Government Document

In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States of America v. Oliver L. North, Defendant U.S. Governments Stipulation on Quid Pro Quos with Other Governments as part of Contra Operations

1989

Overview

U.S. National Security Council. Crisis Pre-Planning Group recommended that Emissaries should be sent to Honduras to discuss Quid pro quo agreements orally rather than through writing; Guatemala informed Alan D. Fiers that it required increased Foreign assistance as Quid pro quo agreements for continuing support to the Contras; Honduras threatened to discontinue support for Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN) following Leaks of information concerning its involvement; Honduras supplies End User Certificate for the Contras Military equipment; Contra Southern Front (Nicaragua) Contra leaders received $100 thousand from Manuel Antonio Noriega in July 1986; George P. Shultz proposes providing Military equipment to El Salvador that could then be transferred to Contras as a way to \"wink\" at restrictions imposed by U.S. Congress; John M. Poindexter intended to keep information concerning Third-country donors to Contras away from [George P. Shultz; U.S. Department of State]; Luis Alberto Monge offered support of Costa Rica for the Contras in exchange for \"certain\" Quid pro quo agreements from United States; Honduras. Armed Forces requested Missiles from United States that have previously been provided to the Contras; Manuel Antonio Noriega offered to conduct Assassination against leadership in the Sandinista Government in return for dropping Arms embargoes against Panama; Oliver L. North met Manuel Antonio Noriega in London, England to discuss [Sabotage; Assassination] inside Nicaragua; U.S. Director of Central Intelligence urged that [Honduras; Costa Rica] be offered increased Economic assistance as an \"incentive\" to support the Contras; Robert C. McFarlane encouraged Saudi Arabia to contribute to Contra funding; [Robert C. McFarlane; U.S. Director of Central Intelligence] agreed to put a U.S. National Security Council member in touch with Israel to pursue alternatives for Contra funding; [Operation Tipped Kettle; Operation Tipped Kettle II; Operation Elephant Herd]; China (People's Republic) offered support to the Contras; Gaston J. Sigur, Jr. assisted Oliver L. North with introductions to [Korea (Republic); China (People's Republic)] officials to pursue Contra funding; [Korea (Republic); Taiwan; China (People's Republic)] were solicited for Contra funding; Israel offered to send Military advisors to Contras under the guise of assistance to Honduras for Kfir Aircraft; U.S. Office of Independent Counsel provides stipulation for Trials of Oliver L. North

• Subject: Abrams, Elliott / Arcos, Cresencio S / Arias Sanchez, Oscar / Armacost, Michael H / Armitage, Richard L / Arms embargo / Assassination / Azcona Hoyo, Jose / Baker, James A. III / Bandar Ibn Sultan, Prince of Saudi Arabia / Bueso Rosa, Jose / Burghardt, Raymond F / Bush, George / Bustillo, Juan Rafael / Calero, Adolfo / Cannistraro, Vincent M / Casey, William J / Cerezo Arevalo, Mario Vinicio / China (People's Republic) / Comee, William / Contra funding / Contra leaders / Contra Southern Front (Nicaragua) / Contras / Costa Rica / Cox, Lyle / Croker [Col.] / Dam, Kenneth W / Duarte, Jose Napoleon / Economic assistance / El Salvador / Emissaries / End User Certificate / Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia / Ferguson, John H / Fernandez, Joseph / Fiers, Alan D / Foreign assistance / Fortier, Donald R / Galvin, John R / Garron, Hernia / Gast, Philip C / George, Clair / Gordon [Gen.] / Gorman, Paul F / Gregg, Donald P / Guatemala / Honduras / Honduras. Armed Forces / Ikle, Fred C / Israel / Kfir Aircraft / Kimche, David / King, Barrington / Kirkpatrick, Jeane J / Korea (Republic) / Leaks of information / London, England / McFarlane, Robert C / McMahon, John / Meron, Menachem / Military advisors / Military equipment / Missiles / Moellering, John H / Monge, Luis Alberto / Moreau, Arthur S., Jr / Negroponte, John D / Nicaragua / Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN) / Nir, Amiram / Noriega, Manuel Antonio / North, Oliver L / Operation Elephant Herd / Operation Tipped Kettle / Operation Tipped Kettle II / Panama / Peres, Shimon / Piza Carranza, Benjamin / Poindexter, John M / Quid pro quo agreements / Raibn, Yitzhak / Reagan, Ronald W / Regan, Donald T / Sabotage / Sanchez, Nestor D / Sandinista Government (19 July 1979-10 January 1985) / Saudi Arabia / Secord, Richard V / Shultz, George P / Sigur, Gaston J., Jr / Singlaub, John K / Smith, William French / Stilwell, Richard G / Suazo Cordova, Roberto / Taft, William Howard IV / Taiwan / Teicher, Howard J / Thatcher, Margaret / Third-country donors / Trials / United States / United States. Congress / United States. Department of State / United States. Director of Central Intelligence / United States. National Security Council / United States. National Security Council. Crisis Pre-Planning Group / United States. Office of Independent Counsel / Vessey, John W., Jr / Walker, David / Walker, William G / Webster, William H / Weinberger, Caspar W