European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes g lao to study military bands Doo officials travel Page 2 o Flower power1 Witting in Amsterdam daily Magazine d today s Dollar through monday buys 1.77 Marks rates Page 27 the sars and stripes Hutto hired unofficial publication for the . Armed Root Cut vol. 46, no. 29 saturday May 16, 1987 08693 Reagan tells of hostage talks says payments not Ransom were discussed Washington a president Reagan Friday said he and his aides talked about paying Money to achieve a Rescue of american hostages but i never thought of i hat As Reagan also said he has seen no Evi Dence thai i be been mortally wounded by the Iran con Ira affair and that americans do not seem to be unhappy about what we be been doing Here. Ask cd about a claim by his former National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane that Reagan had approved paying s2 million in bribes and Ransom in an Effort to free american hostages in Lebanon Reagan said i am having some rouble remembering that i Don t recall Ever anything being suggested in the line of Reagan Madr his comments in a question arid answer session with out of town editor and reporters. He said the administration was con stantly seeking ways to win the release of the hostages it is possible hat what we were talking about was use of Money to pay people and hire individuals who could affect a Rescue of our people there and i be never thought of that As a Ransom he said adding i would suggest that never would it be termed Ransom be cause we said that from the very first we would nol pay a Ransom to Kidnap pers because it s Only going to cause More taking of h Reagan pointed out that the Dis Cussion about payments for hostages occurred around the Lime he was hospitalized for cancer surgery in july 1985. Again i m having some trouble just As Bud Mcfarlane had some trouble himself with some of the questions that were asked him there was an awful lot going on. It s awful easy to be a Little Short of memory Reagan said. The president also declared anew that he was unaware of the alleged diversion of funds from arms tales to Iran to the Contra rebels in the same time Reagan said he was kept briefed about efforts to support the Freedom fighters there it no ques Tion about my being informed Rea Gan said. I was very definitely involved in the decisions about support to the Freedom asked whether he had been damaged by the Iran Contra affair Reagan re called a scottish Ballad saying yes i be been wounded. I la lie me Down and rest a bit and then i la tight later he returned to the question and said he travels extensively around the country meeting with i Flor sea Reagan an Page 28 1 St so 11 the army Cav regt comes through . Army grabs its first Boese Ager cup byte Boivin suit writer hess1sch-l1chtenau, Germany it was time to put the critics to rest. By he end of the 1987 Boeselager Competition Fri
