European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday May 4,1987 North never going to plead guilty to anything Washington up1 it. Col. Oliver North in his tint Public comment since being named a co conspirator in an illegal Contra Aid fund raising scheme said saturday this Marine is never going to plead guilty to the remarks by the dismissed while House aide broadcast on the lbs evening news were made As he walked the grounds of the Virginia Gold cup races inthe Plains a North was named a co conspirator last week by conservative fund Raiser cart Channell who became the first person convicted in the Iran Centra scandal Channell pleaded guilty wednesday to conspiracy to Jep Orf links you no woman web Gary Hart defraud the government by soliciting contributions for military Aid to the nicaraguan rebels under the cover of a tax exempt charitable entering his plea. Channel said he conspired with North and others known and unknown in a scheme let give the contras non humanitarian Aid with tax deductible his first Public statement since Channell pleaded guilty North defended his actions and said "1 have noway of imagining what kind of pressures there might have been that were brought to Bear on or. Channel that made thai kind of a Pica advisable. But 1 can Tell you this everything that i did was done in the Best interests of the United Stales of Amer Ica and this Marine is never going to plead guilty to anything Ever North was fired nov. 25 from the National Security Council staff after he was accused of diverting profits from the iranian Purchase of . Arms to the rebel fighting to overthrow Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government North s name has surfaced in virtually every aspect of the arms sales and diversion of Money As Well As in private fund raising efforts on behalf of he contras both carried out at a Lime when Congress had banned direct or indirect . Military Aid to the Nicaragua rebels. Pakistan Turkey assisted during hostage Negotins Miami a reporters for the Miami Herald followed a Youn woman from Miami to a Washington townhouse Floming to Gary Hart and the newspaper said in sunday a rations that she spent Friday night " with for the 1988 democratic denied any personal relation ant denied any impropriety reporters saturday night my apartment Hart told personal relationship u a Friend of a Friend onion to visit Friend of did not identify and most of Sal Hart the front presidential Nom Iship with the i when questioned by no one was stay the newspaper. I have1the individual you Are f Hart described the we mine who bad come to hers the Herald said. The the woman involved. The newspaper quoted an ascribed As Independent As Sayi former Colorado senator at Thart has been dogged by Rumi life since the 1984 presidential denied the rumours. Follow me around. I Don anybody wants to put a Tail on me go1 very bored Han was quoted As a editions of the Mew York times or the Herald said its reporters it find woman starting with a Friday from Miami to reporters watched Hart and the his townhouse Friday at 9 30 . And retp.m., the Herald said. Hart told the Hen returned because she hid left some Thi House and thai she left again 10 or 1s Minui the reporters next saw Hart and the . Saturday and interviewed Hurt on the about 30 minutes later the Herald said. Marl said his wife Lee was in Denver for the end us Herald said. Hart told the newspaper he met the Young several months ago. The newspaper described her As an actress in her 20s who lives a Miami. Washington up the Reagan administration stymied in its negotiations with Iran last Spring persuaded Pakistan and Turkey to assist . Efforts to secure the release of hostages officials of the three governments said. Pakistani and turkish official hand delivered Mes sages from Secretary of stale George Shultz i aides to senior iranian officials last Spring Rmer the officials said. Jef the messages sought the release hos tages in Lebanon requested contacts and expressed the desire in Overall relations according Toj Winstan arbbftuaucl1 to the United slates and admin Irton s Reliance on Pakistan and tur r not previously disclosed because Thein Anna i0b is classified shows the lengths to which the a anted Stales went in trying to persuade Iran Suli onary government to free the hostages. A congressional East five t a Al Tref a said . Officials enlisted its in nil including Israel to serve i to Iran in 198s and 1986. Of Buna confirmed he involvement of Pakistan both moslem neighbors of Iran but re to identify the other two governments on grounds that the information is classified. Jul the administration sought to open new channels idl Iran after an impasse developed Ian May in Anns for cottage a talks Between iranian officials and a , de negation led by Robert Mcfarlan Eythe former Natii Security adviser according to the Tower report infer. 26, the messages delivered by Pakistan and Turkey made no offers of weapons the officials said. However a administration official said that at least on response from Iran sent through turkish officials sought arms in Exchange for american hostages. Notified source it de Wotan joined the his personal Ign. Hart a i m serious. If. They d be in sunday s unit Nii Oon flight leave111 17 by hadit the tier.,8 40 contras from Paga 1 also has said he met with donors to a private foundation set up to raise Money for the , but said he thought the foundation nut by Carl r. Spitz Chan Nell was Only seeking the Money la pay for pro Contra television ads. Channel pleaded guilty last week to tax fraud conspiracy and when asked for his ctr conspirators he named Marine it col. Oliver North the fired nation Al Security Council aide involved in both the Iran and Contra was asked if he believes that Reagan knew the Money raised by Ciao belts group was going to buy More than television ads. Well 1 think the a casings will have to decide thai he said. I think the president knew much More than what the White House has intimated White House chief of staff Howard Bakerjr. Said he had not seen Inouye s comments but told reporters Don t think the president was aware of any Spitz Chan Nel also has seen the private Handwritten excerpt of Reagan s diaries which have been provided to the congressional committed As part of the in vesti Galkus. Asked if the diaries show Reagan knew More than he has admitted Inouye answered not a of this moment but Inouye also said the president was aware that monies Wen being raised to provide arms for the con sen. Warren Rudman r-n.h., vice chairman of the Senate panel said there s a difference be tween Public and private funds. And that a of course the one Issue that we have yet to Bone in said a major goal of the lengthy hearings will be to try to determine just what Reagan knew about the Contra Aid network. That answer has not been established be said impart because the investigators have yet 10 talk to North or to talk fully to rear darn. John Poindexter the former National Security adviser and North s Boss at the while began misting saturday with congressional investigators but Riedman said be and Inouye bad not yet been told what was Learned. Pope from Page 1 beatification of jewish convert Edith Stein in Cologne. A Munich police spokesman said there had been no demonstrations in the City against the Pope s visit. Feminists homosexuals and Green party supporter marched against his visit to Cologne Friday. The pontiff delivered a 40-Minule Sermon in Ger Man urging germans to emulate Mayer no Christian should be indifferent o what ingoing on in the t of id he said. Above All be Good to the poor in the manner of blessed Rupert. You live in one of the most affluent countries in the world. Do not let your worldly possessions make you insensitive 10 the want of those in need and those forgotten people on the fringe of your society and All Over the John Paul also used the ceremony to continue his condemnation of the Niue regime and of human rights violations. They ignored god and persecuted his servants the Pope said of the nazis. They treated people in an inhumane fashion in Dachau just outside Munich and in Auschwitz just outside my former diocese of Krakow. And it is still True today god s rights and human rights stand and fail John Paul looked tired As he was greeted at the Munich Riem Airport by the Aich Bisop of Munich and Freising Cardinal Friedrich Wetter and bavarian minister president Franz Josef Strauss and member of the state parliament the Pope received a warm Welcome in the Cit called the German of the 9 million people living within the boundaries of the Munich archdiocese 2-19 minion Are Catholic. Among the Many buildings decorated with the yellow and while papal banners was Munich s most familiar landmark the twin Spires of the Marien Kirche. The stadium crowd cheered As five military Heli copters hew the Pope and his entourage Over the stadium. The two electronic scoreboards lit up with Herzlich Wilkommen Hiliger Vaier a Hearty Welcome holy father and the Pope s coat of arms. Security guards kept people crowding the track the As the pontiff was driven once around the stadium. Hundred of people rushed from their seats As the Pope got out of the car but they were kept several feet from him by a cordon of bodyguards. A great Deal of the 120 million Price tag on the Pope s visit covered Security a spokesman for the Ger Man Bishops conference said. An american policeman observing the Security arrangements in anticipation of Hie Pope s visit to the untied states in september said he took note of the Pope s unpredictability. He does t Slick to the Security Rule said Losangeles police commander George Nomsson Well have to adjust to that when he s in los after the mass John Paul walked with his procession of cardinals to an area set aside for people in wheelchairs. He spoke individually with a dozen or so people Blessing them and touching their Heads and in some cases receiving Small gifts. After the Munich ceremony John Paul visited Mayer s grave in downtown Munich. The Pope had been scheduled to say mass before50,000 people a Augsburg s spoil Field sunday afternoon. Vatican officials said driving Rains and Snow Flur Ries caused the event to a rescheduled to sunday night and moved to Augsburg s Cathedral which can accommodate about 3,000 people the a reported
