Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could not be learned whether Secretary of State George P. Shultz personally discussed the aid with Bolkiah on June 24 when they met at the sultan's 1700 room-marble and glass palace on a hilltop in Brunei's capital, Bandar Seri Begawan...
...sources did not know whether the ruler intended his money to go for medical supplies and other humanitarian aid or for weapons for the Contras...
...Shortly thereafter, the National Security Agency, which is in charge of providing international electronic intelligence, began intercepting communications between North and Israeli officials. As the months wore on, the NSC, the CIA and the Pentagon got wind of messages suggesting a connection between the Iran arms sales and covert aid to the contras. But sources in the Reagan Administration say the evidence was "fragmentary," and none of the agencies apparently followed...
...they have the chance to put an end to many of Reagan's damaging policies. Just as Watergate brought about important reforms in the election laws, so too this scandal will probably lead to changes in the role of the National Security Council as well as ending aid to the Contras...
Hollings said he was positive the President had authorized the secret arms sales to Iran and the aid to the Contras and that Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State George Shultz and Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger '38 knew about it as well...