HELMS PROSECUTION RAPPED

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION
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Former CIA Director . Gecrge~Bush .,:He- was fined $2,000 and received a ":.. carping outsider. f ? }
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fully before a Senate committee.i ni; ??sue another matter,Bush, ; win was whether) the U S is. 'paper tiger , .Ea`
worry abou 'thiL U,
"My view wai 'that 'here to address the Atlanta Rbtrary Cl'ub,u:oaId= the Chisnese,
should not have been prosecuted," Bob etiticized several policy decisions'af the "=iCbfriintttaeut tb "stand np" to it" SovieE
said in a press conference in Atlanta.:`. Carter administration. Uniotir s ,: _? s r?
However, . Bush'' added ' that".,the "I do 1have=some ser~ov reselra- lash said he ex ecti~the United:
Carter administration "inherited a :very ; s Lions, Bush said,: about President Cart ` 5ta es! will expand=its tiade with '
difficult situation,":ahd ".he solution ap- er's actions in such areas as withdrawal -, China In the future. -^'t . - ,
pears to:-have been 'aery moderateof U.S:`troops from. Korea,, the proposed t? ~~. peaking of h~,a': own future,? Bush
. one." a - ,rte . rb~.# Panar.-a Canal treaties, junking of the' ,, admitted: he Is .interested `in, the !W-_ He said his main reason for opposr ? B-1 bomber and. U.S. positions -, in the '. ` tlotlal political scene,"-but he would nod'.
Ing the prosecution "has to.do with -na. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.' specify what office If any he might ruiis
tional security." He would hot elaborate. However; the.-former: Republican for;In 1078 or ?1080:-At present; Wk. U.
,,..; Helms pleaded;no;coates tope- re- ti -national chairman added,;"I.bope I can: -3 ;in private business iirHonston:-?
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