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Khashoggi and Ghorbanifar have emerged as prominent back-channel figures in the series of hush-hush shipments of American-made weapons to Iran that has flowered into the U.S. scandal of the decade. Of all the dubious aspects of that affair, one of the most unsavory is that U.S. national policy became entangled with the maneuvers of private arms dealers. At best, President Reagan and some of his aides, prominently including Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, showed atrocious judgment by plunging into a devious policy without professional diplomatic guidance. At worst, the White House has laid itself open to the nasty...
...Inspired by a visit to Cardinal Richelieu's tomb, Bok sees an opportunity to help steer Iran along a more moderate path, to cut off terrorism at the source and, above all, to further the goal of worldwide liberal arts education. Using back-channel communications that circumvent the office of acting President Henry Rosovsky, Bok dispatches Eliot House Master Alan Heimert '49 on a secret fact-finding mission during intersession to contact Bani-Sadr's associates...
...PRICE (syndicated). A wealthy businessman's wife and stepdaughter are kidnaped by Irish terrorists in this taut and intricate thriller imported from Britain's Channel...
...congressional hearing that U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon John Kelly had bypassed the Secretary of State to conduct negotiations for the release of American hostages with, in Kelly's words, "arms to Iran as an inducement." Kelly had reported his results only to the White House, through a CIA "privacy" channel. Sources close to Kelly reveal that McFarlane, in a briefing in Washington, explicitly instructed the ambassador not to discuss the arms-hostages talks with the State Department. McFarlane in public testimony denied giving Kelly any instructions...
...McFarlane, who briefed me on the hostage negotiations involving arms to Iran as an inducement. Between the dates of Oct. 30 and Nov. 4, 1986, I had numerous conversations with Lieut. Colonel Oliver North and Richard V. Secord relating to the hostage negotiations . . . I received and sent numerous 'back channel' messages to and from the White House . . . using CIA communications facilities." Said Shultz: "I am, to put it mildly, shocked to learn this after the event from an ambassador." He called Kelly back to Washington to face questioning...