NSC Oversaw Office In State Department; North's Efforts to Promote Contras Aided

From: The Washington Post | Date: September 19, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Despite objections from Secretary of State George P. Shultz, National Security Council officials were authorized to direct an office within the State Department that played a key role in aiding Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North's private fund-raising and public relations efforts for the Nicaraguan contras, according to documents released yesterday and a spokesman for the House Iran-contra committee.

Internal White House and State Department documents, released by the House committee, show that in 1983 Shultz unsuccessfully opposed a plan by then-national security adviser William P. Clark and ...

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