At the time the arms pipeline was in operation Mr. George was a subordinate of Mr. Gates.

The planes were being assembled at Mong-koi using the same arms pipelines that had funneled Chinese arms to revolutionary governments around the world for decades.

Washington is wise to maintain the arms pipeline, while sustaining maximum pressure on Islamabad to stop its nuclear weapons program.

The conversations between C.I.A. headquarters and agents in Central America provide a lode of data on the arms pipeline.

One subject he discussed with them was an apparent reference to Richard V. Secord, Mr. North's partner in the arms pipeline.

Mr. North and several business associates set up an arms pipeline that operated until a plane was shot down in Nicaragua in October 1986.

Mr. North had set up an arms pipeline to the Nicaraguan rebels, or contras, after Congress cut off military aid to them in 1984.

"Certain contra individuals, certain drug pilots, took advantage of an arms pipeline, not with the sanction of the United States."

Our position has been that people took advantage of an arms pipeline.

There's now a chance to choke the arms pipeline - in Thailand.