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...report in the Washington Times that Reagan had chosen Paul Nitze to head the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Actually, White House sources say no appointment is imminent; they speculate that the story was leaked in order to mobilize opposition to Nitze, who was once viewed as a hawk but is now thought by - conservatives to be too eager for a grand compromise with Moscow on strategic weapons. The right would prefer Edward Rowny, who, like Nitze, is a special adviser to the President on arms-control matters. Ronald Lehman, a member of the U.S. negotiating team at Geneva...
...most gifted writers of his generation. "He writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm," wrote Norman Mailer nearly 30 years ago. The early Southern stories have the delicate tinkle of glasses of iced tea; a touch sweet, perhaps, but clean and cool. "The Headless Hawk" (1946) is set in Manhattan and offers a sketch of the author as he may have seen himself: "He was not so handsome as he supposed, but handsome all the same. For his moderate height he was excellently proportioned; his hair was dark yellow, and his delicate, rather snub-nosed face...
...White House direction, Vaught began planning Honey Badger, a second rescue attempt uniting aviation and intelligence in a predominantly Army operation. The Army developed special equipment: one-man satellite- communications radios, Black Hawk helicopters modified to fly longer distances, and what one source describes as "very small, very capable, very exotic" 500MD helicopters equipped with advanced navigation and communications capabilities. But by then, the U.S. could never pin down the location of any group of hostages long enough to mount a rescue...
...certainty that Reagan knew nothing of the diversion to the contras. But one of his disclosures could prove damaging to the President. Since the early days of the scandal, there has been confusion over whether Reagan knew of or authorized the initial sale by Israel of American-made Hawk missiles to the Iranians in November 1985. Last fall some members of the Administration said the Israeli shipment contained only oil-drilling equipment. According to Regan, that claim was a "cover story" that the President and his aides had concocted for use if the weapons deal was ever exposed...
Poindexter was not alone in forgetting the 1985 finding. Last winter Reagan told the Tower commission that he had approved the initial Hawk shipment before the fact. The President later told the board members that he had had no prior awareness of the transaction. Finally, he wrote a note to the Tower board saying, "The simple truth is I don't remember -- period." After Poindexter's disclosure last week, the President still said he does not remember signing the finding...