DEALING WITH IRAN LOS ANGELES TIMES - 9 NOVEMBER 86 WASHINGTON POST - 18 NOVEMBER 1986

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100160003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 22, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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circulated a top-secret 'docume t In s;dd-was sent by CIA Director Wil- . longer in power. ; ?. 18 months ago, `about the time of
June 1985 recommending that the lijp J. Casey-and developed a The CIA memorandum made no the eiicha~tg
arms embargo against Iran. and en-_ cushy Strategy Directive (NSSD). resuming U.S. arms sales to Iran, .tigon and State Deparfaient.
courage some allies to sell selected A 4i'aft of that plan was sent to the according to sources. It is -unclear --PWlf9C'tlfilTt pro was at-
military equipment to Tehran to wMte House and distributed to whether the subsequent NSSD ed three days after the tune 14,
cultivate closer ties with certain Wft*berger and Secretary of State draft proposal was a factor in what 1985, hijackh1J of li TWA flight to
Iranian government factions, in- George P. Shultz for comment, ac- became the covert operation ap- Beirut. The White House eventually
formed sources said yester cording to sources, proved by the White House to sell came. to,recoze this Iran was a
When the `peat, 'wl c -The proposal recommended that arms to Iran. as part of an effort to key player in obtaining the release
been, promptedr4W4r?1R'?frtt IiW tlWg United States encourage its improve relations and free U.S. nos- of several of the hijacked hostages.
in fax"Apsk of Defense Western allies to help Iran by es- :Cages held. by pro -Iranian terrorists t3ddctfi=
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commercial trade, inrlud in Lebanon tratell.Ml the-fiffilrebY_theUnited
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is aosura; sources Baia. equipment on a case-by-case basis, sponded to the NSSD draft. Shultz -
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