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Kalb Resignation Makes Waves
W
ashington — The
current controversy
in Washington over
the Reagan Administration's
alleged use of "disinforma-
tion" in the U.S. and foreign
news media against Libyan
leader Muammar el-Kaddafi
is part of the bigger debate
over the use of military force
to combat terrorism.
Some of those political and
military voices in the govern-
ment arguing against the use
of military force are clearly
attempting to undermine the
position of the so-called
"hardliners," led by Secretary
of State George Shultz and
National Security Adviser
John Poindexter.
There is also a very direct
connection to Israel, accord-
ing to U.S. officials, since
those policymakers favoring
very tough and unconven-
tional measures against
Libya are almost always the
most pro-Israeli in their orien-
tation. The other side is clear-
ly less sympathetic.
Among those resisting the
tough U.S. posture against
Kaddafi, including last
April's bombing of Libyan
targets, have been officials in
the Office of the Defense
Secretary, Caspar Wein-
berger; the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; and the Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs
Bureau at the State Depart-
ment.
Recently, KThe Wash-
ington Post reported that the
Reagan Administration had
launched "a secret and un-
usual campaign of deception"
designed to convince Kaddafi
that he was about to be at-
tacked again by U.S. bombers
and perhaps be ousted in a
coup. The story caused a
firestorm of protest, especial-
ly in the U.S. news media
which noted that one of the
key elements of the strategy
was to combine "real and il-
lusory events — through a
disinformation program —
with the basic goal of making
Kaddafi think that there is a
high degree of internal op-
position to him within Libya,
that his key trusted aides are
disloyal, that the U.S. is
about to move against him
militarily."
According to the Post story,
several U.S. newspapers
reported extensively on sup-
posed new plans in Wash-
ington to use force against
Libya and about the in-
creased internal opposition to
Kaddafi, and suggested that
those reports were not ac-
curate, based in part on false
information released by the
Administration.
Shultz has denied that he
had ever participated in any
meeting where a plan to
misinform the U.S. news
media was discussed. But he
confirmed that the Admin-
istration was still very anx-
Bernard Kalt
ious to "confuse" Kaddafi.
The Secretary said the U.S.
should not limit itself to
"economic sanctions and
military strikes as a means to
try to disorient him." But at
the same time, he insisted,
the government "shouldn't
get involed in any operation
where we try to mislead our
news media or our public in
any way, shape or manner.
And as far as I know, we
haven't. And I certainly
wouldn't be part of that."
But one immediate casual-
ty from the escalating "disin-
formation" controversy was
State Department spokes-
man Bernard Kalb, who re-
signed in protest last week.
"In taking this action," he
said, "I want to emphasize
that I am not dissenting from
Secretary Shultz, a man of hi-
tegrity, a man of credibility.
Rather I am dissenting from
the reported disinformation
program."
Kalb, a former television
news reporter who served in
the State Department for
nearly two years, said he was
concerned "about the impact
of any such program on the
credibility of the United
States. Faith in the word of
America is the pulse beat of
our democracy. Anything
that hurts America's cred-
ibility hurts America."
Thus, Kalb said he per-
sonally could not continue as
spokesman for the State
Department. "I'm familiar
with the absolute require-
ment of credibility," he said.
Kalb's surprise resignation
has generated enormous
shock waves in Washington.
It came on the eve of Presi-
dent Reagan's mini-summit
with Soviet General Sec-
retary Mikhail Gorbachev,
the resignation clearly embar-
rassed and weakened the
President.
It has opened up many
questions involving the Ad-
ministration's overall cred-
ibility. Kalb's dissent has
clearly tended to confirm that
the Administration had in-
deed sought to plant false
stories in the U.S. news media
as part of a disinformation
campaign aimed at confusing
Kaddafi. Administration of-
ficials deny any such plan.
But Kalb, the 64-year old
former correspondent, could
not passively go along with
the reported effort. "You face
a choice — as an American, as
a spokesman, as a journalist
— whether to allow oneself to
be absorbed in the ranks of
silence, whether to vanish in-
to unopposed acquiescence or
to enter a modest dissent," he
told reporters during an emo-
tional news conference. His
voiced cracked and he was
near tears. He was applauded
by the journalists at the end
of the session.
Since The Washington Post
first disclosed of the anti-
Libya disinformation plot,
Kalb has been deeply both-
ered. "It has pursued me un-
shakably," he told The New
York Times.
"I have been agonizing
about this thing," he con-
tinued. "I knew nothing
about it. I was concerned. I
was concerned with the im-
pact of any such program on
the credibility of the United
States and the word of
America and what the word
of America means...And I was
concerned about my own in-
tegrity.
"My own integrity means
something to me personally
but in the grand scheme of
things I'm a simple asterisk.
What I know is I didn't want
my own integrity to get
scooped up in this controver-
sy."
At the White House, there
was deep anger at Kalb,
especially because of the tim-
ing of his dissent. Many of
Reagan's closest political
associates had never trusted
Kalb very much to begin
with. His appointment near-
ly two years ago was pushed
through personally by Shultz.
Kalb, in his resignation
statement, went out of his
way to praise Shultz. But the
two men clearly differed in
their assessment of the disin-
formation program, and its
impact on U.S. credibility.
When a journalist told
Shultz that the disinforma-
tion story represented a
serious "charge" against the
Administration, the Sec-
retary replied, "Why is that a
charge? If I were a private
citizen reading about it, and
I read that my Government
was trying to confuse some-
body who was conducting ter-
rorist acts and murdering
Americans, I would say, 'Gee,
I hope it is true.' I don't see
why you think this is a
charge."
But Kalb obviously dis-
agreed. After agonizing for
several days, Kalb confronted
Shultz with his decision. The
Secretary did not try to
change his mind. The Secre-
tary issued a terse statement:
"I am sorry to see Bernie
Kalb go. I admire him . . ."