California State University, Northridge

PRESS RELEASE

January 23, 1997

Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
(818) 677-2130
cchandler@exec.csun.edu

Congresswoman to Talk About Cocaine and the CIA

Congresswoman Maxine Waters will talk about the CIA and its alleged connection to the sale of crack cocaine in Los Angeles at a special lecture on Jan. 30 at Cal State Northridge in honor of Black History Month.

Waters' lecture, "Crack Cocaine: CIA and the Contras," will begin at 11 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center of the University Student Union near the center of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge.

She will give a short presentation followed by a question and answer period.

Waters' appearance is sponsored by CSUN's Pan African Studies Department as part of its annual Black History Month celebration.

Newspapers late last year raised questions about a possible CIA role in supporting the sale of crack cocaine in Los Angeles' inner city in the 1980s as a way of supporting the Contra movement in Nicaragua. The Central Intelligence Agency has denied a connection, and has launched its own investigation of the matter.