European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes saturday june 22, 1991iranian says arms Deal release by the Washington Post Washington a an iranian arms dealer has alleged that $150 million in israeli arms were delivered to Iran beginning in August 1980 As part of a Deal to delay release of . Hostages in Iran until after the 1980 . Presidential election according to Abc a news. A a a a. A a. The arms dealer Jamshid Hashemi claimed that he and his late brother Cyrus Hashemi worked the arrangement out with the late William j. Casey during two meetings in Madrid Spain in late july and mid August of 1980, according to Abc. Casey who later became Cia director was Campaign chairman for the Reagan Bush Campaign against then president Carter at the time. A news Story published in the new York times in july 30, 1980, said Casey was to return that Day from a trip abroad. There is no record of where Casey had been and Abc has been unable to confirm that he visited Madrid As alleged by Jamshid Hashemi who declined to go on camera. The Abc report done in conjunction with the financial times of London is the latest in a line of sometimes contradictory stories by various news organizations on the topic. The stories began prior to the 1980 defeat of Carter and have persisted Ever since. They describe approaches made by various iranian intermediaries to both republicans and democrats proposing exchanges of Money or arms in return for which the 52 americans then being held hostage in the . Embassy in Iran would either be kept until after the election to Aid Ronald Reagan and the republicans or released before the vote to help Carters reelection. V the Hashemi Brothers for example approached officials in the Carter White House in the fall prior to the election according to Lloyd Cutler who was at the time counsel to Carter. Cutler claimed the Hashemi proposed that they serve As a Channel for freeing the hostages if the administration would release arms that Iran had purchased but which Carter had Frozen after the hostages were seized in november 1979. After the late 1980 meeting with the Hashemi Cutler and other Carter administration officials were warned by . Customs and Justice department officials that the arms dealers were already under investigation for illegally exporting weapons to Iran. In july 1984, the Reagan administration indicted the Hashemi Brothers for illegally exporting arms to Iran and both Brothers fled the United states in june 1985, Cyrus Hashemi approached a Friend of then Cia director Casey offering to help gain the release of american hostages then held in Lebanon in return for secretly shipping . Arms to Iran. As part of the Deal Hashemi wanted his indictment lifted. The Reagan Justice department had a no interest at that time in releasing Hashemi from the indictment a according to a state department document released during the congressional Iran Contra inquiry. Eventually Cyrus Hashemi cooperated in a customs service a a sting that helped indict another group of alleged illegal arms dealers. Washington Post s Brad Lee to retire executive editor Benjamin c. Bradli by the los Angeles times Washington a Benjamin c. Bradlee the legendary editor who transformed the Washington Post into one of the nations Best papers and guided it through watergate is retiring As executive editor the Post announced Friday. He will be succeeded by managing editor Leonard Downie who Rose through the editing ranks of the paper after a career As an investigative reporter i Bradlee a retirement will be effective sept. 2, one week after his 70th birthday. A Bradlee is the second most powerful Man in this town after the president of the United states a said Joseph Laitin the e former Post ombudsman who was Deputy White House spokesman under president Johnson and assistant Secretary of the Treasury and state in other administrations. At the least Bradlee is perhaps the most famous newspaper editor in America in Large part because he was portrayed by actor Jason Robards in the movie All the president s men. But journalists say he was also one of the Best editors in America and one of the most influential. Bill Kovach curator of the Neiman foundation at Harvard said Bradlee personified a moment in american journalism when the press became More sophisticated and More aggressive reaching to cover More of society and often taking risks. A i think he is responsible Here for the gradual buildup in the Quality of the paper Over More than 25 years a said Katharine Graham the chairman of the Washington Post co., who brought Bradlee to the paper in 1965. A during that time he has led the paper with his personality and his involvement and the excitement he engenders about the news process.�?�. A Eben has a powerful zest for innovation aggressive reporting and Fine writing a said Shelby Coffey Iii editor of the los Angeles times who spent 17 years at the Washington Post. A the brought that to the Post and his leadership in transforming the  be a Beacon for american  . Workers give to uniformed cops can Man Gay Pride Booth in . From wire reports los Angeles a police chief Daryl Gates has decided that officers can Wear their uniforms while working off duty at a Gay Pride Job recruitment Booth but he does no to like the idea. A i just done to think we should go out and recruit on the basis of a particular lifestyle a Gates said at a news conference thursday. The chief thinks the officers should Wear civilian clothes but after initially forbidding the uniforms he reversed himself because he said the uniform question had been approved by High level department officials. A once you put the uniform on you Are never off duty a he said. A i am opposed to that unless its a very tightly controlled event.�?�. Homosexual officers volunteered to work this weekend at the 22nd annual los Angeles Gay and lesbian Pride festival in West Hollywood. Six officers will effectively acknowledge their homosexuality by working at the Booth said Donna Wade co chair of the Gay and lesbian police task Force an advisory group that reports to the police commission. Civil and Gay rights activists said the recruitment Booth would be a first for the 8,400-officer department which has Long been criticized for alleged intolerance of  sets .s.r. Trip Washington Gen. Colin l. Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will visit the soviet Union next month Pentagon spokesmen said. Quot a 7 a Powell s visit is the latest in a series of exchanges among High level . And soviet military officers that began when soviet Gen. Marshal Fakhr Omeyer visited the United states in 1988. Powell a predecessor ret adm. William j. Crowe jr., travelled to the soviet Union a year later and last year Khrome Yevu so successor Gen. Mikhail Moiseyev toured the United states. Meanwhile the Pentagon announced that three soviet ships with about 1,000 sailors aboard will visit Jacksonville fla., next my path in the third such visit under the .-soviet naval  tests equipment White Sands missile Range . Thousands of tons of explosives were detonated thursday in a test to see How Well civilian and military equipment survives. The . Government test called Distant image was designed to simulate the Shock and blast effects of a nuclear detonation to Check the vulnerability of . And foreign systems and  seizure reported Washington a Federal agents seized about 1,200 pounds of heroin thursday in san Francisco the largest interception of the drug in . History a drug enforcement administration spokesman said. Dea spokesman Cornelius Dougherty termed the bust As a the largest single heroin seizure in the  he added that the . Customs department was a a heavily involved. Dougherty declined to assess a Street value to the illegal drug but he acknowledged the narcotic was Worth a lots of  Cable news network reported the drugs Street value at $ 1.5 billion. By the Washington Post Washington Many Federal workers have a Low opinion of their personnel offices and plan to retire the Day they become eligible according to an extensive Survey of workers by Federal employees news digest. The Survey due out next week also shows growing support from professional workers to be allowed to get involved in off duty politicking. Previous surveys have shown that most support for overhauling the 52-year-old 1 Latch act which bars Federal workers from becoming involved in politics came from Union members postal workers and employees below the supervisory level. Although the Falls Church  newsletter characterizes its Survey As a unscientific a the fact that 10,000 readers responded was considered impressive. There Are about 2.8 million Federal work ers. About 80 percent of the responses came from government employees stationed outside the Washington area. About 40 percent worked for the army Navy air Force or other defense department agencies. Nearly 60 percent rated their personnel offices As a fair to  Only 10 percent said the offices that handle records and keep employees informed about pay benefits leave and retirement rules do an a a excellent Job. More than 60 percent of the respondents were Between Ages 41 and 60. Most said they were White Collar professionals in Middle or upper level jobs. Sixty three percent were male most with 15 to 30 years of service. The majority were under the old civil service retirement system. Only 46 percent said they were military