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Although it is not clear what came of the Brunei suggestion, U.S. officials said last week that the State Department persuaded the sultan of the oil-rich Asian kingdom to donate millions of dollars to Nicaraguan Contra rebels this year. The Los Angeles Times said the money went through a Swiss bank account controlled by North...
...newly obtained documents show that North participated in pro-Contra fund-raising at least as early as 1984. Last year, the AP reported that North developed a plan in early 1984 to enlist third countries and private individuals to aid the Contras in the face of congressional opposition. White House sources said President Reagan gave oral approval for that plan...
...aide, Donald P. Gregg, disclosed over the weekend that he arranged a meeting in August between Felix Rodriguez, a former associate of his at the CIA, and U.S. officials after Rodriguez expressed concern that supplies to the Contra rebels were moving too slowly...
Addressing the situation in Central America, Konnyu said that without contra aid several refugees would flee to the United States from Nicaragua and El Salvador. "The American people simply do not want thousands of people on welfare on their backs as we had to do with the Vietnamese folks," he said...
...Hamilton, D-Ind., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said yesterday he did not know if pro-Contra money went into political activity. "We just have no evidence of that at this point," he said...