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In the U.S., the arms-shipping operations and some of the negotiations with Iran about hostages were arranged by a tiny group of NSC staffers led by Oliver North and known as the "cowboys." Says a Government source who was ) clued in on their operations very late: "This thing was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. and Iran | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

Incumbent Republican Jake Garn, a veteran of a Space Shuttle flight, won easily over Democrat Craig Oliver.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELECTION '86: The Roundup | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

During September, calls were made to two numbers used by Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, a staff officer on President Reagan's National Security Council. According to rebel and administration sources, North has been the chief White House contact with the Contra aid network over the past two years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contra Calls Went to White House | 10/29/1986 | See Source »

More and more outside observers seem to agree that the organization has become too extensive to ignore. Long regarded in the West as Communist clients for their ties to the Soviet Union, A.N.C. leaders are being received by a lengthening list of Western officials. In September British Foreign Secretary Sir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Rebels with a Cause | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

Oliver Tambo, 69, has served as acting president of the African National Congress for 19 years. The son of a peasant Transkei farmer, he studied at a Protestant missionary school and once considered becoming an Anglican minister. At one of the A.N.C.'s modest houses scattered throughout the Zambian capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Tambo Interview We Are Nobody's Puppets | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

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