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- GRAPEVINE, Page 15Long Trials, Long Trail
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- By PAUL GRAY/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- John Poindexter testified before an Iran-contra grand jury
- last week, a palpable reminder that special prosecutor Lawrence
- Walsh is still at work. After the arduous trials of Oliver
- North and Poindexter, Walsh's focus is on officials at other
- agencies who assisted the illegal contra supply operation or
- may have misled Congress. A prime target is Donald Gregg, an
- adviser to Vice President Bush who is now ambassador to South
- Korea. In 1985 and 1986 Gregg's friend Felix Rodriguez played
- a central role in running the contra arms flights from El
- Salvador. Gregg has testified that he knew nothing about
- Rodriguez's contra involvement until August 1986. However, both
- Gregg's secretary and Rodriguez have said the Bush staff knew
- about Rodriguez's role by May 1986, when Gregg arranged a
- meeting between Bush and Rodriguez. The day before the meeting,
- the Vice President received a memo from Gregg stating that
- Rodriguez wanted to talk about "resupply of the contras." Also
- being scrutinized is former Assistant Secretary of State
- Elliott Abrams, an ardent proponent of the contra cause.
- Prosecutor Walsh will decide by fall whether or not to bring
- additional indictments. If he does, that could lead to new
- questions about how much Bush knew of the illegal operation and
- when he knew it. Bush has denied under oath that he was aware
- of the operation.
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