LIST OF CONTENTS FOR THE FEBRUARY 6, 1988 [REGISTERED LETTER] SUBMISSION TO MR. JOHN J. PHELAN, JR., THEN-CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE:

Mr. Phelan: Given that you witnessed about $500 billion of losses in one day in the stock exchange you are chairman of, i hope you won't be upset that my second statement to you is so substantive and exceeds the "three-page length" President Reagan likes for summaries submitted to him.
It had occurred to me that if there were objections to the length of my December 16, 1987 statement to P.W. Botha by anyone who really wants to understand how we came to be faced by the "present situation," they likely would be ones expressing criticism that i wasn't in all cases completely specific about exact dates for reports or statements, or i didn't always include registered letter numbers or provide photocopies of them.
As you will see by my statement to Jimmy Carter (a copy of it is enclosed), when i have to be specific i am.
But if i do provide all the information i am able to, this may encourage the properly responsible parties in government to try again to bypass disclosure of the historic reports to the public--in the cases of the 1977 and 1978 reports i prepared, copies of which i don't have.
If we are to effectively respond to the Soviet "Glasnost*" propaganda effort, i would think the "best" course of action available to us is to encourage the American and Canadian governments to disclose the relevant documents.
I hope it gives them pause to consider whether they can continue to mislead the public when my statement to you is this detailed...and i am giving you copies of the terms of reference enclosed.

1) seven-page statement to Mr. John J. Phelan, Jr., CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, dated February 5, 1988; with these terms of reference included:

--on page 1., copies of the October 4, 1987 The Province article, "Keep foreign aid flowing--banker", and the January 23, 1988 Vancouver Sun article, "Bad year forecast"--

--on page 3., copy of the November 13, 1987 Vancouver Sun article, "Stop helping Contras, UN asks U.S."--

a) page containing copies of November 8, 1987 The Province article, "'Secret arms for Contras'", and November 13, 1987 Vancouver Sun article, "'Fat Russian' called best for West", and

Ronald Reagan

Excerpts from February 24, 1982 speech by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to "The Organization of American States"

2) copy of corrected page from Christmas, 1987 statement to the Most Reverend Desmond Tutu.

3) copy of January 14, 1988 statement to U.S. SENATE MINORITY LEADER Robert Dole; with List of Contents for submission on face.

4) copy of January 30, 1988 statement to President Jimmy Carter; with List of Contents for submission on face and attachments according to it included.

5) copy of June 27, 1985 statement to Mr. Bernard Wood of "The North-South Institute"; with List of contents for submission on face and copies of attachments h) and i) according to it included. Also included:

--page containing copies of June 27, 1985 Globe and Mail article, "Star Wars called economic dead end", and July 8, 1985 Vancouver Sun editorial, "A military illusion".

6) copy of March 31, 1986 statement to (former) PRESIDENT OF "The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" Alden Winship Clausen; with List of Contents for submission on face and with attachment according to it included.

7) copy of December 23, 1987 statement to Mr. S.J. Hudson, PRESIDENT, VANCOUVER STOCK EXCHANGE; with List of Contents for submission on face and attachments according to it included.

--one-page statement to Mr. Phelan, dated February 4, 1988; with affixed copy on it of February 3, 1988 Vancouver Sun article, "SEC study blames crash on computer trading".

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