European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse No Stripe Christmas Allein Naples stripes Magazine d High school offers sat help Page 9 d Randy Barmett s car Comer Page 13 d Nobel prizes awarded Page 24 unofficial Quilici Itin my vol. 45, no. 238 Friday. December 12. 1986 08693 a Casey denies knowledge of Iran Contra connection Washington api Cia director William Casey in five bouts of secret sworn congressional Alimony de Nied wednesday that he knew the profits from . Arms sates 10 Iran were being transferred la Nicaragua Contra rebels lawmakers reported. But rep. Dante Fascell chair Man of the Home foreign affairs com Mittee said Casey did offer specifics with regard to a lot of information which we did not have on the record before concerning the scandal. Rep. William s. Broomfield r-mich.,said Casey s testimony did not indicate that president Reagan knew or should have known of any How Ever he said Casey s remarks indicated serious errors of judgment by Seni Orcia several committee members Sai Casey testified that he had no direct knowledge of the Iran Contra connection until it was revealed by attorney Genera Edwin Meese. The new York times had reported thai Casey Learned of the diversion of Money to the contras a month before twas uncovered in a Justice department investigation a Csc ordered. Rep. Us Yatron d-pa., said Case also denied that any Cia Money went to the contras adding that the Money Topay for arms shipped to Iran came from four different sources. Vice adm. John for Mer National Security adviser met for about to minutes behind closed door with the House intelligence committee. He hid previously cited his fifth amendment right to refuse to testify be fore the House foreign affairs commit tee and the Senate intelligence commit tee and rep. Robert Roe . again invoiced the fifth amendment on wednesday the panel also heard secret testimony see flan on Page 24 i no cover up this time communism Ishultz tells europeans is catered Reagan says Brussels Belgium a Secretary of state George Shutlz said wednesday that be told european lilies that the Reagan administration is dealing with lie iranian arms juror openly in absolutely total con Trast to the watergate scandal. Shutlz said he raised the Issue tuesday in talks with British German and French foreign ministers in Lon Don and that he eased their concerns about the scan dal s effect on . Foreign policy. They want us to be Strong and capable of leadership and they Are reassured to see How the president b dealing with he said. Sulu opposed the Sale of . Arms to Iran and he testified monday before the House foreign affairs committee that he knew Zero about the tunnelling of Money to nicaraguan contras. Shults said he spoke with sir Geoffrey Howe the British foreign Secretary and foreign ministers lean Bernard Raimond of France and Hans Dietrich Gen Scher of Germany. I brought it up Shutlz said. I said i imagine you re concerned about it it s an absolute total contrast with watergate where the problem was a reluctance to let facts out he said. In this Case there is the desire on the presi Dent s Par to see that everything comes out and is dealt with and we go about our on the Way to Europe be acknowledged a need Lounder take a rebuilding Job with uneasy allies. Brit ish prime minister Margaret Thatcher has expressed concern that . Preoccupation with the Iran affair not be drawn out because we have need to take mat ters further in arms reduction and in the relationship with the soviet lovers expects to leave shape m from wire and Utt reports Gen. Bernard Rogers the us i princ Allied comin Anrico in Europe said wednesday 1 that he does not expect 8trcappointed for another1 two year term. \ virtually All nato representative vase said the would support a decision to keep Rogers the a four mar general in charge at shape in Belgium. He declined to say Why he did not expect reappoint went but he noted that most shape come serve just two or four years and he soon will
