
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 13, 1990                   TAG: 9006130038
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

WHITE HOUSE WON'T TALK ON MANDELA, CIA

The White House brushed aside a report Tuesday linking the CIA to the 1962 arrest of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, saying there was "no value in reviewing a 30-year-old history."

"We just don't comment on these kinds of intelligence matters and we don't intend to," presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported earlier this week that an unidentified "intelligence officer" claimed that a paid CIA informant's tip led to Mandela's arrest.

In a sometimes testy exchange with reporters, Fitzwater repeatedly refused to confirm or deny the report. Nor would he say whether the administration felt Mandela were owed an apology.

by CNB