European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday july s3, 19s7 columns William f. Buckley or. Lbs is now the Columbia Bias cast system Good evening. This is Dan blather with the evening news. Today in Washington adm. John Poindexter Testi fied that president Reagan knew nothing about the diversion of funds from the Sale of arms to Iran 10 the contras. In testifying to this effect he left the congressional investigating committee with a hard task in any Effort to establish that president Reagan had committed an impeachable offence. Bui let s get the Story from Bill Grant at the while House. Bill yes Dan in was a devastating development viewed in one Way. But several committee members have told us that the principal question they Are investigating is die management style of president Reagan. They arc asking is be actually in charge of the White House As one member said the people elected Reagan president but what they got was an Admiral and a colonel writing foreign policy. So or. Reagan in t exactly Oul of the Woods. Thank you. Bill. Thank you Ever so much. Lei s hear from Leslie slow about the Public reaction to the Admiral s testimony. Come in Leslie. Thank you Dan. Well Dan the people arc saying something to the effect that you can t fool All the peo ple All the Lime. Although adm. Point crier has denied thai the president had any knowledge of the diversion of funds a test sampling of 650 new workers establish Vej thai 51 percent of the people simply do not believe that the president is telling us truth. And of course. New yorkers lend to be More sophisticated than non new yorkers. Oul there there Are people who actually believe Ronald Reagan. Let s Meei mrs. Lillon in in Diana interview do you believe or Reagan i telling he Pirulli mrs. Lillon us huh. Why do you believe he is telling Hie truth mrs. Siltan Santa aus Lold me so. Thank you very much mrs. Stilton. Back to you Dan. Of. Thank you so much Leslie. Thai was very illuminating we turn now to Chris Dallas who has a report on what was done with the funds diverted by the White House to the contras. Come in. Chris. Thank you Dan. Well a recent Survey has shown that those funds were responsible for weapons and hand grenades with which the contras arc reported 10 have killed somewhere Between 200 and 300 innocent peasants mostly senior citizens Over co and children Mary Mcgrory see Ewe by arms 7wiram-Cwttra hearings under 15, Here is a report from Managua from a red Cross Volunteer a Young american College student Ben Rudman. Close up interview Ben what exactly arc the contras doing with the Money illegally Given to them by the Reagan administration Well Chris As you know the contras arc mostly former followers of the dictator Somoza. And they obviously want 10 get Back into Power and they frankly Don t care How they do in. If they have to destroy the entire civilian population of Nicaragua that s just Fine by them. Thank you Ben. Back to you Dan. Of. Ben How can i thank you enough Well we have now a report from sen. Orrin Hatch a senior Republican who has All along defended president Rea Gan. Senator Hatch May i ask you. Sir How in is Possi ble for a National Security adviser to engage in such an operation without the knowledge of the president Well. Dan look at in this Way thank you very much. Sen. Hatch. Thai ladies and gentlemen was sen. Match defend ing president Reagan and adm. Poin Duxler. Tomor Row s witness will be Robert me Farlance he has asked to testify again even Hough he testified last week. There Are reports that he is very disturbed by the Testi Mony of adm Poindexte Rand the testimony of Colo Nel North. In is possible that or. Mcfarian will come in with evidence Hal will contradict the testimony of adm. Poindexter. Let s have a word with the senator in charge of the investigation. Senator Inouye sen. Inouye what is your opinion of the credibility of Admiral Pom Dexler close up interview Well Dan adm. Poindexter look an oath when he was in the naval Academy. In that oath he promised he would no lie and he would not cheat and he would not obey unlawful orders. Bui he has Lold the committee that he has done exactly Hal lied cheated and obeyed unlawful orders. Would you say senator that in All reminds us of Nuernberg those arc your words Dan nol m i be. Of. Thank you. Sen. Inouye thank you very much. And Bill and Leslie and Chris. Thank you All very much. You be made my Day. Universal it full Syo talc South koreans Best take matters into own hands the scenes Are familiar women pressing roses on Riol police people Tak ing food 10 demons raptors motorists blowing their horns office workers shouting support from office windows. It looks like the Philippines. Bui it s South Korea where the largest demonstrations of recent years Are taking place. The siege of the Yondong Cathedral where 300 students sought Sanctuary has been lifted but no on thinks that s the end of korean rage and frustration Over a corrupt and repressive government. South Korea is no the pauper Zed Philippines. It is enjoying an economic Miracle and is second Only to Japan in exports to the United Stales. President Chun Doo Hwan presides Over a military that is larger More smelly controlled than Ferdinand Marcos army. And Al though the United slaves is behaving much the same toward Chun Asil did toward Marcos it has the excuse of a visible hostile communist threat in North Korea. The new Dymun stations arc showing Hal Money May not be everything to koreans. The haves Are for hit first time joining the protesting students. \ successful will Educ acc. Energetic people do not care to be told Hal they Are not mature enough to choose How they will be governed. By pouring into the streets i to arc saing that the summer olym pics which Are scheduled for 1988 in Seoul arc nol everything either. The games can hardly go on if the Spectator can expect to be tear gassed. . Ambassador James Lilly at tended the convention in Seoul at which Chun s democratic Justice party nominated another general. Roh tac woo As Chun s successor. The Choice will be Rati fied by an electoral College vote next february. The state department insists that Lilly s attendance did not bespeak approval of the process which is an internal  a stale department spokesman said the ambassador is interested in All Man Ner of political activity and would speak with the opposition. But he has never called on the most conspicuous demo cratic dissident Kim Dae Jung. Who has been under House arrest in Seoul since april 13 for insisting on popular elections after Chun had officially Cut off debate. While the demonstrations were us their height president Keann. While in Berlin found another and distinctly Odd occasion to Praise 1 Sci ident Chun. Sports said the president rep resents a source of enjoyment and in Nobl Mcm. And you May have noted that the Republic of Korea. South Korea has offered to permit certain events of Ilic 1988 olympic to take place in the  president Reagan usually hates cooperation with the communists. He rejects it in the persian Gulf Bui he apparently thought it was More important for Chun to join the reds in games than to let his own people assemble without beg tear gassed. The opposition presidential candidate. Kim Young Sam. Compared Chun s manipulation of the olympics to Hitler s use of them in nazi Germany in 19.16. Lilly s appointment was ill received in Seoul. He was a longtime Cia agent a fact icel Oul of his state department big Raphy but included in the while House version. The koreans too Well acquainted with the vicious competence of their own intelligence Agency demonstrated vigorously against pm coming the Uji.  is As important in Korea As it was in the Philippines. As usual our sympathies arc with the Strong Man. Chun craves legitimacy because he Sci cd Power in a bloody coup m we. The Reagan administration has been glad to oblige. He was Reagan s first Post inaugural stale visitor. M was re Ward for commuting Kim Dae Jung s death sentence. Chun was asked Back m l"85. In March. Secretary of slate George Sulu visited the olympic medium As another sign of favor to the regime. Shin bom ice of he International Center for development policy who was Kim Dae Jung s cellmate for is years says Hal faced with a Choice beige in the olympics and democracy. He koreans will choose democracy " the electoral College ensures the elec Tion of Chun s Choice. Rural areas with Only to Percy no of the population will elect 60 Percy no of the electors. Farmers. Who Are locally dependent on the govern ment for pesticides and of Coli cars. Will do what ency Are told. The press is con trolled by the stale. Edward j. Baker of Harvard a Mem Ber of Asia Waich. Sats Hal the present crisis has shown a sad history of lost . Opportunities. A june u statement deploring violence on re in sides simply ignored the Ria Liucy the korean people i annul assemble freely. The can assemble rec asst in  Baker thinks the i s Mann i Only that we Natii the status Qun to he continued with uni piling blamed for what is going on " the koreans went to he taking Mai lers into their own hands. The Philippines proved it Heller that Way