The government admissions in the North trial continued:
... North proposCPPG [the Bush-supervised body, ofted that McFarlane send a memo [to top officials on] the recommendation of theen chaired by Bush adviser Don Gregg].... The memo stated (^) that this part of the message [to the Honduran president] should not be contained in a written document but should be delivered verbally by a discreet emissary. '' [This was to be George Bush himself-- see March 16, 1985.] Honduras would be given increased aid, to be diverted to the Contras, so as to deceive CongreFebruary 15, 1985 (Friday): ss and the American population.@s2@s4 After Rodriguez had arrived in El Salvador and had begun setting up the central resupply depot for the Contras--at Ilopango Airbase-- Ambassador Thomas Pickering sent an Eyes Only '' cable to
the State Department on his conversation with Rodriguez. Pickering's cable bore the postscript, Please brief Don Gregg in the V.P.'s office for me. ''@s2@s5 February 19, 1985 (Tuesday): Felix Rodriguez met with Bush's staff in the vice-presidential offices in the Executive Office Building, briefing them on the progress of his mission. Over the next two years, Rodriguez met frequently with Bush staff members in Washington and inCentral America, often jointly with CIA and other officials, and conferred with Bush's staff by telephone countless times.@s2@s6 March 15-16, 1985 (Friday and Saturday): George Bush and Felix Rodriguez were in Central America on their common project. On Friday, Rodriguez supervised delivery in Honduras of military supplies for the FDN Contras whose main base was there in Honduras. On Saturday, George Bush met with Honduran President Roberto Suazo Cordova. Bush told Suazo that the Reagan-Bush administration was expediting delivery of more than $110 meconomic and military aid to Suazo's government. This was the quid pro quo '': a bribe forillion in (^)
Suazo's support for the U.S. mercenary force, and a transfer through Honduras of the Contra
military supplies, which had been directly prohibited by the Congress.
Government as CounterterrorJune 14, 1985:
`` Shiite Muslim terrorists '' hijacked an Athens-to-Rome airliner. One American was killed, 39
Americans were held hostage and released June 30.
July 1985:
Vice President George Bush was designated by President Reagan to lead the Task Force onCombatting Terrorism (or Terrorism Task Force). Bush's task force was a means to sharply (^)
concentrate the powers of government into the hands of the Bush clique, for such policies as the
Iran-Contra armaments schemes. The Terrorism Task Force had the following cast of characters:
GEORGE BUSH, U.S. Vice President: CHAIRMAN
Admiral James L. Holloway III: Executive assistant to Chairman Bush
Craig Coy: Bush's deputy assistant under Holloway
Vice Admiral John Poindexter:Senior NSC representative to Chairman Bush
Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North: Day-to- day NSC representative to George Bush
Amiram Nir: Counterterror adviser to Israeli Premier Shimon Peres