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The following text is from a photocopy of a letter that
was originally sent to Arkansas Governor William J.
Clinton on July 29, 1991 by Mark Swaney, then-President
of the Arkansas Committee, a Fayetteville student
organization that pushed for a state investigation into
government-sanctioned drug smuggling, gunrunning, and
money laundering at the Intermountain Regional Airport
in Mena.
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  July 29, 1991

  Mark Swaney
  Arkansas Committee
  Arkansas Union Room 517
  (501) XXX-XXXX
  Fayetteville, AR  72701

  Dear Governor Clinton;

       The Arkansas Committee is a registered student organization on
  the  Fayetteville  campus  of  the  University  of  Arkansas.   The
  Arkansas Committee is a multi-issue political  action  organization
  dedicated to preserving human rights and constitutional law.

       We  have  been  concerned  for  some  time  about  significant
  criminal activities in the Mena, Arkansas  area.  These  activities
  which have occurred  and  continue  to  occur  involve drug and gun
  smuggling,  money  laundering,   conspiracy,   and  obstruction  of
  justice. Numerous articles in the local  and  national  press  have
  alleged U.S. Government  involvement  in  these  crimes.  Recently,
  Richard  Brenneke, a  career  CIA  contract  agent,  spoke  to  our
  organization  and confirmed many of these allegations. Mr. Brenneke
  provided sworn depositions  to Attorney General Winston Bryant, who
  is on record as favoring an investigation into the affair.

       The Arkansas Committee has  collected over 1,000 signatures on
  a petition calling for  a  state  grand  jury investigation. We are
  continuing to gather  signatures  on  this petition. (Copies of the
  petition have been sent to your office.) We  have  specific  issues
  we wish to discuss with  you,  which are of vital importance to the
  state  of  Arkansas, and to the entire nation. We wish to request a
  personal meeting  with you  in  Little  Rock at  your  convenience,
  sometime in  August.  As  our  organization  is  quite  active, our
  schedule  requires  a  response  to  our request within 10 days  of
  receipt of this letter.

        We assure you  that  we  are  not  attempting  to  provoke  a
  confrontation, and we  are  confident that you are as concerned, as
  we are, about the use of our state as a base for drug smuggling and
  illegal operations.

  Yours truly,

  M A R K  S W A N E Y 

  Mark Swaney
  President
  Arkansas Committee



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The following text is from a photocopy of a letter that
was sent in response to Swaney's request for a meeting
with the Governor by Robert J. DeGostin, Jr., Office of
the Governor, State of Arkansas, on August 12, 1991.
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                           STATE OF ARKANSAS
                        OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR            Bill Clinton
                             State Capitol                  Governor
                           Little Rock 72201

                           

   August 12, 1991
 
   Mr. Mark Swaney, President
   Arkansas Committee
   Arkansas Union Room 517
   Fayetteville, Arkansas  72701

   Dear Mr. Swaney:

   Thank you for your recent letter to Governor Clinton regarding
   your desire to have a state grand jury investigate possible
   criminal activity in the Mena, Arkansas area. The Governor has
   asked me to respond on his behalf.

   It is my understanding that Attorney General Bryant and Rep. Bill
   Alexander have brought this matter to the attention of Lawrence
   Walsh's Office in Washington, D.C. It appears to me that a
   meeting with Attorney General Bryant, rather than Governor
   Clinton, would be more appropriate at this time.

   The Governor appreciates your bringing this matter to his
   attention.

   Sincerely,

   R O B E R T  J .  D E G O S T I N , J R .

   Robert J. DeGostin, Jr.
   Senior Advisor on Criminal Justice

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