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...clear what came of the Brunei suggestion, U.S. officials said last week that the State Department persuaded the sultan of the oil-rich Asian kingdom to donate millions of dollars to Nicaraguan Contra rebels this year. The Los Angeles Times said the money went through a Swiss bank account controlled by North...
...milestone in the Pretoria government's retrenchment against change. Last Thursday the government announced new press restrictions that destroyed any pretense of a free press, and on Friday the police carried out a self-proclaimed "swoop," rounding up not only opposition activists, but also reporters and even two Swiss citizens in neighboring Swaziland...
...Middle East middlemen in the arms deal, Saudi billionaire Adnan Khashoggi and Iranian representative Manucher Ghorbanifar, said on ABC-TV's "20-20" program that North apparently controlled Swiss bank accounts through which up to $35 million was deposited in the secret Iran weapons transactions that he coordinated...
...what everyone knew: Israel had "helped in the transfer of defensive weapons and spare parts from the U.S. to Iran." But the Israelis flatly denied funneling any money to the contras. According to the statement, "The payment for this equipment was made directly by an Iranian representative to a Swiss bank, in accordance with instructions from the American representatives...
...possible involvement of other Government officials or agencies in the Iran-contras scam. First up: the Senate Intelligence Committee, which was scheduled to hold hearings Monday to investigate what might have been known by Casey and the CIA, which keeps close tabs on the contras and set up a Swiss bank account to receive money paid by Iran for U.S. arms. Says Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat: "I don't see how the money could be transferred, the logistics could be handled, the arrangements could be made, without the help of some people in the CIA." He added...