ON MARCH 27, 1992, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL FROM THE "CANADA PALESTINE ASSOCIATION".
I HAD JOINED A NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION CALLED "MIDDLE EAST PEACE ACTION COALITION" IN THE WAKE OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR BECAUSE I WAS UNCONVINCED THAT I, AS A CANADIAN AND CITIZEN IN ONE OF THE MEMBER STATES BELONGING TO THE ANTI-IRAQ COALITION, HAD BEEN TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR--AND I HAD DOUBTS IT HAD BEEN NECESSARY AND THAT IT WOULD END THE TYRANNY OF SADDAM HUSSEIN IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AND WASN'T.

THIS GROUP CAME TO MY ATTENTION.
I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PREVIOUS CONTACTS WITH THE "CANADA PALESTINE ASSOCIATION".
THEIR LETTER INVITED ME TO ATTEND A LECTURE BY BASSAM ABO SHARIF, "ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT YASSIR ARAFAT."
I PREPARED THIS AS A PAGE TO BE INCLUDED IN A SUBMISSION TO BASSAM ABO SHARIF.
AS THE WORLD KNOWS, THE PLANE OF CHAIRMAN ARAFAT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAINSIDE.
THAT EVENING THE GUEST ON 'NIGHTLINE WITH TED KOPPEL', BEING INTERVIEWED ON BEHALF OF THE P.L.O. TO REPORT ON THE INCIDENT, WAS BASSAM ABO SHARIF.
HE SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELLED HIS SCHEDULED APPEARANCE IN VANCOUVER.
SO I WAS NEVER ABLE TO FORMALLY SUBMIT THIS TO HIM.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE NOW; I WILL DRAW IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE "ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION" WHEN I SUBMIT MY PROMISED SUMMARY STATEMENT TO THEM ABOUT WHAT DEVELOPED BEYOND MY 1978 "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS."

WHEN YOU SEE THE TEXTS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD STATEMENTS WITH TERMS OF REFERENCE TO "IRANGATE" INDEPENDENT COUNSEL LAWRENCE WALSH ADDITIONAL LIGHT WILL BE CAST ON THIS SUBJECT.
BUT WHEN YOU FIND A CONSISTENCY IN REFERRING TO "CHRISTMAS" IN STATEMENTS BY ME BEYOND 1989, THESE TWO ITEMS EXPLICATE THE SOURCE OF THE THINKING.

AS MUCH AS THE INTENT OF THIS WEBSITE IS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH AS WAS PROMISED WHEN THE CONDITIONS FOR THE "INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" WERE FORMULATED IN 1978--AND AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND HEARD FROM CANADIAN AND AMERICAN AUTHORITIES IN REFERENCE TO IT AND THE FIELDS THE WORK ADDRESSED--PRODUCING 'TWO ROADS DIVERGING'...THIS ALSO IS WHERE ONE ROAD WENT ONE WAY, AND THE ROAD "THEY" TOOK WENT ANOTHER.
A COPY OF THIS PAGE FOR MR. SHARIF WAS INCLUDED WITH THE CHRISTMAS CARD I SENT ARCHBISHOP TUTU ON DECEMBER 13, 1994, IN THE FORM PRESENTED HERE.

ULTIMATELY, THE QUESTION REMAINS:

DOES "EVERYONE ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IRAN-CONTRA," AS RONALD REAGAN CLAIMED IN 1988?

AND IF THEY--YOU--"ALL OF US"--DON'T...WHERE WILL TRUE "PEACE OF MIND" BE FOUND?

I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO THINKS "ALL OF US" WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THERE WAS MORE COMPLIANCE WITH "THE RULE OF LAW IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS."
AND IN DUE TIME I WILL CITE THE SPECIFIC INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION TERMS I ARGUED THE 1981 DISENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE APPEAL ON SO YOU CAN CONSIDER WHETHER IT MIGHT HAVE BEARING ON THIS SIDESTEP HERE: TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.
I TRUST YOU NOTED THE ANNOTATION. IN THE FALL I'LL PUT SCANS ON THE WEBSITE OF THE STRANGE STORY OF THE ONE AND ONLY CANADIAN CITIZEN WHO WAS EVER GRANTED ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES... AND HOW IT MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED AFTER ALL, SO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME BY PHONE ONE DAY.
OF COURSE THERE HAS TO BE "A MINIMUM MORAL LEVEL" IN BOTH HUMAN INTERACTION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
AND IT OBVIOUSLY SHOULD BE A SYSTEM OF LAWS APPLIED FAIRLY, HONESTLY, AND OPENLY TO EACH INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING AND ALL MEMBER STATES IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

IF YOU HAVE "PEACE OF MIND" WHILE CHINA IS SELLING ARMS TO ALLEGED SPONSORS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, HELPING PAKISTAN DEVELOP A MISSILE SYSTEM (TO POSSIBLY DELIVER THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THEY HAVE ADMITTED THEY HAVE), HAVING SHOT DEAD THEIR OWN INNOCENT CHILDREN IN THEIR STREETS, AND ALMOST INDISCRIMINATELY ABUSING FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS STILL--SO BE IT.
I SURVIVED 8 YEARS OF RONALD REAGAN AS U.S. PRESIDENT AND ANOTHER "PRINCIPLE" HE HAD THAT I DID AGREE WITH IS THAT YOU SHOULD JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR ACTIONS, NOT JUST WORDS.
"TRUST BUT VERIFY."
SO IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH DOUBLE STANDARDS AND HUMAN BEHAVIOUR MOST OF US LIKELY THINK WAS LEFT BEHIND US IN THE MIDDLE AGES, PERHAPS THERE IS A WORD TO DESCRIBE YOUR LIFE PHILOSOPHY AND LIFESTYLE.
IS IT...LIBERAL?
IS IT...NEW DEMOCRAT?
IS IT...CONSERVATIVE?
IS IT...DEMOCRATIC?
IS IT...REPUBLICAN?
IS IT...CANADIAN?
IS IT...AMERICAN?
IS IT LIKELY THAT, FACED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE OF EVER PERSUADING MAJORITY PUBLIC OPINION THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO POSSESS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION--EVEN AS EVIDENCE IS EMERGING FROM SOUTH AFRICA ISRAEL HELPED THE APARTHEID REGIME DEVELOP THOSE NUCLEAR WEAPONS--DURABLE "COMMON GROUND" AND AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL COEXISTENCE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS LIFE PHILOSOPHY AND LIFESTYLE BY WHATEVER NAME IT ULTIMATELY IS ASSIGNED BY HISTORY?

IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, BEAR IN MIND AGAIN THE REASON FOR THAT DISENTITLEMENT:

"INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC WORK...ON A DIRECT BASIS" FOR CHECK IT OUT AGAIN.

I SIMPLY REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT EITHER THE CANADIAN OR AMERICAN PEOPLE, TOLD THE TRUTH AS THOMAS JEFFERSON FELT WAS A HUMAN RIGHT ESSENTIAL TO GOOD GOVERNMENT, WOULD SETTLE FOR LESS THAN THE TRUTH IN THE TROUBLING DAYS YET FACING "ALL OF US".

TO CONSIDER A TERM OF REFERENCE INCLUDED IN THIS ORIGINAL SUBMISSION, TAKE A BRIEF SIDESTEP HERE.

TO CONSIDER THE FIRST PAGE OF MY CHRISTMAS, 1987 STATEMENT TO ARCHBISHIP DESMOND TUTU, TAKE YOUR NEXT FOOTSTEP HERE.