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B8-Star -Tribune, Casper. Wyo. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1 988 'Quid pro quo' in memo probed as payoff to Israeli party 4 25, 1985 "quid pro quo" memo, along with a handwritten letter from then-Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres in which Peres said he "would go a long way to help" the pipeline. One of Meese's lawyers, James Rocap, said the attorney general doesn't recall any discussion of the memo with Wallach, who hand-delivered the documents to the attorney general.

Rocap said Meese did not read the memo closely. dent Reagan. Meese's lawyers say he took none of the initiatives suggested by Wallach. Earlier, Meese had referred Wallach to then-national security adviser Robert McFarlane, whose office did support the pipeline. The independent counsel is investigating whether Meese knew of a possibly improper payment plan involving the Israeli political party and, if so, why he did not do something about it, as the law requires.

Wallach gave Meese the Sept. substantial amounts of oil generated from the project. However, McKay's investigators question the explanation of Meese's lawyers and are seeking to determine whether the language may be a reference to payments to the Labor Party, according to the government sources, speaking on condition of anonymity. Wallach's memo urged Meese to become more deeply involved in the pipeline project, hinting that he might talk to Secretary of State George Shultz about it and then proposing a discussion with Presi "We all recognize that there would be no progress to this point" had Israeli-born Swiss oilman Bruce Rappaport "not been able to obtain the security package which involves the never-to-be-stated but fully understood quid pro quo which helped to produce that commitment," said Wallach's memo. The memo doesn't elaborate.

Meese's attorneys say the "quid pro quo" is a reference to an agreement that Rappaport, a partner in the proposed pipeline, would make available to Israel WASHINGTON (AP) Independent counsel James McKay is trying to determine whether a reference to a "quid pro quo" in a memo to Attorney Genera! Edwin Meese refers to a payoff to the Israeli Labor Party, government sources familiar with McKay's investigation of Meese said Tuesday. Meanwhile Tuesday, the White House said Reagan stands behind Meese in the face of disclosure of the memo to the attorney general about payment plans involving the Labor Party. The memo from longtime Meese friend Robert Wallach discusses an Israeli commitment not to bomb a proposed $1 billion Iraqi oil pipeline. 1 EDWIN MEESE Reagan stands behind him Robertson hits timing of Swaggart scandal COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Pat Robertson suggested on Tuesday that political motivations lay behind the timing of sexual-misconduct allegations against TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, and he also accused George Bush's campaign of planning religiously bigoted television commercials.

He provided no evidence to support his accusation on the timing of the Swaggart story, and he declined to say who might be behind any such effort. However, he said the vice president's campaign was the only one in the GOP presidential race that has been engaging in "dirty tricks." Robertson's comments brought heated denials from Bush and others in the vice president's campaign. Asked about Robertson's charge during a campaign stop in St. Louis, Bush challenged him to charge myself." Robertson said evidence indicating Swaggart had been involved with prostitutes had lain "dormant since last October." It "stretches the imagination and stretches credulity" that revelations of such allegations came two weeks "before the most important primary in the nation," the Republican candidate said during a news conference. He was referring to the primaries and caucuses that 20 states will hold on March 8, known as Super Tuesday.

"I think somebody had something to do with it," said Robertson. "Somebody else planned all these things, I am afraid." He also said Bush's campaign was guilty of dirty tricks against him and was planning more in the form of advertisements before the Super Tuesday primaries. They also appealed to congressional leaders to keep alive a mortgage revenue bond program. Forty-four governors also signed a letter to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asking him to act quickly on welfare reform or risk losing "this historic House Democrats agree on Contra aid package WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats reached agreement Tuesday on a $30 million package of purely "humanitarian" aid to Nicaragua's Contras rebels, and aimed for a Thursday vote on the divisive issue.

"We have put together the most workable kind of program, if members truly want to provide humanitarian aid and encourage both sides to negotiate in good faith," House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, said in an interview. The package, announced by Rep. David Bonior, would provide about $1.8 million monthly in food, uniforms, medicine and shelter for the rebels from March 1, after current aid expires, until June. 30. It also would provide a similar amount for transporting the goods to rebel troops in the field inside Nicaragua, where they are fighting the leftist Sandinista government, Bonior said.

Current aid to the rebels expires Feb. 29, and with it the legal authority for the CIA to continue air drops of previously stockpiled weapons and ammunition. The new package contains no such authority. Bonior said authority for delivering the "humanitarian" aid would be in the hands of the Pentagon until the Contras and the Sandinistas are able to agree on a cease fire. Delivery would be monitored by the congressional intelligence committees and by the General Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, to ensure that no weapons are delivered, he said.

After fighting stops, delivery responsibility would shift to "non-political" private voluntary organizations or to an international relief agency such as the Red Cross. The package also would provide for an expedited procedure for a vote on new military aid for the rebels a high priority for the Reagan administration if a cease-fire should fall apart and the Sandinistas should break faith on their promises of democratization. The House and Senate intelligence committees would decide whether the expedited vote should be held, said Rep. Stephen Solarz, one of about 35 House members attending an afternoon closed-door briefing on the plan. The package also would establish a $14 million program to help care for children on both sides of the conflict who have been injured in the seven-year civil war, and a $1.4 million program of aid for the Miskito Indians, who oppose the Sandinista regime but have remained separate from the Contras.

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Bush said he saw no reason anyway to connect the Swaggart story with Robertson, himself a former television evangelist. "I don't think it's fair to burden Pat Robertson with something with Jimmy Swaggert. I don't think that's fair play," Bush said. "On the other hand, if he accuses me of something, I'm perfectly prepared to defend us." In Washington, South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell, Bush's state campaign chairman, said, "If somebody makes a specific charge then they certainly ought to have to come forward with some proof.

I think it's a rather ridiculous some of the problems as we go along, he said. "I don't like the beer, you don't like the energy, Governor Sullivan, but how are we going to have some input" in the Senate ratification debate, Thompson asked. The governors acted after amending their resolution to express "significant concerns about issues created or not fully resolved by the agreement," and demanding to be consulted on legislation to ratify and implement the treaty. The five no votes were cast by the governors of Kentucky, Michigan, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming. In other action before they wrapped up their three-day winter meeting, the governors urged the federal government to take action on child care, including a "modest" commitment of funds.

confessions secutors say they have a videotape and other statements from witnesses that place Younis at the scene of the June 11, 1985, hijacking of a Royal Jordanian jetliner from Beirut International Airport. Although Parker declined to rule that the arrest was illegal, he concluded that the FBI deliberately kept Younis aboard the USS Butte for four days to obtain a confession in "a clear abuse of the obligation to bring the defendant before a judicial officer immediately following his arrest." over drugs some sectors of the State Department that Congress would almost certainly reverse a presidential recommendation that was perceived to be favorable to Panama, the official, who asked not to be identified, said. Under a law enacted in 1986, it is up to the president to certify that countries where major drug trafficking occurs are "fully cooperating" in combatting drug trafficking. ID Experience wintertime peace of mind in a new four wheel drive Subaru. Prices start under $8000 America's best selling 4x4 cars Judge suppresses alleged hijacker's ONLY AT I WASHINGTON (AP) The National Governors' Association voted 30-5 Tuesday to support ratification of the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement despite some governors' fears that it will hurt home state industries.

The fight against the trade agreement was led by Wyoming Gov. Mike Sullivan, who charged American energy producers, fisheries, precious metal miners and others "are left at a disadvantage." "We can express our support for free trade without endorsing the agreement," Sullivan said. He urged his colleagues to wait until their next meeting in August to take a stand. But Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said it would be "a terrible mistake" not to support the treaty now.

"We can iron out Supreme Court decisions," Parker said in a 47-page opinion. "Law enforcement agencies must follow the letter and the spirit of the law, even though the accused is not a citizen of the United States," Parker said. The FBI "failed to do so in September 1987 when it interrogated the defendant." Younis was arrested when a friend who had become a government informant lured him onto an FBI-chartered yacht with the prospect of making a drug deal. Pro be penalized grounds would send the wrong signal to Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panama's de facto leader.

He was indicted by two federal grand juries in Florida this month on charges of racketeering and other drug-related offenses. "The one thing no one wanted to do was to give Noriega any message that he could use to his advantage inside Panama," a department official said. There was also a realization in WASHINGTON (AP) The FBI illegally obtained a suspected Shiite Lebanese terrorist's confession to leading a 198S airplane hijacking during "relentless interrogation" that violated his rights, a judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Barrington Parker suppressed oral and written confessions that Fawaz Younis gave to agents after he was lured aboard an FBI-chartered yacht in the Mediterranean last Sept.

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Advance Reservations Required. WASHINGTON (NYT) Rejecting the conclusions of its bureau in charge of drugs, the State Department has recommended that President Reagan penalize Panama for failing to take adequate steps to control drug traf ficking, State Department aides said Tuesday. A draft report last week charged that Panama was not fully cooperating with American efforts to crack down on the drug trade but Younis was denied his constitutional protection against self-incrimination and his right to legal counsel during four days of questioning aboard a Navy ship in the Mediterranean. "Somehere along the way, in its zeal and determination to indict and prosecute an alleged hostage-taker and hijacker under recent congressional enactments, and in securing Fawaz Younis' written confession, the FBI failed to comply fully with constitutional restraints and predecential recommended that Reagan impose no penalties because of "vital national interests." The draft was written by the International Narcotics Matters Bureau and was circulated within the department and to other government agencies. After disclosures that Panama would not be censured and harsh criticism from lawmakers of both parties, however, the State Department concluded that certification of Panama on any Howard Hem 1 728 E.

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