European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday March 9,1990 North to soy poin doctor told him to lib Washington apr Oliver North will testify that he Quot lied. Lied. Lied Quot to Congress about the Iran Contra affair on instructions from John Poindexter a prosecutor said thursday in opening statements at Poindexter s trial. A North was not out there As a Lone Ranger Over this multimillion Dollar Enterprise to assist the nicaraguan rebels Iran Contra prosecutor Dan Webb told a jury of seven women and five men. A defendant John Poindexter was right in the Middle of it. Webb told the jury that North the government s Lead witness a will Tell you Quot that after being a instructed by Poindexter a he met with than House intelligence committee chairman Lee Hamilton on aug. 6,1986. At that meeting. North a was asked question after question Quot about whether he was raising Money and providing military assistance to the contras said Webb. Specific names were used Webb previewing North s upcoming testimony said a the lied he tied he lied one false statement after a every answer he gave was false. It worked like a Charm a said Webb. Hamilton later told Poindexter to a thank North for being so at his trial last year. North admitted that he lied during the aug. 6, 1986, meeting but said he did not know he was breaking the Law when he did so. North testified then that he did no to want to meet with the lawmakers but that Poindexter insisted telling North a you can handle it. You can take care of North was acquitted of the charge pertaining to the meeting but was convicted of three others. They Are aiding and abetting an obstruction of Congress altering and destroying National Security Council documents and accepting a $ 13,800 Home Security system from Richard Secord. Webb speaking at the beginning of a trial that is expected to last six to eight weeks said a John Poindexter agreed to let North go Over and lie to Webb a opening statements followed a ruling by . District court judge Harold Greene that North would be permitted to give potentially damaging testimony in the Case. Poindexter a lawyers had been trying to bar North from testifying that Poindexter directed him to lie to Congress. Poindexter a lawyers also wanted North to be blocked from testifying about watching Poindexter tear up a presidential paper that retroactively authorized a november 1985 shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran. Greene rejected the motion. Poindexter is accused of conspiracy two counts of obstructing Congress and two counts of making false statements in connection with a Senate House inquiry into the Iran Contra affair. North a testimony is crucial to Iran Contra prosecutors because it bolsters their assertion that Poindexter was trying to cover up from Congress his knowledge of a november 1985 shipment of Hawk anti aircraft missiles to Iran and North a Covert military assistance to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Poindexter a lawyers contended that North s statements on both Points were based on testimony that Poindexter gave to Congress in 1987 under a Grant of immunity. Prosecutors disagreed. Under Federal Law no part of a prosecutor s Case May be derived from a defendants immunized testimony. News briefs payment demanded if Lithuania secede Gas from Page 1 Moscow apr president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has demanded that Lithuania pay the Kremlin billions in hard currency if the Republic goes ahead with its plan to secede from the soviet Union the Baltic republics president says. The demand for compensation came in a meeting with Lithuania s president Algirdas Brazauskas ahead of an expected weekend vote on secession in the republics parliament. Radio Vilnius put the figure at $34 billion saying the Money would cover investments Moscow has made in Lithuania since forcibly annexing it in 1940. Lithuanian nationalists say the Kremlin has it backward and should pay them for a half Century of exploitation. Trainers and loaded onto trailers for transport by Road and rail to the North sea port Ono Denham. A. Military spokesmen also cited other Spe transport period Cial measures being taken for the operation which will begin in july and end in september. They pointed to an additional Fence that has been built around the depot and cited a ban on air traffic below 1,985 feet Over the facilities at Clausen and nearby Miessau and no Denham during the entire summer suspected spy Bloch appeals suspension Washington apr foreign service officer Felix Bloch suspected of spying for the soviet Union has asked to appear before a diplomatic review Board to Appeal his dismissal As a Security risk the state department said thursday. Margaret Tutwiler the department spokeswoman said the appearance was requested by Bloch a attorney but that no hearing Date had been set. The department announced on feb. 8 that Bloch 54, had been suspended his annual salary of $80,700 was being withheld and that Steps were being taken to fire him. Blast however Rheinland Pfalz Interior minister Rudi Geil said he has asked the Federal government to immediately Institute the flying ban Over Clausen. But Benchoff said the weapons Are Safe even from plane crashes when stored in their Concrete igloos. Benchoff added that none of the 30 convoys from Clausen to the Railhead in nearby Miessau will operate during thunderstorms or weather similar to the Hurricane strength wind storms that have ravaged Western Europe this Winter. Each Convoy will have about 70 vehicles. Twenty vehicles will be military trucks car Ying the weapons while the remainder will carry police firefighting teams and other emergency personnel. A West German defense ministry spokesman army maj. Gen. Klaus Nau Mann. Said planners chose the Road rail Stup transport route because statistical a id enc suggests it entails the least risk. Air transport of hazardous cargo does not have As Good a safety record As rail transport he said. The plan also involves seven overnight train shipments from Miessau to no Denham and two ships to carry the weapons to the Pacific. In Light of safety measures. Naumann said the cargo could be jeopardized Only i the temperature of the weapons were raise to More than 392 degrees fahrenheit. The army performed several tests on i artillery shells in the United states g extreme heat and succeeded in raising the contents temperature Only to a a Digre fahrenheit military spokesmen said. Hannelore Hobel a peace activist involved in Rheinland Pfalz protests against chemical weapons said the weapons Val appears to have been planned my. However she also urged a flight ban o Clausen until the weapons Are remo Ca. In Bonn the opposition social do crafts characterized the transp a p a m a solid foundation for carry Jet. Weapons removal. But they or governments ruling Calmori a holding information on the 198 of projectiles carrying deadly Gas rest in their shipping Container. A amps Scott a. Miller preside no Reagan from Page 1 smoke and a woman hanging from the window who appeared to be dead a he said. A i also saw a girl about 7 or 8 years old lying on the Street bleeding. 1 done to know what happened to her a he said. A i also heard people screaming a fire a witnesses saw the body of a Man covering the body of a Young child. The fire was extinguished less than an hour after it broke out. The blast and fire did not damage any other buildings in the area. Contributing to this report the associated press and stall writers Gary Pomeroy and Janet d Agostino in Darmstadt. West Germany few details Given on Gas remo Val by Joseph Owen and Peggy Davidson Pir Masens West Germany a despite the torrent of detail being released about the plan to remove chemical weapons from West Germany the army made it Clear thursday that it still has plenty of secrets to keep. None of the . And West German military officials at a Media briefing would release details about exactly when the weapons would be moved what routes they would take and what kind of Security arrangements had been made. These issues would not be discussed because a that might endanger the Security of the removal operation and the safety of the German people a said Brig. Gen. Dennis l. Benchoff commander of the 59th Ord brigade. The military personnel also would not discuss operations at the army a Fisch Moval equipment at -jrfjjts0 the ence would not say which unit worked for below the Briga 59th. The units Are Clas a Felt he iter Quot Tarot Robert a. Flocke 21st thu area come pub he affairs a �?o0 said soldiers Tarl a _ making units a. Bach storage depot Long a Magnet Tor gets for terrorists. Hal a Mantro inc to Lipp that nine in my also has not a ill plans to do with the Cjan a a Quot 0cnc. We demonstrators who believe that Poison chemicals Are stored there. Benchoff said pins to of Wim my it he knows of no history of such weapons tue chemical weapons Are y a Vou there. German officials said no canal the soldiers who demonstrated the re be needed for civilian u
