THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, December 3, 1994             TAG: 9412030260
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
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NORTH GOING ON TALK SHOW TO DISCLOSE POLITICAL PLANS

Republican Oliver North, who lost a Senate bid last month, will announce on national television next week whether he will seek office again in 1996, his aides said.

North told his top campaign workers that he will talk about his political plans on CNN's ``Larry King Live'' call-in talk show Wednesday night.

``The gist was: `It's where I announced my candidacy the first time and it's where I will part the veil for 1996,' '' said Mark Goodin, a senior campaign adviser.

Goodin hinted broadly that North looks like a man ready to seek office again.

``He enjoys being a candidate,'' Goodin told WVEC-TV of Norfolk in an interview. ``So it would not surprise me if he decided to run.''

But North aides said the half-dozen aides present at a meeting Thursday were divided on whether the Iran-Contra figure should run in the next election cycle.

North spent about $20 million in his failed bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Charles S. Robb. ILLUSTRATION: Oliver L. North

by CNB