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CORRESPONDENCE FROM GEORGE BUSH TO JOHN POINDEXTER |
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6/16/86
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT June 16, 1986 CONFIDENTIAL
Mr. John M. Poindexter Dear Admiral Poindexter: I would like to take this time to offer my gratitude and appreciation for your hard work and assistance in Operation MAGGI PIE. Your negotiations on our behalf have proven to be quite effective in obtaining the release of United States Citizens held hostage in Lebanon. I would like you to personally thank Robert McFarlane for his willingness, daring and efforts in meeting with Iranian factions. I would also like you to than the Staff of the National Security Council, including Agents, Lt. Col. Oliver North (USMC), and Lt. Robert Hunt (OSR) for their dangerous assistance and diligence, without which Operation MAGG PIE would never have been successful. Finally, you must offer my gratitude to the C.I.A. and their Agents, George Cave, Howard Teicher, John Segal and Gunther Russbacher. These men are dedicated and blessed with the gift of courage. They do truely believe in the pursuit of freedom for all mankind. May God bless you all. Respectfully,
CB/lz
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