reportedly said, We will look into it. '' Menarczik claimed not to have any specific recollection
of telephone conversations with '' Brenneke.@s5@s4Late February, 1986:
Vice President George Bush issued the public report of his Terrorism Task Force. In his
introduction to the report, Bush asserted: `` Our Task Force was briefed by more than 25
government agencies ... traveled to embassies and military commands throughout the world.... Our
conclusion: ... We firmly opposno concessions to terrorists. ''@s5@s5 e terrorism in all forms and wherever it takes place.... We will make
March 1986:
According to a sworn statement of pilot Michael Tolliver, Felix Rodriguez had met him in July
- Now Rodriguez instructed Tolliver to go to Miami International Airport. Tolliver picked up a
DC-6 aircraft and a crew, and flew the plane to a Contra base in Honduras. There Tolliver watchedthe unloading of 14 tons of military supplies, and the loading of 12 and 2/3 tons of marijuana.
Following his instructions from Rodriguez, Tolliver flew the dope to Homestead Air Force Base in
Florida. The next day Rodriguez paid Tolliver $75,000.@s5@s6
Tolliver says that another of the flights he performed for Rodritrip to the U.S.A. He made a series of arms deliveries from Miami into the air base at Agucate,guez carried cocaine on the return
Honduras. He was paid in cash by Rodriguez and his old Miami CIA colleague, RafaelChi Chi '' Quintero. In another circuit of flights, Tolliver and his crew flew between Miami and El Salvador's Ilopango air base. Tolliver said that Rodriguez and Quinteroinstructed me where to go and who
to see. '' While making these flights, he could go by afrom any agency. We didn't need a stamp of approval from Customs or anybody.... 'ny route available without any interference'@s5@s7 With (^) reference to the covert arms shipments out of Miami, George Bush's son Jeb said: Sure, there's a
pretty good chance that arms were shipped, but does that break any law? I'm not sure it's illegal.
The Neutrality Act is a completely untested notion, established in the 1800s. ''@s5@s8
Smuggling Missiles and Reporting to the Boss
Trafficking in lethal weapons without government authorization is always a tricky business for
covert operators. But when the operatives are smuggling weapons in a particular traffic which the
U.S. Congrecontacts are required for success. And when the smugglers report to the Vice President, who wishesss has expressly prohibited, a good deal of criminal expertise and certain crucial (^)
his role to remain concealed, the whole thing can become very sticky--or even ludicrous to the point
of low comedy.
March 26, 1986:
Oliver North sent a message to Robert McFarlane about his efforts to procure missiles for theContras, and to circumvent many U.S. laws, as well as the customs services and police forces of (^)
several nations. The most important component of such transactions, aside from the purchase
money, was a falsified document showing the supposed recipient of the arms, the end-user
certificate (EUC). In the message he wrote, North said that we have '' an EUC; that is, a false document has been acquired for this arms sale: [W]e are trying to find a way to get 10BLOWPIPE launchers and 20 missiles from [a South American country] ... thru the Short Bros. (^)
Rep.... Short Bros., the mfgr. of the BLOWPIPE, is willing to arrange the deal, conduct the training
and even send U.K. `tech. reps' ... if we can close the arrangement. Dick Secord has already paid
10% down on the delivery and we have a [country deleted] EUC which is acceptable to [that South
American country]. ''@s5@s9 Now, since this particular illegal sale somehow came to light in theIran-Contra scandal, another participant in this one deal decided not to bother hiding his own part in (^)
it. Thus, we are able to see how Colonel North got his false certificate.
April 20, 1986:
Felix Rodriguez met in San Salvador with Oliver North and Enrique Bermudez, the Contras'
military commander. Rodriguez informs us of the following in his own, ghost-written book: