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Faculty Continusd from page 3 Defense policy specialist James Roherty i said the request from the OECS was actually i orchestrated by Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga, whose views on the region 1 were clearly articulated at a symposium on the defense of the western democracies held i at USC in early October. "REAGAN IS very high on Seaga," Roherty said, "and considers him the point i inc man in the whole Caribbean basin initiative." Roherty also said Reagan has given operational control of the military action to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to a degree unprecedented in recent administrations. "John Vessey (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) has Reagan's fullets conc: ?t n a. : j a i iiucnce, xvoncriy saiu. wnai is now ueing called the 'Vessey Clampdown' (on informa T Of THE ROCK { ?-? - ? ' ? ! f < ; i . . ( , ' * tion released from Grenada) is only possible because of the operational role he has been granted." Roherty said the military views the strategic aspects of the operation as pai aiiiuuiii. "THE STRATEGIC issues ? Grenada's location on vital oil transport routes, the Soviet and Cuban presence, the expansion of Bj^^^^^L^^^6SHB^B^BBHBIHBH^^B^HK'-^BBLB!jli<T^ |ES tt*OUES| c 1983 Adolph Coors Company Golden. Colorado 804( the airport to accomodate larger planes ? all pointed to the necessity for this action, once the coup took place. We would be in a very awkward situation in the region," Roherty concludes, "if we had not responded to the Caribbean request." Raymond Moore, an expert on the United States presidency, said Reagan was acting fully within his powers when he ordered the invasion and then notified Congress 31 Brewer of hne Quality Beers Since 1873