The following text is from a photocopy of a letter
that was orginally sent to Iran-Contra Special
Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh by Arkansas Attorney
General Winston Bryant on May 30, 1991.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
200 Tower Building
WINSTON BRYANT 323 Center Street
ATTORNEY GENERAL LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 (501) 682-2007
May 30, 1991
Mr. Lawrence Walsh
Office of Independent Council
Suite 701
555 13th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Walsh:
I am forwarding petitions to you bearing the signatures of more
than 1,000 citizens, mostly Arkansans, who are calling for an
investigation into the activities of the late Berriman "Barry"
Seal in regards to an airport in Mena, Arkansas, which Seal and
his associates allegedly used as a drug smuggling depot during
the early to mid 1980's.
Their specific concern, as well as my own, is to learn why no one
was prosecuted in Arkansas despite a mountain of evidence that
Seal was using Arkansas as his principal staging area during the
years 1982 through 1985.
Because your office touched on these matters during the
Iran-Contra investigation, I, along with Congressman Bill
Alexander of Arkansas and a number of my fellow Arkansans, ask
that you direct your continuing investigation towards the events
which occurred at the Mena, Arkansas airport.
The people of Arkansas need, and deserve, a final and full
accounting of this matter, and it is our hope that the Office of
Independent Council can provide one. My office, as well as
Congressman Alexander's, stands ready to assist in any manner
that we can.
Sincerely,
W I N S T O N B R Y A N T
WINSTON BRYANT
Attorney General
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