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...Retired Army Major General John Singlaub, a fund raiser for the contras, threw some light on the origin of the idea of diverting Iranian arms-sales profits to the Nicaraguan rebels. In an interview with the Washington Post, Singlaub said he had suggested to two countries -- identified by the paper as Taiwan and South Korea -- that they pay a markup for weapons they were buying (such as torpedoes that Taiwan was purchasing from Israel) so that the extra funds could be diverted to Singlaub's contra-supply network. Further, said Singlaub, he had told North about this scheme in early...
What do the contras say about who supplied them with funds during 1984 and '85, when Congress officially had cut off their U.S. backing? Following a two-day session with a grand jury in Washington, Contra Leader Adolfo Calero declared that retired Generals Richard Secord and John Singlaub had helped the Nicaraguan rebels to "engineer" arms deals worth millions of dollars. Calero also declared that his own contra group, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, had received $32 million from non-American private donors. (Actually, most of that money is known to have come from Saudi Arabia's King Fahd...
...contras have also received funds from anti-Communist groups like the Council for World Freedom, headed by retired Army Major General John Singlaub. Singlaub, who has denied any involvement with the C-123K flight, met earlier this year with General Juan Rafael Bustillo, the Salvadoran air force chief who reportedly issued ID cards to U.S. gunrunners that gave them access to the Ilopango air base...
When asked "Who then, Singlaub?" He replied, "Don't know...
Retired Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub, who has raised private aid for the Contras, and Civilian Material Assistance, a paramilitary group which has sent trainers to the rebels, have denied responsibility for the plane...