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system."
"March 30, 1981:"
President Reagan was shot in an attempted assassination.
"May 14, 1982:"
Bush's position as chief of all covert action and "de facto" head of U.S.
intelligence -- in a sense, the acting President -- was formalized in a
secret memorandum.
The memo explained that "National Security Decision Directive 3, Crisis
Management, establishes the Special Situation Group (SSG), chaired by the
Vice President. The SSG is charged ... with formulating plans in
anticipation of crises."
The memo in question also announced the birth of another organization, the
Standing Crisis Pre-Planning Group (CPPG), which was to work as an
intelligence-gathering agency for Bush and his SSG. This new subordinate
group, consisting of representatives of Vice President Bush, National
Security Council (NSC) staff members, the CIA, the military, and the State
Department, was to "meet periodically in the White House Situation
Room...." They were to identify areas of potential crisis and "[p]resent
... plans and policy options to the SSG" under Chairman Bush. And they were
to provide to Bush and his assistants, "as crises develop, alternative
plans," "action/options" and "coordinated implementation plans" to resolve
the "crises."
Finally, the subordinate group was to give to Chairman Bush and his
assistants "recommended security, cover, and media plans that will enhance
the likelihood of successful execution." It was announced that the CPPG
would meet for the first time on May 20, 1982, and that agencies were to
"provide the name of their CPPG representative to Oliver North, NSC
staff...."
The memo was signed ""for the President"" by Reagan's national security
adviser, William P. Clark. It was declassified during the congressional
Iran-Contra hearings. / Note #2
Gregg, Rodriguez, and North
"August 1982:"
Vice President Bush hired Donald P. Gregg as his principal adviser on
national security affairs. Gregg now officially retired from the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Donald Gregg brought along into the vice president's office his old
relationship with mid-level CIA assassinations manager "Felix I.
Rodriguez". Gregg had been Rodriguez's boss in Vietnam.
Donald Gregg worked under Bush in Washington from 1976 -- when Bush was CIA
director -- through the later 1970s, when the Bush clique was at war with
President Carter and his CIA director, Stansfield Turner. Gregg was
detailed to work at the National Security Council between 1979 and 1982.
>From 1976 right up through that NSC assignment, CIA officer Gregg saw CIA
agent Rodriguez regularly. Both men were intensely loyal to Bush. / Note #3
Their continuing collaboration was crucial to Vice President Bush's
organization of covert action. Rodriguez was now to operate out of the vice
president's office.
"December 21, 1982:"
The first "Boland Amendment" became law: "None of the funds provided in
this Act [the Defense Appropriations Bill] may be used by the Central
Intelligence Agency or the Department of Defense to furnish military
equipment, military training or advice, or other support for military
activities, to any group or individual ... for the purpose of overthrowing
the government of Nicaragua."
"Boland I," as it was called, remained in effect until Oct. 3, 1984, when
it was superseded by a stronger prohibition known as "Boland II." / Note #4
"February 1983:"
Fawn Hall joined Oliver North as his assistant. Ms. Hall reported that she
worked with North on the development of a secret "Crisis Management
Center."
Lt. Colonel North, an employee of the National Security Council, is seen
here managing a new structure within the Bush-directed SSG/CPPG
arrangements of 1981-82. / Note #5
"March 3, 1983:"
In the spring of 1983, the National Security Council established an office
of "Public Diplomacy" to propagandize in favor of and run cover for the
Iran-Contra operations, and to coordinate published attacks on opponents of
the program.
Former CIA Director of Propaganda Walter Raymond was put in charge of the
effort. The unit was to work with domestic and international news media, as
well as private foundations. The Bush family-affiliated Smith Richardson
Foundation was part of a National Security Council "private donors steering
committee" charged with coordinating this propaganda effort.
A March 3, 1983 memorandum from Walter Raymond to then-NSC Director William
Clark, provided details of the program: "As you will remember you and I
briefly mentioned to the President when we briefed him on the N[ational]
S[ecurity] D[ecision] D[irective] on public diplomacy that we would like to
get together with some potential donors at a later date....
"To accomplish these objectives Charlie [United States Information Agency
Director Charles Z. Wick] has had two lengthy meetings with a group of
people representing the private sector. This group had included principally
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