'OLD BOY' NETWORK TIED TO THE SWAP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403720020-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: November 1, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP90-00965R000403720020-7
,^,?TI-LC APrAPED NEW YORK POST
"4 NZE 11 / November 1986
WASHINGTON - The
"Old boy" network of re-
tired Army generals
and CIA veterans used
by the White House to
help the contras in
a keyri ole i also secret a~
U.S.
arms shipments to
Iran. The Post has
learned.
Us. intelligence
sources said both
operations involved the
network linked to Eu-
gene Hausentus, the
cargo pilot now on trial
in Niacragua.
Both were orches-
trated by Lt. Col. Oliver
North of the National
Security Council staff,
who advises a group
headed by former Gen.
John Singlaub and ex.
CIA agent-arms dealer
Felix Rodriguez,
sources said.
Meanwhile, Presi.
dent Reagan yester.
day appealed to the
press to stop un?
founded speculation
about U.S. arms deals,
saying: "All of this is
making it more diffi-
cult for us ... to get
the other hostages
out."
- NILES LATHEM
J
V
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP90-00965R000403720020-7