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...chronology prepared by North and others in November initially indicated that the 1985 shipments were authorized, but it was revised to indicate that U.S. officials at first thought only oil-drilling equipment was involved. Testimony prepared by Casey in November originally contained this misinformation until Shultz objected...
...hope the pieces come down in a more promising alignment. New York Congressman Jack Kemp, struggling to reach the top rank of Republican presidential candidates, tried that gambit last week in Washington. Speaking before the 14th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Kemp demanded that Secretary of State George Shultz resign. Said Kemp: "The Shultz doctrine is not the same thing as the Reagan doctrine...
...hero, and Kemp auditioned for the role by delivering an anti-Communist scorcher instead of his usual abstruse speech about free-market economics. At a time when some Republicans are distancing themselves from Reagan's foreign policy, Kemp embraced it with renewed fervor and blamed any mistakes on Shultz. He accused the Secretary of State of neglecting "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan and Nicaragua and of waffling on the Strategic Defense Initiative...
Within the Administration, a war of backbiting leaks broke out. Early in the week, a Rowland Evans and Robert Novak column reported that Vice President George Bush had given a stern admonition to Secretary of State George Shultz, a public opponent of the Iranian arms sales, to support President Reagan or resign; the source was widely believed to be Don Regan. The Washington Post then reported that last November Shultz had protested to the President that Casey was about to give false testimony to a congressional committee. After a sharp confrontation, the Post said, Shultz got Casey's testimony changed...
Despite the contras' difficulties, the Administration is convinced that Congress will continue to support the rebels in the absence of a better strategy for containing the Sandinistas. Speaking at a meeting of the American Bar Association in New Orleans, Secretary of State George Shultz last week reiterated the Administration view that the Sandinista regime is a "Soviet ( stronghold on the mainland." By supporting the Nicaraguan insurrection, said Shultz, "we may avoid direct military involvement by the U.S. in the future." Such dire warnings are intended to present the American people with a stark choice: pay for the contras...