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...document clearly violates the spirit of an Executive Order signed by Reagan in 1981 that prohibits even indirect participation in assassination. At the very least, the document undercuts Reagan's moral pronouncements condemning state-sponsored terrorism by such nations as Libya, Syria and Iran. Last June, for example, Secretary of State George Shultz declared, "It is not hard to tell, as we look around the world, who are the terrorists and who are the freedom fighters . . . The contras in Nicaragua do not blow up school buses or hold mass executions of civilians." (Asked how to reconcile Shultz...
...contra leader now in exile in Miami, Edgar Chamorro, told TIME that the document is based on notes given him a year ago by a "gringo" who arrived as a CIA operative at rebel headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He was described by Chamorro as an Irishman who fought for the U.S. in the Korean War and admired the "psychological operations" of the Irish Republican Army. Chamorro printed up 2,000 copies of the manual and handed out 200 of them to his troops, but then he had second thoughts. He revised the rest by censoring out references to "criminals...
...addition, according to Keller, "The departments are required to document the steps they took to identify women and minority group members in the search," and to explain why the best of these candidates were not selected...
...Reagan administration has protested that this document was the product of an overzealous contract worker, a simple mistake. That's the problem. This booklet clearly explains the tactics and intentions of our Nicauraguan mercenaries, something Reagan would do only by accident. The Administration has been supporting a small army that hopes to gain power by assassination and hold it through intimidation, precisely the qualities abhorred in the Sandinista government...
...more telling reading of the Administration's concerns on arms control is expected later this year, when the White House is scheduled to issue its own report on Soviet violations. That document will expand on a preliminary study, released last January, which cites seven likely arms-control violations by the Soviets. It is expected to be more moderate in tone than the GAC document...