The transaction took place when United States officials were prohibited from providing military aid to the rebels.
This is part of an elaborate chart that shows how funds were provided to the Nicaraguan rebels and others through a private network.
House Democrats unveiled a $25 million plan today to provide food, clothing and medical aid to the Nicaraguan rebels over the next four months.
The plan, intended as a alternative to a request by President Reagan, would provide food, clothing and medical aid to the rebels for four months.
The Democratic plan would have provided $30.8 million in food, clothing and medical aid to the Nicaraguan rebels.
In late March, Congress approved legislation to provide $47.9 million worth of food, clothing and medical supplies to the rebels.
Rwanda is also widely suspected of providing aid to the rebels.
The best option may be for the West to provide weapons to the rebels and implement a no fly zone as they did in Libya.
At the time, Congress had barried the Administration from providing arms to the rebels.
And then there is the problem of Albania, which continues to provide a means of transit for massive arms supplies to the rebels.