AN INTERVIEW WITH ADMIRAL POINDEXTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000807560018-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: November 16, 1986
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDP90-00965R000807560018-0
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4701 WILLARD AVENUE, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20815 [phone]
November 16, 1986 11:00 AM
WRC TV
NBC Network
Washington, DC
MARVIN KALB: It was in an obscure Lebanese magazine two
weeks ago that the story was first disclosed, that former
National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane made a secret trip to
Iran on a plane carrying military supplies, part of a highly
controversial plan, authorized by President Reagan in July, 1985,
shortly after his cancer surgery, to open a negotiating channel
to the Ayatollah Khomeini and his contending factions in hopes of
improving relations and getting American hostages out of Lebanon.
This new Iranian connection: that's our theme today, with our
quest Admiral John Poindexter, the President's current National
Security Adviser, who has masterminded this operation and been
sharply criticized as a result.
This is "Meet the Press," Sunday, November 16th, 1986.
Hello, and welcome once again. I'm Marvin Kalb.
I t is the broad consensus here in Washington that this
new Iranian connection has damaged America's credibility among
moderate Arab states and West European allies, and, in addition,
raised questions about the administration's competence in the
handling of recent foreign policy problems, including a disinfor-
mation campaign against Libya that backfired; a summit in Iceland
that produced confusion and damaged chances for an arms control
agreement, and now Iran.
Admiral Poindexter, let's begin. And I think the best
place is with the hostages.
ADMIRAL JOHN POINDEXTER: Good morning.
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