hundreds of . Espionage agents and informers Roll ing up the  network throughout the Middle East. Casey also feared thai the iranian would torture Buckley to pry these secrets out of him. So in Early april 1985, amid great secrecy Reagan called Shimon Peres then israeli prime minister on a special scrambled line run by the Cia and its israeli counterpart the Mossad. Reagan asked the prime minister if there was any thing he could do to help bring Buckley out of Iran. Peres said he would see what he could do. Peres offer soon involved a pair of israeli arms dealers Yaacov Nimrod and Al Schwimmer both close friends of his. Nimrod had served 10 years a Israel s military attache in per evolutionary Iran. Nimrod went to his Friend and fellow arms trader saudi billion arc Adrian Khash Oggi. He in turn put the israelis in touch with Manchur Thor Zanifar a for Mer commander in the Pavalc the Shah s secret police who was lied to the Khomeini regime. Khash Oggi also offered to underwrite the Deal. Thor Zanifar was hustled secretly into Jerusalem through neighbouring Jordan. He suggested a straight Swap Buckley in return for j 10 million Worth of israeli arms. Peres said no. Then the mullahs in Tehran broke the stalemate by William Buckley believed slain by captors changing their minds. They no longer were interested in obtaining israeli weapons they wanted . Weapons instead. Iraq had launched a new offensive in the seven year War with Iran. Armor led the Way. Five Hundred Amer ican made Tow missiles were needed to Block the iraqi path. Peres approved Selling the tows. But to eel them he had to let a fourth israeli into the Circle of secrecy defense minister Yitzhak Rabin. And Rabin As it turned out had his doubts. The defense chief pointed out that Syria could strike in Israel at any Lime. The syrians were enemies of Ira and allies of the iranians la would be madness Rabin argued to ship missiles to Iran which could then be turned around and used against Israel along the Strate Gic Golan Heights. Nimrod suggested a Compromise. How about the israeli arms dealer said sending the mullahs a Down payment of 100 missiles and Sec what happens next reluctantly Rabin approved setting two conditions. First payment for the 100 tows had to be made in Advance. Second Reagan s then National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane. Who had Long since been brought into the dealings had to approve the arrangement in writing. Moreover Mcfarlane had to assure Peres and Rabin that Israel would encounter no problem in being resupplied with the missiles even though i irate would dearly be breaking . Law by shipping them to inn. Schwimmer went to Washington along with David kit Che then Mcfarlane s israeli counterpart to pre Merit the terms. Mcfarlane went to Reagan who approved. Accordingly Schwimmer leased a Boeing Tot stripped of israeli markings while Nimrod paid the 1250,000 transportation Bill. In Early september the Advance shipment of 100 . Missiles was on the Way to Tehran via a circuitous route through the red sea and persian Gulf. Al one Day followed another Buckley did not come out Ghori Zanifar at this Point contacted the israelis on the Telephone from his Swiss Mountain hideaway. What do you want the iranian asked angrily. We agreed on 300 missiles and you sent 100t do you want them to Send an Arm and leg of Buckley s is an Advance the israelis got the message. Quickly the remaining 400 missiles were sped to Iran. But still no Buckley. The iranian clerk on the other end of the Telephone line kept saying they had their problems and urged patience. A frustrated Nimrod utilizing his fluent Farai the iranian language questioned the iranians Honor and manhood. Then to everyone s Surprise a hostage was released the Rev. Benjamin Weir. Reagan hopeful that the decision to free Weir soon would Lead to the release of Buckley and four other hostages called pern to thank him for his help. But Buckley has never come out. He is now widely believed to be dead after being tortured by the iranians. The dealings continued. By january Mcfarlane by then a private citizen but still retained by the White House As a consultant on the iranian hostage Deal was. To offer the iranians u Many As 4,000 tows. Mcfarlane was willing to throw in improved Hawk anti aircraft missiles in Exchange for All the other hostages. By that time however the key White House opera live Marine la. Col. Oliver North had decided to eliminate the private israeli Middle men in the continuing quest for Buckley. From that time Forward with Peres consent negotiations were channelled through Amiram Nir Peres  adviser. These dealings led North to funnel the iranian payments into a Swiss Bank account from which funds to Aid the nicaraguan centres were then drawn. For North and the Reagan White House it was to Bethe beginning of the end of the negotiations. Oitt Labitad by he now Yolk to Telmi now police grab Homework Iowa City Iowa a a University of Iowa student has a pre Liv Good excuse for not turning in his Homework the police took it police were called tuesday when it appeared thai two men one with Agun were assaulting another Man across the Street from the Campus. The assault turned out to be film project for 21-year-old Daniel Rodawig s introductory film an broadcasting class. Rodawig and four roommates who had been recruit cd to help in the project were charged wig in awful us of a Public Sweet. Police hid the group should have obtained a  said he would have to ask Pisons Dructor for an Extension on the Protos Putnal tuesday because no  his Fumando came the would be filmmaker and i Liomin plow Are due in court dec. 17. Traditional Cash Holiday bonuses becoming shades of yuletide past Boston a the practice of giving a Cash Holiday Bonus for employees is disappearing or being replaced by office parties the giving of turkeys or the handing out of performance awards according to a Survey. Interestingly enough most Compa Nies do not give out Christmas bonuses and have not had a recent Christmas Bonus plan said Claire Connolly of Tel search the firm that conducted the Survey last month. Our company has Hod a Christmas Bonus program and we just assumed that that was the Norm said Connolly a senior vice president of the Naticc based company. Tel search said it surveyed 80 major companies primarily in the Northeast representing High technology manufacturing financial services insurance pub Lishing and other Fields. Of those polled 78 percent said they will give no Holiday Bonus of any kind this year. Fifteen percent Laid they will give Small Cash bonuses to administrative help while 7.5 percent will give tur keys or hams. In lieu of two weeks pay or other Christmas bonuses Many companies give year end bonuses based on the performance of the employee or the company or both said Robert Nadel a senior vice president of the Hay croup a management consulting firm that specialize sin employee benefits. Christmas bonuses Are a thing of the past As Christmas bonuses. I would say there is a use of year end bonuses Nadel said from Hii new York office. And these year end bonuses tend to be concentrated in companies such As Law firms and investment Banks he said. These companies have become very performance oriented he said adding that they Don t want employees to expect fixed Lump sum payment unrelated to How Well they or the company did in the previous year. Nadel Taid that Christmas bonuses were never As common As it might be believed and that they seem to be concentrated in Blue Collar jobs. . Scare & co., the Skokie. Iii. Based pharmaceutical company give la employees a different kind of Holiday Bonus. Our company close Down on Christmas eve and opens up inn Day after new years said Bui Greener a . In effect the company s Chris Tonuu Bonus is one week s vacation with pay he said. It has absolutely nothing to do with other vacation or  Raythelon co., the Din Sloo based defense Tad consumer product conglomerate offer no Type of Quittum bonuses or gifts spokesman Larry my Cracke said. For Mccracken a new employee that is no change "1 worked 21 Yean for the Uaiwa slates air Force and we did t have Andu Titmas bonuses either he said