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Laundry and linen services and a. scheduled transporta- tion are provided. • AMERICAN HOUSE FAMINGTON HILLS 24400 MIDDLEBELT (10 MILE & MIDDLEBELT) 4111 111 RETIREMENT RESIDENCES 110 Friday, October 17, 1986 471-9141 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 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 . . ."