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From his mountaintop home in Tabernash, Colo., Singlaub directs the World Anti-Communist League. Founded in 1966, WACL has been tainted by ties to ultrarightists, neo-Nazis and Latin American death squads, though Singlaub claims that objectionable members have been purged. Last September President Reagan sent a greeting to WACL's annual convention in San Diego...
Since the U.S. forbids the solicitation within its borders of money for arms to be sent overseas, fund raising by Singlaub and others in the U.S. focuses on nonlethal aid, essentially boots, uniforms, food and medical supplies. Contributions in cash and kind range up to $500,000 a month, according to Singlaub. If a donor insists on giving money for weapons purchases, Singlaub tells them to send the funds to a certain overseas bank account, believed to be in Panama. Letters of credit are then issued against it, enabling recipients to buy arms abroad...
...Singlaub also draws on WACL affiliates in 36 countries, particularly those in Taiwan and South Korea. The Taiwan chapter, which is close to the ruling Kuomintang, has raised at least $100,000 so far, mostly from private sources. This is a delicate effort, since Nicaragua is one of the few countries in the world that retains diplomatic relations with Taipei. Contributions also come from Central American nations, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia...
...Singlaub stays in touch with other U.S. groups involved in aiding those opposing and fleeing from the Sandinistas. They include the Christian Broadcasting Network, which provides humanitarian aid to Nicaraguan refugees in Honduras. Singlaub also gave advice and assistance to the fund-raising campaign launched by the Washington Times, which is owned by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. That effort is headed by William Simon, Secretary of the Treasury in the Ford Administration...
...Singlaub, for his part, insists that he is not working for the CIA. But Reagan Administration officials know about and tacitly approve of the former general's activities. As Singlaub told TIME Correspondent Ross H. Munro: "I try to communicate, sometimes by telephone: 'This is what I am about to do. If you object to it, send me a signal.' " So far, he says, none has come...