Mcfarlane SAYS CABINET KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
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Uiaitrltpalpr) Manchester — A City o( Village Charm HpralJ) Saturday. Jan. 17,1987 30 Cents McFARLANE SAYS CABINET KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WASHINGTON (AP) - Former na simpty trading U.S. arms for the release advised against it, and that there was no decision was taken. tional security adviser Rotert C. of Americans held hostage in Lebanon. "no ambiguity or misunderstanding "I’m not chalienging him,” Shultz McFarlane toid Congress Friday that McFarlane said Reagan acted to among them of the nature pf the said. "I’m Just saying I have lots of SecreUry of State George P. Shultz and authorize the contacts with Iran in decision.” notes. I sort of habitually did that. Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Wein midsummer 198S only after he and his Shultz, however, told reporters late Maybe I’m missing something or berger "knew what was going on" advisers became convinced that despite Friday that he could not recall being told missed something. But I don’t have any during the decision to san(^on arms obvious risks, any other course would be during the summer of 1985 that Reagan note about being formally notified of a sates as part of a bid to forge ties with "a cop-out” given Iran’s important had approved Israeli arms shipments to presidential decision.” moderates in Iran. strate^c position to both the United Iran. Shultz said the first, fuli-scaie formal McFarlane also said President Rea States and the Soviet Union. In fact, Shultz said he attended a meeting to discuss weapons shipments gan was warned "very emphaticatly” He said that Shuitzand other Cabinet meeting that August with Reagan and to Iran was not held until that by his advisers that if the dealings officers were fuliy involved in the McFarlane in which the issue was bMame public, it would took tike he was original decision, even though they discussed, and he had "the impression” 'Tam to page S Hawk gains its freedom John Spaulding, animal curator at the Lutz Children’s Museum, coaxes an injured redtail hawk to use its wings in prepara tion for the bird’s release at sunrise today. The hawk, m - - A - r which is indigen ous to the area, was caught in a muskrat trap Thursday in East Hartford. Story on page 3. Harald photo by Tuekor Herbst files Risley dam bill 'MAGAZINE PULLOUT SECTION Funds sought under clean water act... page 4 ft I r (> t ■« 5 5 McFarlane says many had role in arms deal SNAFU byBnic«B«aW* Continned from page 1 Small plane In wrong place tion. The president met with me The memo, written by new Monday and will be meeting with national security adviser Frank December. me on a regular basis.” Until then, Shultz said, “ I just Carlucci, states that, generally, Abshire said Reagan “ wants to don’t recall being told the president only the CIA or armed forces may before crash with airliner be absolutely certain” that Con conduct covert operations. has explicitly decided to authorize, gress, an independent counsel and a in effect, the Israelis to ship arms. I presidential investigative panel In the memo, Carlucci wrote that SALT LAKE aTY (AP) - A don’t say that it didn’t happen... I looking into National Security he wanted to make sure the light airplane may have flown into just don’t recall it.” Council operations, “ are receiving National Security Council’ s role restricted airspace before colliding McFarlane testified to the Senate with a commuter airliner on all the materials and information within the administration was Foreign Relations Committee as they need for a comprehensive and confined to supervision and gui landing approach, officials said the White House was denying that Friday as investigators probed the expeditious review of the issue. The dance of covert operations, but not Reagan has distanced himself from president remains committed to his their actual conduct. Administra accident that killed 10 people the the controversy surrounding the day before. pledge to the American people that tion officials had signaled the clandestine arms sales and alleged The Mooney M-20C, with two they get all the facts.” change of policy last week in a diversions of sales proceeds to series of background briefings experienced pilots aboard, did not Nicaraguan rebels. The White House denied there contact air traffic controllers and given to news organizations. Not long after a Reagan spokes was any connection between the was not detected by radar opera man was questioned by reporters stormy news briefing and the Attorney General Edwin Meese tors before the collision with the about the president’s attention to subsequent statement by Abshire. III on Nov. 25 said that the diversion SkyWest Airlines craft carrying the problem, David Abshire, the of Iranian arms sales profits to the eight people, said Tom Doyle, McFarlane’s Capitol Hill appear retired NATO envoy brought in to contra rebels in Nicaragua was an assistant air traffic manager at ance, in which he did not testify coordinate the White House’s han operation largely overseen by Lt. "With all those moons, 1 wonder if Jupiter’s Salt Lake City International under oath, coincided with the dling of the various Iran-contra Col. Oliver L. North, who was fired werewolves ever get the night off?” Airport. Senate committee’s unusual step of investigations, issued a statement releasing an internal administra from his National Security Council The 18-seat Fairchild Metroliner saying: post that same day. and four-seat Mooney slammed tion memo. This document ordered “ The president is continuing to together some 2,700 feet above the the National Security Council to follow closely the efforts to compile Also on that day. Vice Adm. John sprawling Salt Lake Valley, send ROBERT McFARLANE TESTIFIES stay out of covert operations or all the facts regarding the Iran M. Poindexter, Reagan’s national Connecticat Weather ing wreckage and bodies hurtling other “ special activities” unless . witness on Capitol Hill issue currently under investiga security adviser and North’s boss, into a residential neighborhood but Reagan orders otherwise. resigned. injuring nobody on the ground, Central, Eastern Interior: Saturday, mostly sunny All 10 bodies were recovered by and cold. High near 30. Wind north around 10 mph. late Thursday, but area residents. Saturday night, clear early, then clouding up. Low 10 to still were finding body parts Friday Justice wants counsel to probe ex>Reagan aide 15. Sunday, a 60 percent chance of snow. High around and deputies said the grisly discov WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice the court’s independent counsel div Nevertheless, in May 1982, four 32. eries could continue for a week in Department said Friday an independent was in connection with its proposal to ision, which gave the department months after his resignation, he wrote a East Coastal: Saturday, mostly sunny and cold. High the snow-covered suburban neigh counsel should be appointed to investi the Army for the 6-horsepower engines permission Friday to release it publicly. letter to James Jenkins, then deputy in the lower 30s. Wind north around 10 mph. Saturday borhood of Kearns. gate former White House aide Lyn designed for a variety of military uses. A three-judge court panel has yet to counselor to President Reagan, asking night, clear, then becoming cloudy late at night. Low John K. Lauber, a member of the Nofziger’s lobbying activities on behalf The Justice Department said the fact around 20. Sunday, a 60 percent chance of snow and National Transportation Safety appoint an independent counsel in the Jenkins’ assistance in obtaMng a letter of a New York military contractor and a matter. that the meeting took place shows that rain. High around 35. Board heading a team of 14 NTSB 1 of intent for Wedtech from the U.S. Jenkins’ office thus had a direct and company selling rice to South Korea. The Justice Department’s application West Coastal: Saturday, mostly sunny and cold. and 10 Federal Aviation Adminis Army regarding the contract for mil substantial interest in the contract, a ’The department’s position, outlined in outlines Nofziger’s lobbying activities High in the lower 30s. Wind north around 10 mph. tration investigators, declined itary engines, said the Justice legal requirement for a conflict of AP photo a six-page application to the U.S. Court on behalf of Wedtech and Comet Rice, Saturday night, clear early, then becoming cloudy. A comment Friday on the planes’ Department. interest violation to have taken place. of Appeals in Washington, suggests that which first came under close scrutiny by chance of snow by morning. Low 20 to 25. Chance of flight patterns, radio contact or The Justice Department application Regarding Comet Rice, the applica Nofziger may have violated federal the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern snow 30 percent. weather conditions. Salt Lake County sheriff's deputies work Friday in goes on to say that shortly before tion says that 11 months after leaving conflict of interest laws when he lobbied District of New York. “ We’ re not ruling out anything,” Kearns, Utah, to pick up remains of the victims involved receiving the letter, representlves of the the White House, Nofziger sent a letter the government for Wedtech Corp., Nohiger, assistant to President Rea said Lauber, who chaired an Army and the Small Business Adminis on behalf of Comet Rice to then-national in Thursday's mid-air collision between a SkyWest which was seeking a 831 million gan for political affairs until January organizational meeting of federal tration participated along with Nofzig security adviser William P. Clark. commuter airliner and a light airplane over the Salt Lake Pentagon contract lor sr 11 engines, 1982, under federal law was barred for Lottery Winners and local agencies Friday morning.