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...Saudis and the Pentagon. Out went the purchase of twelve Black Hawk helicopters, "enhancement kits" to upgrade 60 F-15 fighter planes, and about a dozen new F-15s. The Administration did accede, however, to the Saudis' $354 million offer to buy 800 shoulder-fired antiaircraft Stinger missiles, 1,650 air-to- air Sidewinders and 100 antiship Harpoons. The scaled-down deal seemed safe enough, since Congress had approved the sale of all three types of missiles to the desert kingdom in the past...
...Pillsbury, who until last week was the Defense Department's assistant under secretary for policy planning. Although he had been sacked from two other jobs, Pillsbury's latest pink slip, issued for allegedly telling reporters that the Administration had begun supplying rebels in Afghanistan and Angola with U.S.-made Stinger missiles, disturbed civil libertarians. The firing was based partly on Pillsbury's answers to questions on a polygraph test. The case has also been referred to the Justice Department, apparently as a stern message about the Reagan Administration's resolve to plug leaks. Pillsbury's defenders suggest that he spoke...
Helms pointed to the administration's decisionto supply Stinger anti-aircraft missiled to therebels in Afghanistan to emphasize that supposedlycovert operations were becoming overt...
...Stinger missiles are only found in one place,America," Helms said. Therefore, they directlyindicate the presence of the United States. "Thisis not a very satisfactory way to run therailroad," he said...
...President's approval a proposal to supply Jordan with $250 million to $300 million in economic aid. Although details of the package remain to be defined, the Administration also would like to supply Hussein with advanced Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, improved Hawk mobile antiaircraft missiles and Stinger hand-held ground-to-air missiles...