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ppostion Btoc (ROS)std.Assist thq FDN. Dut Pastora adamantly ant Secretary of Stte KHiott the contacts sald, was always the retsed, claiming that the FDN's same: Pastora hed to bemoved topoificers,most of whom had ind seryed In Somoza's.brutai National n July of last yegr. Chamorro Congress approved... President Guard, were hated by the Nicara- met in Washlngton/with Marine Reagan's request for s million guan people. Others said Pastora t.Col._Oliver North senior n contra aid.Agramsspoke ofa simply didn't want to share the Nadonal Sectriy' Council statfer leadership of the contra cause. whoaccorann .sofficis, sald.There was no mention made By Apri 1984the CIA had cut has served as a key manager of the of Pastora's removal. Pastoraoff. contra program since the CIA was Cesar relayed Abrams' promise One Pastora aide sald he realized barred trom directly aiding the to four of ARDE's five regional the relationship had gone sour rebels in mid-1984. when ARDE fIghters received According to several ARDE who already were negotiatiug an wht was to be a planeloan of CiA sources who requested anonymity, agreement to Jon FARN. war suppllesTheboxes that.came Chamorro and others.within Hoating down at the prearranged ARDE began quietly selling the s he opposite. Americans anmunition but heans, rice ani ers. Rebels from the FDr and weye been talking to have suid what appeared to be a lifetine FARN made simiiar contacts. Supply of sanitary napkins. Pastora allles in Congress did Many more sanitary napkins try to presswre the Reagan admin agreement abandoning Pastora. thar the female comrades need- istratlon to broaden the aid ftow to ed.the alde recatled. include Pastora's troops.But CIA with what the Americans winted. Pastora traces the CIA campsign operatives on the ground appar- to cut him out of the contra ently remained coavinced that mander was knownexplaingdin a movement to May 30, 1984, when Pastora had to go. bomb expioded st a Pastora When Pastora,aiter years of saw that there was no solytion press conference, kiling four and refusal, finally agreed to close weunding twodozen more,includ- ins Pastora The bonber's identlty ranks wlth the FDN and JNO. CIA officials refused to go/along. Hag never been established. Retired Major Gen John Singlaub posedto doHe denedhowever, Pastora went to Venezucia.to that the CiA had pressured thgm. Who nas served as aif aninistra- recover from bums, returning tion Haison to the contras sitce Yastora, deserted by all but bne wesks later to a fierce Intarnal 1984,said he and Pastora sigted of is commanders, announcedhe power struggle. Alfonso Robelo, an agreement March 26 under wa guittingHe charged that he the former Sandinista junta mem- which Pastora would recelve aid ber. left ARDE in July exasperet- In return for moving hts forces .manders $5,000 tor their sigua- edgwith Pastoras continued refus- deeper into Nicaragua and coord- al p join forces with the FDN. nating with UNO. provided the comzaanders with Phstora scraped to contiaue the Asked why the agreement was various sums for parsonal ex- no nur sy puoddns pue y never carried out, Singlaub said, panses ia San Jose. handouts for a year, spitting "Some peopie teel he's too much Robelofor one douts Pastoras epithets in response to periodic of a problem. They declded if ne 1 departure will huri the contra can't fit into their mold, he's no rovement ly, the CiA began.trying to. damn good.It refiects amateurism But thare are many who doubt I persuade hisdeputies tospllt from on the part of the handlers. tt FARN ied by former Maha- Pastora. Meanwhlle, in Nicaragua in ga Chevrolet salesman and long March.a 120-man EARN unit time anu-Somoza guerrillia fo Pressure to oust Pastora received at least two airdrops of nandoEi NegroCssnorcan U.S.-supplled aniforms and boots regan the nitary initstive tat As.Congresy tioyed to approve from a privately contracted cargo Pastora's group ofc d. piane, The FARN troops shared Despite receiving regular tow the supplies with nearby ARDE charnel the fundng.Rebeis sny it months, FARN forees have hov- troops as enticement to dump was then that agents trom the tPastora. CIA's station in San Jose ap- Still, senior U.S. State Depart- alter renching a.geak ofbout s00 prosches Pasiora's. operations ment officials apparently were chieAdolfoPopo Chamorro, promising Pastora and his alies ARDE troops that recently agreed and therAe offiens about hat U.s. aid would soon rach recenng U.S.ai. them.Alfredo geser.a leader qfan 1550 or less.eccording to knowl- Th condition,ebels involyet in ARDE aleroup the Southem