European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday March 4,19b9 Mcfarlane ordered to perform 200 hours Community service Washington a former National Security adviser Robert c. Or Farlance was Given a suspended sen tence and ordered to perform 200 hours of Community service for with holding information from Congress about Covert  support for the Nicaragua n rebels when such Aid was banned by lawmakers. Mcfarlane. Whu served As a nation n Sec Irthy to visor of then president Reagan and is expected to be a key prosecution witness against North asked to be sentenced on his guilty plea before testifying in the Iran Conr news briefs tra Irish under Way in . District court on March ii. 1988. Mcfarlane pleaded guilty to four Misdemeanour counts of withholding information from Congress and agreed 10 Cooper ate with Independent counsel Law rence e. Walsh s investigation of the Iran Contra affair. The former Marine lieutenant Colo Nel became the first Iran Contra Fig ure to be punished for his role in the affair when he was sentenced by . District judge Aubrey e. Robinsonjr. Robinson placed Mcfarland onto year s probation and ordered him to perform 200 hours of Community service. Robinson imposed the sentence and Fine after Mcfarlane i attorney Leon Ard garment called his client a honorable  the Public scr cols in this country arc not to be found to be More decent and More honorable garment told the judge. His actions were taken out of a High sense of duly a Strong sense of serving his country s  Robert Mcfarlane Venezuela to suspend foreign debt payments Caracas. Venezuela