WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL US?
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CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420131-2
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Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
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August 17, 2010
Sequence Number:
131
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Publication Date:
April 22, 1980
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ARTICLE APPTARED w.,
22 APRIL 1980
Ronald Reagan has said :that-?as president: he
.would supply weapons to- the. Afghan freedom,
fighters. -,Speaking to -the- American Society, of
Newspaper Editors on April 8; Reagan said:-"We in'
the past have found ways to do this before we got. so
.frightened -that we, decided .that. the CIA should I
become-a' kind.- of- Virginia Gentlemen's Club- and ?'
not do things to preserve our security. He added:
"I have no quarrel; with delivering weapons to'.
"someone who-is trying to-fight for his freedom."
'Reagan's-remarks on the Afghans,-ignored by the
Washington Star and the New -York Times, were {
.partly reported by the Washington Post.
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