Page 28 ** THE STARS AND STRIPES Saturday. March 14,1987Oval Office 'chaos' depicted by Reajgqh aideWASHINGTON (NYT) — PrcsidcnlReagan's chief legal adviser Thursday dc-picied scenes of chaos in the White Housein recent months and said he had beenprevented from looking into the Iron af-fair Tor several weeks after its disclosurelast November,The legal adviser, Peter J. Wallison,who was lo resign his While House postFrjday. said (hat when he sought dclai Isof the scheme he was loldoy ViceAdm. John M. Poindexter, then Rea-gan's adviser on national security,"You have no role in this."Paindeitcr's refusal lo provide Infor-mation came despite repeated picasfrom Donald Regan, then the whiteHouse chief of staff, thai Wallison, asWhite House counsel, be permitted toassemble a full accounting of the Iranpolicy initiative, Wallison said.Wallison offered other new details ofthe internal manucvering as the WhileHouse tried to come lo grips with thecrisis involving sales of arms lo Iranand the reports thai some of the pro-ceeds had been diverted to the Nicara-guan insurgents.Wallison has played a major role inadvising the While House on how lodeal with the controversy."There have been some close calls, butin general I would have done everythingIdewaylhavedonciChesaid,The presidential review board headedIhe Iran policy initiative as "chaos." Walli-son did not endorse that assertion, but hisaccount reinforced thai view.He said, aides preparing Reagan for hisfirst session with the board on Jan. 26found he could not recall whether he gavepriorapproval to the first arms shipment in1985, Reagan said he remembered some-thing about being surprised when helearned of the action, a suggestion that theapproval came after the fact, the legal ad-viscrsaid.Yet, responding to a question at hiswithfirst meeting wit  the review board,Reagan answered "Yes" when asked a..»„.„ complicated question related .to ad- _by former Sen. John Tower. R-Texas, de- vance approval. But he added he "was the National Securityscribed the atmosphere inside the White still digging" in his memory. llson reviewed hundreds of National Sc-House after the November disclosure of The review board's report said curily Council documents.Regan, as chief of staff, "must bear pri-mary responsibility for the Chans thatdescended on the White Mouse..."Wallison said: "Regan many timescomplained that he had no one workingfor him, trying lo support his position."He said Regan created an impossiblesituation for Himself as a result of adecision in December to refrain frompublic comments.Wallison had the primary responsibili-ty for giving legal advice to the presidentin the period when the Iran-Nicaraguaaffair was unraveling. In that role, afterthe resignation of Pom dexter and the dis-missal of Li. Cot. Oliver L, North fromth  Council staff, Wat-TIESFrom Page 1friend and longtime ally."We look forward to making further progress, notonly on security issues, but in working together onsuch matters as promoting investment, further cooper-ation against terrorism and on the full range ofbilate-ral activities."Redman also reiterated the longstanding State De-partment and Pentagon opposition to Greece's requestTor a taw requiring that Greece get at least $7 in aid forevery $ 10 sent to Turkey.Congress has traditionally pared administration aidrequests to roughly fit such a ratio. The Stale Depart-ment has argued against the aid reductions and is ad-amant against codifying the arrangement.In its latest aid request, the administration askedCongress for $913 million for Turkey and $436 millionfor Greece.During an upswing in U.S.-Greek relations thatbegan in mid-1985, Prime Minister Andreas Papan-dreou stopped denouncing U.S. policies and began Aprocess of conciliation with American officials.The relationship had given U.S. officials confidencethat both sides would be able to resolve difficultiesbarring renewal of a base-rights agreement before De-cember 1988, the earliest opportunity for the Greeks toterminate the pact.The United States and Turkey have already com-pleted discussions on renewal of their Defense andEconomic Cooperation Agreement. They are sched-uled to sign the document Monday during an officialvisit by Foreign Minister Vahit Halefoglu.Rafsanjani accuses U.S. of lyingabout Soviet 'plan' to invade IranNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Iranian ParliamentSpeaker Hashemi Rafsanjani Friday said the UnitedStales had (old the Islamic Republic the Soviet Unionwas planning an invasion of Iran.Rafsanjani said that when American officials madea secret visit to Iran last summer, they showed theIranians "a satellite photograph" marked with linesshowing (he areas where the Soviets were planning toinfiltrate Iran.The official Islamic Republic News Agency andRadio Tehran — monitored in Nicosia — carried ex-cerpts of Rafsanjani's speech delivered to a crowd ofworshippers at Tehran University's weekly Fridayprayer sermon."They exactly meant to say that the Soflets in-tended lo wage a war against us," Rafsanjani wasquoted as saying.He said the American officials, whom he did notname, told the Iranians the Soviets had deployed 36army divisions on their southern border to attack Iran.He added the Americans' intention was lo mar Sovi-et-Iranian relations and "involve us in a war with ournorthern neighbor." He said the Americans alsowanted to divert Iranian troops from the war frontwith Iraq. Iran has been fighting Iraq since September1980.Rafsanjani said the areas where the Soviets weresupposed to enter Iran were Aras and the Caspian Searegion in northern Iran.He said the satellite photographs would be shown"to the world." He did not say when.Seven American officials, including former nationalsecurity adviser Robert McFarlane, made secret tnpsto Iran last year to negotiate with Iranian leaders onhostages, arms and bilateral relations.Five American hostages are being held by pro-Irani-an Shiite Moslem groups in Lebanon. Iran has prom-ised in the past to seek their freedom if the UnitedSlates releases Iranian assets frozen by the UnitedStates in 1979.AIDEFrom Page 1lies of my administration,"Baker said he and Duberstein would meet in thenext few days with his three-member transition teamlo analyze recommendations that the team membershave come up with since Baker took over.The three team members are Thomas C. Gris-cont, who was Baker's press secretary in the Senateand has since been a Republican campaign officialand public relations executive; James N. Cannon, along-time political aide of the former senator! andKenneth Cribb, counselor to Attorney GeneralEdwin Meese HI.Since taking over far Regan, Baker has hired one ofhis law partners, A.B, Culvahouse as While Housecounsel, replacing J. Peter Wallison.FIREFrom Page 1Detroit News reported. Authorities early Friday de-clined to confirm the reports.The warehouse contained bales of rags left when thebuilding was abandoned by ihe Motor City WipingCloth Co.. said Depuly Fire Chief Earl Sanders."We do have sufficient evidence lo classify that fireas an arson fire," said Donald Robertson, a chief in theFire Department's fire marshal division.At least 10 firefighters were injured in the fire. Thewestbound side of adjacent Interstate 96 was closed forabout 2V> hours during the evening rush hour lo serveas a temporary landing pad for medical helicopters,said stale police Sgl. Robert Thornton,The firefighters who died of smoke inhalation wereidentified as Lt. David Lau and Trial Firefighter LarryMcDonald. Lt. Paul Schimeck, a 2fryear veteran of thedepartment, died of head and neck injuries suffered ina fail following the warehouse blast, said DetroitSouthwest Hospital spokeswoman Rose David.Wholesale pricesedge 0.1%higherWASHINGTON (UPO — Falling auto and foodprices canceled out higher energy costs in February,holding the monthly increase in wholesale prices lo aminiscule 0.1 percent, the Labor Department said Fri-day.The government also said industrial production rose0.5 percent in February, marking the fifth straightmonthly increase.Business inventories in January grew a seasonallyadjusted 0.9 percent, the biggest rise in 7Vi years.White House spokesman Marlin Fiuwater said thereports "show a growing American economy that con-tinues to produce more goods, all without the pain ofthe crippling inflation lhat the president encounteredwhen he first look office."Nevertheless, economists said they were stickingwith forecasts of a 3.5 percent lo 4 percent Inflationrate for this year, far higher than the 1.1 percent of1986. 'Gleam of supportTbamba Mnikid and Umxelikazi Mttingv/a ofSoweto, South Africa, display lighted candles upart of« National Detainees Day observance InSooth Africa. More than 25,000 people have beendetained since June 1986 under the government'sslate nfemergrncy.