Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another source close to the Contra aid network said the bills could have been concocted by Nicaraguan intelligence agents. But two Associated Press reporters, who have examined the documents, said they appeared to be genuine bills from Antel, the Salvadoran government's telephone company...
...bills also showed calls to Stanford Technology Trading Corp. in suburban Virginia, a firm headed by retired Army Maj. Gen. Richard Secord, a former assistant deputy secretary of defense, who reportedly helped arrange aid for the Contras from Saudi Arabia...
Sccord has acknowledged giving the Contras advice, but "has steadfastly denied that he is a conduit or a middleman for Saudi Arabian aid," said his lawyer Tom Green...
From October 1984 until this month, U.S. government military assistance to the Contras would have been illegal, but two weeks ago, Congress approved resumption of direct U.S. military aid to the rebels...
...previously reported that the White House, through outside intermediaries, managed the aid network that was established in 1984 to keep the Contras supplied, using funds from private individuals and third countries. Sources from inside the administration, the Contra movement and the private aid network identified North as the central figure in the secret White House operation...