Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 03, 1991, Page 7, Image 7

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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
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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. Imt three
others were ahdui led
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