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U.S. may send forces for Haitian evacuation NATIONAL W XSMINCTON | A I’) lire t'nite.f States li.ts sent <i inntiiiKenl of Marines to tin' ( iiriblxMn to prepare for .1 possible ev.u nation of Amerit <ms from strife lorn Haiti; 1 Pentagon soon e said Undoes da\ I he move t ame as President Hush s.iiti hr was dtsin ( lined to use American font’ to ait against the military takeover on the islami Idle sourt i'. who spoke on condition of anonymit\ said a i ontingent of fewer than stH) Marines had been dispel, bed from (iamp l.t'ieune. \ C , to the naval station at (.uanlananio Bav in Cuba Ihe force would only be used to evacuate the estimated 7.HIM) l ' S < ili/ens on Haiti ' should it lieunne nei essarv It s the prudent thing to do the souri e said I he source said that some heavy lift helicopters were also being sent to aid in the possible removal of l' S citizens Sui h an eva. nation might be condut ted primarily w ith the helicopters the source said There are nearly two dozen I S Navy ships in waters neai Haiti that could be used to aid in the possible at turn. Ihe simree added They range from destroyers to frigates Cruisers and other support craft that have been in the Caribbean for training purposes, the souri e said "Were positioning people, should an order i nine down to evai u.ite ' the souri e said Cuantanamo Bav is the C S base located on the southeast ern tip ol the island ol Cuba separated from Haiti by some 200 miles Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republii I he souri e said be did not know whether any plans were being drawn up lor the I 1 S military to help evai unle any i d izens ol other nations from Haiti or to become involved in any multinational tori e to help bring i aim to the troubled is land Another Pentagon source said that there had been no re quest from the State Department yet to begin any evai nation and stressed that the move was preparatory "We are making precautionary moves In rase we get the mission to go in we want to be ready said the offic nil who also spoke privately lie indicated, however that ' tilings seem to be quieting dow u and that the Marines might not be i ailed upon Karlier in the day Hush indii ated that he appeared to pre fer to pressure the regime in Haiti through the Organization ot Amerii an States, rather than the use ol military fort e I in disim lined to use American force." Hush said Idle second source said Hush vsas referring to the use ot too e in order to intervene not in the sense of an humanitari ail evai nation Asked whethei the Pentagon had been asked to help sup port an ()AN military move the souk e said. I haven't heard any thing about that r 1 Volleyball: Oregon vs. Washington Friday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. at MacArthur Court Little Caesars Pizza First 1,500 in attendance will receive 1 free slice of Little Caesar's pizza! NATIONAL BRIEFS ABC airs tapes of hostage deals WASHINGTON (ATI AH( Nt-vvs on Wednesday Inn,uli ast tape rc< order! c\ i erpts nl bargaining somiiiis between former national se< u r11\ aide Oliver North and Iranian negotiators in the Kea gan administration's arms lor hostages deals The tapes of 1 S efforts to • ree \meri( an hostages held in Lebanon vsere made in I'lHti l>\ one of the negoli ators They were kept by the 1' S government and never played in publu Indore Partial tiansi ripts of a lew of the rer ordmgs w ere printed ill Inti ' w hen ( ongress issued its report on the Iran t oiitra affair ABt did not say how it obtained the tapes A lit News aired short seg incuts Irom some ot the tapes late Tuesday and on Uednes day to promote a planned hroadi ast ol the rei ordmgs at length on its Nightline pro gram U ednesdav night On the tapes a frustrated North invokes President Kea gan s name in an effort to move the hostage negotiations lorvv ard And businessman Albert llakim who was working with North urged delivery ot arms to the Iranians I must he able to convey t" my President by i iiinmunii at mg w ith him very early to morrow morning that it's within your power, and you are w illing to (.arise an Amcri ran to he released North says on one tape That was in ■i it»K with Ir.mi,m negoti atnrs in I,ill' 1 ehru.irv l‘)tlti m ,111 airport Inili'l in I'rankfort (ierm.un \n 1 r.nil,in negotiator spells nut nti.it his i mintr\ sought from, the bargaining at ,i time n hen tns c uuntrs w -is .it " ,n n itli neighboring lrai| "Wf must gel tin- It,ink missiles s.iss tin- uuuieiiti tied li.mi,in U i- must get in tel I igem e reports nt 11 ,iiji ‘You told your authorities things you cannot deliver. And I told my authorities things you cannot deliver. And we've got a problem. ’ Oliver North (to Iranian ntyol/.JtoN trnnp strength Iran is lining ilest rn veil We need those missiles ( )h replied 11,ikiin u hn had been lirnught along In translate laps gn ahead with deliver\ nt the I ()W s (•inti lank missiles) Let's gn ahead with the transmission nt the intelligence And let s gn ahead w ith the hostages I he Reagan administration kept Its par! nt the h,Ilgam delivering t .000 1 ( )W mis sites hill no hostages were re leased file Iranians said they h.tii gotten only halt the mini tier nt missiles they wore sup posed tu get Ilia! In) to meetings in May HIHti m lrhran lielween tin trier national set untv adviser Kohi-rt \li 1 arlane North, for llier ( IA i itt H lal ( ieorge l 'ey e \at lima I Soi only ( on in 11 staffer Howard Ten her anil Is raeli government aide Ami i .■ in Nn. y\ ho passed himself oft .is .in Amern an A on i nine in yy ith only fia11 t he sinlI Manni her (.hnrhanifar. an intermeiliary i ompl,lined to the Americans in one of tile tape rei oriled segments hroadi ast fiy AIM North yy.is impatient oyer Iran's failure to release tins tages You told your authorities tilings y ou i annul deliver North told the Iranian negnti ators And I told my ant hurt ties things you i annul deliver And yye ve got a priililem file Reagan While House m ltltt’i and ll)HI> sought to free I N hostages held III 1 elm non lust hy allowing Israel to ship I ' S made weapons to li.in and then hy selling di iei tly to Iran i.illiei than go mg through Israel Iran had InfIuem e with hostage holding terrorist groups in l.uh,moil fhree I N hostages were released III 1‘IH'i and I'lttt. 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