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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
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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.
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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
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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
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