Page 28 *** THE STARS AND STRIPES Saturday, March 14,19STOvql Office 'chaos' depicted by Reagan aideWASHINGTON (NYT) — PresidentRcagnnVcmiUcgal adviser Thursdaydepicted tccn«Tl«tSlflLln tl* W*'1*House In recent montnTMtfiuihc hadbeen prevented from lookliIron alTair Tor several weeks ancr its tclosure last November.The legal adviser, Peler J. Wallison,who was to resign his White Housepbsl Friday, said that when he soughtdetails or the scheme he was told byVice Adm. John M. Poindeitcr. (henReagan"! adviser on national security,"You have no role In thls."(5ee re-liledstoryonPag>4.)Poindeaier's refusal loformation came despituifRalcd picasfrom Donald Raflfuien the WhiteHouse chtefrtnlalT, that Wallison. asWhji**Buje counsel, be permitted toassemble a full accounting or the Iranpolicy Initiative, Willison Mid,Wallison offered other new detailsof the Internal manaevering as theVhiic House tried to come to gripsiMMhuriiii Involving sales of arm*to IrairflWfcijXDorU that some ofthe proceeds FanMMjijIlttiLto thNicaraguan insurgent),Wallison has playuLi*(l}D7rolc ItTadvising the Whilfmouse on how todeal wliJc have been some dose calls, buti general I would have done everythingthewaylhavedoneit/'hesaid.The presidential review board headedby former Sen. John Tower. R-Texas, de-scribed the atmosphere inside the WhiteHouse after the November disclosure ofthe Iran policy initiative as "chaos." Watlison did not endorse that assertion, buthis account reinforced that view.Hesaid.akk_^^flnl session with theJttiijMRai). 26found he couJdJut^NHrwnethcrhc gaveffolhe first amis shipmenteagan said he rememberedomething about being surprised when heeanied ofthe action, a suggestion that Ihealter the fact, the legal ad'iSYd,first meeting withReagan answered "Ye»" when i ,complicated question related to ad-vance approval But he added he "wasstill digging11 in his memory.The review board's report saidRegan, as chief of staff, "must bearprimarythat ' the chaosthe WhileWaUison said: "Regan many limescomplained that be had no one workingfor him, trying 10 support his position."He laid Resin created an Impossi-ble situation for himself as a result ofa decision in December to refrainfrom public comments.Watlison had the primary responsi-bility forgiving legal advice'to ihe pre-sident in the period when, the Iran-Nicaragua affair was' unraveling. In[role, alter Ihe resignation of Poin-dismissal of Ll. Col.ifcanitlie National Se-curity CbunoTllMWlMison re-viewed hundreds of National SecurityCouncil documents.PROBEFrom Page 1sfeking a grand jury indiclmenl.By Monday, attorneys for Denver and independentcounsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. are to file legalpapers arguing iheir positions. Seymour on Feb. 25announced his intention to seek a four-count perjuryindictment but now has been stopped twice by tempo-rary court orders, the first by a lower court judge theday Ihe lawsuit was filed.Both Dcaver and North contended investigations byindependent counsels are unconstitutional because thecounsels arc appointed by a three-judge court. Crimi-nal investigations must be conducted by the executivebranch, under authority ofthe president, they argued.In other development*:• The board of the National Endowment for De-mocracy, which provides grants to promote democracyabroad, planned to act Friday on a recommendation toremove iis money from an organization mentioned inconnection with the tran-Contra affair.Endowment President Carl Genhman, who madethe recommendation, said there is no evidence theWashington-based Institute for North-South Issuesmisspent its grant money, But he added he did notwant his congressionally financed, non-governmentagency to be tainted by the Iran-Centra affair.• The Senate on Thursday adopted. 97-1, a resolu-tion commending the efforts of Costa Rican PresidentOscar Arias and the chief executives of Central Ameri-ca's three other democracies to launch a diplomaticRafsanjani accuses U.S. ofcifeouf Soviet 'plan' to invNICOSIA, T^KLIS (AP) — Iranian ParliamentSpeaker Hashemi Hfefcanjani Friday uid the UnitedSlates had told the klafflt|£epublic the Soviet Unionwas planning an invasion orRafsanjani said that when AmW^-yjfficials madea secret visit lo Iran last summer, tWlidipwed thIranians "a satellite photograph" marksshowing the areas where the Soviets were plan,infiltraie Iran.The official Islamic Republic Newj^Bency andRadio Tehran — monitored in NicosJ^-- carried ex-cerpts of Rafeanjani's speech idiffKA lo a crowd ofvorshippcrs at Tehran UnjapnTy's weekly Fridayprayer sermon."They exactly mcajlRB say that the Soviets in-tended to wage a^Pr against us." Rafsanjani wasquoted as savinHe saidjkr^merican officials, whom he did noiname, JaWThc Iranians the Soviets had deployed 36armydivisions on ihcir southern border to attack Iran.He added thejgfncans1 intention was to mar Sovi-et-Iranian rjjripnsand "involve us in a war with ouribor," He said the Americans also_ divert Iranian troops from the war frontq, Iran has been fighting Iraq since SeptemberSO.Rafsanjani said the areas where the Soviets weresupposed lo enter Iran were Aras and the Caspian Sea^region in northern Iran,i said the satellite photographs would be shown." He did not say when.an officials, including former nationalsecurity advig>Bflbert McFariane, made secret tripsto Iran last yearWkmjtiale with Iranian leaders onhostages, arms and bnFive American hostagesEMhging held by pro-Irani-an Shiite Moslem groups in Lefhu. Iran has prom-ised in the past lo seek their freeatl^if the UnitedStales releases Iranian assets frozen Bftthe UnitedStales in 1979.AIDErics of my adm migration."Baker said he and Dubcrstcin •next few days wilh his ihrccjMii*iWf5Tisition teamto analyze rccomin^t^Mmrial the team membershave corjKUMiWlrancc Baker look over.The three team members are Thomas C. Gns-com, who was Baker's press secretary in Ihe Senateand has since been a Republican campaign officialand public relations executive: JamiaJn. Cannon, aMMMMPnme7$enator; andounselor to Attorney Generalhis lawcounsel, replacing J. Peter >an. Baker has hired one ofas White HouseFIREFriday de-Dclroii News reported. Amiclincd to confirm the reports.The warehouse contained bales of ragbuilding was abandoned bvOath Co., said Dcpuly^^£"We do hayuyPllfflnvidcncc lo classify that fire^-1 Donald Robertson, a chief in thevjpingFire Department's fire marshal division.At least 10 firefighters were injured in the fire. Thewestbound side of adjacent Interstate 96 was closed forabout IVi hours during the evening rash hour to serveas a temporarysaid stan "^ ers who died of smoke inhalation wereta5~Lt. David Lau and Trial Firefighter Larryk, a 26yyear veteran ofthe,J2£ck injuries suffered ina fall following Ihe warm^^tUjist, said DetroitSouthwest Hospital spokeswoman*!peace initiative.Walsh, rdlcciihghiscontinuingconcern on Ihe immuni-ty question, told ABC News Thursday night lhat he's tryingtowrapupasoundcriminalcaseinthenoitWdayi."We want to develop as much evidence as we canand have it under sear before key figures are givenimmunity, he said.Congress is far more likely lo get the full story fromcongressional witnesses who know they are under scru-tiny for criminal violations, Walsh said,North's original lawsuit challenged provisions of thepost-Watergate Ethics in Government Act, which es-tablished the independent counsel's office under au-thority of a special three-judge federal court.After Attorney General Edwin Mecse III appointedWalsh a special counsel In the Justice Department toensure the investigation could continue despite thecourt challenge, North said lhat action also was consti-tutionally unsound.But Parker concluded he would not delve into the con-stitutional issues, partly because of the "strong policyagainst intervening in ongoing criminal investigations.""Permitting challenges at Ihe pre-indictmcnl stagewould impede the criminal investigation" and saddlethe court wilh minilrials, Parker said.North can "raise his objections by appropriate mo-lions if and when an indictment is entered,'1 Parkersaid.earn of suppMnlkati and UnuellkulSouth Africa, display "Baleda National Detainees Dayc*. More than 25,000 peoplesince June 1986 under the JjoverAPphmo